In accordance with the Paris Agreement, accelerating, encouraging, and enabling innovation is critical for an effective, global response to climate change and promoting economic growth and sustainable development. This Nordic Talk will reflect on the importance of innovation in achieving a green transition.
How does innovation foster green transition? What is needed to enable innovation? How can governments and business work together to best promote innovation for economic growth and sustainable development?
Programme
08:00: Breakfast and networking, SZ Dossier will be present for discussion
08:30: Opening remarks by Laila Stenseng, Ambassador, Royal Norwegian Embassy
Keynote speech by Ebba Busch, Swedish Minister for Energy, Business and Industry and Deputy Prime Minister
Impulses by Bettina Martin, Minister for Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Panel discussion with:
Ebba Busch, Swedish Minister for Energy, Business and Industry and Deputy Prime Minister
Auðunn Atlason, Ambassador, MFA Iceland
Hanne Harmsen, Vice Dean of Green Transition at Copenhagen Business School
Christian Schad, Co-Founder & General Partner at Planet A
Stefan Sundman, Vice President Public Affairs at UPM
Moderator: Christoph Schönherr, Research Fellow at the Free University of Berlin
