Race to Zero Dialogues

The Race To Zero Dialogues, from 9 to 19 November, are critical inputs to the UNFCCC Climate Dialogues taking place from 23 November to 4 December, to accelerate progress to meet the Paris Agreement. Together, both Dialogues will set the stage for the Anniversary of the Paris Agreement on 12 December as the world embarks on the ‘Race to Zero’ towards COP26 in 2021.

Find here a selection of sessions of the Race To Zero Dialogues involving various actors from Geneva:

Monday 9 November | Opening Day: Climate and Health

Keynote opening of the Climate & Health Dialogue: The necessary steps to achieve a healthy, equitable recovery from COVID-19 and drive a rapid decarbonisation of the world economy | World Health Organization (WHO) and leading health organizations | 11:30 – 12:30 CET
Race to clean energy: Youth Set the Agenda for a Healthy Green Recovery | World Health Organization (WHO), Science Policy Circle, Student Energy, The Resilient 40, Oxford Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment and Oxford Net Zero | 13:00 – 14:30 CET
Race to Zero carbon road transport | World Health Organization (WHO) and leading health organizations | 19:00 – 20:30 CET
Financing a healthy and resilient climate future | World Health Organization (WHO) and leading health organizations | 21:00 – 22:30 CET
Race for nature and health | World Health Organization (WHO) and leading health organizations | 23:00 – 00:30 CET

Tuesday 10 November | Industry

Race for health resilience | World Health Organization (WHO) and leading health organizations | 3:00 – 4:30 CET (part of the healthy day)
Gender-Responsive and Socially Equitable Resilience | Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) and International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) | 7:00 – 9:00 CET
Global Outlook: The Road to CoP26 – Net Zero Action for Industry Transition | Mission Possible Platform (MPP) and World Economic Forum (WEF) | 8:15 – 9:00 CET
Business Action to deliver Net Zero | World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and We Mean Business coalition (WMB) | 9:30 – 10:30 CET
Realizing Mission Possible: Decarbonizing Heavy Industry | Mission Possible Platform (MPP) World Economic Forum (WEF) | 18:00 – 19:00 CET

Wednesday 11 November | Transport

Accelerating the Race to Zero Emission Shipping | Mission Possible Platform (MPP), World Economic forum (WEF) and Getting to Zero Coalition | 12:10 – 13:10 CET
Building a Path to Net-Zero Aviation | Mission Possible Platform (MPP), World Economic Forum (WEF) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) | 13:20 – 14:20 CET
Creating a Blueprint to Fast Forward the Zero Emission Trucking Transition | Mission Possible Platform (MPP) and World Economic Forum (WEF) | 14:30 – 15:30 CET

Thursday 12 November | Oceans, Coastal Zones and Water

Gender-responsive and socially equitable resilience | Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) and International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) | 19:00 – 21:00 CET
Water Dialogues | Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) | 9:00 – 18:30 CET
Opening – Setting the Stage for the Ocean-Climate Nexus | World Economic Forum (WEF), Friends of Ocean Action, Blue Climate Initiative and Ocean & Climate Platform | 11:00 – 12:00 CET
Fighting Climate Change: Ocean as Part of the Solution – Nature Based Solutions | World Economic Forum (WEF), Friends of Ocean Action, Blue Climate Initiative and Ocean & Climate Platform | 14:00 – 15:30 CET
Innovating for a Sustainable Ocean: Technologies to Tackle Climate Change | World Economic Forum (WEF), Friends of Ocean Action, Blue Climate Initiative and Ocean & Climate Platform | 17:00 – 18:30 CET
Resilient Ocean for a Global Recovery | World Economic Forum (WEF), Friends of Ocean Action, Blue Climate Initiative and Ocean & Climate Platform | 20:00 – 21:30 CET

Friday 13 November | Nature-Based Solutions and Land Use

Nature’s Place in the Race: Opening Session | Nature4Climate, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Business for Nature | 13:00 – 14:00 CET
Opening session to underscore growing support for nature-based solutions from leaders across society – cities, businesses, farming communities, women’s groups, indigenous peoples, youth networks and finance
Nature’s Place in the Race: Collective Action for Forest-Positive Commodity Supply Chains | World Economic Forum (WEF) -Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA) | 14:15-15:15 CET
How to advance sustainable soft commodity production systems, through reduction of tropical deforestation while assuring food security and economic development: a dialogue with producer country and demand-side governments, companies, the financial sector and civil society.
Nature’s Place in the Race: Landscapes in Action | United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UNREDD) | 15:30-16:30 CET
Linking ambitious aspirations – from NDCs to accountability and financing for nature – with concrete actions to move towards nature-positive recovery: dialogue with private sector, civil society and government.
Nature’s Place in the Race Closing Session: A Call to Action | World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) | 19:15-20:15 CET
Concluding session to present concrete actions and outputs from the day that will create roadmap for a nature-positive recovery towards COP26.

Monday 16 November | Energy

Gender-responsive and socially equitable resilience in climate policy and action in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East | Women’s Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) and International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) | 12:30 – 14:30 CET

Tuesday 17 November | Regenerative Resilient Food Systems

Soils as a Climate Solution: Getting to scale | World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD), 4/1000 and World Farmers Organization | 14:00 – 15:30 CET

Wednesday 18 November | Build Environment & Cities and Regions

Creating a common vision for getting to net zero together | Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), World Green Building Council (WGBC) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) | 10:00 – 11:30 CET
What enables us to win the race in the Built Environment? | Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), World Green Building Council (WGBC) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) | 13:00 – 14:00 CET
Winning together – fostering radical collaboration | World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) | 14:00 – 15:00 CET

Thursday 19 November | Finance and Closing

Net zero targets: what practical frameworks can banks and investors use? | Science Based Targets Initiative (STBi) /World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Principles for Responsible Banking (convened by UNEP FI) | 09:35-10:25 CET
This practical session will highlight the rationale for target-setting and the new SBTi framework that asset owners, asset managers and banks can use to set net zero targets.
Financing a Resilient Future: How and Why to Close Adaptation Financing Gaps | Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance, and the Principles for Sustainable Insurance (convened by UNEP FI) | 12:45-13:35 CET
This session will focus on financing climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, highlighting effective interventions and expanding existing partnerships.