INFORSE at UNFCCC COP30 Belem
INFORSE UNFCCC COP30 – Belem – SIDE EVENT, Blue Zone
Date: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
Time: 18:30 – 20:00 (GMT-3) Venue: SIDE EVENT ROOM 7
Title 100% Renewables, Local Climate Solutions in Africa, Europe, South Asia
Just Transition with 100% Renewables Energy Globally, in East Africa, Europe. Scenarios with local climate solutions and sufficiency, Online solutions databases for East Africa and South Asia. Poverty reduction, women participation, Education, Energy Literacy for Youth.
Speakers: INFORSE members will present examples from the field, scenarios, online databases. INFORSE Secr.,Suswatch Kenya; Mali Folkecenter, AIWC in India; NFRE SE, 92 group in Denmark. Insights by Climate Analitics.
Exciting side-event on how to transition to 100% Renewables Energy as part of a just transition with focus on new results in abatement of hard-to-abate sectors, ways to increase climate action in high consuming countries with sufficiency policies as well as how to combine transition to renewable with urgently needed energy access, including gender aspects, and how to educate and involve youth.
Program: (Program pdf v. 7/11-2025)
Welcome, big picture of global transition to 100% renewable energy,
by Judit Szoleczky, INFORSE.
Transition to renewable energy, analysis with general assessment models and presenting new studies from Climate Analytics how to transition “hard-to-abate” sectors to phase out fossil fuels and use renewable energy alternatives. The hard to abate sectors in focus are:
• Steel production in Japan: mapping technology choices (hydrogen, direct reduction, etc) and analysing policy levers, and market dynamics, industrial competitiveness, jobs, and transitional risks – such as overreliance on carbon capture and storage – for primary and secondary steel production.
• Fertiliser production in India: analysing decarbonisation pathways by tracing the whole value chain from energy inputs to policy and finance. Our research compares ammonia produced from LNG or renewable energy and examines impacts on energy security, fiscal resilience, emissions integrity, and pass through to consumers.
By Danial Riaz, Climate Analytics.
New policies for faster transition of high-emission countries: sufficiency policies to complement energy efficiency and renewable energy policies. Presenting catalogue of policies, their implementation in 5 EU countries and how they contribute to a just transition with public support and participation.
By Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE and SustainableEnergy.
Just Transition to renewable energy in fast developing countries. The case of Kenya, presenting new findings.
By Nobert Nyandira, Suswatch Kenya
Local solutions for energy case as key for combining energy transition with energy access. Presenting solutions from East Africa, ByVelma Oseko, Suswatch Kenya.
Climate and energy transition with reduction and enhanced women participation, cases from India.
By Kalyani Raj, All India Women Conference (AIWC).
The Role of Education in Climate Mitigation Actions,
By Daniele Pagani, Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy.
Energy Literacy for Youth, presenting a participatory curriculum with focus on reaching marginalised groups including roleplays and games. By Judit Szoleczky, INFORSE-Europe.
At the end will be a dialogue on building blocks for a just, fair and fast transition renewable energy and climate neutrality.
Joint side-event of International Network for Sustainable Energy, Danish 92 Group – Forum for Sustainable Development, Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy (NFVE), Sustainable Environmental Development Watch (SusWatch – Kenya), and SustainableEnergy (SE, Denmark)
Program: (Program pdf v. 7/11-2025)
Read more: UNFCCC’s list of side events at COP30