RGEI Side Event at 8th UN Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum)
4 May 2023
Virtual
CEM workstream event
RGEI Event
The CEM RGEI Initiative will co-organize a thematic side event on “Innovation in Technology and Policy Mechanisms in Energy and Electricity” in the margins of the 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum).
Date: Thursday, 4 May 2023
Time: 08:30-10:30 EDT / 14:30-16:30 CEST / 16:30 – 18:30 GST / 18:00 – 20:00 IST / 20:30 -22:30 CST / 22:30 – 00:30 AEST
Organizer: GEIDCO
Partners: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UNSDSN)
Agenda and Speakers: Click here
The side event seeks to address innovation issues in the energy and electricity sectors, which is well aligned with this edition of the STI Forum. Technology innovation includes clean energy, advanced power transmission, smart grid, energy storage, grid operation control and other technologies, while policy mechanism innovation includes coal power phase-out mechanism, clean energy development incentive policy, electricity market mechanism, cross-border electricity trading mechanism, etc. By co-organising this event, we aim to achieve the following outcomes
- Share ideas, initiatives and concrete practices of different regions and countries regarding energy technology, innovation, and identify key areas and directions for future energy technology innovation.
- Share good practices and lessons learned of different regions and countries regarding innovation in energy policy mechanisms, and foster dialogues and exchanges in this regard.
- Provide global stakeholders with strategies and tools needed to advance innovation in energy technology and policy mechanism, through lessons learned and good practices around the world.
