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Climate Week NYC Opening Roundtable – Why electrification is good business

Event by: Climate Group
Event format
In-person
Event duration
Language
English
The next phase of climate leadership requires a shift: from target-setting to delivery, from isolated pilots to system transformation, and from climate policy alone to broader economic and energy transition strategies. What does business need to play its part? Electrification is increasingly becoming the foundation of a competitive, resilient and low-carbon economy. As demand for power grows across industry, transport, buildings and digital infrastructure, the speed at which countries can deploy renewable-powered electrification will shape economic performance as much as climate outcomes. Business has a critical role to play. Achieving the scale and pace required will depend on effective collaboration between governments, companies, investors and other stakeholders to unlock investment, build infrastructure and remove barriers to deployment. This private business-only roundtable will bring together senior business leaders to discuss the actions needed to accelerate delivery and identify practical recommendations to inform discussions at the Global Renewables Summit later that day. Co-hosted by Climate Group, Fortescue and the Global Renewables Alliance, the Summit will convene heads of state, ministers, CEOs and investors to advance renewable-powered electrification and explore how clean energy can strengthen economic growth, competitiveness and energy security worldwide. Key questions: What new partnerships need to be built to speed up delivery? Where are new partnerships (public-public, public-private, private-private) emerging that are speeding up the rollout of infrastructure? How can the private sector and governments work together to accelerate delivery? How is policy driving action: how can we scale up the success stories and learn from early adopters? What examples can we celebrate of positive momentum towards electrification driven by policy? How do we balance the need for speed and resource constraints? What barriers to progress are emerging, and what can we do to address them? Hosted by Climate Group