Pathways to a Credible Just Energy Transition
Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024
Time: 12:00-1:15pm
Location: CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, 25 W 43rd St, 18th floor, New York, NY 10036
Join us for this event to be held during NY Climate Week and co-hosted with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the Open Government Partnership (OGP), and the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA), with support from Urban Sustainability Program at Brooklyn College, CUNY.
The energy transition is driving transformative changes in the extractive industries, fundamentally altering how resource-rich countries manage their oil, gas, and mining sectors. In addition, companies and consumers worldwide want to know that their investments make the world a better place.
Within this shifting context, transparency and good governance are more important than ever. Citizens, investors, end brands, and public officials need access to information and must be able to hold decision-makers and companies to account. This is directly important to protect human rights, ensure that revenues are fairly distributed, and limit undue influence on policy making and implementation.
This session will explore how to achieve a credible, transparent and accountable transition, with a focus on three processes to improve governance – EITI, OGP, and IRMA. Speakers from government, industry and civil society from a diverse range of countries will discuss how to leverage existing processes for transparency and open government to deliver a just transition. Attendees will learn how these processes not only help ensure justice for communities but also ensure that supply chains for evolving industries are cleaner and more just.
Speakers:
Introduction by Prof Michael Menser, Director, Urban Sustainability Program, Brooklyn College/CUNY
Introduction by Adna Karamehic-Oates, Lead, Policy & Partnerships, Open Government Partnership
Cielo Magno, President of Bantay Kita/Publish What You Pay Philippines and incoming OGP Steering Committee Co-Chair, Philippines
Richard Morgan, Head of Government and International Relations, Anglo American, United Kingdom
Isabel Munilla, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, US Department of Energy, United States
Moderated by Mark Robinson, Executive Director, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
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