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Mission Innovation Ministerial MI-9 with the G20 Energy Ministers

October 1, 2024
Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
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There is a growing recognition that  the climate/sustainability and innovation agendas must expand from a focus on  current sectors and emission reductions to solution providers that can  deliver on human needs in globally sustainable ways. During the last five  years RISE, through the Net-Zero Compatibility Initiative (NCI), together  with Social Alpha, have led the accelerator work with a focus on incubators  in Mission Innovation. During that time a network has been created with a  focus on those incubators that focus on global sustainability and human  needs, rather than improving current systems through a sector approach. At  COP28, representatives from Sweden, India, Brazil and Ethiopia gathered,  along with contributions from the UK, to share thoughts about the  possibilities for a traditional stakeholder to move towards a human need  driven agenda.  

Chaired by Jay Hennessy, Director of  the Net-Zero Compatibility Initiative, the speakers were: 

  •  Massamba  Thioye, Project Executive,  UNFCCC Global Innovation Hub
  •  Pourya  Salehi, Head of Urban Research,  Innovation and Development, ICLEI
  •  Diana  Urge-Vorsatz, Vice Chair of the IPCC
  • Dennis  Pamlin, Executive Director of the  Net-Zero Compatibility Initiative and Senior Advisor, RISE
  • Smita  Rakesh, Vice President, Social  Alpha, India
  • Andreas  Johansson, Vice President of Market  and Business Development, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
  • Niclas  Carlsson, Head of International  Market Development and Investment, Swedish Energy Agency
  • Leandro  Costa, Head of Innovation, Park  Tech, São José dos Capos, Brazil
  •  Marvin  Henry, Lead for Avoided  Emissions, WBCSD
  • Marika  Takatani & Haruka Kasai,  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
  • Gabriela  Herculano, Co-Founder of iClima, UK

The aim was to:

  • share best practices regarding the transition from static problem innovation to  dynamic solution innovation,
  • compare frameworks to assess avoided emissions, 1.5 C compatibility as well as  compatibility with a future where 11 billion can live flourishing lives, and
  • explore joint initiatives with cities and companies that focus on start-ups that can  deliver globally sustainable solutions.