Global Clean Energy Action Forum 2022

Global Clean Energy Action Forum 2022
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GS II: Policies and Developmental Studies; GS III: Environment and Conservation

What is discussed under Global Clean Energy Action Forum 2022?

Representatives from 34 countries, led by Ministers and Heads of Delegations from the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) and Mission Innovation (MI), convened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, from September 21-23, 2022, to convene the first Global Clean Energy Action Forum (GCEAF).
Participants included companies, civil society, investors, youth, labour, innovators, and academics.

The GCEAF is a joint meeting of the 13th Clean Energy Ministerial and the 7th Mission Innovation Ministerial to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement decarbonization goals.
- 13th Clean Energy Ministerial: A high-level global forum promoting the advancement of clean energy technologies.
- 7th Mission Innovation Ministerial: The main intergovernmental platform coordinating action and investment among 22 countries and the European Commission.
The three-day event will include high-level main stage presentations and roundtable talks, as well as:
- A Business Forum, Clean Energy Technology Showcase, and side events presented by a varied range of international organisations, governments, businesses, and think tanks.

Attendees of the forum

“Rapid Innovation and Deployment” is the theme of the 2022 Global Clean Energy Action Forum.
It emphasises the critical need to accelerate the pace and scale of the clean energy transition.
As per experts, in order to address climate change, we must accelerate global decarbonization efforts with every tool and technology at our disposal.
- Thereby, shortening the innovation-to-deployment continuum and commercialising the full suite of critical climate technologies.
The forum’s event topics include:
- Accelerating carbon capture deployment
- Leveraging zero-carbon fuels like hydrogen to decarbonize difficult-to-electrify industries
- Advancing nuclear energy deployment for global energy security
- Developing clean energy markets
- Driving a just energy transition

Significance

This event takes place two months before the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27), which will be held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in November.
- It provides a great chance for global leaders to build on promises made at the 2021 Glasgow Climate Summit.
The forum also comes at a time when the European continent is attempting to negotiate:
- New energy sources in the face of altering geopolitics in the area
- Establish win-win solutions that provide both energy security and decarbonization
It also comes only one month after the United States passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the largest-ever investment in climate action in the United States.
Global leaders can utilise forums like the GCEAF to both deploy those tools efficiently and accelerate progress throughout the world at a time of increased energy demand.

India announced the establishment of 5 Bioenergy Centers with an interdisciplinary team working on advanced sustainable biofuels utilising current biotechnology techniques.
In April 2022, India held the Mission Innovation Annual Gathering in New Delhi, and the Mission Integrated Biorefineries was founded by Co-leads of India and the Netherlands, combining important members to accelerate innovation for renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials for a low-carbon future.
India, as one of the founding members of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), will hold CEM-14 in Bengaluru in 2023, concurrently with their G-20 presidency.

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