Climate Analytics at COP31

Location: Side event room Yellow
Date: 13 November
Time: 11:00-13:00

NDCs will reflect countries’ Highest Possible Ambition (HPA) – a norm established by the Paris Agreement and confirmed in the ICJ’s 2025 advisory opinion. But what HPA means remains unclear. This event will explore the operationalisation of HPA through global, legal and diverse national lenses.

Speakers
Professor Joeri Rogelj, Director of Research, Imperial College London
Zarrar Khan, Climate Analytics
Professor Vaibhav Chaturvedi, CEEW
Government of Grenada 

Event partners include: 
Government of Grenada
Imperial College London
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

Location: IOM Pavilion 
Date: 17 November
Time: 14:30-15:30

Climate policy often focuses on movement, yet many people remain in place despite climate risks. Through experiences from Ghana, Mozambique, Brazil and Türkiye, this event launches the Handbook on Intersectional Climate Immobility and explores implications for adaptation, justice and local action.

Speakers: 
Emily Boyd (LUCSUS)
Representative of Hayata Destek/Support to Life
Patricia Pinho (IPAM)
Mumuni Abu (University of Cape Coast)
Carlos Shenga (CPGD)

Event partners include:
Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS)
University of Cape Coast
International Platform on Adaptation Metrics (IPAM)
Climate Proofing Growth and Development (CPGD)

Location: Regional Climate Foundation Pavilion
Date: 18 November
Time: 11:15-12:15

This moderated panel will explore what a 1.5°C-aligned transition requires and how different energy, economic and political realities shape national pathways. The event will address key TAFF implementation bottlenecks and levers: finance and fiscal diversification, electrification, green industrialisation, national roadmaps and international cooperation, identifying practical pathways to turn global commitments into action towards GST2.

Moderator: Neil Grant, Senior Expert on Mitigation Pathways and Climate Policy Analysis, Climate Analytics

Panelists:
Umit Sahin, Head of Climate Change Program, Sabanci University Istanbul Policy Center
Rosana Santos, Executive Director, Instituto E+ Transição Energética
Natalie Jones, Senior Policy Advisor, The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Katrine Tilgaard Petersen, Interim Programme Lead – Global Clean Power Diplomacy, E3G
Alexandra Scott, Senior Climate Diplomacy Expert, ECCO Climate Think Tank