Side event on Arctic Frontiers: The Green Transition in the Arctic – Cities as drivers for Climate-Neutrality. What does it take?

Moderator: Dag Rune Olsen, rector UiT The Arctic University of Norway

13.30–13.35 Welcome address: Gunnar Wilhelmsen, Mayor of Tromsø

13.35–14.05 INTRODUCTIONS:

• How to connect to the EU mission on climate-neutral and smart cities? Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director-General DG MOVE and Manager of the Mission for 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030, European Commission (TBC)
• The Sami people and climate neutrality – what are the issues? Silje Karine Moutka, President of the Sami Council

• Implementing the EU strategy for climate change adaptation and mitigation: The IMPETUS project Andrea Marinoni, Associate Professor Department of Physics and Technology, Scientific Coordinator IMPETUS Norway

14.05–14.45 PANEL DEBATE – MAKING IT HAPPEN

Which knowledge, which actors, and which partnerships does it take?

Moderator: Rikke Gürgens Gjærum, Vice-Rector UiT The Arctic University of Norway

• Malgorzata (Gosia) Smieszek, researcher and project coordinator, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Laurence Frémion-Pitras, Chief Sustainable Officer, Troms Kraft
• Mirja Vehkaperä, Chair of the City Board of Oulu, and member of EU’s Committee of Regions
• Ola Grindheim Onsøyen, Student, UiT
• Ernst Kloosterman, Head of Unit for Climate, Environment and Energy, Tromsø municipality

Please note: in order to attend this part of the program, you need a registration pass to the Arctic Frontiers conference. Alternatively, you can register to this side event here (cost 500 NOK).

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