The Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), Korea Development Institute (KDI), and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) are jointly organizing a conference on “Green Energy: “The G20” Vision”, which will be held in Shanghai on February 24-25, 2017. This is one of the thematic events of this year’s “Think 20”, the network of global think tanks engaging with G20 process.

This conference aims to improve mutual respect and understanding of pragmatic options for the G20 to enable realization of the Paris Agreement’s goals. It will seek policy recommendations for 2017 G20 common actions and collaboration, with a direct policy brief and outcome paper for the T20. The German chairs of the T20 have requested a policy brief that contains recommended concrete, pragmatic policy actions that are implementable by the G20.

The major themes of the conference are Energy-Climate Governance and the 2030 Agenda (SDGs); the optimists’ case for “muddling through”; Green Finance – G20 actions to catalyse green investments; “Unburnable Carbon” – the case for banning the extraction of fossil fuel beyond the carbon budget; Sustainable Infrastructure – Smart and Quality Infrastructure for Current and Future Generations. A Wrap-up Session will develop the elements of a Policy Brief for the Think 20 to support the 2017 G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany.