Rio+20: High-level Side Event on Sustainable Energy for All

The High-level Side Event on Sustainable Energy for All will showcase commitments to actions by all stakeholders towards the objectives of the Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative. It will provide a unique platform for global leaders, including heads of states, CEOs and heads of civil society organizations, to announce their major initiatives, commitments and partnerships that will make Sustainable Energy for All a reality by 2030.

Session 1: Sustainable Energy is Powering the Future We Want

15:00 – 15:30   Welcoming remarks: Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General, UNIDO

-H.E. Mr. Armando Emílio Guebuza, President of Mozambique

-H.E. Mr. Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

-Mr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank

-Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group

Session 2: Sustainable Energy is Powering Opportunities

15:35 – 16:05   Facilitator: Mr. Chad Holliday, Chairman, Bank of America

-H.E. Ms. Helle Thorning Schmidt, Prime Minister of Denmark

-H.E. Mr , Prime Minister of Barbados

-Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Executive Co-Chairman, Infosys Ltd

-Mr. Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank

Session 3: Sustainable Energy is Powering Development

16:10 – 16:40   Facilitator: Ms. Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP

-H.E. Mr. Andris Piebalgs, EC Development Commissioner

-H.E. Ms. Irene Muloni, Senior Minister for Energy & Mineral Development, Uganda

-Mr. Brian Dames, CEO, Eskom

-Mr. Kimball Chen, CEO, Global LPG Partnership

Session 4: Sustainable Energy is Powering People and Innovation

16:45 – 17:15   Facilitator: Mr. Adnan Amin, Director General of IRENA

-H. E. Mr. Baburam Bhattarai, Prime Minister of Nepal

-H.E. Mr. Nicholas W. P. Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

-Mr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, Managing Director, World Bank Group

-Ms. Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, TERI

Session 5: Sustainable Energy is Powering Future Generations

17:20 – 17:50   Facilitator: Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director, UN Women

-H.E. Mr. Carlos Pascual, Ambassador, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State

-Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda, President, Asian Development Bank

-Mr. Josue Tanaka, Managing Director, EBRD

-Mr. Giuseppe Recchi, Chairman, ENI

Closing remarks: Mr. Robert C. Orr, Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Office the Secretary-General