DRAFT AGENDA (Updated 21 / 08 /14)

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MAINSTREAMING THE GREEN ECONOMY
ICAEW, Great Hall, London (1 2 September 2014)

DAY ONE: PUBLIC DIALOGUE

Overview
Assess the status of the transition to green economies across the world
Test the green economy pitch to People and Power
Examine the current progress towards financial system reform

Timing Session Outcome
9.00 Arrival, registration, coffee, networking
9.30 - 9.45 Introductions: Oliver Greenfield, Convenor, Green Economy Coalition Who is in the room;
what we will
achieve
9.45 10.45 The current context: What is the status of the transition?
Chaired by Steve Bass, Head of Sustainable Markets Group, IIED (GEC)
Fulai Sheng, Head of the Research and Partnerships Unit of
UNEP(GEC), on the acceleration of green economy national plans
Sir David King, Special Representative for Climate Change, UK
Foreign Office, on the politics of climate change and relevance to
economic reform
Sarah Chapman, Chief of Staff, New Climate Economy
Commission, on the economics of transition
Melissa Leach, Director of the Institute of Development Studies
(GEC), on civil society and the politics of the transition
A world picture of
transition
10.45-12.00 Co-creating pitches to People and Power: Interactive session
Table discussions reflecting on the presentations using evidence,
statistics, questions and pictures.
Refining pitches for different audiences
Pitches to People
and Power
12.00-12.45 Dragons den: Which pitches work for whom?
Chaired by Richard Black (ex BBC Environment Correspondent): What will
make this story a mainstream political priority, a front page and a pub
conversation?
Joan Walley, MP for Stoke-On-Trent North
Hunter Lovins, President of Natural Capital Solutions
Ed Conway, Sky Economics Editor (TBC)
Insights; what
resonates
Feedback from the
dragons and
plenary dialogue
12.45 - 1.00 Voting: Interactive session
Electronic vote on the best pitches
Conclusions; what
works
1.00 - 2.00 Networking Lunch: Buffet provided
2.00 - 2.45 Finance reform: What is the status of finance reform?
Chair: Richard Spencer, Head of Sustainability, ICAEW (GEC)
Insights from Maya Forstater, UNEP Finance Inquiry
Eight interventions for finance reform
Plenary discussion
2.45 3.40 Transforming finance to invest in a green economy: Interactive session
Table discussions: what is needed to enable change?
3.40 4.00 Coffee and networking
4.00 4.45 Dragons den: Which reforms for high impact
What is needed so that finance flows to green economy?
Feedback from the dragons and plenary dialogue
Insights; what
works
4.45 5.00 Voting: Interactive session
Electronic vote on finance reform
5.00 5.30 Conclusions and close: Our next steps. Oliver Greenfield. Collaboration
opportunities
DRAFT AGENDA (Updated 21 / 08 /14)
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DAY TWO: GEC STRATEGY DAY (MEMBERS & INVITED GUESTS ONLY)

Overview
Reflect on Day One dialogue
Member updates and opportunities for collaboration
Next steps, actions, priorities and milestones

DAY 2 Session Background
materials
Outcome
8.30 9.00 Coffee and networking
9.00
9.30
Introductions & the wall walk
Recap of GEC to date - the
wall walk
Member updates
GEC core strategy

GEC Background
Paper
Wall Walk
Consolidate where we
came from, what
defines us as a group,
what we are doing
9.30
10.00
Reflections on Day One and GEC status
GEC strategy recap
What have we learned?
How does this impact our
strategy?

Summary of Day
One
Conclusions on how
ready are we for
mainstream
10.00-
11.00
GEC Five themes of change: Breakout
parallel sessions on each project
Project status
Issues to be discussed/proposal
to be developed
Opportunity for GEC members
Project summaries

Seeing the links
Understanding the
change areas
11.00 11.20 Coffee and networking
11.20 1.00 GEC Five themes of change: Carousel
Visit the projects
Identify the collaboration
opportunity
Conclusions on
progress, what else and
collaboration
Lunch
1.00 2.00
Networking Lunch: Buffet provided
2.00 3.00 Dialogues, hubs and knowledge
platforms
UN PAGE plans
GEC hubs Caribbean, India,
SA
Our web knowledge platform
Next steps
Exploring further collaborations and specific
next steps
3.00-3.20 Coffee and networking
3.20 4.00 GEC operations and building the
network
Secretariat funding
GEC Governance
Coalition working and growth
Planning for year ahead

Conclusions on improving our network
4.00 5.00 Conclusions, actions and close Overall action plan defined