Festa and Reykjavík City Climate Summit 2021

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Vision and next steps



Recordings from the meeting can be accessed here: Festa and Reykjavík City Climate Meeting 2021 – YouTube

Festa and the City of Reykjavík's annual Climate Conference will take place on Friday, November 19th from 9:00 – 12:00 and will be streamed live from Harpa.

This year's meeting is being prepared in consultation with the Climate Council.

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Please note that due to changes in quarantine regulations, we will unfortunately not be welcoming meeting guests to Harpa as planned.

• The event is carbon neutral.
• Direct link: Festa and Reykjavík City Climate Meeting on Vimeo

Dagskrá:

• Moderator: Freyr Eyjólfsson
• Tinna Hallgrímsdóttir, chairwoman of Young Environmentalists
• Umhverfisráðherra
• Dagur B. Eggertsson, Mayor of Reykjavík
• Tómas N. Möller, formaður Festu
• Following COP26 – Challenges and opportunities for businesses and investors

• Climate change adaptation in Iceland
• Anna Hulda Ólafsdóttir, Head of the Office of Climate Services and Adaptation
• What is the vision for the future?
• Halldór Þorgeirsson, Chairman of the Climate Council

Hlé

Couch chat:

Markaðurinn utan um kolefnisjöfnun. Af hverju er hann mikilvægur og hver er staðan núna?

• Guðmundur Sigbergsson, Chairman of the Technical Committee on Responsible Carbon Offsetting
• Guðný Nielsen, co-founder of SoGreen
• Ívar Örn Þrastarson, Head of Operations at Festur
• Aðalheiður Snæbjarnardóttir, sustainability expert at Landsbankinn and Festa's representative on the Climate Council

United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP 26. What do we take from there – key focuses and next steps

• Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir, framkvæmdarstjóri Festu
• Halldór Þorgeirsson, Chairman of the Climate Council
• Auður Alfa Ólafsdóttir, expert in environmental and consumer affairs at ASÍ
• Tómas Möller, Chief Lawyer of the Icelandic Tradesmen's Pension Fund and Chairman of Festa

The feedback and how do we report?

• Rafn Helgason, Secretary of the Young Environmentalists
• Hulda Þórisdóttir, associate professor at the University of Iceland

Afhending Loftslagsviðurkenningar Reykjavíkurborgar og Festu

• Dagur B. Eggertsdóttir, Mayor and Líf Magneudóttir, Chair of the Jury

Loftslagsfundurinn í ár er hluti af fundarröðinni Loftslagsþrennan.



The series aims to ensure that you and your company can stay on top of the latest developments through concise and practical information related to the United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place in Glasgow from 1-12 November.



Don't miss the following events. They will both be live-streamed and recordings will be available afterwards:

• October 21st at 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. “Race to Carbon Neutrality”
• Recordings from the meeting can be accessed here: Facebook

• 24. nóv­em­ber kl. 9-11. „Eru við­skipta­tæki­færi í kol­efn­is­hlut­leysi?“ – Sjálf­bærni­dag­ur EY og Sam­taka at­vinnu­lífs­ins.
• In the afternoon, there will be two workshops related to carbon neutrality.
• Registration and further information: EY and SA Sustainability Day: Are there business opportunities in carbon neutrality? – Confederation of Icelandic Employers