Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, and Labour & Employment, India, and Romina Pourmokhtari, Minister for Climate and the Environment, Sweden, are hosting this official side that will inform about the objectives of the next phase of the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (2024-2026), LeadIT 2.0.  

The event will present how LeadIT 2.0 will accelerate a just and equitable industry transition through partnerships, technology co-development, and financial and technical assistance focused on industry decarbonization for emerging and developing economies.

The Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in 2019 by the Governments of India and Sweden, was established to build momentum for industry transition up until the Global Stocktake in 2023. At COP28, LeadIT members will adopt a Mission Statement for the initiative's next phase (2024-2026) to reaffirm their dedication to accelerating a just and equitable industry transition to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. 

Moderator: Nigel Topping, Former UN Climate Change High-level champion from the COP26 Presidency. Co-leader of Race to Zero and Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, Gfanz 

Participants:

• Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, and Labour & Employment, India
• Romina Pourmokhtari, Minister for Climate and the Environment, Sweden
• Robert Andrén, Director General, Swedish Energy Agency 
• Ms Elfriede A. More, Head of Department for International Climate, Environment and Energy Affairs
• Ruchika Drall, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, India
• Matilde Mesnard, Deputy Director for the Environment directorate and OECD Co-ordinator for Climate and Green Finance.