Programme

The Inauguration will offer a high-level preview of the key themes and discussions that will shape the Swedish Pavilion throughout COP31, bringing together leaders from business, academia, civil society and the public sector. Positioning Sweden as a Climate Matchmaker, the programme will demonstrate how collaboration across sectors and value chains can connect climate priorities with solutions, finance, policy frameworks, infrastructure and delivery partnerships, helping move climate ambition towards investment, implementation and deployment at scale.

On the occasion of the inauguration of the Swedish Pavilion at COP31 in Antalya, Business Sweden is pleased to invite you to a Networking Reception and Meet the Delegation event with members of Sweden's official non-negotiating delegation to COP31 and other distinguished guests.

The EIT Summit will bring together industry, government, finance and international organisations to advance the implementation of NDCs through electrification, fossil-free industrial value chains and resilient infrastructure. The Summit will focus on the policy frameworks, market signals, infrastructure and financing needed to translate climate commitments into investable projects and accelerate deployment at scale.

Energy security is being fundamentally redefined. The world is moving from an energy system centered on hydrocarbons to one increasingly powered by electricity. Recent geopolitical and geoeconomic developments around the world have only provided further impetus to the push for clean electrification. In this new reality, electricity is no longer simply an energy issue. It has become a matter of economic resilience, strategic competitiveness, and national security. 

COP31 is being shaped as an Implementation COP, responding to one of the central challenges in global climate action: closing the gap between multilateral commitments and real-world delivery. As long-term and engaged owners, Wallenberg Investments and Investor are convinced that the climate transition is a powerful driver of innovation, resilience, and competitiveness. Across our portfolios, companies are investing in the transition and developing commercially available solutions that can contribute to implementation at scale. Realising this potential requires predictable conditions, enabling infrastructure and policy frameworks that support investment and reward companies willing to lead. These are areas where we see strong synergies with the Action Agenda.

During this session, AFRY will present key findings from the latest Fossil Detox Report, assessing Europe's progress in reducing its dependence on fossil fuels while strengthening competitiveness and energy security. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with leaders from business and civil society on the actions needed to turn climate ambition into implementation and accelerate the transition towards a resilient, fossil-free future.

Circular social infrastructure for changing needs 
Nordic Experience, European Perspectives

The energy transition is reshaping power systems around the world. As countries electrify and rapidly expand renewable generation, they face a common challenge: delivering a system that is sustainable, affordable and secure. Achieving all three will require not only more clean energy, but also more integrated grids.

The Circularity Summit will bring together industry, finance, government and international organisations to accelerate the deployment of circular solutions across material-intensive value chains. Focusing on policy, finance and enabling infrastructure, the Summit will explore how proven circular solutions and business models can become investable, replicable and commercially scalable, supporting the transition from climate ambition to implementation.

How can we accelerate steel decarbonisation when frontrunners are ready to invest, but the transition remains challenging for much of the market?

The transition to low-carbon industry presents significant opportunities for investment, innovation and competitiveness, but turning these opportunities into commercially viable projects remains a challenge. Companies operate across interconnected markets and value chains. Accelerating green industrialization requires stronger alignment between business priorities, enabling policies and market opportunities, both within and across borders. 

Businesses are operating in a fundamentally different risk environment from the one for which many of today’s strategies and risk-management systems were designed. Climate extremes, geopolitical tensions, technological disruption, supply-chain vulnerabilities, biodiversity loss and social instability increasingly interact and cascade across sectors and geographies. Against this backdrop, the roundtable organized by Stockholm Resilience Center, Wallenberg Investments and Investor will bring together business leaders, investors, researchers and policymakers to explore one central question:How can businesses build the capacity not only to withstand disruption, but to adapt, transform and continue creating value in an increasingly uncertain world?

Co-organizer: Energy Efficiency Movement. Energy efficiency is essential to making electrification more affordable, resilient and competitive - but global progress remains off track. This panel will bring together leaders from government, industry and finance to explore how stronger collaboration can unlock investment, reduce risk and accelerate energy-efficiency solutions at scale. Building on the Montreal Collaboration Framework, speakers will identify practical actions and partnerships that can turn global ambition into measurable results.

This closed-door roundtable will bring together senior leaders from government, industry and finance to explore how stronger collaboration can unlock investment and accelerate energy-efficiency improvements in the age of electrification. Building on the Montreal Action Plan and Collaboration Framework, participants will identify enabling conditions, practical partnerships and investable opportunities that support affordability, competitiveness, resilience and energy security. The discussion will help shape a broader Energy Efficiency Action Framework and provide input to the IEA’s 12th Global Conference on Energy Efficiency in Dublin in May 2027.

Building on the momentum from Santa Marta and the evolving international TAFF process, this private-sector roundtable will explore what the transition away from fossil fuels means for corporate climate action. The discussion will reflect on the evolving role of business, explore emerging opportunities for collaboration across the private sector and civil society, and consider how corporate action can connect with and help shape the wider policy agenda.

Europe's power sector is changing rapidly. Following a presentation of key findings from AFRY's Fossil Detox Europe 2026 report, a panel of industry and policy leaders will discuss the shift from fossil fuels to renewable power, the growing importance of grids and storage, and the investments and policy frameworks needed to deliver a resilient, competitive and flexible energy system.

Every day, purchasing teams make decisions that lock in costs, energy use and performance for decades. Industrial solutions that reduce energy use, emissions and resource consumption are increasingly available, but the better solution is not always the easiest one to buy. Higher upfront costs, established purchasing practices and market structures can slow adoption even where solutions create substantial value over their lifetime.

The roundtable will bring together corridor initiatives, finance institutions and commercial financiers. It will identify how existing and missing financial instruments can accelerate corridor development and electrified heavy-duty transport deployment, allocate and mitigate risks, and provide confidence for project financing. The objective is to translate corridor opportunities into bankable investment packages that can attract institutional capital at scale.

Cities are the biggest levers for ambitious climate action. In this session, representatives from four cities share their experiences in bringing ambitious projects from ideation to implementation. Experts from ClimateView, international organisations and research institutions draw insights from the experiences of the cities and suggesthow such initiatives can be scaled.