The Covenant of Mayors Investment Forum – Energy Efficiency Finance Market Place is an annual conference showcasing successful projects on financing energy efficiency, climate adaptation and innovative energy planning, as well as initiatives working across Europe to facilitate the market for climate and sustainable energy finance. The conference brings together cities, financial institutions and other actors to exchange on good practices and successful solutions to common challenges. The event is organised by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Energy, the Directorate-General for Climate Action, and the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), in collaboration with the Covenant of Mayors initiative.
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Sign-in
09:00
Opening Plenary
· Welcome by Paloma Aba Garrote, Director, European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)
· Ditte Juul Jorgensen, Director General, Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission
· Kurt Vandenberghe, Director General, Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
· Joško Klisović, President of the City Assembly of Zagreb, Rapporteur Commission for Environment of the Committee of the Regions
10:00
Coffee break ☕ Networking
Cities and regions at the centre of the Clean Energy Transition and climate adaptation
Mobilizing sustainable energy investments in the public and private sectors
Emerging approaches to boost energy efficiency finance
10:30
How public authorities can prepare local heating and cooling plans and initiate impactful projects.
Seamless services for Housing Energy Efficiency Renovation in Sofia, Bulgaria
Dublin’s innovative project finance and delivery structure to upscale sustainable energy investments
11:30
REMARKABLE Climate Leaders - Stimulating Investment Towards Carbon Neutrality
One stop shops to support energy communities
Improving energy security and citizens’ lives through EU taxonomy-aligned green homes and green finance
12:30
Lunch 🍽️ Networking
13:30
The role of Positive Energy Districts in the ongoing energy transition in urban areas
ELENA – European Local ENergy Assistance, the INTERACT project
Guaranteed financing schemes for deep energy renovations of multifamily buildings
14:30
Generating resilient actions against the heat island effect on urban territory
Transformation of the district heating system in the Šaleška valley
Accelerating family home retrofitting with a cost neutral, on-tax, end-to-end solution in The Netherlands.
15:30
Coffee break ☕ Networking
16:00
Local authorities demonstrating solutions certified by the Solarimpulse Label
Support to cities and municipalities in mobilising sustainable energy investments
Boosting social innovation in the energy market
17:00
Closing Plenary
· Aneta Willems, Head of Department Natural Resources, Climate, Sustainable Blue Economy and Clean Energy, CINEA
· Eero Ailio, Adviser, Energy transition and local governance, Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission
· Frédéric Boyer, Co-lead of the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy - Europe Office
