3GF’s inaugural gathering took place in Copenhagen, 11-12 October 2011. The annual two day event brought together 200 carefully selected global leaders across business, finance and public institutions to engage in in-depth discussions around best practice initiatives, supportive policies
and collaboration opportunities to accelerate green growth.The Forum consisted of three interacting levels:
Parallel strategy sessions - A selected set of public-private initiatives lie at the heart of the 3GF programme. The strategy sessions focused on accelerating scale and pace across energy, transport and finance projects, while also addressing additional cross-cutting initiatives with a more general scope, such as public procurement and water resource. Key insights informed the Forum’s broader debates with hands-on knowledge and experience.
Energy Efficiency (Facilitator: Mr. Jeremy Oppenheim / McKinsey & Company)
Renewable Energy (Facilitator: Mr Bo Diczfalusy / International Energy Agency)
Financing Green Growth (Facilitator: Jonathan Maxwell / Sustainable Development Capital LLP)
EV Test Markets (Facilitator: Mr. Martin Lidegaard / Concito)
Fuels for Transport (Facilitator: Mr. Nader Mousavizadeh / Oxford Analytica)
Sustainable Biofuels for Aviation (Facilitator: Mr. Jim Lane / American Biofuels Council)
Water Resource Group (Facilitator: Mr. Dominic Waughray / World Economic Forum)
Green Public Procurement (Facilitator: Mr. Claude Martin / IISD)
Parallel panels – Four panels on energy, transport, finance and trade / international markets linked the specific initiatives discussed at workshop-level with more general debates and strategizing with regards to policy, finance and regulation.
Energy (Moderator: Mr. Jeremy Oppenheim / McKinsey & Company)
Sustainable Transport (Moderator: Mr. Nader Mousavizadeh / Oxford Analytica)
Financing Green Growth (Moderator: Mr. Michael Liebreich / Bloomberg New Energy Finance)
Trade/International Markets (Moderator: Mr. Ricardo Melendez- Ortiz / International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development)
- Plenary sessions - Four plenary sessions casted a broader view and offer insights the strategy sessions and panel sessions. The four plenaries addressed:
- Plenary debate 1: Building an Enabling Environment to Catalyze Green Growth;
- Plenary debate 2: National Action on Green Growth;
- Plenary debate 3: International Action on Green Growth; and
- Plenary debate 4: Catalyzing Ambitious Green Growth: An Agenda for Collaborative Action
- A full programme can be downloaded here (subsequent to alterations).
- Outcome
- The Chairman's summary concluded the Forum, and serve as a basis along with more specific recomendations from individual strategy sessions in subsequent high-level political processes and Forums (see Outcome for further details).
