This year, the CEM community and CEM members will head to Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, for the CEM15-MI9 joint ministerial meetings. Governments, international organizations, private sector stakeholders, academics, and many others will join to turn clean energy ambition into clean energy action!

The four-day event features high-level plenaries, roundtable side events, and a special celebration of the CEM’s 15th anniversary. Together, we will identify and advance practical actions for clean energy so that we can secure a net-zero future for citizens around the world.

High-level Side Event: Powering Sustainable Growth with Zero-Emission Truck Corridors

In partnership with the CEM Electric Vehicle Initiative, Drive to Zero will join colleagues from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the International Council on Clean Transportation, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the Government of the Netherlands to host Powering Sustainable Growth with Zero-Emission Truck Corridors. During this event, we’ll showcase concrete and continuing progress in the ZE transition resulting from increased charging infrastructure for ZE-MHDVs, particularly within Global Green Road Corridors. Attendees will hear tangible, practical insights that will empower both the Global North and the Global South to transform key commercial transport routes to green corridors. In addition, special announcements will be made to celebrate key milestones in the pursuit of this mission. [02 October | 011:30 AM-12:30 PM BRT]

Featured speakers:

• Mr. Michel Heijdra, Netherlands Vice-Minister of Climate and Energy
• Ms. Paula Vieira, Director General of Environmental Policy, Transport Canada
• Mr. Sebastian Galarza, Executive Director, Centro de Movilidad Sostenible
• Mr. Jean-François Gagné, Head of CEM Secretariat
• Mr. Antonio Espósito, General Coordinator of Urban Mobility Regulation, Ministry of Urban Planning of Brazil
• Mr. Ricardo García Coyne, Program Manager, CALSTART
• Mr. Andrew Moffat, Foreign Service Officer, United States Department of State
• Ms. Rosemarie Cramer, Advisor International Sustainable Logistics, Government of the Netherlands
• Ms. Cristina Albuquerque, Global Electric Mobility Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
• Mr. Ricardo Bastos, President, Associação Brasileira do Veículo Elétrico

Agenda

Time	Activity
1130-1138	Opening & Introduction to the Global Green Road Corridors Ricardo Garcia Coyne, CALSTART/Drive to Zero
01138-1140	Presentation: ZEV-EMI Brazil Andrew Moffat, Foreign Service Officer, United States Department of State
1140-1155	Presentation: Bi-Oceanic Green Freight Corridor Sebastian Galarza, Executive Director, Centro de Movilidad Sostenible
1155-1200	Announcement: Global MOU on Zero-Emission Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles Michel Heijdra, Vice-Minister of Climate & Energy, Netherlands
1200-1210	Fireside Chat: Brazilian ZE-MHDV Corridor: From Idea to Realization Rosemarie Cramer, Advisor International Sustainable Logistics, Government of the Netherlands  Antonio Espósito, General Coordinator of Urban Mobility Regulation, Ministry of Urban Planning of Brazil
1210-1225	Fireside Chat: Zero-emission Road Transport as a Contributor to the Energy Transition Speakers to be confirmed.
1225-1230	Closing Remarks Paula Vieira, Director General of Environmental Policy at Transport Canada

 

See the full CEM15 agenda here