The European Union’s efforts to achieve a carbon-neutral economy present a unique and timely opportunity to strengthen European energy security. What is the EU currently doing to meet its decarbonization goals, address the role of natural gas in Europe’s low-carbon future, and explain the potential for new gas sources, alternative gas routes, and clean energy technologies to reduce carbon emissions? And how can this be done while simultaneously increasing European energy security and opportunities for transatlantic cooperation?
Ditte Juul Jørgensen, Director-General for Energy, European Commission
Maria Rita Galli, Executive Vice President, Business Development and Asset Management, Snam S.p.A.
H.E. Niculae Havrilet, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy, Energy and the Business Environment, Romania
Aida Sitdikova, Director Energy, Eurasia, Sustainable Infrastructure Group, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Andrea Waldman Lockwood, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa, Middle East, Europe, and Eurasia, US Department of Energy
Moderated by: Amb. Richard Morningstar, Founding Chairman, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Forum is the go-to conference on the geopolitics of the energy transformation, where energy and foreign policy leaders come together to set the energy agenda for the year and examine the longer-term geopolitical and geo-economic implications of the changing energy system.
The 2020 iteration of the forum focuses on three key themes: the role of the oil and gas industry in the energy transition, financing the future of energy, and interconnections in a new era of geopolitics. The forum’s regional footprint has expanded to emphasize increasing energy demand in South and Southeast Asia.
Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, the forum is held in partnership with the UAE Ministry of Energy and Industry, ADNOC, and Mubadala, and is part of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.
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