MHI Group at COP28
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Dubai, UAE
COP28, the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, is a forum for governments to agree on policies to limit global temperature rises and adapt to impacts associated with climate change. Decarbonizing power generation, industry and transport will require unprecedented collaboration and infrastructure investment. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group will be present at this year's conference in Dubai, UAE to discuss our contribution to a carbon-neutral world.
Featured sessions
Featured speakers
Kimiyo Hirowatari
Manager, Financial Planning Division, Project Director, Growth Strategy Office, MHI
Sessions
Delivering the COP28 Energy Package with Renewables, Hydrogen and CCUS
Hiroshi Matsuda
SVP, Chief Regional officer, EMEA, MHI
Sustainable Innovation Forum
Innovation Zone, Madinat Jumeirah Conference Center
The COP28 presidency has called for four paradigm shifts and presented an ambitious "energy package" of measures to drive a significant reduction in emissions. How can this package be delivered?
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Accelerating industry decarbonisation through the adoption of sustainable infrastructure mechanisms
Takajiro Ishikawa
EVP, President and CEO for America, MHI
Sustainable Innovation Forum
Innovation Zone, Madinat Jumeirah Conference Center
Industrial processes contribute significantly to global carbon emissions therefore industry decarbonisation is a critical step in achieving the sustainable development goals.
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Unlocking capital for net-zero in Asia and beyond: challenges and solutions on transition finance
Kimiyo Hirowatari
Manager, Financial Planning Division, Project Director, Growth Strategy Office, MHI
Blue Zone, Japan Pavilion
Expo City Dubai
Unlocking transition finance in Asia is rapidly needed to accelerate Asia’s decarbonization of high-emitting and hard-to-abate sectors. What are key developments and progress in terms of development of transition finance policies and instruments? How can we strengthen mechanisms to avoid carbon lock-in?
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Prioritising Technologies for Rapid Decarbonisation
Prof. Emmanouil Kakaras
EVP, NEXT Energy Business, MHI-EMEA
Sustainable Innovation Forum
Innovation Zone, Madinat Jumeirah Conference Center
Whether it is electrification, hydrogen, or carbon capture: it is of broad consensus that new decarbonisation technologies must be deployed at speed and scale. But how can clean technologies be prioritised to maximise greenhouse gas abatement?
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The role of Policies, Finance and Technologies in Energy Efficiency and Sustainability for the Industrial Sectors
Paolo Bertuzzi
CEO & Managing Director, Turboden S.p.A
Blue Zone, Italian Pavilion
Energy-intensive industries such as cement, steel, glass and petrochemicals let between 30% and 60% of their total consumed energy go to waste in the form of excess heat that dissipates to the atmosphere. How can technology companies, policymakers and financiers make sure this huge source of zero-carbon energy is tapped to the benefit of the climate and society?
Interplay of regulation and standards in the Hydrogen Economy
Maria João Duarte
Representative to EU Institutions Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Blue Zone, ISO Pavilion
Dubai, UAE
Against the backdrop of international standard setting efforts for hydrogen, this session will explore how international voluntary standards can work as enablers when embedded in regulation, and present examples of regulations and how countries can align their frameworks to international standards.
Climate Leaders Live Session: Hydrogen: Futureproofing Global Power Systems
Javier Cavada
President & CEO, Mitsubishi Power EMEA
Hydrogen Transition Summit
Climate Action Innovation Zone, Madinat Jumeirah Conference Center
The role of decarbonization efficiency to accelerate and scale the hydrogen ecosystem.
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Infrastructure is King: Facilitating Emerging Hydrogen Economies
Bill Newsom
President & CEO, Mitsubishi Power Americas
Hydrogen Transition Summit
Innovation Zone, Madinat Jumeirah Conference Center
While infrastructure is frequently described as a bottleneck for developing hydrogen economies, rather it can act as a key enabler. Strategic repurposing of existing infrastructure is paramount in developing this nascent economy. This coupled with upscaling new robust infrastructure including hydrogen production and storage facilities, transport vessels and refuelling stations, is imperative to kickstart hydrogen economies.
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Toward Sustainable Growth through GX (Green Transformation)
Prof. Emmanouil Kakaras
EVP, NEXT Energy Business, MHI-EMEA
Blue Zone, Japan Pavilion
Expo City Dubai
GX is not only essential to achieving carbon neutrality in 2050, but also holds the key to the sustainable development of the global economy in the future. Government officials, business people, and experts both from Japan and overseas will have a wide-ranging discussion on policies, systems, markets, technologies, etc. to realize GX.
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Exhibition at the Japan Pavilion
Our technologies and initiatives around hydrogen and CCUS
Thursday, November 30 – Tuesday, December 12
Blue Zone, Japan Pavilion
The Japan Pavilion at COP 28, hosted by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment, uses an exhibition and side events to introduce a global audience to the country’s environmental technologies and climate initiatives that will help the world combat climate change.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will be part of the exhibition at the Japan Pavilion and will join several sessions to present our leading technologies and to share our thoughts on how to realize carbon net-zero.
Learn more about the Japan Pavilion and the two technologies central to our efforts: hydrogen and CCUS.
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