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The International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum showcases innovative solutions and best practices to accelerate an inclusive energy transition and contribute to global climate action, catalyzing the needed progress to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.
The Energy and Climate Forum is co-organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Austrian Government and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.

This new Forum will present solutions to today’s energy and climate question under UNIDO’s new motto “Progress by Innovation”. We have technologies to address these questions on a global level. What we need is ambition. I invite all stakeholders to present their contributions.

Gerd Müller

Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Past Speakers

H.E. Mr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber
COP 28 President-Designate and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology
United Arab Emirates

Mr. Wolfgang Lutz
Acting Director General
IIASA

Mr. Nikolaus Marschik
Secretary General
Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria

Ms. Helen Watts
Executive Director
Student Energy

Ms. Roberta Boscolo
Climate and Energy Lead
World Metereological Organization

Ms. Lara Hirschhausen
Head of Climate Innovation Programmes - Strategy & Delivery
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, United Kingdom

Mr. Friedrich Stift
Managing Director
Austrian Development Agency

Ms. Mathilde Mesnard
Deputy Director for the Environment Directorate and OECD Co-ordinator for Climate and Green Finance
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Ms. Estelle Herlyn
Chief Scientist
Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing (FAW/n)

Mr. Arunabha Ghosh
CEO
Council for Energy, Environment and Water

Mr. Li Junhua
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Mr. Nicolas Miravalls
CEO
ORIS

Mr. Matthias Maurer
Astronaut
European Space Agency

Mr. Jim Skea
Chair
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Ms. Cristina Duarte
Special Adviser on Africa to the Secretary-General
United Nations

H.E. Mr. Alexander Van der Bellen
Federal President
Austria

Ms. Rana Adib
Executive Director
Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21)

Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi
Director General
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Ms. Kristina Skierka
CEO
Power for All

Ms. Damilola Ogunbiyi
CEO, Sustainable Energy for All and Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations

Mr. Gerd Müller
Director General
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Ms. Amani Abou-Zeid
Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION

H.E. Ms. Leonore Gewessler
Federal Minister Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
Austria

Mr. Jürgen Czernohorszky
Executive City Councillor, Head of Climate, Environment, Democracy and Personnel
City of Vienna

Ms. Heather Adair-Rohani
Acting Unit Head Air Quality, Energy and Health
World Health Organization

Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella
Chairman of the Presidential Initiative on Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Food Security
Sierra Leone

Relive IVECF 2023

LEADING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

The IVECF gathers the global energy and climate community to foster collaboration on advancing the energy transition and working towards the 1.5 degrees scenario of the Paris agreement.

NETWORKING VILLAGE

It’s all about networking! The IVECF is the perfect arena to connect with existing partners and set in motion new partnerships and business opportunities. Our matchmaking platform ensure that you make the most valuable connections.

POLICY AND EXPERT SIDE-EVENTS

Policy and expert side-events with key partners and thought leaders share insights and propose concrete steps to drive action towards reaching sustainable development and climate goals with a focus on inclusion, finance, policy and long-term plans.

YOUTH SOLUTIONS DAYS

The IVECF mobilizes the unprecedented power of young women and men to use innovative technologies and drive the energy transition forward by building their skills and competences.

SOLUTIONS SHOWCASE

Innovative solutions from all around the globe that have the potential to be scaled up to catalyze the energy transition and contribute to reaching sustainable development and climate goals are showcased in the conference main themes.

CLEANTECH DAYS

Cleantech Days present innovations by entrepreneurs and companies supported through the UNIDO programmes, the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme and the Private Finance Advisory Network.