Secretary to the Chair, Swedish government inquiry on international climate action. Former @SEIresearch & @cabinetofficeuk, sometime diplomat & viola player.
Stockholm, Sweden
Joined December 2009
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Robert Watt retweeted
🌊 For our thoughts on the coming year, join us online for Currents 2025, with @mansanilsson, @perssonasa, @wattrob & more.
📅 21 Jan
🕒 15.00 CET
🔗 bit.ly/40aIRId
Robert Watt retweeted
#COP29 has kicked off in Baku 🌍
Our team is on site, ready to help advance global climate goals.
Check out SEI-hosted events and key engagements on #ClimateFinance, adaptation, transboundary risks, and sustainable industry transitions 👇
sei.org/events/sei-at-cop29/
📸 @KTBrowne
2 key questions & a 10 point plan of action for the new #UKGovernment:
1. How to deliver a fair green transition when tax revenue may be flat-ish?
2. What policies & priorities might support steady growth aligned with & delivering a fair green transition?
@Ed_Miliband
9bis. The house building programme must support the fair green transition with extremely energy efficient stock using products that support domestic low carbon innovators & jobs, & deliver lower energy bills).
Robert Watt retweeted
In 2023, our global impact soared:
🌐 300+ projects in over 120 Countries
👥 workforce growth to 343 employees
📈 annual financial turnover increased to SEK 415 million
Read our recently released annual report for a full overview.
👉 buff.ly/4b3PjVf
To reach #NetZero, heavy industries in all parts of the world will need to deploy new technologies & use the latest know-how.
Looking forward to moderating this roundtable, which will explore ways for the public & private sectors to accelerate this process. #IndustryTransition
📣@TESSForum is excited to co-host a roundtable with the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (#LeadIT) on "Technology Co-Development & Trade for Just Industry Transitions to #NetZero" to:
✅ Discuss challenges & opportunities around technology co-development and green global public goods
✅ Share experiences & best practices on the dissemination of #ClimateTechologies
✅ Identify policy priorities for inter-governmental cooperation & international collaboration.
📅 6 May 2024
📍@GVAGrad Geneva
For the agenda & speakers👉 bit.ly/44m8O98
#TradeandClimate #GreenTech #ClimateTransition
Robert Watt retweeted
🌍 In a pivotal year for global democracy, we face a rapidly closing window to enact science-based #ClimateAction.
Join @jkingy to discuss how democracies can combat disinformation, deepen trust and urgently address the climate crisis.
Secure your spot 👇
ALT Event details for the first lecture in the Stockholm Series of Public Lectures on Climate Change and Democracy on 23 April 2024.
Robert Watt retweeted
Progress: #UNEA6 approved key resolutions on air pollution and climate action, including the African Integrated Assessment.
@KevinHicks_SEI, who helped coordinate the Assessment, applauds the decision and calls for unified action.
Details 👉 buff.ly/49Dijm8
ALT Photo of Kevin Hicks, a Senior Research Fellow at SEI York, alongside a quote from him: 'This crucial development, supported by UN member states, advances the implementation of global integrated clean air and climate change actions, based on existing regional agreements and assessments. We now need to move towards concerted action.'"