Energy Transition Acceleration Forum 2025

The next few years will be pivotal in determining the world’s ability to meet its climate goals. The progress we make in this critical window will either solidify or undermine global efforts to combat climate change. The Carbon Trust held an exclusive event that brought together key stakeholders from across the energy ecosystem to advance the energy transition at the required pace and scale.

Panel discussion of experts on stage at the Carbon Trust's Energy Transition Acceleration Forum event 2025event

This event offered a unique opportunity to hear from leading experts in policy, finance, and industry and explore actionable solutions. Through keynotes, expert panel discussions and interactive networking sessions, we offered an environment for open, honest dialogue to inspire action, create opportunities for new collaborations and unlock pathways to progress.

 

Key topics and focus areas

A range of critical issues were addressed including;

  • What are the immediate and long-term challenges we need to overcome to meet 2030 goals and beyond?
  • As the need for rapid industrialisation becomes urgent, what hurdles remain in scaling renewables?
  • What strategies are needed to prioritise and mobilise private and philanthropic investment on a global scale?
  • How can we foster collaboration to drive the transition further and faster?
  • How do we mitigate the unintended consequences of the transition to ensure environmental, economic and social impacts are addressed?

 

Opening remarks

 

Fireside chat: From intertia to impact: A shared global commitment to the transition - accelerating action beyond infrastructure 

 

Keynote: Introducing 'Greenprint': Accelerating an inclusive, prosperous energy transition

 

Panel: Balancing the cost and benefits of transitioning to a renewables led electricity system

 

Panel: The importance of grid investment: Efficient and cost-effective solutions for a fit-for-purpose grid

 

Panel: Investing in the transition: Exploring the balance between risk and reward

 

Panel: Maintaining security of supply: What new challenges does electrification bring to a renewables led energy system? 

 

Panel: The role of digitisation and AI in the low carbon energy transition: Striking a balance for climate action

 

Panel: The ‘social dividend’L Investing in the energy transition for people and prosperity

 

Closing keynote - Damilola Ogunbiyi

 

Closing plenary: Geopolitics: A hinderance or catalyst to the global transition?

 

Closing reflections

 

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