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Webinar - Electricity 2026: Can the electricity sector ‘move fast and connect things?’

Organiser: International Energy Agency (IEA)

Electricity 2026 – the IEA’s annual report on global electricity systems and markets – provides in-depth analysis of the recent trends and policy developments underpinning the Age of Electricity. It includes forecasts through 2030 for electricity demand, supply and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for select countries, by region and worldwide.

As electricity use grows, power systems will need greater flexibility to securely and cost-effectively integrate an increasingly diverse mix of electricity generation sources and evolving demand patterns and technologies. A lack of grid capacity is also becoming a major bottleneck for electricity systems in many regions, leading to rising congestion and slowing the deployment of new electricity generation, storage and demand sources.

This year’s report goes in-depth on these issues. With grid connection queues at record highs, it highlights how regulators and system operators are working to “move fast and connect things” through regulatory reforms and the rapid deployment of technologies that could unlock grid capacity more quickly.

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Webinar - Critical Minerals, Critical Choices: Gender-Responsive Trade for Inclusive Value Chains

Organiser: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Trade policy has historically shaped development during global resource booms, from coal in the Industrial Revolution to oil in the twentieth century, and earlier cycles in copper and rubber. Each reconfigured trade patterns, market access, and economic power. Today, critical minerals -lithium, copper, nickel, cobalt, graphite- and rare earths are playing a similar role. As core inputs to the energy and digital transitions, they are reshaping trade regimes, standards, and value chains, creating new opportunities and challenges for developing economies to be able to access to export diversification and integration into regional and global value chains. 

Trade regimes, however, are not gender-neutral. Past shifts driven by trade liberalization, structural adjustment, and technological change have consistently determined who has access to markets, finance, technology, and standards certification, to name a few, and who remains excluded. Gender-responsive trade provisions cannot be optional add-ons; they directly influence export performance, competitiveness, and long-term development outcomes. 

As countries negotiate tariffs, non-tariff measures, investment provisions, standards, and export strategies for critical minerals, these rules will shape development paths for decades. Without intentional design to ensure trade policies are gender-responsive, women risk exclusion from higher-value, trade-intensive segments of critical mineral value chains, including processing, recycling, logistics, certification, and digital traceability, among others. With the right mix of trade and investment, policies, critical minerals can support inclusive, trade-led structural transformation. 

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Webinar - Next-Generation EV Batteries: Innovation, Materials and Supply Chain Resilience

Organiser: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

The rapid expansion of electric vehicles is driving unprecedented demand for critical materials. Meeting a 1.5°C-aligned pathway requires EV battery production to grow fivefold by 2030, intensifying pressure on lithium, cobalt and nickel supply chains that remain highly concentrated and vulnerable.

Sodium-ion batteries offer a strategic alternative. Based on abundant and widely distributed materials, they can reduce dependence on critical minerals, diversify supply chains, and enhance resilience. While not a universal replacement for lithium-ion technologies, sodium-ion systems are increasingly viable for specific EV segments and stationary storage applications. This session explores future battery chemistry pathways toward 2030, highlighting how accelerated deployment of sodium-ion can ease material constraints while supporting rapid electrification. It will also outline key policy actions to foster innovation, strengthen circularity, and build more resilient and sustainable battery value chains.

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Webinar - Is There Ethical AI Use in Climate Journalism?

Organiser: Covering Climate Now (CCNow)

As AI becomes more ubiquitous, journalists and newsrooms are increasingly using AI tools in their newsgathering and production.

In this one-hour discussion, we’ll discuss some of the ethical questions about using AI in journalism, specifically on the climate story. Panelists will address a range of questions, including what factors to take into consideration before using AI, which tools could deepen our reporting, how to be transparent with audiences about our use of these tools, and how journalists should consider the climate toll of AI tools and report them to audiences. Come with questions that you’re wondering about or facing in your journalism work.

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Webinar - Emission Trading Scheme: Practice in China

Organiser: International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE)

Launched in 2021, China’s national Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) is now the world's largest carbon market by covered emissions, serving as a pioneering model for emerging economies. This webinar offers an up-to-date, policy-oriented discussion on the market design, feasibility, and overall effectiveness of China’s ETS. Moderated by Prof. Ying Fan, a panel of leading experts will examine the system’s regulatory architecture and recent evolution. Key topics include the recent development of the national market, the practical effectiveness of regional pilots, and a comparative analysis with the European ETS. Join IAEE for an in-depth dialogue on the frontier of carbon pricing, offering  practical  insights for different countries undergoing low-carbon transition.

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Webinar - From vision to implementation: Pesticide standards and international trade

Organiser: Florence School of Regulation (FSR)

Join this debate as experts explore how EU pesticide Maximum Residue Limits shape food safety, environmental protection, and international agri‑food trade, focusing on regulatory divergence, competitiveness concerns, and the implications of the Commission’s planned impact assessment on hazardous pesticide residues in imports.

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Webinar - Why BESS operators are losing time and revenue — insights from the 2026 BESS Pros Survey

Organiser: pv magazine

This pv magazine webinar, produced in partnership with TWAICE, puts that question to the test, drawing on the findings of the 2026 BESS Pros Survey to offer a peer-benchmarked view of how grid-scale BESS organisations are really operating today.

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