Being an offical side event of the Global Clean Energy Action Forum, this high-level roundtable explored practical lessons learned from regional governments and coal companies on a just transition away from coal. It brought together key government and industry representatives at the heart of the just transition process from both emerging and developed economies, including senior officials and representatives from Europe, India, Indonesia, South Africa and the United States, who highlighted some of the subnational just transition strategies being planned or implemented in their own countries.

The panel moderated by Mr. Joseph Majkut, Director, Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic & International Studies featured the following speakers (in alphabetical order):

• Ms. Jenna Cramer, Executive Director, Green Building Alliance)
• Mr. Michal Drabik, Secretary, UNECE Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition
• Ms. Kate Gordon, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy; 
• Mr. Keith Hay, Senior Director of Policy, Colorado Energy Office; 
• Ms. Stefanie Held, Director, Energy Hub, UNDP; 
• Mr. Brian Motherway, Head of Energy Efficiency, International Energy Agency; 
• Mr. Raymond C. Pilcher, Chair, UNECE Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition
• Mr. Vinay Ranjan, Director of Personnel and Industrial Relations, Coal India Limited; 
• Mr. Pandu Sjahrir, Chairman, Indonesian Coal Mining Association; 

For more information about the panel and the speakers please visit the official GCEAF's webpage dedicated to the event.