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Teema: REMINDER TO REGISTER: September 20, 2022 Meeting of the Greening Government Initiative
Kuupäev: 2022-09-12 03:16
REMINDER TO REGISTER: September Meeting of the Greening Government
Initiative
DATE: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
TIME: 9:00 – 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
(Please log into the Zoom call by 8:55 AM)
Dear Colleague,
We are looking forward to the Fifth Meeting of the Greening Government
Initiative (GGI) on September 20, 2022 at 9 am – 11 am EDT; the
Governments of Canada and the United States invite you to participate.
Representatives from many countries have already registered, and we
encourage you to do so at your earliest convenience. Please find attached
the draft agenda for the event.
As a reminder, the theme of this GGI meeting will be “Greening Government
Fleets: Towards Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleets.” National governments
frequently are the largest owner of vehicles in their respective
countries. To reduce the environmental impacts from their publicly-owned
and operated transportation fleets while also seeking opportunities to
improve the overall efficiency of fleet management, many governments have
set ambitious targets for converting government vehicles to hybrid or
electric. In pursuing clean energy fleets countries share common
challenges, such as market availability of zero- and/or low-emission fleet
technologies and low-carbon fuel solutions that meet public sector mission
needs; charging and energy storage infrastructure and other services to
support vehicle-to-grid technology; and the accounting and reporting of
asset-level fleet data. Please come prepared to discuss what challenges,
approaches, and opportunities exist to green government fleets in your
country.
For this GGI event, we are delighted to feature speakers from Canada,
Israel and Norway, who will share their approaches, experiences and
learnings on greening their government fleets with us. There will be a
robust Q&A period following the presentations where we welcome others
to share ideas as well. Please come prepared to discuss what challenges,
approaches, and opportunities exist to reduce the carbon footprint of
government vehicle fleets.
GGI participants are encouraged to share this invitation with government
colleagues, who work on public fleets and/or zero-emission vehicles, as
well as other interested colleagues within their government ministries.
As the meeting will be in English only, participants may also bring
interpreters if necessary.
RSVP and Registration - Click the link below to register for the meeting:
https://pitc.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItf-6orj4tHn7Ix-VlnWbNue9GIRj-
yXY
Please register by September 14, 2022
If you have questions, please contact
[email protected].
If your country has not already endorsed the GGI Concept Note and would
like to join GGI as an official participant, your country is invited to do
so now. The process is simple: when ready, a senior country official, who
works on advancing green national government operations, may send a note
to
[email protected] to (1) state that your country “endorses” the Concept
Note and (2) share the name, title, and contact information for your
country’s designated point of contact for GGI. Upon receipt of that
endorsement, your country will be welcomed as an official participant in
GGI.
GGI is a first-of-its-kind community of practice that enables countries to
exchange information, promote innovation and share best practices – to
support global efforts to green national government operations and meet
Paris Agreement commitments.
Thank you!
Greening Government Initiative (GGI) Meeting
Greening Government Fleets: Towards Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleets
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
9:00 - 11:00 AM EDT
AGENDA
The Governments of Canada and the United States are hosting the fifth Greening Government Initiative (GGI)
meeting for countries to exchange information, promote innovation, and share best practices in order to
green government operations.
The theme of this meeting will be “Greening Government Fleets: Towards Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleets.”
National governments are frequently the largest owner of vehicles in their respective countries. To reduce the
environmental impacts from their publicly-owned and operated transportation fleets while also seeking
opportunities to improve the overall efficiency of fleet management, many governments have set ambitious
targets for converting government vehicles to hybrid or electric. In pursuing clean energy fleets countries
share common challenges, such as market availability of zero- and/or low-emission fleet technologies and low-
carbon fuel solutions that meet public sector mission needs; charging and energy storage infrastructure and
other services to support vehicle-to-grid technology; and the accounting and reporting of asset-level fleet data.
We look forward to a robust discussion about what challenges, approaches, and opportunities exist to green
government fleets in your country.
9:00 – 9:05 Welcome Caroline Nguyen
Director for Global Public Sector Partnerships
White House Council on Environmental Quality
Executive Office of the President
United States
Jane Keenan
Director, Centre for Greening Government
Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada
Canada
9:05 - 9:20 Opening The Honourable Mona Fortier
Remarks President, Treasury Board of Canada
Canada
John Bass
Under Secretary for Management
U.S. Department of State
United States
9:20 – 9:35 GGI Community Caroline Nguyen, United States
News & Updates
9:35 – 10:45 Country Driving Change: Lessons from Greening
Spotlights and the Government of Canada’s Fleets
Q&A Christopher Lindberg, Canada
Senior Analyst and Fleet Lead,
Centre for Greening Government
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Environmentally-driven Management
of Government Operations, and the
"Alternative Future" Project
Dekel Cohen, CPA, Israel
Head, Assets and Logistics Division
Israeli Accountant General Office
Israeli Ministry of Finance
The Story Behind EV Success in Norway
Odd-Olaf Schei, Norway
Senior Advisor, Division of Public Procurement,
Sustainability
The Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial
Management
Moderator: Jane Keenan, Canada
**We welcome questions and comments from attendees
once all panelists have given their remarks**
10:45 – Wrap Up and Caroline Nguyen, United States
10:55 Next Steps
**Attendees will be able to ask questions directly by raising their hand and unmuting their microphone during the
meeting. There will also be an option for attendees to submit questions or comments by emailing
[email protected]
The moderator will ask as many of the submitted questions as time allows.**