Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy Alexandra Sdoukou will be presenting their views on where the energy transition currently stands in Greece at the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos, scheduled for January 15 to 19.

The Greek PM will participate in a discussion on the EU’s Green Deal with Maros Sefković, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal, according to the event’s agenda.

Also taking part in this discussion will be Ester Baiget, President and CEO of Denmark-based biotechnology company Novozymes, and Maxim Timchenko, head of DTEK Group, a leading private investor in Ukraine’s energy sector.

The European Commission is promoting investments totaling one trillion euros in the current decade for sustainability, the ultimate goal being zero emissions by 2050.

Sdoukou, the deputy minister of environment and energy, will participate in a discussion with Surendra Patawari, Founder and Chairman of the Gemini Foundation, a company engaged in sourcing and distribution of recyclable and reprocessed plastics, paper, metal and rubber, on the energy transition in Greece and the wider region. Gemini is one of the largest solar energy producers in the US.