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- Oct 12 - Oct 16, 2026
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- S951-01
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Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria
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Nancy SmithDirector of Development and PhilanthropyEdlira KastratiManager, Program and Development
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Finance & Governance
The 3rd Policy Dialogue on Just Energy Transitions: Prosperity Post Fossil Fuels
The 3rd Policy Dialogue on Just Energy Transitions: Prosperity Post Fossil Fuels will connect analytical insights and regional experiences with real-world governance challenges, enabling participants to collectively identify concrete and actionable pathways for importer–exporter cooperation in the transition beyond fossil fuels.
The 2026 dialogue responds to the ongoing need for a dedicated space for research-informed, honest dialogue to guide decision-making and align expectations and priorities among fossil fuel dependent economies. The Policy Dialogue on Just Energy Transitions: Prosperity Post Fossil Fuels (PPFF) is not a typical conference. It provides a safe and neutral space for productive conversation, addressing rising geopolitical tensions, foregrounding cutting-edge research, and to prosperity that align climate and development needs. This is a multiannual evidence-based policy forum to support continued trust-building, tackle arising challenges, and include a broad range of stakeholders in the just energy transition conversation.
The 3rd Policy Dialogue on Just Energy Transitions: Prosperity Post Fossil Fuels will build on the strong foundation of past dialogues, to support the design and delivery of win-win international agreements for a just transition away from fossil fuels. During the session, stakeholders will explore how transition pathways can reflect diverse economic structures and implementation capacities and consider intersections with current trends in trade and industrial policy We will explore governance options through facilitated structured discussions that stress-test existing and proposed cooperation mechanisms, such as data-sharing initiatives, joint transition finance instruments, or multilateral coordination platforms. The insights and priorities established at the 2026 Salzburg Dialogue will contextualise and actively inform the regional dialogue and modelling analysis. These activities will feed into subsequent iterations of the Salzburg Dialogue (i.e. 2027 and beyond) creating an iterative learning cycle in which international dialogue, regional engagement, and modelling continuously strengthen cooperation and inform robust decision making.
Date
Oct 12 - Oct 16, 2026
Session no.
S951-01
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Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria
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Program Information
- What cooperative governance frameworks can align incentives between oil and gas exporting and importing countries to accelerate a just transition away from fossil fuels?
- How can transition pathways be designed to reflect the diverse economic structures, fiscal realities, and implementation capacities of fossil fuel–dependent economies?
- What quantitative analysis is available on the socio-economic impacts of demand reduction on producer exporter countries and opportunities for economic diversification?
- How can trade and industrial policy be better integrated into energy transition planning to support just outcomes for fossil fuel–dependent communities and nations?
- How can the private sector and financial actors leverage investment to drive implementation of transition plans.
- How can regional cooperation — particularly in a South-to-South context — accelerate diversification, align infrastructure and markets, and develop context-specific transition frameworks?
- What concrete mechanisms — data-sharing initiatives, joint finance instruments, or multilateral platforms — are most promising for operationalising importer–exporter cooperation on the transition away from fossil fuels?
The 3rd Policy Dialogue on Just Energy Transitions: Prosperity Post Fossil Fuels will build on the strong foundation of past dialogues, to support the design and delivery of win-win international agreements for a just transition away from fossil fuels. During the session, stakeholders will explore how transition pathways can reflect diverse economic structures and implementation capacities and consider intersections with current trends in trade and industrial policy.
We will explore governance options through facilitated structured discussions that stress-test existing and proposed cooperation mechanisms, such as data-sharing initiatives, joint transition finance instruments, or multilateral coordination platforms.
The insights and priorities established at the 2026 Salzburg Dialogue will contextualise and actively inform the regional dialogue and modelling analysis. These activities will feed into subsequent iterations of the Salzburg Dialogue (i.e. 2027 and beyond) creating an iterative learning cycle in which international dialogue, regional engagement, and modelling continuously strengthen cooperation and inform robust decision making.
Approximately 40-50 diverse participants will convene for a highly interactive residential program at Schloss Leopoldskron, home of Salzburg Global, under Chatham House Rule to allow for open dialogue.
Participants will convene for a highly interactive residential program at Schloss Leopoldskron, home of Salzburg Global. The agenda will be co-designed to ensure inclusiveness and relevance, and will be structured around clear evidence-based recommendations for policymakers.
Expert-commissioned studies from previous phases of PPFF, early analysis from the modelling workstream, and the ongoing work of work of Fellows from the first two PPFF dialogues will also inform the development of this program.
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