UNEP/GRID-Warsaw
A technological impulse for transformation. How innovation supports the future of cities and business competitiveness
18.02.2026
Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw

„The future of transformation does not depend only on regulations or technology. It depends on the decisions we make together and implement effectively.”

Maria Andrzejewska
UNEP/GRID-Warsaw

„We must decide whether we choose decarbonization and modernization, or fossilization and agonization.”

Kurt Vandenberghe
DG CLIMA EC

„Digital transformation is not neutral. It shapes markets, behaviors, and economic models in real time.”

Magda Biesiada, UNEP

Substantive partnership between UNEP/GRID-Warsaw and AKCES NCBR within the Horizontal Acceleration Program dedicated to technologies for sustainable development.

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UNEP/GRID-Warsaw is an organisation established in Poland by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in 1991, under an agreement with the Government of the Republic of Poland. Implements the mission of UNEP by initiating partnerships and supporting Polish and international partners in sustainable development and climate protection.

About the conference

Sustainable Industry Lab (SILab) is a project integrating science, business and administration to scale up innovative solutions for sustainable and equitable development, which occurs in harmony with the capabilities of the natural world. SILab events are consistent with the program assumptions of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA).

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