About IVECF 2026

ITPO China (Shanghai) was established in 2001 under an agreement among the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, MOFCOM of China and UNIDO, which aims to promote both inward and outward investment and technology and introduce them to other developing countries and transitional economies.

As one of the ten ITPOs, UNIDO Investment and Technology Promotion Office Shanghai (ITPO Shanghai) was established in 2001 based on an agreement between the Shanghai Municipal Government, Ministry of Commerce of China and UNIDO. The mandate of ITPO Shanghai is to promote both inward and outward investment and technology cooperation, and to achieve an inclusive and sustainable industrial development, by taking advantage of UNIDO global network and headquarters' resource.

The International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum (IVECF) 2026 will take place over two days from 9-10 April 2026, at the historic Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria.

Co-organized by UNIDO, the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria, the Austrian Development Agency and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, in cooperation with other Vienna-based international organizations and partners, the IVECF 2026 will convene global leaders from governments, international organizations, industry, academia, development partners and civil society, under the theme “Powering Prosperity, Security and Stability”.

Over two days, IVECF 2026 will advance the objectives of the UN Pact for the Future - aimed at strengthening multilateral cooperation to address 21st‑century challenges - by formulating a Vienna Call to Action on Sustainable Energy and Climate Security and a Five‑Year Implementation Plan for the Belém Declaration. In doing so, the Forum will reaffirm green industrialization, just energy transition and climate action as cornerstones of shared prosperity, resilience and global stability, while providing substantive inputs to the initial deliberations on the post‑2030 development agenda.