Global Forum on the Environment and Climate Change - 17-18 September 2024

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17-18 September 2024

The sessions in this Global Forum will focus on the next round of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and on elements related to the new collective quantified goal (NCQG) on climate finance. The sessions on the NCQG are jointly organised with the Finance for Climate Action (FCA) team in the OECD’s Environment Directorate. There will also be discussions on relevant recent OECD and IEA work.

 

 

 

DAY 1

Session A1 - Taking forward calls on energy transition from para. 28 of the global stocktake (GST) decision in the next NDCs 

Facilitator
: Cristina Carreiras (European Commission)
Speakers:
Luca Lo Re (IEA)
Christine Dragisic (United States)
Manjeet Dhakal (Advisor to the Chair of the LDC Group)
R.R. Rashmi (The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

Session A2 - Taking forward calls on deforestation from para. 33 of the GST decision in the next NDCs

Facilitator
: Gabriel Labbate (UNEP)
Speakers:
Coline Pouille (OECD)
Amy Duchelle (FAO)
Emma Rachmawaty (Indonesia)
Daniel Tutu Benefoh (Ghana) 

Session A3 - Breakout groups: Opportunities and challenges of preparing economy-wide NDCs covering all greenhouse gases, sectors, and categories 

Facilitator
: Clarissa Lehne (NDC Partnership) 
Breakout Group A Moderator: Lydie-Line Paroz (Switzerland)
Breakout Group B Moderator: Phelim Usher-Purves (UK)
Breakout Group C Moderator: Itchell Guiney (South Africa) 
Breakout Group D Moderator (virtual): Edgar Fernández (Transforma)
Breakout Group E Moderator (virtual): Fan Xing (China)

 

Information session - OECD and IEA presentations of recent work

Facilitator: 
Julio Cordano (CCXG Chair)
Speakers:
Klas Wetterberg (OECD)
Daniel Wetzel (IEA)

End of day one


DAY 2

Session A4 - Roundtable discussion: NDC implementation and investment plans (I)

Facilitator
: Susanne Olbrisch (UNDP)
Speakers:
Sirini Jeudy-Hugo (OECD)
Ranjila Singh (Fiji)
Carlos Pol (Belize)
Ahmed Abdel Moneim (Egypt)

Session A5 - Roundtable discussion: NDC implementation and investment plans (II)

Facilitator
: Christophe de Gouvello (World Bank)

Speakers:
Brendan Coleman (Asian Development Bank)
Arianna Griffa (Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change)
Andrew Prag (We Mean Business Coalition)
Ariane Pevide (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) 

 

 

DAY 1

Session B1 - Taking stock of options relating to the structure and core elements of the NCQG 

Facilitator
: Kelly Sharp (Canada)
Speakers:
Chiara Falduto (OECD)
Gabriela Blatter (Switzerland)
Raju Pandit Chhetri (Nepal)
Chandni Raina (India)

Session B2 - Breakout groups: Timeframes for the NCQG and interlinkages with other UNFCCC processes

Facilitator
: Brittany Young (Australia) 
Speakers:
Raphaël Jachnik (OECD)
Padraig Oliver (UNFCCC) 
Breakout Group A Moderator: Sandra Guzmán Luna (Climate Finance Group of Latin America and the Caribbean)
Breakout Group B Moderator: Julius Mbatia (African Group of Negotiators)
Breakout Group C Moderator: Stien Schrauwen (Belgium)
Breakout Group D Moderator (virtual): Bertha Argueta (Germanwatch)

Session B3 - Opportunities for the NCQG to provide signals to the private sector

Facilitator: Ambassador Seyni Nafo (Africa Adaptation Initiative)
Speakers:
Mathilde Mesnard (OECD)
Aurélien Boyer (International Finance Corporation)
Ben Weisman (Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero)
Ana Rovzar (Global Renewables Alliance)
Respondents:
Kevin Adams (United States)
Ambassador Mohamed Nasr (Egypt)

Information session - OECD and IEA presentations of recent work

Facilitator: Julio Cordano (CCXG Chair)
Speakers: 
Klas Wetterberg (OECD)
Daniel Wetzel (IEA)

End of day one

DAY 2

Session B4 - Exploring potential links between the NCQG and parallel processes on addressing unsustainable sovereign debt in developing countries

Facilitator
Shakira Mustapha (Centre for Disaster Protection)
Speakers:
Rachel Morris (OECD)
Martin Kessler (Finance for Development Lab)
Noor Syaifudin (Indonesia)
Mathilde Bord-Laurans (Agence Française de Développement (AFD))
Respondents:
Outi Honkatukia (Finland)
Michai Robertson (Samoa)

Session B5 - Breakout groups: Options for the NCQG to encourage and reward enhanced ambition 

Facilitator
: Rob Moore (E3G)
Speaker: Charlene Watson (ODI)
Breakout Group A Moderator: Sofia Vargas Lozada (Colombia)
Breakout Group B Moderator: Denis Mugagga (Uganda)
Breakout Group C Moderator:  Isobel Bartholomew (UK)
Breakout Group D Moderator (virtual):  Charlene Watson (ODI

 

DAY 1

Session A1 - Taking forward calls on energy transition from para. 28 of the global stocktake (GST) decision in the next NDCs 

Facilitator
: Cristina Carreiras (European Commission)
Speakers:
Luca Lo Re (IEA)
Christine Dragisic (United States)
Manjeet Dhakal (Advisor to the Chair of the LDC Group)
R.R. Rashmi (The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

Session A2 - Taking forward calls on deforestation from para. 33 of the GST decision in the next NDCs

Facilitator
: Gabriel Labbate (UNEP)
Speakers:
Coline Pouille (OECD)
Amy Duchelle (FAO)
Emma Rachmawaty (Indonesia)
Daniel Tutu Benefoh (Ghana) 

Session A3 - Breakout groups: Opportunities and challenges of preparing economy-wide NDCs covering all greenhouse gases, sectors, and categories 

Facilitator
: Clarissa Lehne (NDC Partnership) 
Breakout Group A Moderator: Lydie-Line Paroz (Switzerland)
Breakout Group B Moderator: Phelim Usher-Purves (UK)
Breakout Group C Moderator: Itchell Guiney (South Africa) 
Breakout Group D Moderator (virtual): Edgar Fernández (Transforma)
Breakout Group E Moderator (virtual): Fan Xing (China)

 

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