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- Event 28 November 2023 Greening procurement of Energy Services One of the key obstacles to procuring improved energy efficiency is the contractual arrangements with Energy Service Companies (ESCOs), which are based on ‘Energy Performance Contracting’. In many jurisdictions, they are seen as a hybrid between a services contract and a goods contract. It is often challenging to adopt this duality, which ultimately ends up standing in the way of investment in improved energy efficiency. This event presents UNOPS as a possible mediator of this challenge by…
- Event 28 November 2023 Transparency for Enhancing Climate Actions – Perspectives from Africa, Asia, Europe, and LAC Under the Paris Agreement, countries are requested to update or establish the necessary arrangements to implement the Enhanced Transparency Framework and undertake major efforts to collect data, estimate and report information with modalities, procedures and guidelines. The event emphasizes the positive impact of exchanging experiences among countries on enhancing technical capacities and providing support for the MRV process. Speakers: Daniela Romano, Senior Advisor, Italian…
- Event 28 November 2023 Integrating displaced populations into national climate change policy and planning: pathways to enable investment in frontline and last mile communities This session will speak to the COP theme of frontline communities and finance, building on the joint policy brief published by UNEP and IOM in August 2023 on “Integrating displaced populations into national climate change policy and planning”. While global in scope, the session will discuss region-specific examples of the emerging political consensus on this topic. This includes efforts by Member States of the African Union to roll out the ambition of the Kampala Declaration on Migration,…
- Event 28 November 2023 Lessons Learned from Reporting on Article 13 within the Mutual Learning Programme in Eurasia, Central Asia and the Caucasus The Mutual Learning Programme (MLP) for Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF), supported by the Ministry of Environment of Japan and implemented by IGES, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting in close collaboration with the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency – Global Support Programme (CBIT-GSP), aims to support the countries in their understanding how to apply the reporting guidance under Article 6 and 13, explore improvement areas of the climate reporting under the UNFCCC as well…
- Event 28 November 2023 Carbon market standards: Engaging countries through capacity building Trading emissions through international carbon markets has the potential to facilitate more ambitious climate action through cost-savings and effective channelling of financial resources. However, countries are lacking the technical capacities to easily assess how to use cooperation under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. This event launches a new partnership between Peru, Sri Lanka and Tanzania and the Integrated Assessment for Article 6 (IAA6) project to co-develop and apply…
- Event 28 November 2023 Accelerating NDC implementation and addressing global stocktake outcomes through TNAs Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) are at the heart of the Paris Agreement and the achievement of its long-term goals. However, numerous developing countries confront significant challenges in fulfilling their NDC targets, largely due to limited access to advanced climate technologies and financial resources. Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) stands as a crucial process under the UNFCCC, assisting developing countries in identifying and prioritizing their technology needs for climate…
- Event 28 November 2023 Tackling the true cost of financing adaptation: Insights from the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2023 and what it means for the financial sector The 2023 UNEP Adaptation Gap report delves into the costs of adaptation for developing nations. This panel session will unveil and discuss updated financial data and analysis from the report, reflecting actual adaptation costs aligned with developing countries' Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans. The session will also explore how financial institutions can expand climate-resilient finance and embed assessments of physical climate risks across the sector. Finally,…
- Event 28 November 2023 What we need from the Global Stocktake – Insights from the latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report and UNFCCC NDC Synthesis Report This joint UNFCCC and UNEP event features high-level opening remarks from UNEPs Executive Director and UNFCCCs Executive Secretary and a presentation of the key findings of the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2023. This is followed by a panel discussion on what we need from the Global Stocktake, and how we can we speed up climate action and implementation this decade. The event draws on two recent UNEP and UNFCCC reports that both aim to inform the concluding discussions of the first global stocktake…