UNFCCC-IGES Regional Collaboration Centre for Asia and the Pacific based in Bangkok (RCC Bangkok), the NDC Partnership and the Regional Pacific NDC Hub organized the Virtual Workshop titled “NDC Implementation: Good Practices in the Pacific” on 3-4 August 2021. The workshop was attended by over 80 participants from 12 countries in the Pacific SIDS. Opening remarks were delivered by Mr. Ken O’Flaherty, UK COP 26 Regional Ambassador to Asia-Pacific and South Asia; Mr. Tutii Chilton, Chair of the Steering Committee, Pacific NDC Hub; Ms. Amanda Mckee, Head of Knowledge Management and Head of Climate Action Enhancement Package, NDC Partnership; and Dr. Luca Brusa, Team Lead of Mitigation Division, UN Climate Change Secretariat. The key message from the opening segment reiterated the urge to take ambitious climate actions by all actors, within the lens of setting both mitigation and adaptation targets, as climate change still remains the greatest risk to human development for the rest of the century.
Raising the global ambition of the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and ensuring thorough implementation of the increased emission mitigation targets are necessary to limit global warming to 1.5°C. Many countries around the world have calibrated and enhanced the ambition of their NDCs and submitted it to the United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat in 2020 while others are aiming to submit theirs before the 26th Conference of Parties in November 2021. In order to move quickly towards reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by 45% over the next decade and achieving global net-zero emissions by 2050, countries have also started processes on formulating and executing their NDC implementation strategies.
This workshop serves to provide an avenue for Pacific Island Countries to identify areas where implementation can be fast-tracked to help ensure NDC targets are realized, as well as share good practices on NDC implementation and to identify areas of cooperation between countries and development partners. The workshop consists of presentations, panel discussions, and breakout sessions which cover cross-sectoral issues pertaining to the NDC implementation.
OBJECTIVES
- To share challenges and good practices in the implementation processes; and
- To identify areas of cooperation between countries and implementing/development partners to assist countries’ to fast-track implementation of their newly submitted NDCs.
TARGET PARTICIPANTS
- UNFCCC country focal points from the region
- NDC Partnership and Regional Pacific NDC Hub country focal points from the region, including representatives of Ministries of Economy, Finance, National Planning and others
- Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) focal points
- Representatives from government agencies relevant to NDC Implementation
- Representatives from inter-governmental agencies relevant to NDC Implementation
The closing remarks was delivered by Mr. Ravinesh Nand, Senior Technical Advisor, Pacific NDC Hub. He commended the Pacific Island Countries’ strong focus on climate leadership at various levels of societies and communities, leading to local actions on the ground. However, he highlights that there is pressing need for climate finance, from international sources as well as private ones, in order to translate the high level of political will into a pipeline of bankable project developments and initiatives that can be upscaled throughout the region.
Workshop Summary will be shared with the participants as well as with the audience soon.
For more information about this event, do not hesitate to reach out to RCC Bangkok at rccbangkok@unfccc.int
