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Description
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Broadcast
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25/11/2020
12:00 -
13:30
(CET)
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Transparency: Common Reporting Tables for the reporting of national GHG inventories
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OECD/IEA Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG) |
Decision 18/CMA.1 requests the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) to develop, pursuant to the MPGs, “common reporting tables” (CRTs) for the electronic reporting of information on national GHG inventories. During this event, speakers and participants are invited to share views and discuss key issues related to the ongoing transparency discussions on the development of CRTs for GHG inventories. Key points of discussions will include considerations on the overall structure of the new set of tables, opportunities for the development of a new reporting software and main reporting approaches for the application of flexibility provisions within the CRTs.
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| 26/11/2020 09:30 - 10:30 (CET) |
Local Climate & Sustainable Energy Solutions in East Africa Catalogue, South Asia Eco-Village Development ToT, 100% Renewables |
INFORSE in collaboration with INFORSE-East Africa, INFORSE-South Asia, and INFORSE Europe |
East Africa Catalogue of local climate and sustainable energy solutions. South Asia ToT Eco-Village Development. Solutions: improved cookstoves, biogas, solar home systems, solar dryers, solar lanterns, hay boxes, organic farming, rainwater management, ponds. Calculating Climate Mitigation/CO2 Effects on Adaptation, SDGs. Women’s roles. 100 % renewables scenarios (Kenya, UK, Denmark, Ukraine). |
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| 26/11/2020 11:30 - 12:30 (CET) |
Overcoming the Challenges of Implementing NDCs in Africa |
Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance |
African countries face multiple challenges, notably limited financial resources, institutional capacities and more recently the socioeconomic shocks of COVID-19. How do these and others affect countries' abilities to honour their NDC pledges. PACJA will convene leading voices from the government and civil society to consider this question and more, during a digital panel discussion. The event will also feature a presentation of PACJA's newly developed tool for tracking NDC implementation in Africa. |
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| 26/11/2020 16:00 - 17:00 (CET) |
Climate Impacts: Responsibility and Justice |
La ruta del clima |
The event would connect North and South Narratives of responsibility and justice regarding climate change. Focusing on the connections between keep it on the ground activism of Northern NGOs and its relation with calls for climate justice and responsibility regarding climate impacts by NGOs of the global South. The event would focus on climate impacts in the Latin American region taking on count current fires in South America and recent Hurricanes in Central America. It would also highlight the efforts of the European climate movement to stop oil exploration and increase the ambition of energy transition. |
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| 27/11/2020 13:30 - 14:30 (CET) |
Not without us! Feminist voices in climate justice struggles |
LIFE Education, Sustainability, Equality e.V. in collaboration with GenderCC-Women for Climate Justice e.V. |
The session will cover feminist voices from around the world and how they raise feminist issues in their local climate justice struggles or in their advocacy work. The event will offer a mix of videos, inputs from the panelists and contributions from the audience. |
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| 27/11/2020 13:30 - 14:30 (CET) |
Young Women in Climate Dialogues |
Plant-for-the-Planet in collaboration with UK Youth Climate Coalition and Plan International |
A panel event, with Q&A session exploring how young girls and young women are recognised in national and global climate processes and bringing recommendations for the future. The session will include discussion on: Barriers in climate policy engagement for young women and girls Best practices on meaningful participation Where to go from here - the future of young women and girls in climate policy |
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| 30/11/2020 09:30 - 10:30 (CET) |
Building self-reliant farmers in the arena of Climate Change for food security |
NCCSD |
Over the last decade, the global community and especially in India, has seen a number of practices adopted by farmers which are climate resilient. However farmers continue to face problems due to “heavy single-day rain episodes”, “delay between two rain-spells” and so forth. India has taken a comprehensive approach to make farmers “self-reliant”, with integrated action at ground level. This includes the supply of quality inputs, climate-related services, introduction of good agricultural practices, promotion of ‘orphan crops’, strengthening market and credit links and huge investment in infrastructure. This is for farmers, animal holders and fishermen and also brings direct cash benefit to farmers’ accounts. The Special Event will deliberate on these subjects and share experiences. |
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| 01/12/2020 09:30 - 10:30 (CET) |
Multilevel Action in Raising NDC Ambition and Redesign |
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability in collaboration with Climate Chance |
The event will highlight good practices in raising ambition of NDCs through multilevel action, inline with the preamble paragraph of Paris Agreement that recognizes importance of engagement of all levels of governments. Examples will include Cote D´Ivoire on transport and Japan that has committed to climate neutrality 2050 following the announcement of 150+ cities and prefectures committing to net zero carbon by 2050. |
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| 01/12/2020 13:30 - 14:30 (CET) |
Soil Health matters: Boosting Farmers' Driven Solutions to Soil Health |
World Farmers' Organisation |
The event will raise awareness on farmers-driven initiatives for Soil Health enhancing mitigation and adaptation to Climate change. The event will bring together farmers, scientists and international institutions to discuss how farmers' solutions can be scaled up to further boost agriculture’s potential as a carbon sink and the resilience of farming. |
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01/12/2020 15:00 - 16:30 (CET)
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NDC Enhancement and COVID-19 Recovery: Regional Trends and Country Experiences
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UNDP and the NDC Partnership together with UNFCCC |
The objective of this event is to showcase country efforts to enhance their NDCs and put climate at the heart of their recovery efforts. The desired outcome is a shared understanding of trends across regions with regards to countries’ efforts in enhancing their NDCs and to learn from best practices in linking enhanced NDCs with COVID-19 recovery efforts.
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01/12/2020
15:30 - 16:30
(CET)
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Role of subnational governments and their communities in accelerating locally led adaptation: experience with country-based financing mechanisms under the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process |
The Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility, or LoCAL, hosted by the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) |
This session will discuss and share experiences and lessons learned on best practices for how local actors, particularly local governments and their communities, can be engaged in delivering adaptation results, focusing on three pillars: capacity building for climate change mainstreaming into local public planning and budgeting systems, innovative financial mechanisms and implementation of locally led adaptation action in the context of the NDC and the NAP process. |
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| 01/12/2020 16:00 - 17:00 (CET) |
Advancing Ambition and Pandemic Recovery through Climate Law and Governance Innovation |
Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) in collaboration with University of Cambridge CEENRG - UK, Centre for Climate Justice - Bangladesh, Centre for Climate Resilience Research - Chile, and Congolese Centre for Sustainable Development - CODED |
In an interactive dialogue engaging general counsel, judges, parliamentarians, law deans and heads of legal institutes, laureates of the climate law and governance awards and other distinguished experts, this roundtable will highlight recent trends and innovations in climate regulatory reforms, litigation cases, mitigation contracts and adaptation/resilience claims, considering how law and governance can accelerate ambition and implementation of the Paris Agreement, and support greener, carbon negative finance and investments. The roundtable will also explore how to urgently scale up climate law and governance capacity to achieve transparent, accountable and effective Paris Agreement compliance worldwide, and the global Sustainable Development Goals, in the context of recovering from a global pandemic. |
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01/12/2020 17:00 - 18:00 (CET)
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Climate Neutral Now Special Event
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UNFCCC’s Momentum for Change initiative, in collaboration with the secretariat’s Climate Neutral Now initiative |
This 60-minute online event will recognize efforts by those that are achieving real results in transitioning to climate neutrality. This event will showcase the four winning projects of the 2020 UN Global Climate Action Awards, under the Climate Neutral Now focus area.
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01/12/2020 17:00 - 18:30 (CET)
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Climate Change Data using Satellites, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
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UNFCCC |
This panel discussion will examine ways in which new technological developments in satellites, artificial intelligence and big data could work towards an international data set to support implementation of the Paris Agreement. Innovators will present a multi-stakeholder perspective on the lastest developments climate change data. The panel will discuss the impacts of these technologies to the UN climate change regime.
Moderator, Dr. Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty, Arizona State University, Speakers: Al Gore, Former USA Vice President, Matthew Gray, Climate TRACE, Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink, Director, Product Impact at Google.org, Mofoluso Fagbeja, Head, Space Education Outreach Programme, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) Nigeria, Stephane Germain, CEO at GHGSat
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02/12/2020 12:00 - 13:00 (CET)
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Concertation francophone sur les enjeux prioritaires et la place du français dans les négociations visant à accélérer la mise en œuvre de l’Accord de Paris |
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF-IFDD) |
En dépit de la crise sanitaire actuelle, les pays francophones sont entièrement engagés à contribuer à la prise de décisions fortes au niveau international, en matière de lutte contre les changements climatiques. Ils sont attachés à l'avancement des négociations sur les enjeux prioritaires, notamment la finance climatique, les mécanismes de coopération et la transparence sont des sujets pour les délégués francophones. Dans ce processus en attente de directives opérationnelles sur ces enjeux, les acteurs francophones partagent des défis communs liés au multilinguisme dans le processus, le renforcement des capacités pour l'appropriation des priorités nationales, l'accès à la finance climat, etc.
Le présent évènement, en marge des dialogues sur le climat, permettra d'ouvrir un débat entre les acteurs francophones sur les différents enjeux susmentionnés et échanger les points de vue sur les défis communs. |
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| 02/12/2020 13:30 - 14:30 (CET) |
Gender-transformative climate action from the ground |
Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) in collaboration with CFLEDD, UCFA, GLM, Naireeta Services Ltd, CAMGEW, and WEDO |
This event will celebrate exemplary gender-responsive climate initiatives which have received the Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards since COP21. Over the last five-years multiple projects led by women from different continents have been showcased and upscaled, changing the narrative around climate action while effectively addressing gender inequalities. During the 2020 Climate Dialogues, we want to demonstrate the impact of gender-responsive climate action and allow grassroots women to present their achievements. The event will allow Parties representatives to identify key success factors of community owned initiatives, and upscaling potential of actions that can contribute to more inclusive and transformative national climate plans with the support of targeted technology transfer and financial mechanisms |
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| 02/12/2020 16:00 - 17:00 (CET) |
A new generation of climate models, COVID-19 and the Paris Agreement: Introducing the second CONSTRAIN Zero In Report |
CONSTRAIN including University of Leeds, Climate Analytics, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London, ETH Zurich and CONSTRAIN stakeholder organisations (tbc) |
This event will bring together some of the latest scientific knowledge on climate modelling, global climate policy, and the climate impact of COVID-19 into a coherent narrative. Specifically, it will highlight how a new generation of climate models, CMIP6, is informing our understanding of future temperature change, what this tells us about meeting the Paris Agreement’s ambition of limiting temperature rise to 1.5°C, and how climate action can move forward in the light of COVID-19. Speakers include leading researchers from the Horizon 2020-funded CONSTRAIN consortium with a broader panel of stakeholders including policy makers, NGOs and communications specialists. |
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| 02/12/2020 16:00 - 17:00 (CET) |
Solar cooking's positive impacts for women and the environment |
Solar Cookers International |
Solar cooking has numerous climate-related benefits: reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and black carbon (soot); reducing deforestation; improving ecosystems; reducing household air pollution; improving health; etc. Of the 3 billion people cooking over open fires, women bear the primary burdens in negative health effects, premature deaths, and time, effort, and risks for gender based violence while collecting fuel. Solar cooking is an ideal solution to that. |
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| 02/12/2020 16:00 - 17:00 (CET) |
Children & Youth vs. the Climate Crisis - where do we go from here? |
YOUNGO in collaboration with Civil society organizations from the Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative, UNICEF, and OHCHR |
This special event will explore how action to empower and include children and young people in climate-related policies and action at all levels is not only their right, but also essential for effective and legitimate climate change strategies and action. |
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02/12/2020 17:00 - 18:00 (CET)
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Financing for Climate Friendly Investment Special Event
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UNFCCC's Momentum for Change initiative, in partnership with the World Economic Forum Global Project on Climate Change |
This 60-minute online event will recognize how innovation is playing a key role in unlocking financial resources, resulting in greater institutional capacity to fund activities that promote low-carbon growth and highly resilient communities. This event will showcase the four winning projects of the 2020 UN Global Climate Action Awards, under the Financing for Climate Friendly Investment focus area.
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| 03/12/2020 09:30 - 10:30 (CET) |
Peoples Voices in national climate plans |
Climate Action Network International |
Presenting the voices of civil society in national NDC review processes in Kenya, Philippines, Morocco and Kyrgystan. How are civil society priorities and demands reflected in national NDCs, what did the processes look like and what can we learn for future engagement between government and civil society for collective ambition raising? |
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03/12/2020 12:00 - 13:00 (CET)
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Moving for Climate NOW 5th anniversary
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UNFCCC in partnership with Iberdrola |
The initiative Moving for Climate NOW (M4CN), which started its journey to COPs also in 2015 would like to contribute and support the global agenda on this date by commemorating its 5th anniversary and presenting once more its Manifesto, this year virtually, to the UNFCCC as a preview of the Manifesto to be presented next year to COP26.
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03/12/2020 15:30 - 17:00 (CET)
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Climate Change, Green Recovery and the Role of Philanthropies
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UNFCCC in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies |
Major philanthropic organizations are increasingly adopting climate change as a funding priority. Are their dollars going to the right places? This panel discussion will examine how philanthropies can best leverage their funding support to address the climate crisis. For example, what can foundations do to promote transformative climate solutions and increase progress in the effort to mitigate and adapt to climate change? How should foundations target their grants and investments to maximize their impact? How can philanthropies most effectively support green recovery in the post COVID-19 era?
Moderator: Tate Williams, Senior Editor, Inside Philanthropy, Speakers: Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Secretary, UN Climate Change Secretariat, Ailun Yang, Bloomberg Philanthropies, James Birch, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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| 03/12/2020 16:00 - 17:00 (CET) |
The Ocean-Climate-Policy Nexus |
UC Revelle in collaboration with Ocean and Climate Platform, Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative, and University of the South Pacific |
The critical role of the ocean in climate mitigation and adaptation will be the focus of this session convened by the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative, UC Revelle, the Ocean and Climate Platform and the University of the South Pacific. Presentations will summarize and synthesize the 47 Party and non-Party submissions to the Ocean Dialogue and discuss the contributions of climate science and civil society to climate policy, including in areas beyond national jurisdiction. A panel of high-level representatives will offer Pacific Perspectives on points of entry for the ocean in climate policy, traditional knowledge and navigating the multiple institutions, frameworks and processes relevant to oceans and climate policy. |
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| 03/12/2020 16:00 - 17:00 (CET) |
How can Response Measures and Just Transition contribute to Post-COVID recovery and climate ambition |
International Trade Union Confederation in collaboration with IPO and others (tbc) |
This event will focus on the role of the work under “Response Measures” and the recovery from the COVID pandemic. The concept of Just Transition, which is discussed under the Forum on Response Measures and its KCI, is an important tool to guide us out of both the COVID and the climate crisis. How can the work in the Forum and the KCI contribute to this enormous challenge? Does the urgency linked to the implementation of Just Transition measures and policies necessary to face the current multiple crises gets sufficiently translated in the work on Response Measures? The objective of this event is to put the spotlight on these questions and challenge. |
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| 04/12/2020 09:30 - 10:30 (CET) |
Implementing the Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) agenda at multiple scales to accelerate climate action |
University of Washington in collaboration with Citizens Climate Lobby, Wild Center, and Climate Generation |
This event will share learnings from community, state and national efforts to implement the Action for Climate Empowerment components of Article 6 of the UNFCCC through collaborative justice centered and research informed approaches. |
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| 04/12/2020 10:00 - 11:30 (CET) |
Advancing the Goals of the Paris Agreement through Transport Actions |
International Transport Forum (ITF) |
The objective of this event is to highlight the role of transport in mitigating the impact of climate change and to showcase effective measures that will help countries reduce carbon emissions. Specific tools that can help countries identify their priority areas, translate their decarbonisation ambitions into actions and achieve their climate objectives will also be presented. Countries' priority areas could then be integrated into their NDCs where transport targets have already been defined or incorporate into their decarbonisation pathway. |
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