The Durban Forum on capacity-building was established in 2011 under the SBI to further enhance the monitoring and review of the effectiveness of capacity-building under the Convention. It is an in-session discussion platform for Parties, representatives of the constituted bodies under the Convention, and relevant experts and practitioners, on an annual basis and in the context of specific thematic areas, to share experience and exchange ideas, best practices and lessons learned in relation to implementing capacity-building activities.
The outcomes of the 10th Durban Forum will directly contribute to the work of the PCCB following the recommendation of the COP to put the Durban Forum into line with the annual focus area of the Paris Capacity Building Committee.
Objectives
The overarching objective of the 10th Durban Forum on capacity-building is to facilitate the sharing of relevant knowledge, experience and lessons learned on capacity-building actions aimed at promoting greater coherence in achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and fulfilling the sustainable development goals (SDGs) from the 2030 Agenda.
More specifically the forum aims to explore and shed light on:
Key capacity gaps and needs that impede the coherent implementation of both agendas - including gaps/needs in building capacity for a sustainable recovery from the current crisis;
How to build capacity for enhanced coordination across different ministries, agencies and government levels that lead efforts on the 2030 Agenda and climate change;
How to build capacity to align national climate and SDG-relevant targets;
Experience and good practices for building capacity to mainstream climate and development goals into policy planning;
The forum also informs related thematic discussions under the PCCB in the context of its 2021 focus area.
Subtopics
In line with the above objectives, discussions at the forum focused on few subtopics, which are listed below. These subtopics also draw on inputs by Parties, observers and other organizations submitted in response to a PCCB call for submissions on its 2021 focus area.
Building capacity for mainstreaming climate and development goals into policy planning;
Building capacity for enhancing institutional arrangements and vertical and horizontal coordination;
Building capacity to align national climate and SDG-relevant targets;
Building capacity to assess sustainable development co-benefits and impacts of climate actions and policies.
Across the different subtopics, attention was given to capacity-building in the context of a sustainable recovery from the current crisis.
This was developed as a collaboration between the Paris Committee on Capacity-Building, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, with support from Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, implemented by the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ).
1:00 – 1:30 pm
Training launch pre-event
‘Introduction to Climate Change and Human Rights’
Opening remarks
Jeniffer Hanna Collado
Member of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB)
Remarks
Dorothee Starck
Head of Division “Human Rights, Gender Equality, Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities”, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Video message
David R. Boyd
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Environment
Introduction to the Training
Amanda Kron
Associate Expert on Climate Change and Environment at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights)
Questions and Answers
Moderated by UNFCCC secretariat
Closing remarks
Jeniffer Hanna Collado
PCCB
The 10th Durban Forum on capacity-building
1:30 – 1:40 pm
Opening
Opening remarks
Marianne Karlsen,
Chair of the SBI
Introduction
Co-Facilitators:
Shehnaaz Moosa,
Director at SouthSouhNorth, South Africa
Makoto Kato,
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan
1:40 –2:00 pm
Special address
The experience of Costa Rica implementing its National Decarbonization Plan
Agripina Jenkins,
Advisor at the Climate Change Office, Costa Rica
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Panel discussion
What are the major challenges and constraints that countries face to address climate and development goals more coherently? How can capacity-building contribute to overcome them?
How can countries better identify the capacities needed for better integrating the implementation of climate policy instruments with SDGs?
How can peer-learning and international cooperation contribute to identify best practices for coherently implementing the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda in developing countries?
Q&A
Panellists
Agripina Jenkins,
Advisor at the Climate Change Office, Costa Rica
Dr. Malle Fofana,
Representative of Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire at the Global Green Growth Institute
Vositha Wijenayake,
Executive Director at SLYCAN Trust, Sri Lanka
Lena Katzmarski,
Team Lead Climate Finance & Mitigation at the Climate Policy Support Programme, GIZ
Dr. Clara Brandi,
Head of Research Programme at the German Development Institute
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Breakout group discussions
Breakout group 1
Building capacity for mainstreaming climate and development goals into policy planning
Discussion leader
Vositha Wijenayake,
Executive Director at SLYCAN Trust, Sri Lanka
Breakout group 2
Building capacity for enhancing institutional arrangements and vertical and horizontal coordination
Discussion leader
Dr. Malle Fofana & Siddhartha Nauduri,
Global Green Growth Institute
Breakout group 3
Building capacity to align national climate and SDG-relevant targets
Discussion leader
Lena Katzmarski,
Team Lead Climate Finance & Mitigation at the Climate Policy Support Programme, GIZ
Breakout group 4
Building capacity to assess sustainable development co-benefits and impacts of climate actions and policies
Discussion leader
Daniel Morchain,
Policy Advisor at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada
4:00 – 4:20 pm
Feedback from discussion leaders of the breakout groups
4:20 – 4:30 pm
Wrap-up and closing remarks
Co-Facilitators
Daniele Violetti,
Director of the Means of Implementation Division at UNFCCC
