Background
At its 23rd meeting (March 2023) the Adaptation Committee (AC) decided to establish a continuous workstream on addressing gaps and needs in the formulation and implementation of national adaptation plans (NAPs) in collaboration with the other adaptation-related constituted bodies and other partners and providers of support. This workstream builds on the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG)’s and AC’s mandate to consider gaps and needs in the process to formulate and implement NAPs and how to address them (decision 8/CP.24, paragraphs 17 and 18) and forms part of the AC’s function to promote the implementation of adaptation action under the Convention in a coherent manner.
As part of this workstream the AC decided to discuss the progress made in addressing developing countries’ capacity gaps in accessing adaptation funding and on possible ways to enhance further progress, building on previous work undertaken by the AC on this topic (see for example the document AC20/INFO/7A). The first part of the dialogue, which took place on 10 July 2023, focused on the work of the adaptation-related constituted bodies and how it could address the identified gaps synergistically and coherently. The second part will focus on how the wider support community could assist in further enhancing countries’ capacities.
Objective
Building on the findings of the first part of the dialogue the second part will focus on capacity gaps of developing countries in translating adaptation priorities and plans into finance and investment strategies, plans and projects. This area had been identified as not being systematically addressed by the current work of the adaptation-related constituted bodies under the UNFCCC. The objective is therefore to learn about experiences of the wider support community in addressing these gaps and to identify what could be improved, replicated and scaled through the work of the constituted bodies and other stakeholders.
Agenda
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Focus
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Speaker |
| 14:00-14:15 |
Welcome and introduction
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AC Co-Chair |
| 14:15-15:15 |
Panel discussion
Experiences from the following organizations and initiatives in addressing developing countries’ capacity gaps in translating adaptation priorities and plans into finance and investment strategies, plans and projects and identification of what could be improved, replicated and scaled.
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Green Climate Fund (Mr. Cayetano Casado Gomez Guillamon, Regional Manager, on experiences from and the future focus of the GCF’s Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme)
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African Development Bank (Mr. Timothy Afful-Koomson, Chief Climate Finance Officer, currently on secondment as Regional Director, Africa, of the GFANZ, on assisting countries to access and mobilize adaptation finance through country strategies)
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OECD (Mr. Michael Mullan, Programme lead Climate-resilient Finance & Investment, on climate resilience aligned finance)
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GIZ (Ms. Juliane Greiner & Mr. Luis Orezzoli de Los Rios, on experiences from the “Adapting public investment to climate change in Latin America” project)
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Fiji (Mr. Ravneeth Dewan, Principal Climate Change Officer - Finance at the Fiji Government, on experiences in developing Fiji’s National climate finance strategy)
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Moderator
(Mr. Emerson Resende, climate finance and policy strategist)
Panelists |
| 15:15-15:55 |
Open discussion
Guiding questions:
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What are the key enablers in the short and in the longer-term to enhance developing countries capacities in turning adaptation priorities and plans into finance and investment strategies, plans and projects?
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How could the work of the constituted bodies and other stakeholders contribute to trigger these enablers?
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Moderator
All
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| 15:55-16:00 |
Next steps
- Identification of next steps and possible follow-up activities
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AC Co-Chair |
Expected outcome
The expected outcome are suggestions for ways in which the identified capacity gaps could be further addressed by the wider support community, building on the experiences shared during the dialogue. These could include follow-up activities and events such as collaborative initiatives, workshops or other events, the development of online workspaces, publications, action-oriented briefs and more.