The Dialogue programme will be moderated by Amal-Lee Amin, Director Climate Strategy at CDC Group.

15:00–15:05

Opening keynote by COP 26 President Designate H.E. Alok Sharma

15.05 - 15.45

First panel discussion: Enhancing the predictability of climate finance

Reflecting on the first round of biennial 9.5 communications, workshops and the $100bn Delivery Plan, what lessons can we learn to enhance the predictability of financial support for the implementation of the Paris Agreement?

Chaired by Barbara Buchner - Global Managing Director, Climate Policy Initiative

Lyonpo Yeshey Penjor - Minister for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Bhutan

Steven Guilbeault - Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada

Andrea Meza Murillo - Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica

Yasmine Fouad - Minister of Environment, Egypt

15.45 - 16.20

Second panel discussion:  Improving the scale and effectiveness of adaptation finance

How can we ensure that more adaptation finance is mobilised, and that it is more readily accessible to those who need it most? 

Chaired by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Secretary of State for International Trade and UK International Champion for Adaptation and Resilience for the COP26 Presidency

Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum -  Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Civil Service and Communications, Fiji

Agnes Kalibata - UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Food System's Summit and President, AGRA

Akinwumi A. Adesina - President of the African Development Bank

Samantha Power - Administrator USAID

16.20 - 16.55

Third panel discussion: Future trends in climate finance mobilisation

To deliver on Paris we need climate finance to flow from all sources and for all finance to be consistent with low emission, resilient development. How can we ensure this delivers on the needs and priorities of developing countries?

Chaired by Dan Jørgensen - Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Denmark

Marsha Caddle - Minister, Economic Affairs and Investment, Barbados

Frans Timmermans - Executive Vice-President, European Commission

Mari Pangestu - Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank

16.55 - 18.00

Plenary discussion (3 min. interventions) moderated by Her Excellency Yasmine Fouad and His Excellency Per Bolund, followed by short closing words by UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa.

Guiding questions:

Reflecting on the first round of biennial 9.5 communications, workshops and the $100bn Delivery Plan, what lessons can we learn to enhance the predictability of financial support for the implementation of the Paris Agreement?

How can we ensure that more adaptation finance is mobilised, and that it is more readily accessible to those who need it most? 

To deliver on Paris we need climate finance to flow from all sources and for all finance to be consistent with low emission, resilient development. How can we ensure this delivers on the needs and priorities of developing countries?

Please note:

• The dialogue will be held in an enhanced plenary setting.
• Once the dialogue has commenced, Parties will be invited to make an intervention.
• Parties should note that it may not be possible to accommodate all requests in the time available, unless participants are focused to limit their interventions to 3 minutes.
• Priority will be given to those speaking on behalf of groups of Parties.
• Interpretation in the official languages of the United Nations will be provided.
• In addition, Parties are invited to submit written statements which will be uploaded to the UNFCCC website. Statements should be sent to the below email addresses.
• Observer organizations are also invited to submit written statements which will be uploaded to the UNFCCC website (due to time constraints, priority will be given to Parties during the Plenary discussion).