The Presidency will convene the first biennial High Level Ministerial Dialogue on climate finance under the CMA, which will be informed by both the summary report on the biennial in-session workshop and the biennial communications referred to in Article 9, paragraph 5, of the Paris Agreement. It will include three panels on enhancing the predictability of climate finance, improving the scale and effectiveness of adaptation finance and the future trends in climate finance mobilisation, followed by an open plenary for Parties to provide interventions.
The majority of Presidency events taking place across the two weeks will be live streamed either via the UNFCCC webcast (on the UNFCCC website) or through social media channels. Interpretation in the official languages of the United Nations will be provided.
Provisional programme
Webcast
The Dialogue programme will be moderated by Amal-Lee Amin, Director Climate Strategy at CDC Group.
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15:00–15:05
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Opening keynote by COP 26 President Designate H.E. Alok Sharma
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15.05 - 15.45
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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
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15.45 - 16.20
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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
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16.20 - 16.55
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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
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16.55 - 18.00
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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).
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Urgent inquiries can be sent to HLMD.COP26@cabinetoffice.gov.uk and HLMD-CF@unfccc.int