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30 years of adaptation - building on the past to get ready for the future. An event by the Adaptation Committee
18 Nov. 2024
13:15h - 14:45h
AZT/UTC+4
Baku, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Meeting Room 20, Area D
Area D
English
Access webcast
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30 years of adaptation - building on the past to get ready for the future. An event by the Adaptation Committee
18 Nov. 2024
13:15h - 14:45h
AZT/UTC+4
Baku, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Meeting Room 20, Area D
Area D
English
Access webcast

Overview:

On 21 March 1994, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change entered into force. This marked the beginning of coordinated global efforts to confront the challenge of climate change through the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement process. In turn, 2024 marks 30 years of this process. In recognition of this anniversary, the Adaptation Committee (AC) is issuing an updated publication that explores the evolution of adaptation in this process since 1994. At the same time, the AC will inaugurate its new Interactive Portal on the State of Adaptation Action by Parties, which showcases the adaptation progress that Parties to the Convention and the Paris Agreement have made to date and which will serve as a central hub for informing on global adaptation action over time.

At this event, the AC will launch the publication and the new interactive portal and invite panelists and audience members to reflect on the past and future of adaptation in the UN Climate Change process.

Provisional programme:

13:15-13:30

Opening by Britta Horstmann, AC Co-Chair

  • Interactive Mentimeter quiz
  • Launch of 30 Years Report and the new Interactive Portal on the State of Adaptation Action by Parties
  • Overview of event

13:30-14:15

A journey through 30 years of adaptation in the UN Climate Change process: Key milestones and the road ahead (Moderated panel discussion)

 

Panelists

  • Youssef Nassef, UNFCCC, on adaptation in the early years of the UNFCCC
  • Juan Hoffmaister, Environmental Defense Fund, on the Cancun Adaptation Framework and the establishment of the Adaptation Committee
  • Marianne Karlsen, Norway, on adaptation in the Paris Agreement and the establishment of the global goal on adaptation
  • Thinley Namgyel, COP 28 Presidency, on the evolution of NAPs and the evolving ecosystem of support for NAPs
  • Louis Papis Chemnitz, Inuit Circumpolar Council, on key adaptation challenges and opportunities in the future of the UN Climate Change process  

14:15-14:30

Introduction to the new Interactive Portal on the State of Adaptation Action by Parties

  • Pallavi Sherikar (AC member) on the value and functionalities of the new portal

 

14:30-14:40

Open discussion and Q&A

 

14:40-14:45

Closing by Britta Horstmann, AC Co-Chair