Credit: UN Climate Change
Consultative Group of Experts
7th Informal Forum
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 9:30-12:00 CET
The Consultative Group of Experts (CGE), at its eleventh meeting agreed, as a part of its work plan, to organize its annual informal forum after COP 29.
At this event, the CGE aims to showcase its key activities and seek feedback from the stakeholders on how its work be further reinforced to address the main challenges, constraints and needs of developing country Parties.
Further, the event will serve as a platform to hear directly from the audience on any new and emerging areas that require technical assistance and support. The informal forum will also aim to exchange views on the support opportunities available on the ground via other support providers with a view to exploring how these efforts could complement each other.
Informal forum will be convened as a hybrid event, back-to-back with the 13th meeting of the CGE.
Presentations
Summary Report
Agenda
| Time |
Item |
| Moderator: Nesbert Samu, CGE |
| 09:30 - 09:35 |
Opening, agenda introduction and housekeeping rules by the moderator |
| 09:35 - 9:50 |
Keynote remarks
- Julia Gardiner, SBI Chair
- Jenny Mager, CGE Chair
- Daniele Violetti, Senior Director of Programmes Coordination, UNFCCC secretariat
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| 09:50 - 10:00 |
Session 1 - Scene setting presentation by the CGE
This session will provide a summary of the key findings from the latest CGE report on problems, constraints, lessons learned and capacity-building needs of developing country Parties in preparing NCs, BURs and BTRs, as well as key highlights from 2024 on CGE’s support to developing countries.
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| 10:00 - 10:50 |
Session 2 – Focused discussion on lessons learned in preparation of the first BTRs
This session serves as a space for the CGE to engage with the experts and representatives from developing countries on the challenges they faced or continue to face, needs and priorities, and their expectations of the CGE in terms of the technical support and advice to facilitate timely preparation and submission of BTRs.
Presentations by developing country Parties on experiences and lessons learned from the first BTR (5 min each):
- 2-3 representatives from developing country Parties
Guiding questions for plenary discussion (responses will also be collected via Mentimeter):
- As you worked on or will work on your first BTR, what were the key challenges that you faced or anticipate to face?
- How CGE can support you in addressing those challenges in a manner that transparency systems and arrangements gradually become sustainable?
- What would be the priority capacity-building activities in 2025?
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| 10:50 - 11:00 |
Health break |
| 11:00 - 11:50 |
Session 3 – Brainstorming session with the support providers
In this session, the CGE will engage with various support providers with a view to exploring opportunities for concrete collaboration as well as ideas to ensure that the efforts of each other complements well and amplifies the impact.
Presentations by support providers (5 min each):
- CBIT-GSP, Khetsiwe Khumalo
- UNEP, Miriam Liliana Hinostroza Suarez
- UNDP, Eva Huttova
- ICAT, Dr. Henning Wuester
Guiding questions for plenary discussion (responses will also be collected via Mentimeter):
- How do the challenges, needs and priorities highlighted in the previous session align with your mandate and programming?
- What could be the key collaboration areas with the CGE to complement our efforts with a view to amplifying the impacts?
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| 11:50 - 12:00 |
Summary of key takeaways and closing remarks by the moderator |
