Day 1 (Thursday, 24 March 2022)

Welcoming remarks

• Zaheer Fakir,^bio South Africa
• Daniele Violetti,^bio UNFCCC Secretariat
• Robert Moore,^bio COP26 Presidency

Introduction, overview and expectations of the first technical expert dialogue

• Federica Fricano^bio and Kishan Kumarsingh,^bio Co-chairs of the ad hoc work programme on the NCQG

SESSION 1: Setting the scene -The NCQG in the context of contributing to accelerating the achievement of Article 2 of the Paris Agreement

This session will deliberate on how the NCQG on climate finance will contribute to the achievement of the provisions of Article 2 of the Paris Agreement with regards to its temperature goal, increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development.

Key-note presentation

• Silvia Kreibiehl,^bio Coordinating Lead Author for the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
  Presentation
• Lorena Gonzales,^bio World Resources Institute
  Presentation

Questions and answers

Moderator: Federica Fricano and Kishan Kumarsingh, Co-chairs of the ad hoc work programme on the NCQG

SESSION 2: Lessons learned from mobilization of climate finance

This session aims at providing space for participants to share views and experience on the mobilization of climate finance, including from the goal of mobilizing jointly USD 100 billion per year in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation, and how these can inform deliberations on the NCQG.

Scene-setting presentation

• Sandra Guzman,^bio Climate Policy Initiative
  Presentation

Panel discussions

• Abhishek Acharya,^bio India
• Amal-Lee Amin,^bio CDC Group
• Norbert Gorissen,^bio Deputy Special Envoy for International Climate Action, Federal Foreign Office
• Eric Usher,^bio UNEP Finance Initiative

Moderator: Sonia Dunlop,^bio E3G

Questions and answers

Day 2 (Friday, 25 March 2022)

SESSION 3: Identified needs and priorities of developing country Parties

Bearing in mind decision 14/CMA.1, this session will mainly focus on insights on needs and priorities of developing country Parties as identified in national, regional and global reports.

Scene-setting presentation

• Zaheer Fakir, South Africa
  Presentation

Panel discussions 1: Insights on national and regional needs

• David Kaluba,^bio Zambia
• Diann Black-Layne,^bio Antigua and Barbuda
• Rodolfo Bustamante Beltrán,^bio Chile 
• Madeleine Diouf Sarr,^bio Senegal
• Georg Børsting,^bio Norway

Panel discussions 2: Insights on global and sectoral needs

• Jyotsna Puri,^bio International Fund for Agricultural Development
• Emma Gordon,^bio International Energy Agency
• Barney Dickson,^bio United Nations Environment Programme

Moderator: Ali Waqas Malik,^bio Pakistan  

Questions and answers

SESSION 4: Quantity, quality, scope and access features, as well as sources of funding, of the goal and transparency arrangements to track progress towards achievement of the goal

Bearing in mind decision 14/CMA.1, this session aims at providing space for participants to deliberate on the elements of quantity, quality, scope and access features, as well as sources of funding, of the goal and transparency arrangements to track progress towards achievement of the goal.

Scene-setting presentation

• Amar Bhattacharya,^bio Brookings Institution
  Presentation

Panel discussions

• Janine Felson,^bio Belize
• Outi Honkatukia,^bio Finland
• Gareth Phillips,^bio African Development Bank

Moderator: Fiona Gilbert,^bio Australia

Questions and answers

SESSION 5: Other elements of the NCQG for further consideration in the ad hoc work programme

This session provides space for participants to identify other elements of the NCQG that should be considered for further deliberations in the subsequent technical expert dialogues.

Panel discussions

• Richard Muyungi,^bio Tanzania
• Aishath Aileen Niyaz,^bio Maldives
• Matheus Bastos,^bio Brazil
• Kevin Adams,^bio United States
• Gabriela Blatter,^bio  Switzerland

Moderator: Gertraud Wollansky,^bio Austria

Questions and answers

Presentation

• Federica Fricano and Kishan Kumarsingh, Co-chairs, of the ad hoc work programme on the NCQG

Questions and answers

Closing remarks

• Mariam Allam,^bio incoming COP27 Presidency