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In-session Action for Climate Empowerment Dialogue
07 Jun. 2022
08:00h - 19:00h
Bonn , Germany
Germany
Education and Youth
UNFCCC
English
1
In-session Action for Climate Empowerment Dialogue
07 Jun. 2022
08:00h - 19:00h
Bonn , Germany
Germany
Education and Youth
UNFCCC
English
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Further information on the Dialogues on Action for Climate Empowerment

Latest In-session Action for Climate Empowerment Dialogue documents

FCCC/SBI/2022/10/Add.1
Report of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation on its fifty-sixth session, held in Bonn from 6 to 16 June 2022. Addendum. Draft decisions forwarded for consideration and adoption by the Conference of the Parties and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
FCCC/SBI/2022/10
Report of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation on its fifty-sixth session, held in Bonn from 6 to 16 June 2022
FCCC/SB/2022/L.6
Matters relating to the work programme for urgently scaling up mitigation ambition and implementation referred to in paragraph 27 of decision 1/CMA.3. Draft conclusions proposed by the Chairs
FCCC/SB/2022/L.7
Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme on the global goal on adaptation referred to in decision 7/CMA.3. Draft conclusions proposed by the Chairs
FCCC/SBI/2022/L.11/Add.2
Administrative, financial and institutional matters. Draft conclusions proposed by the Chair. Addendum

Glasgow work programme on Action for Climate Empowerment -adopted at COP26 in its Decision 18/CP.26  and Decision 22/CMA.3-, Para. 11 (b) requests the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) to hold an annual in-session Action for Climate Empowerment dialogue at its first regular session of each year with the participation of Parties, representatives of relevant constituted bodies, and relevant experts, practitioners and stakeholders that focuses on the progress of implementation of the Glasgow work programme and on its four priority areas:

  • policy coherence; 
  • coordinated action; 
  • tools and support; and 
  • monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

Recording available>

Morning session of the Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment 2022 

11:00 – 14:00 CEST 

11:00 – 11:10 

Opening of the Dialogue by the Co-moderators: 

  • Disha Sarkar, YOUNGO 

  • Olivia Urbanski, National ACE Focal Point 

11:10 – 11:20 

Section I: Welcoming remarks and status of negotiations 

Co-moderators: Olivia Urbanski and Disha Sarkar 

  • Conor Barry, Manager Engagement and Climate Change Sub-Division, UN Climate Change 

11:20 – 11:25 

Video message

11:25 – 12:25 

Section II: How to foster engagement of children and youth in the implementation of the priority areas? -Policy Coherence and Coordinated Action- 

Co-moderators: Olivia Urbanski and Disha Sarkar 

Panel discussion on the main challenges faced in engaging children and youth in these priority areas as well as the main gaps and possible actions to address them. 

  • Hailey Campbell, YOUNGO 

  • Suil Kang, UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee (TEC) member, Republic of Korea 

  • Shaemma Mebwana, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, UAE  

  • Andea Sunder-Plassman, artist and dean of the fine arts department, Alanus University 

  • Joni Pegram, Director Project Dryad 

  • Moderated panel and Q&A  

12:25 – 12:30 

Interactive activity 

12:30 – 13:10 

Section III: How to foster engagement of children and youth in the implementation of the priority areas? -Tools and Support and Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting- 

Co-moderators: Olivia Urbanski and Disha Sarkar 

Panel discussion on the main challenges faced in engaging children and youth in these priority areas as well as the main gaps and possible actions to address them. 

  • Lim Hooi Sean (Abe), YOUNGO 

  • Sara Eliasson, UNFCCC/AGYLE  

  • Isatis Cintron-Rodriguez, ACE Observatory, Rutgers University 

  • María Luz Falivene Fernández, Office of Climate Change, Argentina 

Moderated panel and Q&A  

13:10 – 13:15 

Interactive activity 

13:15 – 13:50 

Section IV: The role of youth promoting environmentally sustainable economies and societies 

Moderator: Sarah Marchildon, UN Climate Change

Multi-stakeholder dialogue aiming at providing a space to reflect on the presentations and exchanges from the previous sessions and discussing about the role of children and youth in promoting green and climate-resilient economies and societies. 

  • Martin Samaan, Lead for Communications, UN SDG Action Campaign 

  • Jin Tanaka, YOUNGO 

  • Amr Essam, Senior Adviser, COP27 Presidency Team, Egypt 

  • Elizabeth Wathuti, environment and climate activist, Kenya 

  • Dennis Mombauer, SLYCAN Trust 

Dialogue and Q&A 

13:50 – 14:00 

Facilitators introduce the methodology of the breakout group session taking place in the afternoon and provide information on the room allocation. 

Break from 14:00 to 16:00 

Afternoon session of the Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment 2022 

16:00 – 18:00 CEST 

18:00 – 19:00 CEST 

16:00 – 18:00 

Section V: Recommendations and views on future work to enhance children and youth engagement in the implementation of the priority areas of the Glasgow work programme on ACE 

Co-moderators: Olivia Urbanski and Disha Sarkar 

Breakout groups discussion.  

18:00 – 18:15 

Break - Participants return to the plenary room 

18:15 – 18:45 

Section VI: Conclusions of the breakout groups in the plenary  

Co-moderators: Olivia Urbanski and Disha Sarkar 

5-minutes report back from rapporteurs. 

18:45 – 19:00 

Co-moderators: Olivia Urbanski and Disha Sarkar 

Closing remarks: 

  • Marianne Karlsen, Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) 

  • Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, UN Climate Change