17.00-17.10

Opening and welcome remarks (COP Presidency and incoming COP Presidency)

Time slot 1: Sharing evidence on progress towards implementation and ambition

17.10–19.00

Framing presentations on progress towards implementation and ambition

• Pre-2020 implementation and ambition: a perspective from science
• Pre-2020 commitments and emissions and the adaptation gap: the UNEP Gap Reports
• Adaptation ambition and implementation in pre-2020
• Adaptation ambition and implementation in pre-2020

Q&A

• Means of Implementation ambition and implementation in pre-2020
• Means of Implementation ambition and implementation in pre-2020
• Pre-2020 implementation and ambition: a perspective from non-Party stakeholders
• An overview of the work on implementation and ambition across pre-2020

Q&A

• Jim Skea, Co-chair of WGIII of IPCC
• Anne Olhoff, UNEP
• Gebru Jember Endalew, Global Green Growth Institute
• Maarten van Aalst, International Federation of Red Cross

• Stephen Hammer, World Bank
• Elizabeth Press, IRENA
• Gonzalo Muñoz and Nigel Topping, High Level Champions for Climate Action
• UNFCCC secretariat

16.30-16.35

Brief summary of day 1 (COP Presidency, incoming COP Presidency)

Time slot 2: Sharing lessons-learned on how to advance on implementation and ambition

16:35-16:55

Ice-breaker interventions

Perspectives on how lessons learned from the pre-2020 period can be taken forward

16:55-18:30

General discussion

All participants (Parties and non-Parties stakeholders), guided by the following questions:

• What are the successes and lessons learnt from pre-2020 actions and implementation (e.g., sharing of policies, measures and effectiveness in implementing mitigation, adaptation, and support)?

• How can these be used as we look forward to post-2020 climate action?