Overview

The event will explore pathways to support the implementation of climate policies for the post-2030 period, consistent with the Paris Agreement and net-zero targets. It will flag justice and equity perspectives in relation to the net-zero ambitions. It will highlight how transparency systems and tracking progress of implementation and achievement of NDCs can facilitate transformative policies.

Moderator

Dr. Ruta Bubniene (UNFCCC, Transparency Division)
 

Key questions to be addressed include:

•    What is needed for implementation of net zero commitments? 
•    What role does research play in facilitating tracking progress towards achievement of NDCs and towards reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement? 
•    What role do transparency systems play in raising global climate ambition, in implementing  NDCs and in fostering accountability of the Parties and non-Party actors? 
 

Speakers:

Dr. Miriam Hinostroza is a UNEP Focal Point at the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Center.  Her work covers research and policy advice on energy, development and climate change interactions. She has  pioneered applied research on socio-economic impacts of emerging regulatory and market based instruments to mitigate climate change in the Latin America.

Prof. Detlef van Vuuren is the leading scientist at the Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands and senior researcher at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency leading the IMAGE integrated assessment modeling team. He is among the few people worldwide that are listed as most highly cited researchers in three different disciplines. Prof. Detlef van Vuuren  worked on the climate scenarios of the IPCC.

Prof. Dr. Niklas Höhne is a co-founder of NewClimate Institute, and founder of the Climate Action Tracker.  His research focusses on analysis on national and international climate policy. His work contributed to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Assessment Reports of the IPCC since 2003 and to all UNEP Emissions Gap Reports since 2010.

Dr. Bas van Ruijven is a Group Leader and Senior Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). His research interests cover energy and technology scenarios to energy transitions in developing countries and the impacts of climate change.

The presentation is available here.