The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, decided in Decision 3/CMA.5 that at least two dialogues shall be held each year as part of the work programme, with one to be held prior to the first regular sessions of the subsidiary bodies, starting with their sixtieth sessions (June 2024), and one prior to the second regular sessions of the subsidiary bodies, starting with their sixty-first sessions (November 2024), and that such dialogues should be conducted in hybrid format to allow both in-person and virtual participation.
The Chairs of the subsidiary bodies invited Parties, observers and other non-Party stakeholders to submit views on work to be undertaken under, as well as possible topics for the dialogues under, the work programme via the submission portal by 15 February 2024, and in taking into considerations these submissions decided on the following topic to be discussed at the first dialogue: “Just Transition pathways to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement through NDCs, NAPs and LT-LEDs”
First Dialogue under the UAE work programme on Just Transition Pathways
The first dialogue took place in Bonn, Germany from 2 - 3 June 2024 in a hybrid format. Two half-day sessions occurred on 2 June 2024 from 13:00 to 17:00 and 3 June 08:00 to 12:00.
The presentations shared at the First Dialogue and webcast recordings of the sessions are now available on the Event Page.
The Informal summary of the First Dialogue is available: HERE
The Second Dialogue under the United Arab Emirates Just Transition Work Programme will happen later in 2024, prior to COP29.