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The PCCB Means of Implementation Day highlighted opportunities for countries to build capacity to implement their Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans. Successfully implementing climate change plans requires a wide range of capacities: Whether in developing projects; creating supportive legislation; accessing finance; or identifying and utilizing the right technologies. The Means of Implementation Day will present seven events spanning these essential aspects of climate change implementation.
Programme Overview
The morning kicked off with a roundtable on how coherence and coordination contribute to improved implementation. This was followed by a new initiative that aimed to strengthen integration of climate risks into government planning, budgetary and policy functions, with specific steps that governments should take to ensure the well-being and safety of their citizens, presented by the Global Resilience Partnership.
Following the lunch break, presenters delved into capacity building for project development and accessing finance. The Adaptation Fund shared how its communities of practice provide south-south peer support to better utilize direct-access modalities of the Adaptation Fund and Green Climate Fund (GCF). Best practices were shared by the Global Water Partnership on preparing and implementing GCF water projects.
Next, the two bodies of the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism also shared how countries can access capacity building and technical assistance on a broad range of adaptation and mitigation technology sectors. The TEC addressed support for endogenous technologies and the CTCN shared a new circular economy initiative in Latin America.
The day ended with a discussion of challenges and opportunities for capacity building on implementation monitoring & reporting, as well as climate legislation and governance by the UK’s International Climate Finance and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
The Means of Implementation Day in the 2nd Capacity-building Hub was designed to, among other topics, touch upon:
Pan-LAC Partnership for GCF Water Project Preparation
Gender-mainstreaming in Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs)
Integrating climate risk mitigation into government planning, budgetary and policy functions
Peer-to-peer knowledge exchange on climate finance readiness and access
Objectives
The purpose of the Mean of Implementation Day was to showcase possible pathways to enhance capacities of countries in the implementation of NDCs and NAPs, with a focus on climate finance and technologies. Through the exchange of knowledge and experience, potential new capacity-building projects, initiatives, partnerships, as well as methodologies and tools for the implementation of climate actions at country-level was discussed. Some of the key objectives of the sessions were:
Fostering a better understanding of practical approaches and existing tools for enhancing the readiness of countries in accessing financial, technical, technological, and institutional support for their climate actions
Exploring ways to mainstream endogenous technologies and gender-just actions in national-level climate planning and implementation, including the assessment and prioritization of needs in climate finance and technologies
It is important to highlight the benefits coming from increased capacities for means of implementation: it helps developing countries to identify their technology, finance and capacity-building gaps and needs to understand the effectiveness of the actions taken, as well as help mobilizing resources.
Government representatives, NGOs, CSOs, MDBs, resilience and adaptation specialists, private sector representatives, UNFCCC/AF/GCF focal points, representatives of industry and end-borrowers.
Hosted by the PCCB, and led by the CTCN, the 2nd Capacity-building Hub Means of Implementation Day provided a platform for different stakeholders to share knowledge and exchange experiences through interactive panel discussions and forums, designed to provide participants with:
Better understanding of available opportunities for country-level climate finance, targeted capacity-building, and technical assistance
Greater awareness of existing tools, best practices, and methodologies for need-based climate finance and technology assessment
Greater understanding of gender-mainstreaming in finance and technology-need assessment and prioritization
Foster dialogue on long-term capacity building and partnership strategies for the implementation of NDCs
Endogenous or Indigenous? Building countries capacities to develop climate technologies; A dialogue to promote shared understanding of endogenous capacities and technologies
Building countries capacity on circular economy as a medium to tackle climate change: initiatives in Latin America & the Caribbean and international best practices
CTCN
Luca Meini, Head of circular economy and environmental strategies at ENEL holding
