Non-Party Stakeholder participation in the second meeting of the Technical Dialogue of the first Global Stocktake

List of non-Party stakeholder participants to the second meeting of the technical dialogue of the first global stocktake under the Paris Agreement (15 November 2022)

 

Please note: The expression of interest process for non-Party stakeholder participation in the second meeting of the technical dialogue of the first global stocktake is closed.

Non-Party stakeholders will be invited to participate in the second meeting of the technical dialogue (TD1.2) of the first global stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement that will take place during the 57th session of the subsidiary bodies (SB 57) during the first week at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the UNFCCC in November 2022. The second meeting will build on the discussions of the first meeting (TD 1.1), which took place during the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB 56) in June 2022. Further information and the detailed design of TD 1.2 will be shared in due course by the co-facilitators taking into account the guidance received from Parties, summary of the TD 1.1 discussions and inputs submitted to the GST information portal. While the design and exact numbers are still to be confirmed, approximately 45 seats will be made available for the nine NGO Constituencies and other non-Party stakeholders to bring their expertise to the discussions. To assist the co-facilitators in inviting non-Party stakeholders, the UNFCCC secretariat will launch and conduct a nomination and expression of interest process as follows:

  • Admitted NGOs are invited through NGO Constituencies to communicate to the secretariat the names of the representatives
  • Other non-Party stakeholders, including admitted NGO coalitions/initiatives who do not belong to any Constituencies, are invited to express interest in participating by filling in an online form. After the selection process has been finalized, the names and organizations of the selected representatives will be made public.

Although still to be finalized, the numbers and allocation breakdown is expected to be as follows similar to TD 1.1:

  • 27 for NGO Constituencies; and
  • 18 for other non-Party stakeholders

These non-Party stakeholders will be engaging with technical experts from Party delegations across the roundtables. Each of these non-Party stakeholders will participate in only one of the roundtables to encourage a broad set of participation. Please note that these same representatives will be invited and expected to engage in other activities of the TD 1.2, such as a World Café, for consistency in the dialogues.

 

Recalling through the Glasgow Climate Pact from COP 26, Parties welcomed the improved Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action for enhancing ambition 2021-2025 from the High-Level Champions, where supporting the GST is one of the main priorities and uses the timelines of the GST process to build and plan around, and also encouraged the High-Level Champions to support the effective participation of non-Party stakeholders in the GST, the secretariat will collaborate with the High-Level Champions in the expression of interest process in support of the co-facilitators.

 

Process and timelines

  • For the nine NGO Constituencies, the NGO Constituency Focal Points will be contacted by the secretariat separately on the nomination process. Please send any inquiries to cool@unfccc.int.
  • For other non-Party stakeholders:
    1. Expression of interest to be submitted electronically using this on-line form.
    2. The period of the expression of interest will end on Thursday, 22 September 23:59 CEST.
    3. Efforts will be made to finalize the process expeditiously and inform the selected participants as soon as possible and three to four weeks prior to the start of the technical dialogue. Please send any inquires to gst_nps@unfccc.int. 

 

Selection criteria

The following criteria will be applied when assessing and selecting non-Party stakeholders:

  1. Expertise and experience
  2. Regional balance
  3. Gender balance

The co-facilitators encourage balanced participation across multiple formats to facilitate the greatest amount of interactive exchange between participants. The co-facilitators also aim to facilitate continuity and flexibility in participation across the three meetings of the first technical dialogue. As such and considering the above criteria, multiple questions may be asked throughout the on-line form. 

 

 Overview of the Roundtables

Further information on the number of roundtables and the detailed design of TD1.2 will be shared in due course by the co-facilitators taking into account the guidance received from Parties, summary of the TD 1.1 discussions and inputs submitted to the GST information portal.
TD 1.2 will build on previous discussions and the topics of TD 1.1 are described below for reference to assist with the expression of interest process, noting that further details of the roundtables will be provided at a later stage.

  • Roundtable 1: This roundtable may take stock of implementation of the Paris Agreement to assess collective progress towards the long-term temperature goal in Article 2.1 (a) and consider how collective progress with respect to goal in Article 4.1 contributes to achievement of the temperature goal, as well as collective progress in increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production (Article 2.1 b).
  • Roundtable 2: This roundtable may take stock of implementation of the Paris Agreement to assess collective progress towards the global goal for adaptation of enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change, with a view to contributing to sustainable development and ensuring an adequate adaptation response in the context of the temperature goal referred to in Article 2.1(a) (Article 7.1) and in increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production (Article 2.1 (b)).
  • Roundtable 3: This roundtable may take stock of implementation of the Paris Agreement to assess collective progress towards making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development (Article 2.1 c), as well as how support for developing countries across finance, technology and capacity building (Articles 9, 10, and 11) has enabled collective progress towards the long-term temperature goal (Article 2.1 a) and increased the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production (Article 2.1 b).

 

Norms for discussion at the roundtables

  • Participants of roundtables are charged with performing an assessment of collective progress and identifying opportunities for enhanced action and support.
  • The dialogue should advance knowledge that can inform Parties and non-Party stakeholders in enhancing their actions and support
  • Discussions should be technical, focused on data and information, and based on the best available science.
  • Participants are encouraged to engage in a conversation and dialogue with one another, rather than provide prepared statements.
  • Throughout the technical dialogue, all knowledge and experiences should be respected as contributions to the discussion, in order to promote cooperation and build trust.
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