Registration & lunch

Session 1 – Transformational adaptation

Opening remarks by the SBSTA Chair, Harry Vreuls and H.E Khadeeja Naseem, and the Minister of State for Environment, Climate Change and Technology.

Moderated by Shella Biallas and Natasha Banda Museba.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Concepts, approaches and examples of transformational adaptation (Johanna Nalau, Debbie Ley, Lisa Schipper)
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - Transformative actions, including through global target setting and social inclusion on biodiversity and adaptation: The experiences of the CBD. (Tristan Tyrrell)
Climate Investment Fund (CIF) - A Framework for Transformational Climate Action and Evaluation (Xianfu Lu) 
UN Foundation - Five defining features of transformational adaptation (Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio)

Coffee break

Session 2 – Indigenous peoples’ leadership in transformational adaptation

Interactive session with speakers from indigenous peoples, national representatives, and other relevant entities: Sharing values, worldviews, and perspectives that have withstood time and climate change impacts (in the form of stories, pictures, and rituals)

Natasha Banda Museba (Moderator)
Edna Kaptoyo (Indigenous knowledge holder from Africa)
Aminath Abdulla (Chairwoman)
Ahmed Raidh (Indigenous expert from Maldives)
Grace Balawag (Kankaney-Igorot indigenous woman from Asia)
Jenny Ritchie (Maori indigenous knowledge holder from the Pacific)

Panel discussion featuring national representatives

Natasha Banda Museba (Moderator)

Panelists: Sivendra Michael (Fiji), Hassan Saeed (Maldives), Luke Millar (Australia), Morgan Whalen (Canada), Nicolás Zambrano (Ecuador)

Open discussion – a recap of day 1

Session 3 – Changing mindsets towards transformational adaptation

Presentations and Q&A

Kulthoum Motsumi (Moderator)

UNICEF - Advancing inclusion of Children under the Global Goal on Adaptation (Edward Addai)

UNU - GGA and the Global Commons (Zita Sebesvari)

EIB - Financing transformational adaptation: A multilateral development bank’s perspective (Cinzia Losenno)

Japan - Adaptation for Business and Business for Adaptation (Takashi Hongo)

WTO - The Transformative Role Of Trade In Adapting To Climate Change (José-Antonio Monteiro)

Lesotho - Transboundary Adaptation (Mokoena France)

Breakout groups with some interactive modalities: Global perspectives to mindset change on crosscutting issues (intergenerational equity, private sector engagement, and transboundary considerations)

Breakout Group 1: Group passing brainstorming modality

Breakout Group 2: Reverse brainstorming modality

Coffee break

Session 4 – National and regional perspectives on changing mindsets

Panel discussion with Q&A

Luke Millar (Moderator)

Panelists: María Luz Falivene Fernández, (Argentina) National perspective on changing mindsets

Åsa Sjöström (EU), Visions of the future – a tool for working towards transformation

Portia Adade Williams (CSIR Ghana and UCT) Transformative adaptation: Africa's Science Perspectives

End of day 2

Remarks from the SBI Chair, H.E. Nabeel Munir

Session 5 – Developing a framework for the global goal on adaptation

Brainstorming session and break out groups using guiding questions. 

Manfred Kholbach and Thibyan Ibrahim (Moderators)

Brainstorming material

BoG 1: Dimensions (para 10a) taking into account themes (para 10b)

BoG 2: Dimensions (para 10a) taking into account cross-cutting considerations (para 10c)

Moderated discussion on capturing the outcomes and areas of commonality.

SBSTA Chair, Harry Vreuls and H.E Khadeeja Naseem (Moderators)

Lunch

Session 6 – Linkages with the global stocktake

Discussion using brainstorming tools to help develop common views on contribution to the first GST.

SBSTA Chair, Harry Vreuls and H.E Khadeeja Naseem (Moderators).

Session 7 – Wrapping up and concluding remarks

High-level panel, wrapping up and concluding remarks from the SBSTA Chair, Enrico Gaveglia, UN Resident Coordinator Office,H.E Khadeeja Naseem, and the Minister of State for Environment, Climate Change and Technology