The NWP will host its 11th annual Focal Point Forum on the 8th November under the guidance of the Chair of the SBSTA. The forum will be an interactive and informal space for human settlement related exchanges and information sharing between NWP partner organizations, Parties to the UNFCCC, as well as other relevant organizations.
The forum will foster collaboration and partnerships between participating entities, thereby contributing to the NWP’s core function of working with third parties to translate key findings and identified knowledge gaps into concrete adaptation actions.
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Submissions contributed by Parties, NWP partner organizations and other relevant organizations will inform the forum discussions, which will focus on four primary thematic areas, as outlined in the agenda below:
| 18:30–18:35 |
Opening
Mr. Carlos Fuller, Chair of the SBSTA
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Setting the stage: Opportunities and challenges for climate-resilience in human settlements |
| 18:35–18:40 |
Introduction
Ms. Musonda Mumba, UN Environment, Facilitator
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| 18:40–18:50 |
Keynote address
Ms. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, Deputy Executive Director, UN-Habitat
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| 18:50–18:55 |
Intervention by a youth representative
Ms. Habiba Al-Khatib, Dubai College
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| 18:55–19:05 |
Key results from the submissions
Ms. Laureline Krichewsky, UNFCCC secretariat
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| 19:05–19:20 |
Refreshments and networking break |
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Focus group discussions: from knowledge to action in cities, towns and villages |
| 19:20–20:25 |
Parallel focus group discussions on:
1. Assessing sensitivity and vulnerability to climate change;
2. Integrating both short-term and long-term climate considerations (including both extreme and slow onset events) into planning;
3. The role of national governments in supporting adaptation at the local level, including linkages to the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans (NAPs);
4. City-to-city partnerships on climate change adaptation.
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| 20:25–20:50 |
Reporting on the key outcomes of the focus group discussions |
| 20:50–20:55 |
Concluding remarks
Ms. Musonda Mumba, UN Environment, Facilitator
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| 20:55–21:00 |
Closing Remarks
Mr Carlos Fuller, Chair of SBSTA
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In addition to the main thematic areas, it is anticipated there will be substantive discussion about small island developing states, least developed and developing countries, as well as about urban, rural, remote and coastal settlements.
Discussions will build on the 22 submissions made by Parties, and by partner and other organizations, and will explore challenges as well as opportunities for human settlement related adaptation.
Following COP 23, the NWP will prepare a synthesis report encapsulating the key findings from the Focal Point Forum discussions and submissions. This report will be considered at SBSTA 48 in May 2018.
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