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2016 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance
Background:
At its eleventh meeting held in October 2015 in Bonn, Germany, the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) decided to respond positively to the invitation, by the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts, to dedicate its 2016 forum to the theme of financial instruments that address the risks of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, in the context of Action Area 7 of the workplan of the Executive Committee. The forum is in a two-day format, incorporating both plenary sessions and breakout group sessions. More than 100 representatives from governments, financial institutions, private sector and civil society are expected to attend the forum. The 2016 forum of the Standing Committee on Finance was held in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Philippines Climate Change Commission.
Webcast:
Video recordings are available for some of the SCF Forum sessions. Please click on the video icons () where they appear in the programme below.
Highlights of the 2016 SCF forum : Please click here
Full programme of the 2016 SCF Forum : Please click here
Index to Sessions |
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Day 1 Opening: Session1: Session 2: Session 3: Session 4:
Session 5: Day 2 Opening: Session 7: Session 8: Session 9: Session 10: Session 11: Session 12: |
● Opening plenary ● Setting the scene: Broad overview of loss and damage ● Taking stock: Reviewing existing financial instruments ● Parallel plenaries: Existing financial instruments: Case-studies and country experience ● Break-out group discussions: Insights about financial instruments that address the risks of loss and damage ● Outcomes of the break-out groups ● Addressing questions from day 1; Introducing day 2 ● Parallel plenaries: Emerging national/regional funding schemes and new financing approaches, instruments and opportunities ● Break-out group discussions: Ways to replicate and scale-up good practices and enhance effectiveness and impact ● Outcomes of the break-out groups ● Panel discussion: Roles and functions of different actors and ways of strengthening linkages and collaboration ● Plenary discussion: Reflections on key outcomes and conclusions of the forum ● Closure of the Forum: Closing remarks by the Standing Committee on Financea |
Full programme of the 2016 SCF Forum
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4 September 2016, Day 1
Opening |
Welcome Reception |
18:00 - 21:30 |
5 September 2016, Day 1
Opening |
Opening plenary |
09:00 - 09:30 |
Welcoming participants (5-10 min):
Key note statements (5-10 min/each)
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Session 1 |
Setting the scene |
09:30 - 10:15 |
Session aims: Enhancing understanding of risks of loss and damage by answering the following guiding questions:
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Presentations (30 min)
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Session 2 |
Taking stock |
10:15 - 11:30 |
Session aims: Taking stock of the range of financial instruments and how they are structured and operate. It will aim at addressing the following guiding questions:
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Overarching presentations (30 min)
Plenary discussion (30-45 min)
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11:30 – 11:45: COFFEE BREAK
Session 3 |
Parallel Plenaries |
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11:45 - 13:30 |
Session aims: Bringing the perspective of relevant actors through case-studies to highlight the benefits, challenges as well as gaps, limitations and favorable conditions on the following four types of existing financial instruments:
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Facilitator: Ms Shereen D’Souza |
Facilitator: Ms Laura Schaefer |
13:30 – 14:30: LUNCH
Session 4 |
Break-out group discussions |
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14:30 - 15:45 |
Session aims: Discussion of country experiences and favorable conditions (e.g. policies/strategies/plans (including INDCs, NAPs), institutions, capacity) to introduce and deploy these instruments at various levels.
The topics of the break-out groups will be the following:
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Break-out Group 1
Discussion lead/rapporteur:
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Break-out Group 2
Discussion lead/rapporteur:
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Break-out Group 3
Discussion lead/rapporteur:
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Break-out Group 4
Discussion lead/rapporteur:
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15:45 – 16:00: COFFEE BREAK
Session 5 |
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16:00 - 17:30 |
Report back from the break-out groups (40 min)
Plenary discussions (50 min)
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Session 6 |
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17:30 - 18:00 |
Plenary discussion (30 min) |
18:00 onwards: EVENING RECEPTION (hosted by the Asian Development Bank)
6 September, Day 2
Opening |
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08:30 - 09:30 |
Session aims: Recap and further discussion space for additional questions and issues raised during the first day / setting the stage for the second day
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Session 7 |
Parallel plenaries: |
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09:30 - 10:50 |
Session aims: Discussion of experiences of emerging national/regional funding schemes and new financing instruments that address the risks of loss and damage. This will draw from identified and discussed gaps in the existing landscape of financial instruments
Guiding questions:
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National/regional funding schemes that address the risks of loss and damage
Presentations
Facilitator: Mr Richard Muyungi |
New financing approaches, instruments and opportunities that address the risks of loss and damage
Presentations
Facilitator: Ms Natalie Unterstell |
10:50 – 11:05: COFFEE BREAK
Session 8 |
Break-out group discussions |
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11:05 - 12:20 |
Session aims: Participants will be divided in two breakout groups to generate practical insight to replicate and scale-up good practices of existing financial instruments and funding schemes with a particular emphasis on the most vulnerable. Guiding questions: |
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Break-out Group 1 Discussion lead/rapporteur |
Break-out Group 2 Discussion lead/rapporteurs |
Session 9 |
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12:20 - 13:05 |
Report back from the break-out groups (20 min)
Plenary discussions (25 min)
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13:05 – 14:05: LUNCH
Session 10 |
Roles and functions of different actors and ways of strengthening linkages and collaboration |
14:05 - 15:35 |
Session aims: Enhancing understanding of the respective roles and functions of governments, regional entities, the international climate regime, MFIs, donors, and private sector in promoting the development and use of financial instruments to address the risks of loss and damage. It will also explore ways how governments can incentivize the development and application of financial instruments by the private sector.
Guiding questions:
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Facilitator: Ms Joanne Manda
10 min inputs (30 min)
Panel discussion (30 min) |
15:35 – 15:50: COFFEE BREAK
Session 11 |
Plenary discussion |
15:50 - 17:20 |
Facilitator: SCF members
Summary Slide (64 kB) |
Session 12 |
Closure of the Forum Closing remarks by the Standing Committee on Finance |
17:20 - 18:00 |
Plenary discussion (40 min) Facilitator: SCF Co-chairs |
If you have any queries, please contact the secretariat at: standingcommittee@unfccc.int
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Updated: 13 September 2016
Documents
1-page summary of the 2016 SCF forum (369 kB)
Full summary report of the 2016 SCF forum
Programme (195 kB)
General information sheet(1003 kB)
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