Wednesday, 9 September
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| 14.00 - 15.30 |
Climate Week 4 High-Level Ceremony |
High-level opening of the Baku CW4 with Ministerial and high-level representatives from COP Presidencies, key institutions and Non-party stakeholders who will provide their views on solutions and challenges for implementation of the Paris Agreement and the vision for COP 31 Antalya |
| 11.00 - 13.00 |
NAZCA Portal Redevelopment Roadmap and the Net-Zero Recognition Framework Pilot |
Information about the NAZCA portal redevelopment process and initial designs as well as updates on the Net-Zero Recognition Framework and how stakeholders can engage. These elements are essential to support the Global Climate Action Agenda |
| 12.30 - 14.00 |
Impact Dialogue - Private Sector |
Bringing together key representatives from policymakers, businesses and private sector to explore opportunities and challenges to advance climate action by implementing existing solutions through enhanced collaboration and increased finance flows, in particular private climate finance |
| 12.30 - 14.00 |
Implementation Lab - Agriculture - Food Systems |
Highlight solutions under Axis 3 of the Global Climate Action Agenda, particularly advancing relevant Plans to Accelerate Solutions (PAS), such as Access to Finance for Agrifood Systems Transformation and Resilient Agriculture Investment for Net Zero Land Degradation. Led by FAO, it aims at identifying practical approaches to scale climate finance for sustainable, resilient and low-emission agrifood systems, strengthen coherence across initiatives, such as the FAST Partnership, the Baku Harmoniya Climate Initiative for Farmers and the RAIZ Initiative, and foster partnerships that accelerate implementation and deliver integrated climate, food security and sustainable development outcomes |
| 15.30 - 17.00 |
Baku Dialogue on Water for Climate Action – From Commitments to Implementation: Advancing Water Centered Climate Action Towards COP 31 |
Highlight solutions under Axis 2 of the Global Climate Action Agenda, connecting climate policy, scientific knowledge, water cooperation and partnerships to accelerate water-centred climate action, bringing together stakeholders committed to integrated, inclusive and science-based approaches to address the causes and impacts of climate change on water basins |
| 15.30 - 17.00 |
Implementation Lab - Building the Market: How Governments Are Using Their Public Spending to Decarbonize Construction Materials and Heavy Industries |
Highlight solutions under Axis 1 of the Global Climate Action Agenda, particularly advancing relevant PAS, while bringing together government procurement authorities, producers, industry associations, multilateral development banks, standards bodies and technical partners with the aim to match practical barriers with solutions being implemented that enable low-carbon public procurement to move from policy to implementation |
| 15.30 - 18.00 |
(ACE) Turning Knowledge into Action: How Universities Drive Just and Inclusive Climate Ambition and Implementation |
Highlight the role of universities in enhancing climate ambition and action, particularly through the implementation of the Action for Climate Empowerment elements. The event will link the intergovernmental process with the real needs of implementation, enabling the consolidation of activities to increase efficiency and impact
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| 09.00 - 18.00 |
Adaptation Forum |
Discuss scaling adaptation action towards achieving the Global Goal on Adaptation: partnerships, innovation and practical implementation solutions for climate resilience |
| 09.00 - 18.00 |
The Final Mile: Advancing BTR Preparation for Submission in 2026 workshop |
Provide targeted technical support to developing countries to advance the preparation of their Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) to create momentum and support Parties in the last mile of their BTR preparation through the support of “troubleshooting sessions” to facilitate a timely submission in 2026. By invite only.
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COP Presidencies' events |
COP 31 Presidency will be delivering a series of events aimed at providing further information on the key priorities areas of the climate action agenda. Specifically, conversations will focus on electrification, decarbonization of the building sector, food systems and health.
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Thursday, 10 September
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| 09.00 - 10.00 |
Marrakech Partnership convening |
Engage with Marrakech Partnership stakeholders, particularly with the ones from the region to gather perspectives on how Non-party stakeholders can best support the COP 31 Presidency, including through the Climate High-Level Champions to deliver expected outcomes at COP 31 Antalya |
| 09.00 - 11.00 |
Article 6.8: Understanding and engaging with non-market approaches |
Introduce the Article 6.8 framework and explore how non-market approaches can strengthen cooperation beyond carbon markets, including through finance, technology development and transfer, and capacity-building |
| 11.30 - 13.00 |
Impact Dialogue: Subnational entities |
Explore how stronger climate-urban partnerships can accelerate implementation by connecting global frameworks with practical action in cities and regions, examining both the partnerships needed to connect global commitments with local action and the practical solutions that can accelerate climate delivery ahead of COP 31 |
| 11.00 - 13.00 |
Regional Dialogue on Carbon Pricing (REDiCAP): Carbon Pricing and Carbon Markets for Cooperative Implementation of NDCs |
Explore how domestic carbon pricing instruments and international carbon market cooperation, including emerging approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, can complement each other to mobilize finance, support technology deployment, and enable the cost-effective and cooperative implementation of NDCs while ensuring environmental integrity and transparency |
| 09.00 - 13.00 |
Adaptation Forum |
Discuss scaling adaptation action towards achieving the Global Goal on Adaptation: partnerships, innovation and practical implementation solutions for climate resilience |
| 14.00 - 15.30 |
Implementation Lab - Making Wastepickers' Climate Contribution Measurable, Investable and Scalable |
Highlight solutions under Axis 5 of the Global Climate Action Agenda, particularly advancing the Plan to Accelerate Solutions (PAS) No Organic Waste (NOW), with the objectives of validating the Fair Ton MRV approach, agreeing on a pathway to integrate waste pickers’ verified avoided emissions into NDCs, BTRs, Global Methane Pledge and the Global Plastics Treaty, mobilizing catalytic finance commitments to scale the platform and the Data Maturity Ladder, and launching international commitments to the 1x100 Campaign |
| 16.00 - 18.00 |
Upholding Information Integrity on Climate Change and the Impact of AI |
The event will focus on practical approaches to identify climate mis- and disinformation and protect the integrity of climate information for communicators and stakeholders at all levels who encounter these challenges in their day-to-day work |
| 09.00 - 18.00 |
Peer Exchange Workshop on NDCs Implementation |
Provide a dynamic platform to reflect among peers on coordination and collaboration to enable NDC implementation |
| 09.00 - 18.00 |
The Final Mile: Advancing BTR Preparation for Submission in 2026 workshop |
Provide targeted technical support to developing countries to advance the preparation of their BTRs to create momentum and support Parties in the last mile of their BTR preparation through the support of “troubleshooting sessions” to facilitate a timely submission in 2026 |
| TBC |
COP Presidencies events |
COP 31 presidency will be delivering a series of events aimed at providing further information on the key priorities areas of its action agenda. Specifically, conversations will focus on electrification, decarbonization of the building sector, food systems and health. Experts from the delegation will also take part to key Ilabs and impact dialogue taking place during the implementation forum to ensure the alignment of the presidency priorities with the Global Climate Action Agenda |
