Global Forum on the Environment and Climate Change - September 2024

Welcome and opening plenary: Preparing the ground for COP29

Moderator: Julio Cordano (CCXG Chair)
Opening remarks:
Jo Tyndall (OECD)
Laura Cozzi (IEA)
Elmaddin Mehdiyev (Azerbaijan, incoming COP29 Presidency)
Representative from COP28 Presidency

DAY 1

Session A1 - Taking forward calls on energy transition from para. 28 of the global stocktake (GST) decision in the next NDCs 

Facilitator: Cristina Carreiras (European Commission)
Speakers:
Luca Lo Re (IEA)
Christine Dragisic (United States)
Manjeet Dhakal (Advisor to the Chair of the LDC Group)
R.R. Rashmi (The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

Session A2 - Taking forward calls on deforestation from para. 33 of the GST decision in the next NDCs

Facilitator: Gabriel Labbate (UNEP)
Speakers:
Coline Pouille (OECD)
Amy Duchelle (FAO)
Emma Rachmawaty (Indonesia)
Daniel Tutu Benefoh (Ghana) 

Session A3 - Breakout groups: Opportunities and challenges of preparing economy wide NDCs covering all greenhouse gases, sectors, and categories 

Facilitator: Clarissa Lehne (NDC Partnership) 
Breakout Group A Moderator: Fan Xing (China) 
Breakout Group B Moderator: Phelim Usher-Perves (UK)
Breakout Group C Moderator: Itchell Guiney (South Africa) 
Breakout Group D Moderator (virtual): Edgar Fernández (Transforma)

Information session - OECD and IEA presentations of recent work

Facilitator: Julio Cordano (CCXG Chair)
Speakers:
Klas Wetterberg (OECD)
Daniel Wetzel (IEA)

End of day one

DAY 2

Session A4 - Roundtable discussion: NDC implementation and investment plans (I)

Facilitator: Susanne Olbrisch (UNDP)
Speakers:
Sirini Jeudy-Hugo (OECD)
Ranjila Singh (Fiji)
Carlos Pol (Belize)
Ahmed Abdel Moneim (Egypt)

Session A5 - Roundtable discussion: NDC implementation and investment plans (II)

Facilitator: Christophe de Gouvello (World Bank)

Speakers:
Kate Hughes (Asian Development Bank)
Arianna Griffa (Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change)
Andrew Prag (We Mean Business Coalition)
Ariane Pevide (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) 

DAY 1

Session B1 - Taking stock of options relating to the structure and core elements of the NCQG 

Facilitator: Kelly Sharp (Canada)
Speakers:
Chiara Falduto (OECD)
Gabriela Blatter (Switzerland)
Raju Pandit Chhetri (Nepal)
Chandni Raina (India)

Session B2 - Breakout groups: Timeframes for the NCQG and interlinkages with other UNFCCC processes

Facilitator: Brittany Young (Australia) 
Speakers:
Raphaël Jachnik (OECD)
Padraig Oliver (UNFCCC) 
Breakout Group A Moderator: Sandra Guzmán Luna (Climate Finance Group of Latin America and the Caribbean)
Breakout Group B Moderator: Julius Mbatia (African Group of Negotiators)
Breakout Group C Moderator: Stien Schrauwen (Belgium)
Breakout Group D Moderator (virtual): Bertha Argueta (Germanwatch)

Session B3 - Opportunities for the NCQG to provide signals to the private sector

Facilitator: Ambassador Seyni Nafo (Africa Adaptation Initiative)
Speakers:
Mathilde Mesnard (OECD)
Aurélien Boyer (International Finance Corporation)
Alice Carr (Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero)
Ana Rovzar (Global Renewables Alliance)
Respondents:
Kevin Adams (United States)
Ambassador Mohamed Nasr (Egypt)

Information session - OECD and IEA presentations of recent work

Facilitator: Julio Cordano (CCXG Chair)
Speakers: 
Klas Wetterberg (OECD)
Daniel Wetzel (IEA)

End of day one

DAY 2

Session B4 - Exploring potential links between the NCQG and parallel processes on addressing unsustainable sovereign debt in developing countries

Facilitator: Shakira Mustapha (Centre for Disaster Protection)
Speakers:
Rachel Morris (OECD)
Martin Kessler (Finance for Development Lab)
Noor Syaifudin (Indonesia)
Representative from Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Respondents:
Outi Honkatukia (Finland)
Michai Robertson (Samoa)

Session B5 - Breakout groups: Options for the NCQG to encourage and reward enhanced ambition 

Facilitator: Rob Moore (E3G)
Speaker: Charlene Watson (ODI)
Breakout Group A Moderator: Sofia Vargas Lozada (Colombia)
Breakout Group B Moderator: Denis Mugagga (Uganda)
Breakout Group C Moderator:  tbc
Breakout Group D Moderator (virtual):  Charlene Watson (ODI)

Reporting back from parallel discussion tracks on NDCs and the NCQG

Facilitator:  Julio Cordano (CCXG Chair)
Report back from session A1: Cristina Carreiras (European Commission)
Report back from session A2: Gabriel Labbate (UNEP)
Report back from session A3: Clarissa Lehne (NDC Partnership)
Report back from session A4: Susanne Olbrisch (UNDP)
Report back from session A5: Christophe de Gouvello (World Bank)

Report back from session B1: Kelly Sharp (Canada)
Report back from session B2: Brittany Young (Australia)
Report back from session B3: Ambassador Seyni Nafo (Africa Adaptation Initiative)
Report back from session B4: Shakira Mustapha (Centre for Disaster Protection)
Report back from session B5: Rob Moore (E3G)

Closing plenary: Identifying synergies between NDCs and the NCQG and looking ahead to COP30

Keynote presentation: Amal-Lee Amin (British International Investment) 

Speakers:
Julio Cordano (CCXG Chair)
Tulio Andrade (Brazil, Incoming COP30 Presidency)