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The event will take place in New York on September 24th, 2024 from 8:00-10:00am (UCT-4)
At the UN Climate Summit in Baku this November (COP-29), Parties will discuss and agree on the future of climate finance under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Whether these discussions will yield a strong outcome for adaptation finance is not yet certain. Therefore, building momentum for adaptation finance in the lead up to COP-29 seems more relevant than ever.
Hosted by DanChurch Aid, South South North, UN Foundation, E3G and Germanwatch, and held in the lead up to COP-29, this high level roundtable provides an opportunity to build up momentum, and critically, trust between developed and developing nations to secure a successful outcome at COP-29.
Programme
- Breakfast will be served from 7:30
- 08:00 – 08:25 Moderator Welcome and Introductory Keynote
- 08:25 – 08:50 High Level Panel 1: Laying the Groundwork for Adaptation Ambition at COP-29
- 08:50 – 09:05 Q&A with Audience
- 09:05 – 09:30 High Level Panel 2: Approaches to closing the Adaptation Financing Gap
- 09:30 – 09:45 Audience Q&A
- 09:45 – 10:00 Concluding Remarks
- 10:00 – 10:30 Opportunity for interviews and informal dialogue
Speakers
Moderator
- Dr. Shehnaaz Moosa, Director, South South North
Introductory Keynotes
- Hon. Elmaddin Mehdieyev, Finance Team Leader, COP-29 Presidency
- H.R.H. Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, Climate Envoy of the Netherlands
High Level Panel 1
- Hon. Toeolesulusulu Cedric Pose Salesa Schuster, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment and Lands, Samoa
- Hon. Melinda Bohannon, Director General, Humanitarian and Development, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, UK
- Hon. Evans Njewa, Chief Environmental Officer, Head of Climate Change and UNFCCC Focal Point for the Government of Malawi, LDC Chair.
- Hon. Lotte Machon, State Secretary for Development Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
- Ambassador Adonia Ayebare from Uganda, Chair of G77 and China (TBC)
High Level Panel 2
- Hon. Ali Mohamed, Climate Change Envoy, Executive Office of the President, Kenya
- Hon. Alessandro Guerri, Director General for International and European Affairs, Ministry for the Environment and Energy Security, Italy
- Ambassador Janine Felson, Deputy Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations
- Trigg Talley, Managing Director for Climate Negotiations and Programs, Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, U.S. Department of State
- Hon. Eamon Ryan, Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications, Minister for Transport, Ireland
Concluding remarks
- Mr. Jonas Vejsager Nøddekær, Secretary General, DanChurchAid
