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Pre-CoP Academic Climate Law Conference

This Pre-CoP Academic Climate Law Conference is organized by our local hosts and partners, at the Law School of Ain Shams University, Cairo. More details coming soon.

Jointly combating the Climate and Biodiversity crises: the critical role of Nature-based Solutions

At COP26, UNFCCC Parties clearly recognised the interlinked crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, and the critical role of nature in delivering benefits for both adaptation and mitigation. This session will explore how this can now be meaningfully operationalised with practical cases. Speakers: Speakers will include high-level officials from IUCN’s State and NGO members, […]

How can SIDS harness capacity building for Article 6 cooperation?

SIDS have been bypassed by carbon markets in the past. How can this be prevented under Article 6? The side event discusses approaches to capacity building in SIDS involving North-South and South-South collaboration, including simplification of methodologies and new activity types. Speaker(s): Mod: Axel Michaelowa (University of Zurich and Perspectives Climate Research); Flavien Joubert (Minister of […]

Advancing Nationally Determined Contributions: Signs of Progress

Developing countries will highlight their progress on the Paris Agreement with a focus on three themes: just transition; adaptation; and forests, land and nature. Despite the challenges, countries continue to enhance second generation NDCs and will share inspiring stories of bold action being taken. Speaker(s): Mr. Achim Steiner, UNDP | Mr. Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC | […]

Enhancing climate action through rights-based, gender-responsive, and integrated approaches

This session will provide a platform to unpack the findings of the review to address SRHR needs in the climate crisis at programme and policy levels and to advocate for more gender-responsive climate commitments in the NDCs, and the need to bring young people to the forefront of policy dialogue. Speaker(s): United Nations Population Fund […]