Climate change
Global Forum on the Environment and Climate Change - organised by the Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG) June 2020
The first day of the Virtual Global Forum focused on specific aspects of Common Tabular Formats (CTFs) for reporting information on tracking progress made in implementing and achieving Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The sessions on the second day focused on key elements of a sustainable COVID-19 recovery. The forum allowed countries to share experiences on national responses to plan recovery from the crisis, while considering the need to move towards low-emissions, climate-resilient development pathways.
Agenda
Key Takeaways
DAY 1: Tuesday 2 June, 2020
During sessions 1 and 2, speakers and participants were invited to discuss potential formats for CTFs and for the structured summary, the potential challenges with reporting information on Party-defined indicators, and explore options for new and improved tables.
11:30 – 13:00 Session 1: Tracking progress towards NDCs: Reporting using CTFs (Part I)
Documents
- “Reporting progress towards Nationally Determined Contributions: exploring possible common tabular formats for the structured summary", Rocha, M. & Ellis, J.(2020)
- "Reporting Tables – Potential areas of work under SBSTA and options – Part I – GHG inventories and tracking progress towards NDCs", Rocha, M. (2019)
Facilitator: Miles Perry, European Commission
Speakers
13:30 – 15:00 Session 2: Tracking progress towards NDCs: Reporting using CTFs (Part II)
Facilitator: Andrew Marquard, South Africa
Speakers
Day 2: Thursday 4 June, 2020
11:00-12:30 Session 3: Information session: The building blocks of a sustainable COVID-19 recovery
During this session, speakers and participants were invited to discuss the emissions, investment and well-being contexts in which recovery packages are being developed, and highlight the implications for NDC development.
Relevant materials
- OECD Tackling coronavirus (COVID‑19): Contributing to a global effort
- COVID-19: Exploring the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on global energy markets, energy resilience, and climate change
Facilitator: Helen Plume, CCXG Chair
Speakers
- Mechthild Wörsdörfer, IEA
- Simon Buckle, OECD
- Stephen Alan Hammer, World Bank Group
- Elina Bardram, European Commission
13:00 - 15:00 Session 4: Designing a sustainable COVID-19 recovery: Countries’ experiences
During this session, speakers and participants were invited to discuss the experience of different countries to date in integrating climate and other concerns into their COVID-19 response plans.
Relevant material
- OECD Tackling coronavirus (COVID‑19): Contributing to a global effort
- COVID-19: Exploring the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on global energy markets, energy resilience, and climate change
Facilitator: Helen Plume, CCXG Chair
Speakers
- Julia King Baroness Brown of Cambridge, UK Committee on Climate Change
- Yue Dong, Energy Foundation China
- Mark Radley, Canada
- Pablo Vieira, NDC Partnership
- Valentina Bosetti, European Institute on Economics and the Environment
Further Reading
- Find out more about the work of the Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG)