Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG)

In the lead up to COP26, this virtual Global Forum, jointly organised by the OECD and the IEA, aimed to actively engage participants in discussions important to the international climate negotiations and to support implementation of countries’ climate responses. Discussions focused on understanding reporting and review under Articles 6 and 13 of the Paris Agreement, on exploring countries’ net-zero emissions targets, and on preparations for the global stocktake.

Day 1: Monday 13 September 2021

Welcome and opening

• Hyunsoo Yun (CCXG Chair)
• Mechthild Wörsdörfer (IEA)
• Rodolfo Lacy (OECD)
• Tosi Mpanu Mpanu (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Session 1 - Understanding current and planned provisions of reporting and review under A6 and A13 (Part 1 - Reporting)

This session focused on opportunities to enhance synergies between reporting under Articles 13 and 6.2.

Co-Facilitators: Lydie-Line Paroz (Switzerland) and El Hadji Mbaye Diagne (Senegal)

Speakers 

• Chiara Falduto and Jane Ellis (CCXG/OECD): Reporting under Articles 6 and 13 of the Paris Agreement
• Grégoire Baribeau (Canada): Reporting provisions in Art. 6.2 and relationship to Art. 13
• Albert Magalang (Philippines)

Session 2 - Understanding current and planned provisions of reporting and review under A6 and A13 (Part 2 – Review)

This session focused on opportunities to enhance synergies between review processes under Articles 13 and 6.2, including by examining experience with current review procedures under the UNFCCC.

Co-Facilitators: Lydie-Line Paroz (Switzerland) and El Hadji Mbaye Diagne (Senegal)

Speakers 

• Katia Simeonova (Independent consultant): Review processes under Articles 6 and 13 of the Paris Agreement
• Anke Herold (Germany): Understanding current and planned provisions of reporting and review under A6 and A13 (Part 2 Review)
• MJ Mace (Independent consultant): Session 2: Understanding current and planned provisions of reporting and review under A6 and A13
• Amit Garg (Indian Institue of Management Ahmedabad): Understanding current and planned provisions of reporting and review under A6 and A13 (Part 2 Review)

Day 2: Tuesday 14 September 2021

Session 3 - Understanding countries’ net-zero emissions targets

This session highlighted the experience of different countries in developing implementation strategies and roadmaps to support their net-zero targets and some of the challenges faced in translating their net-zero ambitions into action.

Facilitator: Annika Christell (Sweden)

Speakers 

• Sirini Jeudy-Hugo (CCXG/OECD): Understanding countries’ net zero targets
• Felipe de León Denegri (Costa Rica)
• Jeanette Mani (Fiji): Understanding net-zero emissions targets
• Mandy Rambharos (South Africa): Eskom’s Just Energy Transition Strategy

Session 4 - Exploring the role of international carbon markets in achieving countries’ net-zero targets

This session discussed what role international carbon markets could play over time in a net-zero pathway and what risks and opportunities participating countries might face.

Facilitator: Emilio Lèbre La Rovere (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

Speakers 

• Luca Lo Re (CCXG/IEA): Exploring the role of international carbon markets in achieving countries’ net zero targets
• Sha Yu (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory): The Role of Article 6 in Achieving Net Zero Pathways
• Carsten Warnecke (New Climate Institute): The role of international carbon markets in achieving the Paris Agreement goals
• Ian Fry (Solomon Islands): Exploring the role of international carbon markets in achieving countries’ net- zero targets

Day 3: Wednesday 15 September 2021

Session 5 - OECD and IEA recent work

During this session participants had the opportunity to hear insights from recent OECD and IEA work focusing on the IEA’s “Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector” and the OECD’s “Losses and Damages from Climate Change”.

Facilitator: Hyunsoo Yun, CCXG Chair

Speakers 

• Timur Guel (IEA): Net Zero by 2050: a Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector
• Marcia Rocha (OECD): Risks of losses and damages from climate change

Session 6 - Preparations for the global stocktake

This session discussed some of the open questions which will need to be addressed as preparations for the first global stocktake under the Paris Agreement get underway.

Facilitator: Elina Bardram (European Commission)

Speakers 

• Annett Moehner (UNFCCC Secretariat): Preparations for the First Global Stocktake
• Vicente Paolo Yu (Guinea): Preparing for GST1: Key Questions
• Alice Alpert (USA): Preparations for the Global Stocktake
• Leon  Charles (Grenada): Preparations for the Global Stocktake
• Juan Carlos Monterrey Gomez (Panama): Preparations for the Global Stocktake

Closing remarks

Remarks

• Hyunsoo Yun (CCXG Chair)
• Federica Fricano (Italy): Italian Ministry of Ecological Transition

• Understanding agreed and planned provisions of reporting and review under Articles 6 and 13 of the Paris Agreement, C. Falduto, J. Ellis and K. Simeonova (2021, draft)
  
  
• Reporting progress towards Nationally Determined Contributions: Exploring possible common tabular formats for the structured summary, M. Rocha and J. Ellis (2020)
  
  
• Towards common GHG inventory reporting tables for Biennial Transparency Reports: Experiences with tools for generating and using reporting tables under the UNFCCC, C. Falduto and S. Wartmann (2020)
  
  
• Understanding Countries’ Net-Zero Emissions Targets, S. Jeudy-Hugo, L. Lo Re and C. Falduto (2021, draft) 
  
  
• Aligning short-term climate action with long-term climate goals: Opportunities and options for enhancing alignment between NDCs and long-term strategies, C. Falduto and M. Rocha (2020)