The Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG) Global Forum was held on 19-20 March 2013 at the OECD Conference Center, Paris (France).
This event is part of a series of seminars, organised by the OECD and the IEA, and which aims to promote dialogue and enhance understanding between a wide range of experts on technical issues in the international climate change negotiations. However, these are informal meetings outside of the UNFCCC negotiations and discussions are non-attributed. |
DAY 1
09:30 - 09:40 | Opening Plenary: Reflections on the Doha Climate Gateway and the path to 2015 |
Focus | This session aimed to take stock of developments in the international climate change negotiations at COP18 in Doha and to exchange ideas on the path to 2015 and the possible shape of the post-2020 agreement. |
Facilitator | Didier Houssin, IEA (PPT) |
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12:00 - 18:00 | Breakout Group 2a - Mobilising climate finance: definitions and methods |
Focus | This breakout group highlighted the definitions and methods used by different actors involved in mobilising climate finance in developing countries. |
Co-facilitators | Gregory Andrews, Australia Suzanty Sitorus, Indonesia |
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17:50 - 18:00 |
Update on the OECD-led Research Collaborative for Private Climate Finance
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12:00 - 18:00 | Breakout Group 2b - GHG emissions accounting: options for national targets and goals |
Focus | The first part of this breakout group focused on options for an accounting framework that could be applicable for diverse types of emissions reduction pledge. The second part focused specifically on accounting for flows of market mechanism units between countries. |
Co-facilitators | Monica Araya, Costa Rica Ariane Labat, European Commission |
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DAY 2
09:30 - 10:00 |
Reflections on discussions in Day 1 breakout groups and implications for future CCXG work |
10:00 - 11:30 | Special Plenary: Emissions modelling as a tool to inform climate change policy making (with input from the Energy Modelling Forum) |
Focus | The aim of this plenary session was to demonstrate what energy and emissions scenario modelling can do to inform the setting of emissions baselines and reduction goals, and how this can be relevant to assessing climate finance needs in developing countries. |
Chair | Karine Hertzberg, Norway |
Speakers | Leon Clarke, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PPT) Geoff Blanford, Electric Power Research Institute (PPT) |
Discussant | Rob Dellink, OECD |
12:00 - 16:30 | Breakout Group 5a - Mobilising climate finance: case studies |
Focus | This breakout group highlighted ongoing efforts to assess mobilisation of climate finance in both developed and developing countries. |
Co-facilitators | Diann Black-Layne, Antigua and Barbuda Herman Sips, Netherlands |
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12:00 - 16:30 | Breakout group 5b - GHG emissions accounting: Elaboration of the "framework for various approaches" (FVA) |
Focus | This breakout group focused on the purpose, form and possible governance roles for the "framework for various approaches" (FVA), due to be elaborated under the UNFCCC. There was a particular focus on market approaches. |
Co-facilitators | Erika Hasznos, European Commission Chaiwat Muncharoen, Thailand |
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Closing Plenary: The path to 2015 and next steps |
The CCXG Secretariat would like to thank the EC for providing funding for this event. The Secretariat would also like to thank Australia, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US as well as the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation for their direct funding of the CCXG in 2012, and the OECD, IEA and Denmark for their in-kind support during this period.
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