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TOWARDS COP25
4TH WEBINAR FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL
GOVERNMENTS
Panelists
Jisun Hwang Yunus Arikan
Senior Climate Director of Global
Advocacy and Advocacy and
Policy Officer LGMA Constituency
ICLEI World Focal Point to the
Secretariat UNFCCC
ICLEI World
Secretariat
Presented by ICLEI in its capacity as the focal point of Local Governments and
Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency to the UNFCCC and on behalf of Global
Task Force of Local and Regional Governments
Bonn, Germany – 17 April 2019
CONTENTS
1. Recap – global climate advocacy
2. Updates on 2019 Agenda
1. UN Climate Action Summit
2. ICCA2019
3. UNFCCC
1.Paris Committee on Capacity Building
2.2019 SCF Forum on sustainable cities
3.Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action
COP24 REPORT AND 2019 CLIMATE
ADVOCACY AGENDA
1. Global climate advocacy
2. LGMA at COP24
3. Agenda for 2019
Annex-I: Evolution of LGMA
Annex-II: How UNFCCC Works
Download: COP24 Report and 2019 Climate Advocacy Agenda
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GLOBAL CLIMATE ADVOCACY
Build NDCs on
Showcase
Talanoa Spirit
CDP/ICLEI Platform Paragraph 37 of Dec.1/CP24
Events/Summits
Every year 2019
Localise
Consultations
climate finance
UNFCCC workshops SCF Climate Finance Forum
Marrakech Partnership on sustainable cities
Decision-
Raise ambition
making
Interventions UN Climate Action Summit
Friends of Cities Climate Neutrality
COP25, SANTIAGO, 2-13
DECEMBER 2019
• Venue: Cerrillos Bicentennial Park
• Apprx. 30 gross hectares + 10 net hectares for a capacity of 25,000 people
• Site is the former international airport of Santiago
• Blue Zone and Green Zones
• Blue zone: negotiations area; for official delegates
• Green zone: parallel activities, non-negotiations track; open to the rest of the public
COP25 HIGH-LEVEL CHAMPION
MR. GONZALO MUÑOZ
• Co-Founder and CEO, TriCiclos
• Winner of the Circulars 2019 international prize at World
Economic Forum
• Member of the New Plastics Economy advisory panel at the
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
• Through TriCiclos’ operations:
• 33,145 tons of recyclable material has been diverted
from landfills
• 140,000+ tons of CO2 emissions have been saved
• Over 4 million people have been reached through
recycling stations and education programs
• In excess of 15,000 businesses’ packaging solutions
have been analysed
• 60+ clients impacted through in-depth consultancy.
TOWARDS COP25 - WHO IS WHO?
Incoming COP25 President
COP24 President (Poland)
(Chile)
H.E. Michał Kurtyka,
H.E. Carolina Schmidt
State Secretary
Minister
Ministry of Energy
Ministry of the
SB50 Environment
June, 2019
Bonn
Mr. Tomasz Chruszczow Mr. Gonzalo Muñoz
Special Envoy High-Level Champion
KEY EVENTS FOR THE LGMA IN 2019
Information of the UN Secretary General as of 20 March 2019
Abu Dhabi Retreat on 30 June – 1 July
No Theme Co-Lead Support
1 Mitigation Strategy Japan, Chile UNFCCC, UNDP, UN Global Compact
2 Social and Political Drivers Peru, Spain DESA, ILO, WHO
3 Youth and Mobilization Marshall Islands UN Youth Special Envoy
Ireland
4 Energy Transition Denmark, Ethiopia SE4All
5 Resilience and Adaptation Egypt, UK UNDP
6 Nature Based Solutions China, New Zealand UNEP, David Nabarro
7 Infrastructure, Cities and Local Turkey, Kenya UN-Habitat, together with TDA, WRI, UN-Habitat,
Government Germany+WB, GCoM
8 Climate Finance and Carbon Pricing France, Jamaica WB
Qatar
9 Industry India, Sweden WEF
ICCA 2019 – MAY 22 – 23, 2019
22 May afternoon
(opening in the morning)
From the floor intervention
• Michael Ziegler, GIZ
(michael.ziegler@giz.de)
• Tobias Kettner, GIZ
(tobias.kettner@giz.de)
23 May morning
(+ Mayors breakfast and High
Level Roundtable)PARIS COMMITTEE ON CAPACITY
BUILDING
READ: ICLEI SUBMISSION ON PARIS COMMITTEE ON
CAPACITY BUILDING (PCCB)
• Capacity building as key elements in country-driven NDC implementations:
Colombia, Rwanda, Mozambique, Philippines examples.
• ICLEI’s GreenClimateCities (GCC) program: supporting local communities to
address challenges and opportunities of urban growth, green economy,
infrastructure, and pursuing a low-emission development trajectory.
• Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues on capacity building gaps and needs:
1) importance of having flexibility in adjusting the capacity-building activities to
better suit local conditions and needs;
2) mapping out mechanisms to create synergies and harmonize capacity-
building interventions at the local and regional level;
3) the need for building necessary capacities of local experts; and
4) strengthening a city-to-city exchange for matching local communities that
have specific capacity-building needs with specific capacity-building initiatives
to allow for better collaboration.
• PCCB hub successful in enhancing synergy with cities and regionsPARIS COMMITTEE ON CAPACITY
BUILDING
Submissions by Groups/Parties
Groups/Parties Key input
Australia, Japan and • Highlighted the important role played by local governments
New Zealand • Cities and regions: multiply effectiveness and impacts of capacity building
• 8th Durban Forum (to be held during SB50) to include discussions on enhancement of the network on capacity
building with cities and other subnational authorities
• Take stock of information produced so far, in light of the Katowice Climate Package.
• PCCB review outcomes should form a component to the CMA consideration on capacity building institutional
arrangements under the Paris Agreement.
• PCCB has been successful in addressing capacity building gaps and needs by supporting coherence and
disseminating information amongst stakeholders.
EU (Romanian • Further analysis needed to consider PCCB mandate extension
Presidency) • PCCB made progress in enhancing stakeholder collaboration, leveraging existing roles played by various actors, and
sharing capacity building knowledge.
• PCCB promoted effectiveness in scoping out best approaches to deliver on its mandate.
• Future work plans should include assessment of determining most effective approaches in supporting capacity
building activities for NDC implementation.
• Enhancement of the PCCB would include consideration of its function as a body that has a broad mandate to support
a wide spectrum of needs.Standing Committee on Finance
(SCF) forum on sustainable cities
Next steps:
• 20th Meeting of the SCF (21-22 March 2019) decided on the
venue
• Venue of the Forum: Beirut, Lebanon
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Western Asia (UNESCWA) compound
• During the week of 9 September 2019
• Political messages to be discussed/be an outcomeSCF Forum on sustainable cities Messages delivered based on ICLEI, GCoM and CCFLA joint submission 1.Crucial role local governments play in reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement and close the finance gap + link with SDGs 2.Importance of vertical integration for NDC implementation 3.Importance of early stage project preparation and capacity building support to LRGs 4.Coherent definition and tracking subnational climate finance 5.Urge direct access to UN climate funds provided by its operating entities (GCF, GEF) 6.Stop separation of adaptation and mitigation 7.Harmonisation and application of infrastructure standards 8.Infrastructure sustainability assurance as a key approach for asset de-risking and greater financial valuations.
2019 Strategy Meeting
13 and 14 May 2019 in Bonn, Germany
Starting at 1:30pm on Monday and ending around 6pm on Tuesday
RSVP to globalclimateaction@unfccc.int by Thursday, 18 April
Transfer of the invitation will not be possible without prior consent
Regional Climate Weeks
Region Host Date
Africa Accra, Ghana 18-22 March
Latin America and Caribbean Salvador, Brazil 19-23 August
Asia and Pacific [Shenzen, China or Bangkok, 2-6 September
Thailand]LGMA & PARTNERS INPUT
FOR THE CHAMPIONS LETTER
Organization Key input
ICLEI - Enhancing amnion, building upon the Decision 1/CP.24, par 37 mandate on the Talanoa Dialogue follow up
- Focus on long-term mid-century climate neutrality goals and draw upon the ICLEI Climate Neutrality Framework.
- Create synergy with the SCF 2019 Forum on climate finance and sustainable cities
- Yearbook to reflect annual progress of the seven MPGCA thematic groups
- MPGCA at COPs to consider reviving the middle Sunday working model (CBD COP example)
- Publish the full list of all organizations and co-focal points who work on the MPGCA for conferring them visibility and recognition
- NAZCA to provide clearer data selection criteria and data aggregation and intensify work with the CDP/ICLEI joint reporting system
- Linkages with the PA and SDGs with an urban dimension
- Cross-cutting issues to provide further impetus for broader climate action, including biodiversity
- TEP to enhance sharing of knowledge and best practices
nrg4SD − Balance of focus on adaptation and mitigation
− Broadening of stakeholders and their participation
− Reconsideration of the best profile for a Champion to encourage wider stakeholder engagement
− Increase transparency of stakeholder engagement at Regional Climate Weeks
− Regional Climate Weeks to provide enhanced platforms for shaping the UNSG Summit by NPS
− Cross-fertilization amongst the seven thematic groups
SLoCaT - Regional Climate Weeks provide opportunities to strengthen linkages between national-level policymakers and local-level
implementing and operating actors
- Create a knowledge-policy-practice interface
- The energy-transport-climate nexus is essential to meaningful sustainable mobility, including e-mobility
- Champions to work towards increased climate finance, private sector support for MP work
- UNSG summit to showcase good practices and experiences of cities and regionsLGMA & PARTNERS INPUT
FOR THE CHAMPIONS LETTER
Organization Key input
CDP - Enhance exchange of info between Parties and NPS
- Look forward to engaging further on the NAZCA platform for improving it together
- UNSG summit to act as a catalyst to encourage closer stakeholder consultations
- Focus on financing sustainability initiatives in cities and encourage the private sector efforts
UITP - 70% of NDCs contain public transport
- Stronger engagement of Parties is needed for GCA, and Champions could bridge NPS contributions to NDC
revision and implementation
- Regional Climate Weeks as a successful approach in cooperating with local decision makers on urban
mobility
- UNSG Summit needs to show outcomes of existing initiatives which leads to showcasing the GCA impactMPGCA CHAMPIONS LETTER
SUBMISSIONS BY GROUPS/PARTIES
Groups/Parties Key input
EU (Romanian • Fewer events of high profile caliber seen as a better model
Presidency)
• Expansion of participants beyond core negotiators
• Stronger linkages with COP mandates and the UNSG Summit
• Upcoming EU priority on the International Conference on Climate Action (ICCA); Clearer indication of anticipated budgets and sources of financing
• Transparency of financial resources provided by NPS & reports on Regional Climate Week funding sources; MPGCA post-2020 under discussion
Mexico • Build capacity at the local and regional level
• Strengthen the science-policy interface
- Joint work with civil
society organizations on • MP to mirror the inclusive model of the Talanoa Dialogue
climate action • Champions to lead NPS engagement the GST
• Intergenerational engagement and youth engagement to be strengthend
• Multilevel governance: NPS should support Parties in the implementation of the Paris Agreement with society in general and particularly at the local level.
Norway • Strengthen linkages between GCA and NDC development
• Leverage Regional Climate Weeks to generate local solutions
• Proactively use the role of Champions fort the SG Summit
• Parties input should be considered for thematic days at COPs
AOSIS (Alliance of Small • GCA mandate on near-term action should be continued beyond 2020
Island States)
• Regional TEMs highly successful and Bonn TEMs should be used to showcase regional TEMs outcomes
• Yearbook and the SPM should be combined
• NAZCA should include qualitative info on how barriers on finance, technology, capacity building can be overcome
• UNFCCC secretariat support for the Champions and GCA should remain key
• Evolution of the GCA should include both NPS and Parties2019 LGMA WEBINARS TOWARDS COP25 BY ICLEI 1- 23 January – ppt – 10:00 – 16:00 2- 20 February – ppt - 10:00 – 16:00 3- 20 March - ppt - 16:00 4- 17 April - 5- 15 May - 10:00 – 16:00 6- 12 June - 10:00 – 16:00 7- 3 July - 10:00 – 16:00 8- 21 August - 10:00 – 16:00 9- 18 September - 10:00 – 16:00 10- 16 October - 10:00 – 16:00 11- 20 November - 10:00 – 16:00
PARIS AGREEMENT
RECAP FOR CITIES AND REGIONS
Document Key Articles
Paris Agreement • Preamble para.15 recognizes importance of engagement of all levels of governments
(Annex of • Operative paragraphs
Dec.1/CP21) - Art. 7.2 (adaptation)
- Document that is - Art.11.2 (capacity building),
ratified by Parties - Art. 8.4.h (loss and damage)
COP21 Decision, • Preamble para.15, stronger actions by Non-Party Stakeholders (NPS), including cities & other
subnational authorities
Dec.1/CP21
• Para.74.d&g (Paris Committee on Capacity Building and its 2016-2020 Workplan at subnational level)
- Implementation frame - • Engagement in pre2020 Action as NPS in paragraphs;
basis of the Paris o 106 (voluntary cancellation of KP units)
Agreement Work o 109 and 124 (Technical Examination Process [TEPs] Mitigation and Adaptation)
programme o 116 (Lima-Paris Action Agenda - LPAA), 117 (NAZCA), 118 (Parties to work w/ NPS), 119 (NPS in
TEPs)
o 120.d (NPS in High Level event), 121.b (Champions engaging w/ NPS)
o 134-137 (Non-Party Stakeholders)
LGMA UN Climate
ADP Negotiations
Advocacy SummitKATOWICE CLIMATE PACKAGE
RELEVANT FOR CITIES AND REGIONS
Theme - PA Article Relevance for cities and regions
COP24 Decision
Talanoa Dialogue - Dec.1/CP24 - Para.37 Invites Parties to consider the outcome, inputs and outputs of the Talanoa Dialogue in preparing their nationally determined contributions and in
COP24 Decision their efforts to enhance pre - 2020 implementation and ambition
Finance - para.9 - Welcomes the decision of the Standing Committee on Finance on the topic of its 2019 Forum, which will be climate finance and sustainable cities
COP24 Decision
NDCs - Art.4 - Annex I para 4.a.1: Domestic institutional arrangements, public participation and engagement with local communities and indigenous peoples, in a gender-
COP24 Decision responsive manner.
- Annex I para 4.d.ii : Adaptation plans that also yield mitigation co-benefits, which may cover but are not limited to key sectors such as energy resources, water
resources, coastal resources, human settlements and urban planning, agriculture and forestry.
Adaptation - Art.7 - Annex (h): Gender-responsive adaptation action and traditional knowledge, knowledge of indigenous peoples and local knowledge systems related to adaptation,
COP24 Decision as elements of an adaptation communication.
Technology – Art. 10.4 - Annex para.19 : Enhanced engagement of stakeholders at the local, regional, national and global level will be beneficial for the Technology Mechanism.
COP24 Decision - Annex para.20.a: Enhancing engagement & collaboration with relevant stakeholders, including local communities and authorities, national planners, the private
sector & civil society organizations in the planning & implementation of Technology Mechanism activities.
(ACE) Art.12 - Para. 10: Encourages Parties to foster public participation and collaborate with, inter alia, regional as applicable and local authorities to scale up the
COP24 Decision implementation of Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE).
Transparency -Art.13 - Annex para:109. Adaptation
COP24 Decision - b- Adaptation goals, actions, objectives, undertakings, efforts, plans (e.g. national adaptation plans and subnational plans), strategies, policies, priorities (e.g.
priority sectors, priority regions or integrated plans for coastal management, water and agriculture), programmes and efforts to build resilience.
- c -How best available science, gender perspectives and indigenous, traditional, and local knowledge are integrated into adaptation.
- h - Stakeholder involvement, including subnational, community-level and private sector plans, priorities, actions and programmes.
- Annex para 114.a - Adaptation - Ownership, stakeholder engagement, alignment of adaptation actions to national and subnational policies, and replicability.
- Annex para.141.c – Capacity Building - Support received at the national and, where appropriate, sub-regional and regional level, including priorities, participation
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