Presidency Event: High Level Ministerial Dialogue on Long-Term Climate Finance
15:30–15:35
Opening keynote by COP 26 President H.E. Alok Sharma
15.35 - 16.10
First panel discussion: Enhancing support for developing countries and realising the $100bn goal
What specific actions can Ministers take to further enhance the scale and effectiveness of climate finance, in particular with regard to the $100bn per year goal?
Jochen Flasbarth - State Secretary at the Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Akinwumi A. Adesina - President, African Development Bank
Yannick Glemarec - Executive Director, Green Climate Fund
Nigel Clarke - Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Jamaica
Annika Saarikko - Minister of Finance, Finland
16.10 - 16.40
Second panel discussion: Supporting a financial system for a net zero and resilient future
What progress has been made to develop a financial system to support a net zero and climate-resilient future? What steps can Finance Ministers take to ensure this progress continues and delivers sustainable growth for developing countries?
Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, UK
Carlos Dominguez - Finance Secretary of the Philippines
Alison Rose - Chief Executive, NatWest Group
Mathias Cormann - Secretary-General, OECD
16.40-17.10
Third panel discussion: Scaling climate finance to mobilise the trillions needed in developing countries
How can Governments and other actors, including MDBs and the private sector, significantly scale up private finance mobilisation to developing countries for adaptation and mitigation? What role should public finance play in improving the conditions for this shift?
Lord Stern - Chair of the Grantham Research Institute
Sri Mulyani Indrawati - Minister of Finance, Indonesia
Makhtar Diop - Managing Director, International Finance Corporation
Rémy Rioux - Chief Executive Officer, Agence Française de Développement
17.10-17.15
Presentation on the 2020 Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows by the Standing Committee on Finance
Vicky Noens and Seyni Nafo - Co-facilitators
17.15 - 18.30
Plenary discussion (3 min. interventions), chaired by Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and Chairperson of the GEF, followed by short closing words by H.E. Alok Sharma and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Guiding questions:
What specific actions can Ministers take to further enhance the scale and effectiveness of climate finance, in particular with regard to the $100bn per year goal?
What progress has been made to develop a financial system to support a net zero and climate-resilient future? What steps can Finance Ministers take to ensure this progress continues and delivers sustainable growth for developing countries?
How can Governments and other actors, including MDBs and the private sector, significantly scale up private finance mobilisation to developing countries for adaptation and mitigation? What role should public finance play in improving the conditions for this shift?
Please note:
- The dialogue will be held in an enhanced plenary setting.
- Once the Dialogue has commenced, Parties will be invited to make an intervention.
- Parties should note that it may not be possible to accommodate all requests in the time available, unless participants are focused to limit their interventions to 3 minutes.
- Priority will be given to those speaking on behalf of groups of Parties.
- Interpretation in the official languages of the United Nations will be provided.
- In addition, Parties are invited to submit written statements which will be uploaded to the UNFCCC website. Statements should be sent to the below email addresses.
- Observer organizations are also invited to submit written statements which will be uploaded to the UNFCCC website (due to time constraints, priority will be given to Parties during the Plenary discussion).