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COP26: The AFD Program
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When
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From Sunday october 31 2021 to Friday november 12 2021
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Where
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Glasgow
COP26, the 26th annual climate summit, is being held in Glasgow, where world leaders, environmentalists, public development banks and members of the business community engage in talks on climate issues. The 12-day summit will cover issues ranging from deforestation, to providing incentives for renewable energy. The goal is to prevent the planet from warming more than 2 degrees from pre-industrial temperatures – an ambitious objective that requires urgent action, from the protection and restoration of ecosystems, to the mobilization of finance.
AFD at COP26 in Glasgow
Present at COP26, AFD will emphasize the importance of green finance and the role of nature in forging fairer and more resilient modes of development. It will also highlight the threats posed to biodiversity and the climate, and indicate solutions that address current global challenges and help build towards a green recovery.
We will participate on panels discussing a variety of topics including:
- Scaling up climate finance to mobilize the trillions of dollars needed in developing countries
- Solutions like the "Desert to Power" initiative, which seeks to make the Sahel the world’s largest area for solar energy production
- Climate change adaptation and mitigation under the Paris Agreement
Find out about our main events below:
Wednesday 03.11 | Finance Day
- Understanding and managing transition risk for development banks | 9:30am-11am (UTC)
Speaker: Thomas Nicolas de Lamballerie
Location: IDFC Pavilion - Shifting 5.8 trillion USD of real-estate investments towards Paris-alignment – the role of development banks | 10am-11am (UTC)
Speakers:
José Lopez, EGI
Mathilde Bord-Laurans
Location: IDFC Pavilion - Scaling up climate finance to mobilize the trillions needed in developing countries (panel 3) | 4:10pm-4:55pm (UTC)
Speaker: Rémy Rioux
Location: The Cairn Gorm Plenary Room (UNFCC)
Thursday 04.11 | Energy Day
- Accelerating the Implementation of the Desert to Power Initiative to Build Back Better from Covid | 10am-11:30am (UTC)
Speaker: Rémy Rioux
Location: BAFD Pavilion - PDBs Access to Climate Finance - Evenement FIDA | 10am-11am (UTC)
Speaker: Rémy Rioux
Location: FIDA Pavilion - IDFC Press Conference, followed by a reception | 2pm-4:30pm (UTC)
Speaker: Rémy Rioux
Location: The Cairn Gorm Plenary Room (UNFCC) - Energy Efficiency in LAC for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Under the Paris Agreement | 5:30pm-6:45pm (UTC)
Speaker: Pauline Larat
Location: Euroclima+ Pavilion
Friday 05.11 | Youth and Public Empowerment
- Supporting long-term low-emission and climate-resilient development strategies in Africa | 9:30am-10:30am (UTC)
Speaker: Mathilde Bord Laurans
Location: NDC Partnership Pavilion - Just transition or how to make the transition acceptable | 11:30am-1pm (UTC)
Speaker: Mathilde Bord Laurans
Location: IDFC Pavilion - Empowering action through scientific literature: highlights from IPCC 6th assessment Report and dialogue with youth and PDBs | 1pm-3pm (UTC)
Location: IDFC Pavilion - Side event approved by UNFCCC. “PDBs: maximizing their potential to boost a sustainable recovery” | 6:30pm-7:45pm (UTC)
Speaker: Gilles Kleitz
Location: IDFC Pavilion
Saturday 06.11 | Nature Day
- Time for life (T4L) approach: “From landscape analysis to impacts at scale” | 9:30am-10:30am (UTC)
Location: IDFC Pavilion - Climate / Biodiversity convergence: how to measure and increase Climate finance with biodiversity co-beneifts? | 11:30am-1pm (UTC)
Location: IDFC Pavilion - Social inclusion of indigenous and rural communities for successful CC and CC adaptation | 2pm-3:15pm (UTC)
Speaker: Sylvain Lefebvre
Location: Euroclima+ Pavilion - How to unlock barriers to scaling-up climate finance for more transformative climate finance | 3:30pm-4pm (UTC)
Location: IDFC Pavilion
Monday 08.11 | Adaptation, Loss and Damage
- Adapt’Action – Lessons learned and perspectives | 9:30am-11am (UTC)
Speaker:
François-Xavier Duporge
Christophe Buffet
Location: IDFC Pavilion - How are PDBs increasing their contribution to the Adaptation Goal of the Paris Agreement | 6pm-7:30pm (UTC)
Speaker: Christophe Buffet
Location: IDFC Pavilion
Tuesday 09.11 | Gender, Science and Innovation
- Gender and Climate Nexus within the Perspective of Development Banking | 9:30am-11am (UTC)
Speakers:
Mar Merita
Teliska Pesenti
Location: IDFC Pavilion - Is social the new green? Connecting climate action and social investment | 12:30pm-1:30pm (UTC)
Speaker: Adama Mariko
Location: IDFC Pavilion - Making Climate Finance Work in an Uncertain World | 2pm-3:30pm (UTC)
Location: IDFC Pavilion - "GEMMES-Morocco Project" initiative: What impact will climate change have on the Moroccan economy, via the agricultural sector, by 2050? | 2:30pm (UTC)
Speaker: Antoine Godin
Location: Moroccan Pavilion - Assessing company transition with deep decarbonization pathways in Brazil and Mexico – lessons learned from the ACT-DDP Project | 4pm-5:30pm (UTC)
Location: IDFC Pavilion - Adaptation beyond the EU: perspectives for stronger co-operation with Africa | 5:30pm (UTC)
Speaker: Christophe Buffet
Location: EU Pavilion
Wednesday 10.11 | Long-term Strategies
- Supporting Long-term Strategies: Some Lessons from Country Experiences and Implications for Development Banks | 2pm-3:30pm (UTC)
Speakers:
François-Xavier Duporge
Etienne Espagne
Antoine Godin
Location: IDFC Pavilion - Financing our Global Health Commons | 4pm-5:30pm (UTC)
Speaker: Agnès Soucat
Location: IDFC Pavilion
Thursday 11.11| The Role of Public Development Banks
- The role of Public Development Banks to finance the climate transition in cities | 9:30am-11am (UTC)
Speaker: Frédéric Audras
Location: IDFC Pavilion - Challenges and opportunities to mobilize the innovative financing necessary for the implementation of updated NDCs in developing countries | 9:30am-10:30am (UTC)
Speaker: François-Xavier Duporge
Location: NDC-P Pavilion
Friday 12.11| Green Budgets, Green Bonds
- Green Budgeting, Fiscal incentives and Green bonds | 4pm-5:30pm (UTC)
Location: IDFC Pavilion