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OECD submissions to the Talanoa Dialogue

The OECD welcomed the opportunity to inform the discussion of the UNFCCC Talanoa Dialogue, addressing the following questions: 1) Where are we? 2) Where do we want to go? and 3) How do we get there? 

• How do we get there?, second OECD submission, 29 October 2018 
• How do we get there?, first OECD submission, 2 April 2018
• Where are we?, OECD/ITF submission, 2 April 2018 
• Where do we want to go?, OECD/ITF submission, 2 April 2018
• How do we get there?, OECD/ITF submission, 2 April 2018 
  
  

Friday 7 December

Official OECD/ITF UNFCCC side event “Policy Pathways for Decarbonising Transport”, room 5, 18:30 - 20:00

• Organised jointly with the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and International Union of Railways (UIC), this event highlighted the Decarbonising Transport initiative’s outcomes and served as a platform to foster an inclusive policy dialogue.
  
  

Wednesday 12 December

Official OECD UNFCCC Side-Event "Aligning Finance with the Goals of the Paris Agreement", room 1, 16:45-18:15 

• OECD and UNEP-Finance Initiative joint high-level panel on the role of finance in achieving the Paris Agreement and ensuring the transition towards a low-emission, resilient future, as envisioned by Article 2.1.c.

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Wednesday 5 December

• Operationalising flexibility and improving reporting under the Paris Agreement, Japan Pavilion, 17:00-18:30
  OECD speakers: Jane Ellis, Senior Manager, and Marcia Rocha, Policy Analyst, Environment Directorate
  
  

Friday 7 December

• Adaptation action: how can donors enable private sector engagement? Jointly organised with JICA, Japan Pavilion, 11:30-12:45
  OECD speaker: Jens Sedemund, Team Leader, Development Co-operation Directorate
  
  
• Shared Mobility: The Power to Slash CO2, Action Hub, 13:00-14:00
  OECD/ITF speaker: Wei-Shiuen Ng, Modeller/Analyst, International Transport Forum
  
  
• Scaling Up Climate Action in the Transport Sector, MP-GCA Transport Action Event, 15:00-18:00
  OECD/ITF speaker: Wei-Shiuen Ng, Modeller/Analyst, International Transport Forum
  
  
• Financial systems for climate action in developing countries (jointly organised with GIZ), NDC Pavilion, 17:00-18:10
  OECD speaker: Jens Sedemund, Team Leader, Development Co-operation Directorate
  
  
• Approaches to Mobilising Institutional Investment in Sustainable Infrastructure, Japan Pavilion, 17:45-19:00
  OECD speaker: Dirk Rottgers, Policy Analyst, Environment Directorate
  
  

Saturday 8 December

• Setting the Paris Agreement in Motion: Key Requirements for the Implementing Guidelines, EU Pavilion, 12:30-14:00
  OECD speakers: Jane Ellis, Senior Manager, and Marcia Rocha, Policy Analyst, Environment Directorate
  
  

• Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB), RYSY Meeting Room 24 - Area E, 12:30-13:30
  OECD Speaker: Guillaume Simon, Climate-related development Finance Expert, Development Co-operation Directorate
  
  
• Triangular co-operation to achieve climate and sustainable development solutions, Japan Pavilion, 17.00 – 18.30.
  OECD speaker: Juan Casado Asensio, Policy Analyst, Development Co-operation Directorate
  
  

Monday 10 December

• Financing Climate Futures, Polish Pavilion, 09:00-10:00
  OECD Speakers: Rodolfo Lacy, Director, and Anthony Cox, Deputy Director, Environment Directorate
  
  
• 9th OECD High-Level Breakfast on Institutional Investors and the Low-Carbon Transition, Marriott Hotel Katowice - By invitation only
  
  
• Financing climate futures: Enabling clean energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa, UN DESA - GEIDCO Pavilion, 11:00 – 12:30
  OECD Speakers: Anthony Cox, Deputy Director, Environment Directorate
  
  
• A territorial approach to the SDGs: a new path towards A de-carbonised Society, Japan Pavilion, 11:30-12:45
  OECD speaker: Tadashi Matsumoto, Co-ordinator - National Urban Policy Programme, Climate Change and Green Growth
  
  
• National development banks and climate-compatible infrastructure – building markets and mobilising commercial capital, MDB Pavilion, 16:30-17:50
  OECD speaker: Haje Schütte, Head of the Financing for Sustainable Development Division, Development Co-operation Directorate
  
  
• Climate Action Plans for Ports: Improving Mitigation and Resilience Measures, Cross-cutting Roundtable on Oceans and Transport, 16:45-18:15
  OECD/ITF speaker: Wei-Shiuen Ng, Modeller/Analyst, International Transport Forum
  
  

Wednesday 12 December

• Joint OECD-NCE event on the climate-growth nexus, EIB-Benelux pavilion, 15:00-16:30
  OECD speaker: Angel Gurría, Secretary-General 
  
  
• Official OECD Side-Event on Aligning Finance with the Goals of the Paris Agreement, Wisla room, 16:45-18:15
  OECD speaker: Angel Gurría, Secretary-General
  
  
• Aligning Development Co-operation with the Objectives of the Paris Agreement, launch event, Climate Action Room 2, 19:00-20:00
  OECD speakers: Angel Gurría, Secretary-General and Jorge Moreira da Silva, Director, Development Co-operation Directorate
  
  

Thursday 13 December

• Joint OECD-NCE event on Clean and climate-smart growth: Where to next?, Action Hub Amphitheatre, 9:30-10:00
  Speakers: Anthony Cox, Deputy Director, OECD Environment Directorate and Helen Mountford, Global Director Of Economics, WRI

Monday 3 December

• Enhancing Transparency of Climate Finance at Individual and Collective Level, UK Pavilion, 3 December, 13:00-14:00 
  OECD speaker: Simon Buckle, Head of the Climate, Biodiversity and Water Division, Environment Directorate
  
  

Tuesday 4 December

• Paris Agreement Rule-book: Actions, Actors, and Capacity Building for enhanced transparency, Room Bieszczady, 11:30-13:00
  OECD speaker: Manasvini Vaidyula, Policy Analyst, Environment Directorate
   
• Launch of the Biennial Assessment, Room 3, 13:15-14:45
  OECD Speaker: Jens Sedemund, Team Leader, Development Co-operation Directorate
  
  
• Reaping the Benefits of Co-ordination: Regional Approaches to Carbon Pricing, German Pavilion, 15:30-17:00
  OECD speaker: Simon Buckle, Head of the Climate, Biodiversity and Water Division, Environment Directorate
  
  

Thursday 6 December

• Climate resilient development: Comprehensive climate risk management strategies to secure livelihoods for all, German Pavilion, 12:00–13:30
  OECD Speaker: Michael Mullan, Team Leader, Environment Directorate
  
  
• Climate Change and the Emerging Bio-Economy, Nordic Pavilion, 12:15-14:15
  OECD Speaker: Jens Sedemund, Team Leader, Development Co-operation Directorate
  
  

Friday 7 December

• Circular Cities Combating Climate Change, Benelux-EIB pavilion, 9:30-11:00
  OECD speaker: Tadashi Matsumoto, Co-ordinator - National Urban Policy Programme, Climate Change and Green Growth
  
  
• Implementation of non-state climate policies and targets, in collaboration with Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) and Foundation for Gaia, The Bug Room, 11:30-13:00 
  OECD speaker: Tadashi Matsumoto, Co-ordinator - National Urban Policy Programme, Climate Change and Green Growth
  
  
• City Champions: Implementation of LCS action plans as city solution platform for Asian cities, Japan Pavilion, 13:15-14:30
  OECD speaker: Tadashi Matsumoto, Co-ordinator - National Urban Policy Programme, Climate Change and Green Growth
  
  

Saturday 8 December

• Building partnerships and tracking progress – role of non-state and subnational actors, EU Pavilion, 14:30-16:00
  OECD speaker: Tadashi Matsumoto, Co-ordinator - National Urban Policy Programme, Climate Change and Green Growth
  
  

Monday 10 December

• High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on Climate Finance - Session I on Mobilising finance and investment to translate climate finance needs into action, 15:00-18:00
  OECD speaker: Rodolfo Lacy, Director, Environment Directorate
  
  
• 2nd InsuResilience Global Partnership Forum, Park Inn Hotel, 9:00-17:30
  OECD speaker: Michael Mullan, Team Leader, Environment Directorate
  
  

Tuesday 11 December

• Climate-resilient urban infrastructure: The G20 work on adaptation, German Pavilion, 10:00-11:30
  OECD speaker: Michael Mullan, Team Leader, Environment Directorate
  
  
• Energy Interconnection: Advancing Energy Transition for Sustainable Development, UN DESA-GEIDCO Pavilion, 13:00-14:30
  OECD speaker: Anthony Cox, Deputy Director, Environment Directorate
  
  
• Nordic Climate Facility (NCF) event: Innovate to mitigate – The debate game, Nordic Pavilion, 15:30-17:00
  OECD speaker: Anthony Cox, Deputy Director, Environment Directorate
  
  

Wednesday 12 December

• Announcement of commitment to climate neutrality by international organisations, Action Hub, 12:00-12:45
  OECD speaker: Rodolfo Lacy, Director, OECD Environment Directorate
  
  
• Planetary Health: Food Systems, Lubelskie, 13:15-14:45
  OECD Speaker: Jorge Moreira da Silva, Director, Development Co-operation Directorate

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