Summary
The 21st meeting of the Climate & Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC) Working Group opened on 25 September 2017 in Paris, France.
Following an opening session, participants heard a presentation by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on its work to assist countries in developing their climate plans. They then engaged in a session on the Global Pathway Approach, which is based on the recognition that the path that the world choses to take to reach its ambitious long-term climate target is as important as the target itself and that early mitigation of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) helps to meet the sustainable development goals, within the goal of climate action. The session provided an update on the discussions of the Pathway Task Team and on the work of the Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) on related issues. The session featured keynote presentations and discussions on country perspectives on testing the Pathway Approach and next steps. Representatives from Chile and Norway presented on the application of the Pathway Approach in their countries. Participants then spilt into six breakout groups, namely four for country Partners, one for intergovernmental organizations and one for NGOs. The breakout groups discussed how the objectives of a Global Pathway Approach could be demonstrated to catalyze global action, and how the Coalition and other fora can support them.
In the afternoon, participants focused on voluntary actions in the 2017 High Level Assembly “Bonn Communiqué,” with presentations and discussions on agriculture and municipal solid waste. These discussions aimed to clarify background details and strengthen the case for the voluntary actions in these fields. The day ended with five break out groups on building support for the actions and Communiqué: one in Spanish, one in French and three in English.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage from the 21st meeting of the CCAC Working Group. In addition IISD Reporting Services, will produce a summary report of the meeting which will be available on Friday, 29 September 2017.
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Simon Buckle, OECD
Dany Drouin, CCAC Working Group Co-Chair, Canada
Nathan Borgford-Parnell, CCAC Secretariat
Dan Shindell, Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP)
Helena Molin Valdés, Head, CCAC Secretariat, and James Morris, CCAC Secretariat
Janine van Aalst, the Netherlands
Solrun Skjellum, Norway, presenting on the Pathway Approach
Vigdis Vestreng, Norway
Carmen Gloria Contreras Fierro, Chile
Birama Diarra, Mali, and María Amparo Martínez Arroyo, Mexico
Martin Pépin Aina, Benin (right)
A screenshot of the Pathway Approach presentation
Norbert Bärlocher, Switzerland
Bernard Koffi Yao, Economic Community of West African States
Miruza Mohamed, Maldives
Stela Drucioc, Moldova (center)
Breakout Groups on Country Perspectives on the Pathway Approach and Next Steps
Countries discuss the Pathway Approach in breakout groups
Albert Alterejos Magalang, Philippines, facilitating one of the country breakout groups
Country breakout group discussing the Pathway Approach
Drew Nelson, Environmental Defense Fund, during the NGO breakout group
Countries during the breakout group sessions
Intergovernmental organizations discussing the Pathway Approach
Voluntary Actions in the 2017 HLA Bonn Communiqué
Harry Clark, SAP member
Bala Abubakar Bappa, Nigeria, and Nina Rør, Norway
Pam Pearson, International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) (second from left), presents on the agriculture voluntary actions
Steven Turnbull, Australia
Anja Schwetje, Germany, presents voluntary actions on the waste initiative
Breakout Groups on Building Support for the Voluntary Actions and the Communiqué
Breakout groups discuss voluntary actions and the Communiqué
Albert Altarejos Magalang, Philippines, and Julie Cerqueira, US
Ahmad Noubani, Jordan (left)
Participants in the Spanish breakout group
Eric Zusman, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Participants during the French breakout group
Participants in the Spanish breakout group