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High-Level Assembly of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition
to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC)

19-20 May 2015 | Geneva, Switzerland


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Swiss flags by Lake Geneva

One of the “Time to Act” banners outside the conference venue


The High Level Assembly of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC) took place on Wednesday, 20 May 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland. Approximately 120 participants attended the meeting.

The key issues considered included a framework for the CCAC 5-Year Strategic Plan. The High Level Assembly endorsed the framework (HLA/MAY2015/03), which will be developed into a detailed implementing and planning instrument. The objective is to launch the plan at the next High Level Assembly that will be held on the margins of the 21st session of the Conference of Parties (COP 21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held in Paris, France, in December.
The HLA also requested the Scientific Advisory Panel to provide an analysis to underpin the ambition of the Plan, building on existing science, to quantify the achievable multiple benefits of fast action on SLCPs.

Other issues on the agenda included an update on progress, including the CCAC’s achievements to date and the launch of a new report by the Black Carbon Finance Study Group. Partners also reported on national progress in addressing SLCPs, highlighting, inter alia, efforts to improve air quality and reduce local air pollution. Delegates also considered the Lima-Paris Action Agenda and support for the “Road to Paris” strategy prepared by the CCAC Working Group. The meeting emphasized the need to carry to COP21, the message that “quick action brings quick results.”

The Assembly welcomed the Philippines as a new partner, bringing the total number of CCAC partners to 104.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, provided web coverage and a summary report from the High-Level Assembly of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC). Our summary report is available in HTML and PDF format.


Morning Session: Update on Progress and Scaling Up Action


Delegates gather for the High Level Assembly of the CCAC


Tine Sundtoft, Minister of Climate and Environment, Norway

Ibrahim Thiaw, UNEP Deputy Executive Director


Hanne Bjurstrøm, CCAC Working Group Meeting Co-Chair, Norway

Marcelo Mena, Vice-Minister of the Environment, Chile

Maria Neira, Director, Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization


Jane Nishida, US

Tanya Bennett, Australia


Drew Shindell, CCAC Scientific
Advisory Panel

Andy Haines, CCAC Scientific
Advisory Panel

Christian Grossmann, Director for Climate Change, World Bank


View of the panel speakers


France Jacovella, Canada

Bahijjahtu Abubakar, Nigeria


Ryuji Tomisaka, Japan

Amb. Daniel Blockert, Sweden


Edward Cameron, BSR

Kouadio Kouamé Georges, Cote D'Ivoire

Marco Keiner, UN Economic
Commission for Europe (ECE)


Norbert Bärlocher, Switzerland

Omedi Moses Jura, Kenya


Lima-Paris Action Agenda


Delegates dicuss the Lima-Paris Action Agenda


Ibrahim Thiaw, UNEP Deputy Executive Director

Philippe Ramet, France


Raúl Vargas, Mexico

Robert Namsenei, Central African Republic

Alexander Frolov, Russia


Around the Venue


Delegates gather before the start of the High Level Assembly


Bahijjahtu Abubakar, Nigeria, speaks informally with a colleague






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