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The Land Gap Report
Great hope has been placed in achieving significant carbon reduction through natural carbon sinks, but this approach requires land. A new report, presented at a side event, looks into the gaps between the official climate plans of governments and the lack of land to meet pledges and commitments.
Multilevel Governance as a Catalyst for Adaptation Finance at the Local Level
Representatives from Africa and Latin America shared their diverse experience with local adaptation planning and implementation in a side event that asked: How can multilevel governance act as a catalyst for adaptation finance at the local level?
Carbon Capture and Storage – Where is it in Africa and What Can Be Learned for Emerging Economies?
This event highlighted the experience of emerging economies in the Global South in decarbonizing their economies through CCS projects and relevant lessons from the experience of the USA, Norway, UK and Canada.
Miser sur ce que nous savons: Regards croisés sur lʼengagement multi-acteurs pour des CDN plus efficaces pour la sécurité alimentaire
Drawing on a wide range of Francophone perspectives, including researchers and policymakers, this COP 27 event explored how governments can better coordinate their actions on agriculture and climate at the national and global levels.
Fostering Technology Innovation to Support Countries in Implementing the Paris Agreement
Technology for effective climate action exists but, according to environmentalist Bertrand Piccard's intervention in a COP 27 side event, it needs to be “pulled” to market: “What we should expect from decision-makers today is to be much more ambitious in legal frameworks, norms, and standards to create a necessity” to use efficient technology.
GEF Small Grants Programme – Local Action, Global Impact: Reflecting on 30 years of community engagement
This event celebrated that milestone anniversary and highlighted the programme's delivery of more than USD 720 million in funding to over 27,000 community-based projects across 136 countries.
Accelerating Action for a Climate-resilient Future Through National Adaptation Plans
As countries strive to put climate adaptation at the heart of decision-making, tools such as the National Adaptation Plans process, established in 2010 under the Cancun Adaptation Framework, came under focus at a side event on the challenges of devising, implementing, and monitoring NAPs.
Resilience Frontiers Lab at COP 27
Exploring Resilience Frontiers’ eight pathways to a desirable future, the creative programme at COP 27 took participants into a world of abundance, where nature and humanity thrive in harmony with each other.
18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF)
A concerted effort to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement would require a quadrupling of critical mineral requirements for clean energy technologies by 2040. The mining sector must reposition itself to supply these critical minerals, while ensuring they are extracted and traded in a responsible manner.