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Monday, 9 December 

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Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness

The High-Level Commission on Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness launched a flagship report to explore the potentially adverse impact of carbon pricing on the competitiveness of businesses and economies, and lessons learned in the design and implementation of carbon pricing policies vis-¨¤-vis competitiveness. This session will bring together private sector stakeholders to discuss the key findings of the report, company approaches to carbon pricing, and impacts on competitiveness. 

What Works in Climate Finance? Lessons from CIF and GCF

This event will share insights on what works for effective climate finance design, delivery and impact, drawing from recent independent evaluations in the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and Green Climate Fund (GCF). The session will discuss themes of transformational change, country readiness and ownership, private sector and local stakeholder engagement, with implications for future strategies.

Tuesday, 10 December

Fighting Poverty in the Face of Climate Change ¨C What Role for the Oceans?

The objective of this event is to illustrate the role of healthy oceans to reduce poverty and to promote shared prosperity through a series of initiatives supported by the World Bank Group. Many poor rural people depend on ecosystems for their base income and as safety nets. Impact of climate change on small-scale fisheries are expected to be high in Africa. Climate-informed development policy can mitigate in part climate change impacts. Marine Protected Areas offer an opportunity to build climate resilience while enhancing the sustainable economic potential of the Blue Economy of communities. 

High-Level Launch and Signing Event of the Alliance for Hydromet Development

The Alliance for Hydromet Development brings together major international development, humanitarian and climate finance institutions behind the commitment to scale up and unite efforts to achieve the common goal of closing the hydromet capacity gap by 2030. It aims to increase the effectiveness and sustainability of hydromet investments by forging a collaborative partnership which recognizes and leverages respective competencies and expertise of its members.

Wednesday, 11 December

Powering SIDS: Resilient Systems and Clean Energy Transition

The event will underscore the importance of resilient energy system design in SIDS, both in terms of helping to advance a clean energy transition in addition to reducing the fiscal burden of post-disaster recovery. ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº and country clients will discuss our joint activities to date and plans to further scale up support to SIDS on energy resilience.

Green Buildings: A Finance and Policy Blueprint for Emerging Markets

Green buildings represent one of the biggest investment opportunities of the next decade ¨C $24.7 trillion across emerging markets cities by 2030 ¨C and hold a significant potential to reduce energy use and related carbon emissions. The session explores how banks, developers, governments and industry organizations can play a critical role in creating the market for, and channeling finance to, green construction.

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Mainstreaming NDCs into Development Planning ¨C A Deep Dive Approach (at NDC Partnership Pavilion)

This session will focus on process and challenges to develop NDC Deep Dives and mainstreaming NDC into economy wide development planning. Session panelists will discuss country experiences and lessons learned on the process for applying a Deep Dive vision for NDC implementation.

Thursday, 12 December

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