How can development cooperation support climate action?

In both reports, support to countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) stands out as key to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. In addition, contributions to the somewhat vague and elusive “transformation” of societies are called for to lower greenhouse gas emissions and increase resilience towards climate change. Against this background, this webinar will examine how development cooperation can best help save the climate.

Questions that will be addressed during the webinar include: How can Swedish aid increasingly contribute to reducing climate change? How can the international support to NDCs be improved? What are the roles for bilateral donors and for various multilateral organisations? Can NDCs become frameworks in which poor countries’ efforts to reduce poverty and develop walk hand in hand with reduced GHG emissions and increased climate resilience?

Participants

Ulrika Modéer, Assistant General Secretary, UNDP
Luis Tineo, Lead Operations Officer, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, World Bank
Catherine Diam-Valla, Climate Change Technical Specialist, UNDP
Pacifica Achieng Ogola, Director, Climate Group, Ministry of the Environment, Kenya
Ulrika Åkesson, Lead Policy Specialist, Environment and Climate Change, Sida
Mats Hårsmar, Deputy Managing Director, EBA
Johan Schaar, Vice Chair, EBA (moderator