Date: Thursday 12 and Friday 13 June 2014, during the Bonn Climate Change Conference
Venue: Bonn, Germany
Designed as a platform for sharing information about on going activities and good practices on capacity-building, the Durban Forum this year was an extraordinary opportunity to learn about success stories and innovative approaches to create enabling environments and enhance the readiness of developing countries to undertake adaptation and mitigation activities.
Programme
Session I Enhancement and/or creation of an enabling environment
The 3rd meeting of the Durban Forum on Capacity-building convened on 12 and 13 June with the opening remarks of SBI Chair Mr. Amena Yauvoli and UNFCCC Executive-Secretary Christiana Figueres.
In her opening remarks UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres addressed the audience with inspiring words on the importance of capacity-building within the UNFCCC process and the need for a democratization of climate action on the ground which can be achieved through building capacity for resilience.
In the course of its three sessions, co-facilitated by Ian Fry (Tuvalu) and Angela Kallhauge (Sweden), participants had the possibility of a direct interaction with chairs and members of adaptation, technology and finance institutions established under the Convention and under the Kyoto Protocol, the Chair of the CDM executive Board, experts and practitioners from regional and international institutions and members of the academia. Presentations and statements were a springboard for dynamic debates and food-for-thought takeaways.
| Capacity Building to enhance Climate Resilient Pathways to Sustainable Development | Ms. Koko Warner Lead Author for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report |
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| Technology Executive Committee (TEC) | Recommending actions to create and enhance enabling environments for the development and transfer of climate technology | Mr. Kunihiko Shimada TEC Vice-Chair |
| Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) | CTCN and Capacity Building | Mr. Fred Onduri Chair of the CTCN Advisory Board |
| Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (CGE) | Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Reporting | Ms. Hillary Hove CGE Member |
| Global Environment Facility (GEF) | Examples of GEF projects to enhance and/or create an enabling environment | Mr. Rawleston Moore Senior Climate Change Specialist GEF Secretariat |
| Frankfurt School – United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Collaborating Centre for Climate and Sustainable Energy Finance |
Ms. Christine Grüning
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| Climate Action Network International (CAN) | Mr. Pat Finnegan Co-ordinator CAN-International Working Group on Capacity Building |
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| International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) |
Building capacity to mitigate: Examples and lessons learned from IRENA |
Ms. Elizabeth Press Deputy Director Innovation and Technology Centre |
| Mr. Brian Mantlana (South Africa) Mr. Sebastian Wienges (Germany) |
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| Grantham Research Institute for the Environment and Climate Change | Mobilizing private-sector engagement in the LEDs and NAMAs: Lessons learned from the UNDP Low Emission Capacity Building Programme | Ms. Alina Averchenkova Co-Head Policy |
| Clean development mechanism Executive Board (CDM EB) | Promoting CDM capacity-building in a time of carbon market crisis: the efforts of the CDM Executive Board | Mr. Hugh Sealy Chair of the CDM EB Board |
| UNEP Risoe - The Nairobi Framework | Challenges of and solutions to regional distribution of CDM projects | Ms. Miriam Hinostroza Head, Low Carbon Development Programme |
| Building capacity to develop CDM projects in the Caribbean. The experience of the Dominican Republic | Mr. Federico Grullón (Dominican Republic) |
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Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) |
Present and future training approaches of the LEG to build individual and institutional capacities in LDCs | Mr. Batu Uprety Chair of the LEG |
| Capacity Building for Green growth and Climate Resilience in Rwanda | Mr. Faustin Munyazikwiye (Rwanda) | |
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Adaptation Committee (AC) |
Technical support and guidance from the Adaptation Committee to promote the implementation of enhanced action on adaptation | Ms. Sumaya Zakieldeen Member of the AC |
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Integrating Gender into Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Least Developed Countries. The Experience of Liberia | Ms. Siane Abdul Baki (Liberia) |
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) |
FINPAC - Finnish Pacific Project. Reduced Vulnerability of the Pacific Island Country Villagers' Livelihoods to the Effects of Climate Change | Ms. Diane McFadzien, Mr. Espen Ronneberg, SPREP |
| FINPAC Project, the Cook Islands Experience | Ms. Lavina Tama (Cook Islands) | |
| Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) | The Adaptation Fund’s Readiness Programme for Climate Finance. Enhancing developing countries' capacity in accessing finance through national implementing entities |
Mr. Daouda Ndiaye, |