Third biennial high-level ministerial dialogue on climate finance: translating climate finance needs into action. Note by the President

This document, prepared by the President of the Conference of the Parties (COP) with the support of the secretariat, contains a summary of the third biennial high-level ministerial dialogue on climate finance held during COP 24 in Katowice, which, in accordance with decision 7/CP.22, paragraph 15, was informed by the reports on the in-session workshops on long-term climate finance and the 2018 Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows, and, in accordance with decision 6/CP.23, paragraph 17, focused on the topic of access to climate finance.