Index to Sessions

Click on links to access each forum session, with presentations and biographies

Day 1

Opening:

Session 1:

Session 2:

Session 3:

Session 4:

Day 2

Session 7:

Session 8:

Parallel Group 1

Parallel Group 2

Session 10:

Parallel Group 3

Parallel Group 4

Session 12:

● Opening plenary >>

● Setting the scene: overview of adaptation finance >>

●  Adaptation planning and policies >>

●  Mobilizing public finance for adaptation >>

●  Mobilizing private finance for adaptation >>

●  Setting the stage >>

●  Building and infrastructure, settlements, urban areas/cities >>

●  Water management, human health >>

●  Agriculture, land-use and sustainable forest management, ecosystems >>

●  Energy, transport, industrial development >>

●  Summary and conclusions >>

Opening

Opening plenary

09:00 - 09:40

Welcoming the participants and opening the forum

Facilitators

• Ms. Diann Black-Layne  and Mr. Stefan Schwager
  SCF Co-chairs

Presenters

• Mr. Jeffery Spooner
  Head of Agency, Meteorological Service
  Ministry of Water, Land, Environment & Climate Change, Jamaica
   Remarks (110 kB)

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• Ms. Christiana Figueres
  UNFCCC Executive Secretary
  Video message

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• Ms. Asha Bobb-Semple
  on behalf of the UNDP Resident Representative
   Remarks (558 kB)

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• Mr. Steven Shalita
  Senior Communications Officer, Administrative Unit, Climate Investment Funds
   Remarks (109 kB)

Session 1

Setting the scene: overview of adaptation finance

09:40 - 10:20

SCF in collaboration with the AC: The state of adaptation finance: practices, issues, and opportunities

Facilitators

• Ms. Diann Black-Layne and Mr. Stefan Schwager
  SCF co-chairs

Presenters

• Mr. Clifford Mahlung
  Adaptation Committee representative
   Presentation – “The UNFCCC Adaptation Committee: Building Coherence on Finance” (253 kB)
   Information note for the 2014 SCF Forum issued by the Adaptation Committee and the Standing Committee on Finance (467 kB)

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• Ms. Barbara Buchner
  Senior Director of Climate Policy Initiative and head of Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) Europe
  Presentation – “The Landscape of Adaptation Finance”

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• Mr. Mikko Ollikainen   (5 kB)
  Senior Climate Change Specialist, Adaptation Fund
   Presentation – “Concrete adaptation projects - What have we learned?” (894 kB)

Session 2

Adaptation planning and policies

10:20 - 11:30

Integrating adaptation into national planning processes, building resilience and generating investor confidence

Facilitator

• Mr. Clifford Mahlung
  Adaptation Committee representative

Presenters

• Mr. David Kaluba   (5 kB)
  Principal Economist (EMD)/National Coordinator (PPCR), Ministry of Finance, Government of Zambia
   Presentation (1578 kB)

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• Ms. Diann Black-Layne
  Ambassador, Government of Antigua and Barbuda: Adaptation Finance
   Presentation - “Mobilizing adaptation finance: The Petro Caribe Agreement case study” (66 kB)

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• Mr. Luis Fiallos  (5 kB)
  National Focal Point of Nicaragua to the UNFCCC
   Speaking note – “Adaptation policy in Nicaragua” (105 kB)

Discussion

Session 3

Mobilizing public finance for adaptation

11:45 - 13:00

Overview of public financial instruments at global, regional and national levels and their use to support adaptation activities

Facilitator

• Mr. Hussein Alfa (Seyni) Nafo
  SCF Member

Presenters

• Mr. Daniel Buckley  (68 kB)
  Climate Change Policy Analyst, UNDP
   Presentation - "The status of public finance related to national funding for developing countries" (976 kB)

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• Ms. Stephanie Ockenden  (71 kB)
  Economist/Policy analyst, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
   Presentation - "The status of public finance related to bilateral finance" (1934 kB)

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• Mr. Gerard Alleng  (69 kB)
  Climate Change Senior Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
   Presentation - “The use of the Policy-Based loan in Trinidad and Tobago”(269 kB)

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• Ms. Nancy Saich   (5 kB)
  Managerial Adviser, European Investment Bank (EIB)
   Presentation - “Mobilizing public finance for adaptation: EIB’s cooperation with regional dev. banks” (357 kB)

Discussion

Session 4

Mobilizing private finance for adaptation

14:15 - 15:30

Identifying private finance options for adaptation activities:
Financial market instruments; innovative financing, micro-finance, micro-insurance etc.

Facilitator

• Mr. Stefan Agne
  SCF Member

Presenters

• Mr. Takashi Hongo   (71 kB)
  Senior Fellow, Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute
   Presentation - “Adaptation finance by private funds for private investment”(1504 kB)

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• Ms. Isabelle Proulx  (5 kB)
  Programme Manager, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
   Presentation - “Developing a model of how to bridge adaptation projects with private equity (African case study)” (887 kB)

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• Mr. Isaac Anthony  (5 kB)
  Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF)
   Presentation - “The role of insurance in adaptation finance in the Caribbean: the CCRIF experience” (584 kB)

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• Ms. Joanna Syroka   (71 kB)
  Programme Director, African Risk Capacity
   Presentation - “African Risk Capacity: An African-led strategy for managing extreme weather risks” (437 kB)

Discussion

Session 7

Setting the stage

09:00 - 09:30

Facilitators

• Ms. Diann Black-Layne and Mr. Stefan Schwager
  SCF Co-chairs

Presenters

• Mr. Trevion Manning
  Director of Planning, St. James Parish Council, Representative of the city of Montego Bay
   Presentation – “Montego Bay: Towards becoming a Smart City” (9512 kB)

Session 8

Parallel Group 1: Building and infrastructure, settlements, urban areas/cities

09:30 - 12:00

Facilitator

• Mr. Stefan Agne
  SCF Member

Presenters

• Ms. Saliha Dobardzic  (81 kB)
  Senior Climate Change Specialist, Global Environment Facility
   Presentation - “The GEF’s experience in financing adaptation solutions in urban areas and settlements” (628 kB)

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• Mr. James Alexander  (8 kB)
  Head of the Finance and Economic Development Initiative, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
   Presentation - “Financing adaptation: the work of cities and remaining challenges” (769 kB)

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• Ms. Chantal Naidoo  (9 kB)
  Senior Associate of E3G’s International Climate Finance Programme
   Presentation - “Financing resilience in South Africa at the sub national level”(148 kB)

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• Mr. Daniel Rossetto  (8 kB)
  Managing Director, Climate Mundial
   Presentation - “Case studies of climate resilience in urban areas and their funding” (933 kB)

Discussion

Session 8

Parallel group 2: Water management, human health

09:30 - 12:00

Facilitator

• Mr. Zaheer Fakir
  Chief Policy Adviser, International Relations and Governance
  Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa

Presenters

• Mr. Syed Mujtaba Hussein  (9 kB)
  Director General and Special Assistant to the Minister, Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, Government of Pakistan
   Presentation - “Water management and adaptation in Pakistan: mobilizing finance” (2270 kB)

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• Mr. Alfred Grunwald  (8 kB)
  Climate Change Senior Specialist, Coordinator for PPCR Bolivia, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
   Presentation - “Adaptation to climate impacts in water regulation and supply for the Area of Chingaza-Sumapaz-Guerrero, Colombia” (1843 kB)

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• Mr. Batu Uprety   (9 kB)
  Chair of the LDC Expert Group
   Presentation - “National adaptation in the LDCS: case study on the water sector” (153 kB)

Discussion

Session 10

Parallel group 3: Agriculture, land-use and sustainable forest management, ecosystems

13:45 - 16:15

Facilitator

• Mr. Raymond Landveld
  SCF Member

Presenters

• Mr. Jan Willem den Besten (8 kB)
  Senior Programme Officer, IUCN Netherlands
   Presentation - “Mobilizing private sector finance: the Dutch Agro Water Climate Alliance” (972 kB)

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• Mr. Abiy Ashenafi  (80 kB)
  Program Coordinator Ethiopia, ICCO
   Presentation - “Climate change adaptation and addressing deforestation in Ethiopia” (899 kB)
  Video during the presentation

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• Ms. Claire Bernard  (8 kB)
  Deputy Director General, Sustainable Development and Regional Planning with the Planning Institute of Jamaica
   Presentation - “The Adaptation Fund: a case study from Jamaica on enhancing the resilience of the agricultural sector and coastal areas to protect livelihoods and improve food security” (200 kB)

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• Mr. Albert Binger  (9 kB)
  Member of the Technology Executive Committee
   Presentation - “The work of the TEC related to finance and adaptation” (1063 kB)

Discussion

Session 10

Parallel group 4: Energy, transport, industrial development

13:45 - 16:15

Facilitator

• Mr. Syed Mujtaba Hussein
  Director General and Special Assistant to the Minister, Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, Pakistan

Presenters

• Mr. Amjad Abdulla
  Director-General, Department of Climate Change and Energy, Maldives
   Presentation - “How SIDS generate financial resources for adaptation through the energy sector: a SIDS DOCK case study” (297 kB)

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• Mr. Kepa Solaun  (8 kB)
  Partner and General Director, Factor CO2
   Presentation - “Mainstreaming climate adaptation into sectoral decision making: case studies from energy and transport” (1424 kB)

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• Ms. Sandy Ferguson  (9 kB)
  Knowledge and Policy Manager, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
   Presentation - “Climate resilient hydropower: experiences from the EBRD region” (1080 kB)

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• Mr. Miguel Naranjo Gonzales
  Programme Officer, Sustainable Development Mechanisms, UNFCCC
   Presentation - “Adaptation through the CDM: finance and co-benefits” (545 kB)

Discussion

Session 12

Summary and conclusions

17:00 - 18:00

Facilitators

• Ms. Diann Black-Layne and Mr. Stefan Schwager
  SCF co-chairs

Presenter

• Hon. Ian Hayles
  Minister of State, Government of Jamaica