The Regional Climate Weeks in 2018 have been showcasing groundbreaking action underway across the globe to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience to the unavoidable impacts of climate change.
To support these events in Nairobi, Singapore and Montevideo, NFP engaged with local and international media, generating a number of outputs, including editorials, press interviews, as well as television and radio broadcasts.
The key highlights are captured in the following ‘media roundup’ and it is hoped that they will help pave the way for many more engagements at next year’s Regional Climate Weeks. See the roundup!
UN Climate Press release, 21 August 2018, Montevideo: Kofi Annan’s Legacy Lives-on at the Latin American & Caribbean Climate Week
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UN Climate Press release, 27 May 2018 – Dates of Asia Pacific Climate Week Announced in Critical Year for Climate Action
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The Economist, 21 April 2018 – Africa’s big carbon emitters admit they have a problem. Can they continue developing and still uphold the Paris climate agreement?
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UN Climate Change News, 29 March 2018 – Action on climate change will receive a high-level boost when ministers from eight countries in Africa and senior United Nations and other officials converge on Nairobi, Kenya, for Africa Climate Week, 9-13 April.
Africa Climate Week 2018, 9-13 April, Nairobi, Kenya
Climate action for Sustainable development: Driving change in Africa
Africa Climate Week is part of series of annual events organized in each region under the Nairobi Framework Partnership (NFP), which is coordinated by the UNFCCC. Its aims is to increase the prominence and outreach of climate change discussions, and to make this event the key place to be in each region.
ACW 2018 in Nairobi will be the first event of its kind in the Africa region and is designed to advance regional climate action through the promotion of market-based mechanisms, economic instruments and climate-aligned finance. The ultimate aim is to support implementation of countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement.
During the ACW 2018 the 10th Africa Carbon Forum (ACF) will be held. It will focus on how engagement between State and non‐State actors can be further strengthened in the key sectors for Africa (energy, agriculture and human settlements), including the role of future carbon markets to achieve enhanced climate action, towards the goals of sustainable development.
Register for ACF 2018 at http://africacarbonforum.com/
Asia-Pacific Carbon Forum 2017, 13-15 December, Bangkok, Thailand
Spurring investment in global climate action
Part of Asia-Pacific Climate Week
The Asia-Pacific Carbon Forum (APCF) is the leading regional conference on investment in climate action through market-based approaches and carbon pricing instruments. The annual event, this year part of the first Asia-Pacific Climate Week, is known for its substantive, comprehensive programme of plenary sessions, workshops, side-events and exhibits aimed at turning climate aspirations into climate action.
Register for APCF2017 at http://www.asiacarbonforum.com
Learn more about Asia-Pacific Climate Week at
http://www.unescap.org/events/2017-asia-pacific-climate-week-apcw
Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum
Advancing the Paris Agreement: From targets to actions
Part of the first Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week
The Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum brought together for the eleventh consecutive year key players from the private and public sectors to share the state of the art around climate change migration, and reach out to cooperation agencies, potential investors and service providers. It is a space where climate aspirations turn into climate action. Read, Felipe Calderón >> http://bit.ly/2yDKH6X
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Africa Carbon Forum – Collaborative climate action for sustainable development in Africa
Developing Countries Urgently Need Finance to Green Power Sectors
Countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean urgently need financial support to green their power sectors and thereby implement their national climate action plans under the Paris Climate Change Agreement. This is a key finding of a report on the nationally determined contributions survey conducted by the Nairobi Framework Partnership in 2016.
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Governments See CDM as Crucial for Paris Goals – New Project Portfolio Launched in Marrakech
Government officials meeting in Marrakech have said that the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has a key role in helping countries achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, which is to limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius. Read more
Climate Change Response Requires Finance, Cooperation and Participation
30 June 2016 – Success tackling climate change and achieving sustainable development in Africa will take finance, cooperation and real engagement with non-state actors, participants heard in high-level sessions that wrapped up this year’s Africa Carbon Forum. Read more
Climate Action Can Drive Sustainable Development in Africa
28 June 2016 – Action on climate change in the form of green policy, finance and market approaches can drive sustainable development in Africa, government, business and civil society representatives heard on the opening day of Africa Carbon Forum. Read more
Paris Agreement to Drive Development, Asia Pacific Carbon Forum
5 September 2016 – The Paris Climate Change Agreement has put fresh wind in the sails of climate policy, which governments and the private sector are seeking to harness to drive development at the Asia Pacific Carbon Forum, 5-7 September 2016, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. Read more
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