Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG)

This Global Forum on the Environment and Climate Change, jointly organised by the OECD and the IEA, aimed to promote dialogue, and enhance understanding among a wide range of countries on key issues relevant to the international climate change negotiations and implementation of the Paris Agreement.

The sessions in this Global Forum focused on insights to inform the next round of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and on elements related to the new collective quantified goal (NCQG) on climate finance. The sessions on climate finance and the NCQG were jointly organised with the Finance for Climate Action (FCA) team in the OECD’s Environment Directorate. The session on taking forward COP28 and the first global stocktake (GST1) outcomes on climate finance was organised in partnership with the ODI. The session on insights for preparing NDCs aligned with the outcome of GST1 was organised in partnership with the NDC Partnership. There were also discussions on relevant recent OECD and IEA work on scaling up private finance for climate action and on strategies to unlock clean energy investment in emerging and developing economies.

 

Day 1: Wednesday 3 April 2024

Welcome and opening plenary

Moderator: Hyunsoo Yun (CCXG Chair)

Opening remarks

• Jo Tyndall (OECD)
• Thomas Spencer (IEA)
• Hana AlHashimi (UAE, COP28 Presidency)

Scene-setting presentation: Surabi Menon (ClimateWorks Foundation)

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Session A1 - Taking forward the outcome of GST1 to inform enhanced NDCs

This session explored how to make best use of available opportunities to follow up on the outcome of the GST1 to deliver more ambitious national climate efforts and implement the course correction set out in the GST1.

Facilitator: Leon Charles (Grenada)

Speakers

• Sirini Jeudy-Hugo (OECD/CCXG)
• Annett Möhner (UNFCCC)
• Túlio Andrade (Brazil)
• Nathan Cooper (UN High-level Climate Champions)

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Session B1 - Taking forward COP28 and GST1 outcomes on climate finance

This session explored the finance related outcomes of the first GST (GST1) and considered their potential implications for on-going deliberations on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance.

Facilitator: Charlene Watson (ODI)

Speakers

• Davi Bonavides (Brazil)
• Kelly Sharp (Canada) 
• Selamawit Wubet (Global Center on Adaptation)
• Thomas Tayler (Aviva Investors)

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Session A2 - Insights from Paris-consistent global emissions pathways for enhanced NDCs

This session explored the challenges and opportunities in using global benchmarks and pathways to inform the design of enhanced NDCs.

Facilitator: Harald Winkler (University of Cape Town)

Speakers

• Marcia Rocha (OECD)
• Niklas Höhne (NewClimate Institute)
• Sivan Kartha (Stockholm Environment Institute)
• Marta Torres-Gunfaus (Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI))

Results of Mentimeter poll.

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Session B2 - Empirical evidence on needs, sources, and actors for the NCQG

This session explored the current and potential role of different public, private, international, and domestic sources of finance and actors in financing climate action in developing countries through a strategic combination of complementary financial instruments and mechanisms tailored to developing countries’ needs and circumstances.

Facilitator: Mattias Frumerie (Sweden)

Speakers

• Jolien Noels (OECD)
• Tiza Mafira (Climate Policy Initiative Indonesia)
• Amar Bhattacharya (Brookings Institution)
• Kevin Adams (USA)
• Fredrick Ouma (Kenya)

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Session A3 - Insights for preparing NDCs aligned with the outcome of GST1

This session explored how some countries intend to enhance their next NDCs to take into account the outcome of GST1, some of the challenges currently being faced and how they could be overcome.

Facilitator: Estefanía Ardila Robles (NDC Partnership)

Speakers

• Alban Kitous (European Commission)
• Beatrice Cyiza (Rwanda)
• Nino Tkhilava (Georgia)
• Adriana Bonilla (Costa Rica)

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Session B3 - Breakout groups: Reflecting on the positioning of the NCQG in the global financial landscape

During this session participants were divided into small discussion groups to reflect on the NCQG's role in the global financial landscape supporting climate action.

Breakout Group A
Moderator: Michai Robertson (Samoa)

Breakout Group B
Moderator: Sofía Vargas-Lozada (Colombia)

Breakout Group C
Moderator: Natalia Alayza (World Resources Institute)

Breakout Group D
Moderator: Isobel Bartholomew (UK)

Virtual Breakout Group E
Moderator: Alex Scott (E3G)

Day 2: Thursday 4 April 2024

Session A4 - Translating global renewables and energy efficiency calls from GST1 in NDCs (I)

This session explored how countries are working to translate the GST1 calls relating to renewables and energy efficiency in their NDCs, challenges faced, available opportunities and enablers needed.

Facilitator: Jérôme Malavelle (UN Environment Programme)

Speakers

• Brian Motherway & Paolo Frankl (IEA)
• Geert Fremout (Belgium, EU Council Presidency)
• David Mutisya (Kenya)
• Watcharin Boonyarit (Thailand)

Respondent: Susanne Olbrisch (UN Development Programme)

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Session B4 - Exploring the structure and key elements of the NCQG

This session explored options for structuring an ambitious NCQG and how different potential elements could be captured in a NCQG decision.

Facilitator: Mahlet Eyassu Melkie (Rocky Mountain Institute)

Speakers

• Chiara Falduto (OECD)
• Una May Gordon (Jamaica)
• Apollonia Miola (European Commission)
• Ambassador Mohamed Nasr (Egypt)
• Gard Lindseth (Norway)

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Session A5 - Translating global renewables and energy efficiency calls from GST1 in NDCs (II)

This session continued to explore how countries are planning to contribute to the GST1 calls relating to tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling energy efficiency improvements by 2030, challenges faced, available opportunities and enablers needed.

Facilitator: Jérôme Malavelle (UN Environment Programme)

Speakers

• Xu Huaqing (China)
• Julio Cordano (Chile)
• Mia Ryan (Australia)
• Delio Rincón Ozuna (Dominican Republic)

Respondent: Atika Ben Maid (Agence Française de Développement)

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Session B5 - Breakout groups: Reflecting on options for the structure of the NCQG

Building on the discussions in previous sessions, participants were divided into the same small discussion groups to reflect on possible elements for the NCQG’s scope.

Breakout Group A
Moderator: Michai Robertson (Samoa)

Breakout Group B
Moderator: Sofía Vargas-Lozada (Colombia)

Breakout Group C
Moderator: Natalia Alayza (World Resources Institute)

Breakout Group D
Moderator: Isobel Bartholomew (UK)

Virtual Breakout Group E
Moderator: Alex Scott (E3G)

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Session A6 - Exploring potential guidance on NDC features

This session explored some open questions related to NDC features and areas where potential guidance could be helpful to enhance future NDCs without undermining their nationally determined character.

Facilitator: Kaveh Guilanpour (Center for Climate and Energy Solutions)

Speakers

• Luca Lo Re (IEA/CCXG)
• Lydie-Line Paroz (Switzerland)
• MJ Mace (Independent consultant)
• Manjeet Dhakal (Advisor to the LDC Chair)

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Session B6 - Possible targets and indicators for different elements of the NCQG 

This session explored possible indicators for measuring progress and underlying data sources and needs for such assessments.

Facilitator: Elena Pereira (Honduras)

Speakers

• Raphaël Jachnik (OECD)
• Gabriela Blatter (Switzerland)
• Raju Pandit Chhetri (Nepal)

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OECD and IEA presentations of recent work

During this session participants heard insights from recent OECD and IEA work focusing on scaling up private finance for climate action and on strategies to unlock clean energy investment in emerging and developing economies.

Facilitator: Hyunsoo Yun (CCXG Chair)

Speakers

• Géraldine Ang (OECD)
• Siddharth Singh (IEA)

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Looking ahead to COP29: Wrap up and closing remarks

Speakers

• Hyunsoo Yun (CCXG Chair)
• Yashar Karimov (Republic of Azerbaijan, incoming COP29 Presidency)