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10/17/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 10/17/2024 08:32

ADVISORY: ACT2025 Press Call on Climate-Vulnerable Countries’ Expectations for COP29

ADVISORY: ACT2025 Press Call on Climate-Vulnerable Countries' Expectations for COP29

October 17, 2024

WASHINGTON (October 17, 2024) - Join Allied for Climate Transformation by 2025 (ACT2025) on Thursday, October 31st at 8:00 am EDT / 1:00 pm CET for a press briefing ahead of COP29. Leading experts from climate-vulnerable countries will outline expectations for the upcoming negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Journalists: Register Here.

ACT2025 is a consortium of think tanks and experts elevating the needs and priorities of vulnerable developing countries to deliver ambitious, balanced, just, and equitable outcomes at COP29 and other UN climate negotiations.

Experts representing perspectives from Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean will lay out hot topics expected to dominate the COP29 talks, including climate finance and the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG); actions needed to close the global adaptation gap; the responsibility of developed countries to set ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the progress needed on addressing loss and damage.

After brief remarks on these priority negotiation areas, we will open the floor to questions.

For more information, read ACT2025's COP29 Call to Action.

WHAT
The ACT2025 consortium will discuss what COP29 must achieve to meet the urgent needs of developing countries that are hardest hit by climate change.

WHEN
October 31st, 2024, at 8:00 AM (Eastern Time) / 1:00 PM (Central European Time)

WHO
Panelists

  • Alejandra López Carbajal, Climate Diplomacy Director, Transforma, Colombia/Mexico
  • Mark Bynoe, Assistant Executive Director, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belize
  • Mohamed Adow, Director and Founder, Power Shift Africa, Kenya
  • Saqib Huq, Managing Director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Bangladesh
  • Alison Cinnamond (moderator), Global Director for Strategic Communications, World Resources Institute

Q&A Respondents

  • Felipe Arango, Executive Director, Transforma, Colombia
  • Chukwumerije Okereke, Director, Center for Climate Change and Development at AEFUNAI, Nigeria
  • Tony La Viña, Associate Director for Climate Policy and International Relations, Manila Observatory, Philippines
  • Nusrat Naushin, Research Officer and Co-coordinator-Loss & Damage Programme, ICCCAD, Bangladesh

RSVP
Please RSVP via this link for the Zoom call. Note, this call is open to journalists only.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Darla van Hoorn, [email protected].

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