South-South Cooperation on Climate Change Forum
8 December, 2014
Lima Peru
Background
World leaders at the UN Climate Summit have “brought bold announcements and actions that would
reduce emissions, strengthen climate resilience, and mobilize political will for a meaningful legal
agreement in 2015.” They also saw that “Significant new announcements were made on support for
South-South Cooperation on climate change, (Ban Ki-moon)”, in particular China will double its fund
for South-South Cooperation. It has been widely recognized that S-S Cooperation is a new
dimension of international cooperation on climate change, an increasingly important complement
to the traditional North-South cooperation. China has also announced at this Summit its $6 million
provisional fund to the UN in support of its efforts to promote South-South Cooperation on climate
change. Prior to the Summit, China and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) signed an
agreement on Enhancement of Collaboration on South-South Cooperation in Addressing Climate
Change.
Goals and Objectives
The proposed SSCCC Forum aims to contribute to a successful post 2015 climate agreement by
promoting South-South Cooperation as an integral part of global action combating climate change.
Specific objectives are:
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To raise awareness of the role of South-South Cooperation
To identify opportunities and challenges for South-South Cooperation
To discuss and agree upon a number of enabling conditions for promoting South-South
Cooperation, such as political, financial and institutional settings
Expected outcome and outputs
The expected outcome of this SSCCC Forum is consolidated consensus to promote South-South
Cooperation on climate change to be embedded in the post 2015 climate agreement. Specific
outputs are recommendations on a number innovative actions, policy setting, financing and
institutional development to enable rapid scaling up of South-South Cooperation activities.
Participants
Participants in this forum will be mainly Ministers, principals of UN and international
organizations, heads of development agencies, science and business leaders, and practitioners from
around the world.
Provisional Agenda
The SSCCC Forum will commence with an opening ceremony and a Ministerial Dialogue, to be
followed by high-level panels in plenary.
Registration (8:30-9:00)
Morning (9:00-13:00)
9:00—11:00, Opening Ceremony and Ministerial Dialogue
11:00—11:30, Tea/Coffee Break (Group photo)
11:30--13:00, High-level Panel 1: Enabling conditions: science, policy, fund and institution
Lunch (13:00—14:00)
Afternoon (14:00—18:30)
14:00—14:50, High-level Panel 2: Adaptation and livelihood
14:50—15:40, High-level Panel 3: Capacity Building for decision makers and practitioners
15:40—16:00, Tea/Coffee Break
16:00—16:50, High-level Panel 4: Technology transfer for clean energy
16:50—17:40, High-level Panel 5: Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Mitigation
17:40—18:10, Wrap up and closing
Reception (18:30)
Organization of the Conference
The Forum is co-sponsored by the government of China (represented by the National Development
and Reform Commission-NDRC), UNEP, UNDP, SDC, WWF, UNEP-IESD, UNFCCC and CAS.
The Forum is organized by UNEP-International Ecosystem Management Partnership (UNEP-IEMP),
NDRC Climate Change Department, and INTASAVE
Outreach
Outreach will be mainly through TV and internet to connect the events with the rest of the world.
Interaction with media includes live broadcasts, interviews and dialogues etc. in the intervals of
sessions and tea breaks.
For more information, contact: [email protected]