COP29 Side Event
Sat. 16 November 2024
Time: TBC GST (GMT +4)
UN Environment Programme Pavilion, COP29 Blue Zone, Baku, Azerbaijan
UNEP, Royal Scientific Society of Jordan (RSS), Walker Institute in the University of Reading
Parties to the Paris Agreement recognized at COP28 that “climate change impacts are often transboundary in nature and may involve complex, cascading risks that can benefit from collective consideration and knowledge-sharing, climate-informed transboundary management and cooperation on global adaptation solutions.” This event will show how this Adaptation Goal is being translated into practice, with a focus on complex contexts in which transboundary cooperation on adaptation is both critically important and challenging.
Drawing on practical experience in three contexts, the event will i) highlight the importance of transboundary cooperation in identifying durable, mutually beneficial adaptation solutions; ii) demonstrate, using specific cases from the Middle East and South Caucasus, and how such transboundary cooperation is currently being mobilized – building on science-based climate risk assessments facilitated by the UN. Following interventions by country practitioners, an experienced international adaptation expert will summarize how science is being translated into adaptation policy in such contexts using innovative approaches to address climate risk. Participants will consider the role of local, national and multilateral actors including the United Nations in advancing cooperation through facilitating science-based assessment, convening parties at different levels and mobilizing transboundary adaptation action.
Speakers to be confirmed