SGP at COP 28, United Arab Emirates

SGP will be participating in multiple events at COP28 and will be highlighting the key role of local communities, civil society and Indigenous Peoples in addressing the climate crisis. Check out SGP's latest publication entitled Climate Change - Loss and Damage: An Evolving Challenge. The publication highlights SGP's 30 years of experience in engaging civil society and local communities on locally-led climate action, adaptation and resilience. The projects presented demonstrate how financial mechanisms with a community and locally-led action window allow vulnerable communities easy and direct access to international funding and can help effectively address some of the loss and damage linked to climate change.

Side events

Note: all times are in local UAE time

3rd December 2023, 10:00am- 11:00am

Event: Pathways to island climate resilience: local solutions in global frameworks

Venue: Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion

Organized by the Global Island Partnership, Climate Action Network Australia, cChange, GEF SGP (Fiji), and WWF, this event seeks to amplify the voices of island communities and Indigenous Peoples. It will draw upon their wealth of experiences and insights in navigating the impacts of climate change, underscoring the utmost importance of prioritizing locally-driven, nature-based solutions within the broader context of global climate commitments. This focus revolves around identifying and eliminating obstacles that hinder vulnerable island communities' ability to response to climate and biodiversity related loss and damage, equitable access to essential climate and biodiversity finances, resources, and the capacity required to scale up and sustain community-led, ecosystem-based adaptation initiatives at the scale and pace needed to match the accelerating climate and biodiversity crises.

4th December 2023, 4:30pm- 5:45pm

Event: Opportunities and challenges of civil society organisations' involvement in local climate actions

Venue: China Pavilion

China has set forth a dual carbon national goal of reaching peak carbon emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060, which is widely known as “Dual Carbon Goals”. It is essential for local stakeholders in key areas and sectors to take in-depth and effective actions to turn the goals into reality. The event to be co-hosted by All-China Environment Federation and Energy Foundation will focus on opportunities and challenges faced by Civil Society Organizations’ involvement in local climate actions. Stakeholders working in the field of climate change focusing on local areas and sectors will be invited to share their insights.

6th December 2023, 1:30pm- 2:20pm

Event: Climate financing in the context of loss and damage, global and national responsibilities

Venue: League of Arab States Pavilion

The session aims to address the climate challenges in theArab region, shedding light on both global and Arab opportunities and initiatives, such as the debt swap initiative and others.

6th December 2023, 3:00pm- 4:30pm

Event: Agro-ecology as a climate change measure: exploring financial opportunities for agro-ecological practices in Africa

Venue: SE Room 8

This event is hosted by Hosted by AFSA, IED Afrique, PELUM Kenya and Both ENDS and will showcase the vital need to advance agroecology as a people, nature and livelihood-centered approach towards climate adaptation and mitigation. It will make the case for agroecology and climate action based on researched and carefully selected case studies on agroecology in Africa and how it is and can continue contributing to adaptation and mitigation of the impacts of climate change. It will also serve as a space to discuss the vital issue of addressing climate finance for agroecology in Africa. Frence-English translation will be available.

8th December 2023, 4:15pm- 5:15pm

Event: Investing in local solutions: how inclusive community-centered approachs can strengthen climate and SDG synergies

Venue: SDG Pavilion (livestreaming available on the UN DESA YouTube channel)

In this joint event the donors, grant-makers and civil society partners will reflect on the importance of community-focused approach and the impacts of the local initiatives they supported and implemented in addressing interlinked challenges of climate change and sustainable development. The discussion will focus on the role of local communities and civil society as key agents of change in advancing climate and sustainable development goals together.

9th December 2023, 11:00am- 12:00pm

Event: Sustainable finance for tiger landscapes

Venue: Bhutan Pavilion