16:30 – 18:00 AZT / 07:30 - 09:00 ET

The next round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are due early next year. They present a crucial opportunity for countries to drive climate action for years to come and limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C. Meeting current and next-generation NDCs will depend strongly on countries’ ability to attract financial resources — public, private, international, and domestic. 

Featuring an expert panel, this event will explore how emerging Country Platforms (e.g., Just Energy Transition Platforms (JETPs) can help to corral the necessary resources behind the climate and development objectives set out in countries’ NDCs - ensuring they are sufficiently concessional, coherent, and catalytic.

Panelists from Germany, Brazil, South Africa and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will reflect on how emerging financial partnerships can help mobilize critical resources to support the climate and development goals set out in NDCs.

In particular, the event will highlight lessons learned from the Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETP) Investment and Policy Plans (IPPs) and the role these plans can play in building effective, targeted support for a just transition away from oil and gas. 

Co-sponsors: The German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the World Resources Institute

Speakers include:

  • Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development
  • Dr Crispian Olver, Executive Director, South Africa’s Presidential Climate Commission
  • Kate Hughes, Principal Climate Change Specialist, Asian Development Bank
  • Matias Rebelo Cardomingo, General Coordinator of Social and Environmental Impact Analysis, Brazil’s Ministry of Finance
  • Melanie Robinson, Global Climate Economics and Finance Director, WRI (facilitator) 

Attendance information 

No need to register, please join us in person. Seating will be unreserved.

Cover image by Stéphane Bellerose/UNDP in Mauritius and Seychelles