2. Opening Ceremony
13:30
– 15:15
13:15
10:15
8:30 – 10:00
18:00
18:30 – 19:00
15:30
Private Sector Forum Lunch
Closing Ceremony
Press Encounters
Leaders
engage with press as needed
National Action & Ambition Announcements
National Announcements
Plenary 1
Plenary 3
Plenary 2
National Announcements
National Announcements
Thematic Discussion
Climate Science
Economic Case for Action
CR
Co- benefits of Climate Action
Voices from the climate frontlines
CR
Action Areas
Multilateral & Multi Stakeholder Action Announcements
Plenary 1
Plenary 2
Plenary 3
Action Areas
Action Areas
3. NATIONAL ACTION & AMBITION ANNOUNCEMENTS
•Heads of State and Government provide vision for placing the world on a less than 2oC pathway and signal clear support for an ambitious global agreement in 2015.
•Announcements of new and/or scaled up ambition and action through national efforts
•For example:
•Articulate vision for transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient economy
•National action and contributions consistent with below 2 degree Celsius pathway
•Showcase national action frameworks that demonstrate:
•The drive towards low carbon development
•Investments in resilience
•Pricing of pollution
•The involvement and mobilization of private actors on climate action
•Scaled-up efforts to meet the target of $100 bn per annum
•Joining multilateral and multi-stakeholder high-impact coalitions
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4. MULTILATERAL & MULTI-STAKEHOLDER ACTION ANNOUNCEMENTS
•Heads of State and Government, and leaders from finance, business, and civil society
•Announcements of multilateral, multi-stakeholder action initiatives
•Work currently underway on:
Energy Efficiency Renewables
Short Lived Climate Pollutants
Transport Cities Forests Agriculture
Adaptation, Resilience, and Disaster Risk Reduction
Public and Private Climate Finance, including Carbon Pricing
•Action announcements at Summit: those that are most significant, concrete & broadly supported
•Progress made at Abu Dhabi Ascent
•Guidebook - Overview of initiatives, contact information to engage:
http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/wp- content/uploads/sites/3/2014/05/ASC_Brochure_13-May-2014_latest.pdf
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5. MULTILATERAL & MULTI-STAKEHOLDER ACTION ANNOUNCEMENTS
Energy Efficiency and Renewables
Short Lived Climate Pollutants
Transport
Cities
African Clean Energy Corridor
•Accelerating renewable energy SIDS Lighthouse initiative
•Targeted deployment of renewables Energy Efficiency Accelerator platform
•Doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency by 2030 Building Efficiency Accelerator
•Efficiency gains in building Lighting and Appliances Efficiency Accelerator
•Performance standards
Oil and Gas Methane Partnership
•Reducing methane emissions from oil and gas production. Green Freight Global Plan of Action
•Freight programs to reduce black carbon and CO2 emissions. Pilot Auction Facility for Methane and Climate Mitigation
•New pay-for-performance financial mechanism Addressing HCFs
Efficient railways
•A model shift for increased efficiency Declaration and Commitments on Climate Leadership
•Towards a doubling in the market share of efficient public transport worldwide by 2025.
Urban Electric Mobility Vehicles Initiative (UEMI)
•Phasing out conventionally fuelled vehicles
•Increasing the share of electric vehicles.
Compact of Mayors
•Reporting emissions
•Emission reduction targets
•Mitigation plans
•A new unified platform for cities to report and monitor their mitigation and adaptation targets and plans. Transformative Finance Alliance for Sustainable Urban Development
•providing solutions for urban climate finance
Subnational Commitments
6. MULTILATERAL & MULTI-STAKEHOLDER ACTION ANNOUNCEMENTS
Forests
Agriculture
Adaptation, Resilience, and Disaster Risk Reduction
Public and Private Climate Finance
Combating deforestation and forest degradation
•Reduce deforestation,
•Expand forest restoration
•De-couple deforestation from agricultural expansion
•Support effective land- use policies and sustainable commodity growth in supplier countries
•Eliminating deforestation from public procurement
•Deforestation-free supply chains or operations
Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture
•Sustainable and equitable increases in agricultural productivity and incomes
•Greater resilience of food systems and farming livelihoods
•Reduction and even removal of greenhouse gas emissions associated with agriculture
Integrating risk in the financial sector
•Integrating climate and disaster risk consideration into financial instruments
Comprehensive climate risk management approach
•Climate information
•Risk Financing
Resilient cities
Unlocking a transformative climate finance pathway
•GCF Capitalization
•A clear trajectory to translate US$100 billion pledge
•Boosting a carbon price
•Use of debt market
7. THEMATIC SESSIONS
•High-level thematic policy and practice discussions
•Themes are:
•Science
•Co-Benefits
•Economic Case for Action
•Voices from the Frontlines
8. PRIVATE SECTOR FORUM LUNCH
•For CEOs, Heads of State and Government, and Civil Society leaders
•Hosted by the UN Global Compact
•Focusing on Private Sector Deliverables and Carbon Pricing
9. OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT PLATFORMS
•Significant media opportunities for all Heads of State/Government and other leaders
•Social media platforms open to all
•Climate Week NYC
•Week of 22 – 28 September
•Platforms for governments, businesses and civil society for public engagement
•Side events, activities and other meetings
10. RESULTS OF THE SUMMIT
•Announcements, actions and any joint statements speak for themselves
•No negotiated outcome
•Chair’s Summary by the United Nations Secretary-General will capture the results of the Summit
•Catalyzing ambitious action on the ground
•Mobilizing political will for an ambitious global legal climate agreement by 2015
