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SUMMARY:COP27 High-level Event: Financing the Global Adaptation Challenge 
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DESCRIPTION:This is the third and final event in the COP27 High-level Event
  Series co-hosted by UNCTAD\, the COP27 Presidency\, the UN Climate Change
  High-level Champion\, and the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of E
 gypt to the UN in Geneva.\n\n\nAdaptation is critical for developing count
 ries on the front lines of climate change to protect against current and f
 uture impacts\, yet it has been deprioritized in relation to mitigation du
 ring climate negotiations.\n\nThis is proving to be short-sighted and incr
 easingly costly\, resulting in loss of lives and livelihoods and vulnerabi
 lity in the face of major shocks. Climate impacts are damaging growth pros
 pects and forcing governments to divert scarce resources from productive i
 nvestments.\n\nThe Glasgow-Sharm el-Sheikh work programme established at C
 OP26 is a step towards the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) outlined in the
  Paris Agreement\, but with fiscal and policy space in developing countrie
 s being squeezed by multiplying crises\, the outlook for transformative ad
 aptation is bleak.\n\nA radical enhancement is needed in the scale\, scope
  and nature of financing for adaptation including support for adaptation s
 trategies required to make the GGA fit for purpose.\n \n\nQuestions to be
  addressed:\n\n\nWhat are the building blocks of transformative adaptation
 ?\n \nWhat means of implementation (finance\, technology and capacity bui
 lding) do developing countries need to realise their adaptation ambitions?
 \n \nWhat options are there for scaling up financing\, including new inst
 ruments to meet the real need?\n \nWhat is the role of private sector inv
 estment in adaptation?\n \n\n\nProgramme:\n\nModerator:\n\n\nRichard Kozu
 l-Wright\, Director of the Globalization and Development Strategies Divisi
 on\, UNCTAD\n\n\nPanelists:\n\nDr. Mahmoud Mohieldin\, UN Climate Change H
 igh-Level Champion for Egypt and UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Ag
 enda for Sustainable Development\n\nDr Youba Sokona\, Vice-Chair of the In
 tergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)\n\nTina Stege\, Climate Env
 oy\, Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands\n\nProf Saleemul H
 uq\, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Developme
 nt\n\nDr Kevin Kariuki\, Vice President for Energy and Climate Finance\, 
 African Development Bank\n\nEmma Fenton\, Team Leader\, International Clim
 ate Change\, Scottish Government\n\nAbena Takiywaa Asamoah-Okyere\, Techni
 cal Advisor to the Finance Minister\, Ministry of Finance and Economic Pla
 nning\, Ghana and V20 Focal Point\n\nLive interpretation available in Arab
 ic\, French and Spanish\n&lt\;p&gt\;This is the third and final event in t
 he &lt\;strong&gt\;COP27 High-level Event Series&lt\;/strong&gt\; co-hoste
 d by UNCTAD\, the COP27 Presidency\, the UN Climate Change High-level Cham
 pion\, and the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the UN i
 n Geneva.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;hr /&gt\;\n&lt\;p&gt\;Adaptation is critical
  for developing countries on the front lines of climate change to protect 
 against current and future impacts\, yet it has been deprioritized in rela
 tion to mitigation during climate negotiations.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;
 This is proving to be short-sighted and increasingly costly\, resulting in
  loss of lives and livelihoods and vulnerability in the face of major shoc
 ks. Climate impacts are damaging growth prospects and forcing governments 
 to divert scarce resources from productive investments.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt
 \;p&gt\;The Glasgow-Sharm el-Sheikh work programme established at COP26 is
  a step towards the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) outlined in the Paris 
 Agreement\, but with fiscal and policy space in developing countries being
  squeezed by multiplying crises\, the outlook for transformative adaptatio
 n is bleak.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;A radical enhancement is needed in t
 he scale\, scope and nature of financing for adaptation including support 
 for adaptation strategies required to make the GGA fit for purpose.&lt\;br
  /&gt\;\n&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Questions
  to be addressed:&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&gt\;\n&lt\;li&g
 t\;What are the building blocks of transformative adaptation?&lt\;br /&gt\
 ;\n&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;What means of implementation (fi
 nance\, technology and capacity building) do developing countries need to 
 realise their adaptation ambitions?&lt\;br /&gt\;\n&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/li&gt
 \;\n&lt\;li&gt\;What options are there for scaling up financing\, includin
 g new instruments to meet the real need?&lt\;br /&gt\;\n&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/
 li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;What is the role of private sector investment in adap
 tation?&lt\;br /&gt\;\n&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n&lt\;h4
 &gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Programme:&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt
 \;Moderator:&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Rich
 ard Kozul-Wright&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Director of the Globalization and Deve
 lopment Strategies Division\, UNCTAD&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p
 &gt\;Panelists:&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Dr. Mahmoud Mohi
 eldin&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for Egypt a
 nd UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developme
 nt&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Dr Youba Sokona&lt\;/strong&g
 t\;\, Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)&l
 t\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Tina Stege&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Cli
 mate Envoy\, Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands&lt\;/p&gt\
 ;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Prof Saleemul Huq&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Direc
 tor of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development&lt\;/p&
 gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Dr Kevin Kariuki\,&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/str
 ong&gt\;Vice President for Energy and Climate Finance\, African Developmen
 t Bank&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Emma Fenton&lt\;/strong&g
 t\;\, Team Leader\, International Climate Change\, Scottish Government&lt\
 ;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Abena Takiywaa Asamoah-Okyere&lt\;/
 strong&gt\;\, Technical Advisor to the Finance Minister\, Ministry of Fina
 nce and Economic Planning\, Ghana and V20 Focal Point&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;
 p&gt\;Live interpretation available in Arabic\, French and Spanish&lt\;/p&
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