The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) regularly conducts a series of Regional Forums to provide opportunities for the National Designated Entities (NDEs), Network Members and climate technology stakeholders to meet and discuss some of the key issues of the CTCN and share experiences. Due to COVID-19, the meetings are happening online in 2020.
Please find the latest recorded meetings and presentations:
The partnership aims to raise awareness of available readiness and capacity-building support for adaptation and to increase the accessibility of information on the available support. Article 7 of the Paris Agreement recognizes “the importance of support for, and international cooperation on adaptation efforts” and stipulates that “continued and enhanced international support shall be provided to developing country Parties”, in accordance, inter alia, with the provisions of Article 11 on capacity-building.
The UN Environment Programme, UN Women and EmPower (Women for Climate-Resilient Societies) present a new publication on gender and climate change in the context of COVID-19.
2020 was intended to be a pivotal year for the global gender equality agenda and global climate change ambition. It was supposed to be a year to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action and to celebrate the start of the Paris Agreement. Yet, the unexpected and rapid spread of the highly infectious novel coronavirus has set in our paths a mammoth challenge. The ensuing economic slowdown and the postponement of the UN Climate Conference to 2021 threaten to stall the world’s commitments to climate action.
