COP28 Daily Preview: Wednesday 6th December
Some events upcoming on the Schedule for 6th December 2023
Announcement!
Closure of the venue on Thursday, 7 December The COP 28 venue will be closed on Thursday, 7 December. No official meetings will take place, no services will be available, and no deliveries will be permitted. Participants who have offices and/or pavilions will be granted access to their offices and pavilions; however, no events can take place. Participants with offices and/or pavilions receiving accredited guests must pick them up at the security screening facility at the main entrance in Area B0. Members of the media with assigned workplaces will be given access to their facilities.
Special meetings and events
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
Please consult the COP 28 platform and the CCTV for the latest meetings schedule. The Plenary Meetings are also broadcast on the COP 28 platform and available on public webcast.
Joint Plenary Meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI)
16.30 Joint plenary meeting Plenary Al Hairat
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) upon completion of the Joint Plenary 3rd meeting Plenary Al Hairat
Click here for the SBSTA agenda and annotations, all corresponding documents, and information on organizational matters relating to the SBSTA. Click here for the SBI agenda and annotations, all corresponding documents, and information on organizational matters relating to the SBI.
Informal Stocktaking Plenary by the President upon completion of the closing of SBSTA/SBI Informal stocktaking plenary. Plenary Al Hairat
Open Meetings
Special meetings and events
09.00 – 18.00 ICA-ETF Poster Session Outside Meeting Rooms 5 and 6
For further information on the event, please click here.
09.30 – 12.00 Ministerial meeting on Urbanisation and Climate Change Plenary Al Ghafat
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10.00 – 11.00 The role of the private sector, innovation and technology in the first Global Stocktake. UNFCCC Pavilion.
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13.00 – 15.00 COP Presidency’s Open Dialogue with Parties and NGO Constituencies - International cooperation, social dialogue and multilevel action for the “inevitable and essential” just energy transition that is fair, fast, orderly, equitable and responsible.
Meeting Room 9
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13.00 – 15.00 LCIPP Annual Youth Round Table - Dialogue with Plenary Parties and other stakeholders. Al Ghafat
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13.15 – 14.45 Lessons learned and potential ways forward in reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of adaptation and support - Findings of the joint work by the AC, LEG and SCF. Meeting Room 36.
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15.00 – 16.00 Youth Climate Forum on NDCs and Cities Meeting Room 7. For further information on the event, please click here.
15.00 – 17.00 Local Ecosystem Restoration for Nature-Positive Cities and Regions. Meeting Room 6. For further information on the event, please click here.
15.00 – 18.00 First multilateral assessment (MA) working group session of the fifth cycle of the international assessment and review (IAR) - Part III - SBI 2 (d). Meeting Room 5. For further information on the event, please click here.
16.00 – 17.00 Youth Climate Forum on Food and Water Security Meeting Room 7
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#Together4Transparency events
09.30 – 11.30 Hands-on training on ETF Reporting Tools: GHG inventory Meeting Room 36
11.30 – 13.00 Hands-on training on ETF Reporting Tools: NDC progress Meeting Room 36
15.00 – 16.30 Launching Professional Training Programmes for Meeting Room 36
Developing Countries - UNFCCC CASTT Programme
15.00 – 17.00 Hands-on Training on ETF Support Reporting Meeting Room 27
17.00 – 19.00 Roundtable exchange: “Getting ready for the ETF: support Global Climate Action events opportunities”. Meeting Room 36
For further information on the events, please click here.
09.00 – 10.00 Assessing decarbonization progress by G20 countries and listed companies. Action Lab - Al Jeer
10.00 – 11.00 Turning the Tides: Sustainability Measures for Shark Conservation. Action Arena - Al Wakri
10.00 – 11.15 Freight to Zero: Decarbonizing Urban Freight Transportation Action Lab - Al Jeer
10.00 – 12.30 Taking Stock of Climate Action: Human Settlements and Transport. Action Arena - Al Hur
11.30 – 12.30 Charging Ahead: A Collective Vision on Charging Infrastructure to Accelerate the EV Transition. Action Lab - Al Shaheen
11.30 – 13.00 2023 - Bauhaus.Module - After the Co(al)lapse: Envision the future. Action Lab - Al Jeer
11.30 – 13.00 Accountability and Implementation Dialogue Action Arena - Al Wakri
13.00 – 14.00 iLabs: Accelerating decarbonization of shipping sector with hydrogen-based fuels. Action Lab - Al Shaheen
13.30 – 14.30 Green Cities: Scaling-Up Finance for Sustainable Urbanisation. Action Arena - Al Hur
14.00 – 15.30 Special iLab: Actions after Impacts: Non-Party Stakeholders delivering concrete solutions to address Loss and Damage - Dedicated to the memory of Prof. Saleemul Huq. Action Lab - Al Jeer
15.00 – 16.00 Dialogue on the Ubuntu Initiative and the link between Foreign Debts and Climate Adaptation. Action Arena - Al Wakri
15.00 – 16.00 iLabs: Delivering the Buildings Breakthrough-Pioneering leadership for a low-carbon, resilient world. Action Lab - Al Shaheen
16.00 – 17.00 iLabs: Seizing & catalyzing the urban financing opportunity to accelerate multilevel action for just transition & resilience. Action Lab - Al Jeer
16.30 – 17.30 Paving the Way for Adaptation Transformations: Convening of the Sharm el Sheikh Adaptation Agenda Task Forces. Action Arena - Al Wakri
17.00 – 18.30 Later Is Too Late: Tipping the Balance from Negative to Positive. Action Arena - Al Hur
17.30 – 18.30 iLabs: Launch of SAA working group on urban water resilience. Action Lab - Al Jeer
18.00 – 19.00 High Ambition Platform COP 28 - COP 30 for Indigenous Peoples. Action Arena - Al Wakri
For further information on the events, please click here.
UNFCCC Capacity-building Hub events
Private Finance Capacities Day – For further information, please click here.
08.45 – 10.00 High-level Opening Session Capacity-building Hub
10.05 – 11.05 The trillion-dollar challenge: Mobilizing private finance for NDC implementation. Capacity-building Hub
11.10 – 12.10 Enhancing Climate Finance: Role of Banks in Capacity Building. Capacity-building Hub
12.15 – 13.15 Accelerating Private Capital into Nature-based Solutions Projects: a multi-stakeholder collaboration approach. Capacity-building Hub
13.30 – 14.30 Impact investing with precision and purpose based on sound accounting principles. Capacity-building Hub
14.35 – 15.35 Unlocking Finance for a Just and Equitable Energy Transition - an intergenerational dialogue. Capacity-building Hub
15.40 – 16.40 Climate-Smart Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) - Building Low-Carbon and Resilient Infrastructure in Partnership with the Private Sector. Capacity-building Hub.
16.45 – 17.45 Socially Responsible investing (SRI) Strategy for Quantifying ESG Factors. Capacity-building Hub
UNFCCC and other official side events
18.30 – 20.00 UNFCCC: UN4NAPs - Leveraging UN-wide support for NAP formulation and implementation. Side Event Room 4
For information about UNFCCC and other official side events, please click here.
Pavilion events
For information about pavilion events, please click here.
For information about UN Climate Change pavilion events, please click here.
Rio Conventions Pavilion Journey
For information about the Rio Conventions Pavilion Journey at COP 28 and the full schedule of events, please click here.
For information about the Rio Conventions, please click here.
