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The forum aims to serve as a platform for the region to discuss ambitious sectoral targets to achieve climate actions.
By: Muhammad Arif, Editor NSN.Asia
Bangkok: The capital city of Thailand, Bangkok, will be hosting the Nationally Determined Contributions, NDCs 3.0 Regional Forum for Asia from 30 September 2024 to 2 October 2024 at United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) to discuss ambitious sectoral targets to achieve transformational contributions about climate change.
The NDC 3.0 Regional Forum for Asia will bring together government officials to help countries shape their next round of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Also, the forum aims to serve as a platform for the region to discuss ambitious sectoral targets to achieve transformational change.
DATE: 30 September – 2 October 2024
LOCATION: Bangkok, Thailand
WEBSITE ; https://www.unep.org/events/conference/ndcs-30-regional-fora
“To provide climate justice for all and preserve a livable planet, greenhouse gas emissions must fall dramatically and efforts to adapt to climate impacts must be stepped up,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). “However, greenhouse gas emissions are not falling, global temperatures are hitting new highs and vulnerable populations are suffering. NDCs 3.0 must match the moment we face and be far more ambitious.”
To help countries shape the next round of their climate pledges under the Paris Agreement, UNEP, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the NDC Partnership, in collaboration with the UNFCCC Secretariat (UN Climate Change), are organizing NDCs 3.0 Regional Fora.
in 2025, countries are required to submit new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). These plans are known as NDCs 3.0. In these NDCs, countries are encouraged to set 2035 ambitious, economy-wide emission reduction targets that align with limiting global warming to 1.5°C and increase resilience to climate impacts.
To help countries shape the next round of their climate pledges under the Paris Agreement, UNEP, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the NDC Partnership, in collaboration with the UNFCCC Secretariat (UN Climate Change), are organizing NDCs 3.0 Regional Fora.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the NDC Partnership are organizing the regional fora in collaboration with the UNFCCC Secretariat.
Additional partners include the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), the UN-REDD programme, and the German development cooperation agency (GIZ). The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) collaborated on the Asian forum. The regional fora aim to help parties to deliver on their commitments.
The fora will draw on insights from the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28) and the Global Stocktake (GST) to focus on adaptation and mitigation options and inclusion of super pollutants like methane and black carbon.
Government officials will engage in peer-to-peer learning, share lessons on how to develop policy roadmaps that lead to implementation, and explore innovative financing models, with the aim of leading to transformational change.
The schedule for the NDCs 3.0 Regional Fora taking place in 2024 has been set as follows:
- Regional Forum for Africa, will be held from 7 to 9 October 2024 , and will be hosted by the government of Rwanda in Kigali,
- Regional Forum for the Pacific was held from 12 to 16 August 2024, and hosted by the government of Samoa in Apia
- Regional Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean was held from 27 to 29 August 2024, and was hosted by the government of Colombia in Bogota .
- Regional Forum for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, was held from 3 to 5 September, and was hosted by the government of Türkiye in Istanbul
- Regional Forum for the Middle East and North Africa, was from 23 to 25 September 2024, and was hosted by the government of Tunisia in Tunis
- Regional Forum for Asia, from 30 September to 2 October in Bangkok, Thailand
