{"id":61633,"date":"2022-09-13T14:20:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?page_id=61633"},"modified":"2024-08-14T10:44:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T09:44:55","slug":"cop27","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/cop27\/","title":{"rendered":"The COP27 United Nations climate change summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP27, took place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from 6 to 18 November 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the sixth United Nations climate change summit to take place since the landmark Paris Agreement emerged at the end of COP21 on 12 December 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Grantham Research Institute took part in a range of activities in the lead up to and during COP27, including academic research, policy analysis and events. This page provides details of these activities and background information about COP27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Events during COP27<\/a>
Post COP27 event<\/a>
Events held in the lead up to COP27<\/a>
News and commentaries<\/a>
Publications<\/a>
Explainers<\/a>
Our team at COP27<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Events during COP27<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Unless otherwise stated, the times listed for events will be local time (EET). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Week 1 of COP27 (date TBC)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launch of the Adaptation Gap Report 2022<\/em>
UNEP’s flagship report outlines global progress on adaptation planning, finance and implementation. GRI has been a main contributor to the report since 2018. Timo Leiter will be participating in this event. Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday 5 November <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workshop on Communicating and reporting on adaptation priorities<\/em>
Venue: Room 16
This workshop discusses how countries can best communicate information about adaptation and how adaptation reporting can inform domestic policy making and provide inputs to global assessments of adaptation progress. Timo Leiter will be participating in this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agenda and summary note are available here<\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday 6 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:00-13:00: Second meeting of the Technical Dialogue (TD1.2) of the first Global Stocktake – opening plenary<\/em>
Nick Robins will be attending this event. Further details can be found here<\/path><\/svg><\/a>
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Monday 7 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:00-13:00: Global Stocktake Roundtable 3 (3.1)<\/em>
Finance: Aligning financial flows and meeting needs for system-wide transitions to net zero emissions and transformative climate resilient development
Nick Robins will be speaking at this event. Further details can be found here<\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15:00-19:00: Global Stocktake World Cafe<\/em>
Nick Robins will be attending this event. Further details can be found here<\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday 8 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14:45-15:30:<\/em> Time to act: implementing trade-related contributions to the global response to climate change<\/em>
Launch of World Trade Report on Climate Change by WTO Director-General Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Hosted by the World Trade Organisation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danae Kyriakopoulou is a contributing author to the report and will be attending the event. Further details can be found here<\/path><\/svg><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 9 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:00-11:00: HSBC\/Accenture Finance Day event<\/em>
Venue: Green Zone Hall A
Nick Robins will be speaking at this event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10:30-12:00: Financial institutions’ engagement to accelerate financing for net zero through a just and orderly transition – lessons and insights from Asia<\/em>
Venue: Japan Pavillion
Fireside chat between Masamichi Kono (Senior Advisor, MUFG Bank and Trustee, IFRS Foundation) and Danae Kyriakopoulou (Distinguished Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute), followed by a Panel Discussion. Hosted by MUFG Bank<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further details can be found here.<\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:00-12:30: Global Alliance of Universities on Climate x – High-level event<\/em>
Venue: China Pavilion, Blue Zone
The ‘Climate x’ Campaign is initiated by GAUC with the purpose of raising public awareness of synergy between climate change and other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and calling for innovative solutions towards the net-zero future.
Danae Kyriakopoulou will be speaking at this event and Bob Ward will be moderating one of the sessions.
Further details on this event can be found here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global Stocktake Roundtable 1.1 Mitigation and Global Stocktake Roundtable 2.1 Adaptation.<\/em>
Nick Robins will be attending these events<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14:00-16:00: Scaling up private sector sustainable financing<\/em>
Venue: ICC Pavilion in the Blue Zone
Panel Discussion with Danae Kyriakopoulou (Distinguished Policy Fellow, LSE GRI), Alexi Chan (Head of Global Banking Sustainability, HSBC), Abyd Karmali OBE (Climate Finance Executive, Bank of America), Daniel Hanna (Global Head of Sustainable Finance for the Corporate & Investment Bank, Barclays), and Frank Scheidig (Global Head of Senior Executive Banking, DZ BANK).
Hosted by the International Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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17:00-19:00: Global Stocktake Exchange<\/em>
Nick Robins will be attending this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday 10 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:00-14:00: Global Stocktake Roundtable 1.2 Mitigationand Global Stocktake Roundtable 2.2 Adaptation<\/em>
Nick Robins will be attending these events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10:00-11:15: Towards financing a just transition to low-carbon economies. A new just transition finance tool for banks and investors<\/em>
Joint event with the International Labour Organization<\/em>
Brendan Curran and Nick Robins will be speaking at this event.
Further details can be found here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15:00-17:00: Technical Dialogue 1.2 – Roundtable 3 Means of Implementation and Support<\/em>
Session on Finance: Aligning financial flows and meeting needs for system-wide transitions to net zero emissions and transformative climate resilient development
Nick Robins will be speaking at this event. Further details can be found here<\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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17:00-19:00: Global Stocktake Exchange<\/em>
Nick Robins will be attending this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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18:30-20:00: Utilising expertise of the youth to bridge the science-policy divide and improve access to finance<\/em>
Venue: Room Osiris (Blue Zone)
Panel discussion chaired by Danae Kyriakopoulou (Distinguished Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute) with Hon. Cedrick Frolick (South Africa), Hon. Waven William (Seychelles), Andrea Clayton (ACU), Sarabeth Brockley (NASDAQ) and Kirils Holstovs (WFEO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hosted by World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) Young Engineers \/ Future Leaders’ Working Group on SDG13; International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC); Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA); Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU); Commonwealth Futures Climate Research Cohort; Moravian University; Global Council for Science and Environment (GSCE); Research and Independent Non-Governmental Organizations (RINGO) and International Water Association (IWA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further details and a livestream link can be found here.<\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday 11 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

08:30-09:30: HP2 Panel discussion: The Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action<\/em>
Venue: Rwandan pavilion
The objective of the meeting is to discuss the role of in driving climate action and outline a vision for the central role of Finance Ministries in securing a sustainable, inclusive, resilient future – and a framework for achieving that vision. Nick Godfrey will be moderating this event.
Further details on this event can be found here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12:00-14:00: Global Stocktake Closing Plenary<\/em>
Nick Robins will be attending this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Climate Law and Governance Day 2022<\/em>
Climate Law and Governance Day (CLGD) 2022 convenes a community of leading law faculties and law and governance institutes, international organization counsel, government authorities, law associations, judges, professionals and others responsible for inspiring, innovating and building law, policy and governance capacity. CLGD 2022 provides an important opportunity to share ideas, debate trends and advances, and build legal momentum for climate action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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13:20-14:30 (Egyptian time, GMT-2): Panel Discussion: Learning from Public Engagement Innovations through Climate Citizen Assemblies <\/em>(Marrakech Seminar, online)
Hosted by the Knowledge Network on Citizens Assemblies (KNOCA) and the Grantham Research Institute, LSE.
What are the lessons learnt from the recent national and global citizens assemblies? How can climate assemblies help advance climate action? How can assemblies have more impact on politics and public support for climate policies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening remarks and chair: Dr Alina Averchenkova (KNOCA Founding Member and Distinguished Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute, LSE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video keynote address: Laurence Tubiana (Chief Executive Officer, European Climate Foundation)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers\/Discussants: 
Claire Mellier (Global Assembly Co-Founder and Knowledge Circle Lead, Iswe Foundation) 
Teele Pehk (Democracy Artist, Green Tiger Foundation, Estonia)
Guillaume Casse (Global Assembly Member 2021, Dem. Republic of Congo)
Dr. Diarmuid Torney (Associate Professor, Dublin City University)
Susie Townend (Head of Secretariat of Scotland’s Climate Assembly 2020-2021, Government of Scotland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can view the full programme of events for Climate Law and Governance Day and sign up for this online event here<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16:00-17:30. Just Transition as a mechanism to accelerate climate action<\/em>
Venue: Spanish Pavilion
Nick Robins will be attending this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday 12 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18:30-20:00: High-Level Roundtable on Just Transitions: Business, Human Rights, and Climate Action <\/em>
Venue: Blue Zone
Nick Robins will be attending this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday 13 November <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Trade Union Confederation event<\/em>
Details to be confirmed. Nick Robins will be attending this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16:00-18:00 Climate Finance event.<\/em>
Details to be confirmed. Nick Robins will be speaking at this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monday 14 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:00-12:30: Asian Development Bank Just Transition Support Platform <\/em>
Venue: MDB Pavilion
Nick Robins will be speaking at this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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13:00-14:00: Leaders Roundtable on Just Transition <\/em>
Co-hosted by the Council for Inclusive Capitalism, WBCSD and We Mean Business Coalition in the Blue Zone\/Business Pavilion. This high-level roundtable discussion on just transition with companies, investors, and policymakers will bring all stakeholders together to discuss challenges and solutions to catalyse collective action across ecosystems and value chains. Nick Robins will be attending this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15:00-16:00: Accelerating a Just Transition in Food and Energy Systems<\/em>
Co-hosted by the Council for Inclusive Capitalism, World Business Council For Sustainable Development and PwC in the Blue Zone\/Business Pavilion. This panel will be a focused discussion on company adoption of just transition actions across value chains of the food and energy systems, sharing out sector learnings, case studies and commitments with the objective of engaging greater industry participation. Panel discussion, with active audience engagement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16:00-17:15: We Mean Business Coalition (WMBC) Business & Just Transition Taskforce, co-led by BSR and The B Team and supported by the WMB Secretariat. <\/em>
Venue: WMBC Business Pavilion Boardroom in the Blue Zone.
Nick Robins will be attending this event.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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17:00-21:00: Energy Reception<\/em>
Venue: Glasgow Breakthrough Room of the Climate Action Innovation Zone.
Nick Robins will be attending this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday 15 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

09:30-10:30: Carbon Tracker event<\/em>
Venue: South Africa Pavilion
Nick Robins will be attending this event.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12:00-13:00: Multilateral development banks (MDBs) and financing a Just Transition<\/em>
Co-hosted by the Council for Inclusive Capitalism, WBA and Ceres \/ CA100+ in the Innovation Center, this session will bring together MDBs and select investors and companies to strategize and develop collaborative approaches to financing a Just Transition. The event would leverage the Just Energy Transition Framework for Company Action<\/path><\/svg><\/a> and the WBA and CA100+ just transition methodology to establish a shared understanding among key stakeholders on what counts as Just Transition, with the goal of facilitating more efficient, coordinated, and scalable systems for financing and investment. Nick Robins will be attending this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wednesday 16 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

08:45-10:00: What does accountability for Financial institutions on providing the needed Climate finance look like?<\/em>
Venue: WBA\/We Mean Business Pavilion
Nick Robins will be speaking at this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12:00-14:00: Scottish Just Transition Commission<\/em>
Nick Robins will be speaking at this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16:00-17:30: Mobilizing climate finance for adaptation and biodiversity conservation<\/em>
Namibia Pavilion, COP27
Timo Leiter will be participating in this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday 17 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:00-11:30: Climate governance towards Net Zero and resilience: strengthening cooperation between Latin America and Spain in the current context<\/em>
Venue: Spain Pavilion at COP 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This event seeks to analyse: 1) the elements of Net-Zero compatible climate legislation 2) the acceptance of said legislation by stakeholders in the current context 3) ways to foster distributed climate leadership and cooperation across the EU and LAC that together amount to just under 20% of global emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderator – Dr. Lara Lázaro Touza. Senior Analyst and Lecturer. Real Instituto Elcano and Centro de Enseñanza Superior Cardenal Cisneros (ads. Universidad Complutense de Madrid)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keynote speech – Dr. Alina Averchenkova. Distinguished Policy Fellow. Lead, Governance and Legislation. Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panelist 1 – Dr. Ines Dombrowsky. Head of Programme, Environmental Governance. German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Panelist 2- Dr. Sandra Guzmán Luna. CEO and founder. Climate Finance Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (CFGLAC)
Panelist 3.- Ms. Flávia Bellaguarda. Manager. Institutional Relations. Centro Brasil no Clima Panelist 4.- Dr. Gonzalo Sáenz de Miera. President. Spanish Green Growth Group
Panelist 5.–Mr. David Redoli Morchón. Institutional Relations Coordinator. Solaria Closing remarks.- Representative from the Spanish Climate Change Office\/MITECO (tbc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A live stream of this event is available here<\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10:00-11:30: After COP27: where next for net zero and resilience through just transitions?<\/em>
Joint event with the International Labour Organization<\/em>
Nick Robins will be speaking at this event
Further details on this event can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:00-12:30: Designing Food Systems and Health Policies for a Changing Climate<\/em>
Venue: Bangladesh Pavilion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Deputy Minister for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change of Bangladesh (Ms. Habibun Nahar, MP) will be the chief guest at this event which will also include senior representatives from Burkina Faso and The Food and Agriculture Organization Regional Office for Near East and North Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Robinson and Shouro Dasgupta will be taking part in this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16.30-18:00: Governance and citizen: Citizens’ Climate Assembly. <\/em>
Spain Pavilion at COP 27.<\/em>
Speaker: Dr. Alina Averchenkova (Grantham Research Institute, LSE and KNOCA).
You can follow a live stream of this event here<\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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18:30-20:00: Designing governance systems to enable effective implementation of the Paris agreement<\/em>
UNFCCC side event, <\/em>
Venue: Akhenaten Room and online<\/em>
Speakers: Dr. Alina Averchenkova (Grantham Research Institute, LSE); Dr. Anirudh Sridhar (Centre for Policy Research, India); Andrew Gilder (Climate Legal, South Africa); Rocio Garcia Naranjo (Decarboost, Peru); Dr. Rachel Cleetus, Union of Concerned Scientists, USA; Lloyd Mazivarimwe, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further details for this event can be found here<\/a>
You can follow a live stream of the event here<\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Taking stock of COP27 and looking ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

24 November 2022, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Online (via Zoom)<\/em>
This event, held in the week after the United Nations climate change summit in Egypt, considered the outcomes of the COP27 as well as the critical next steps that need to be taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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