Rural women working in tomato sun-drying unit during the harvest season in Egypt. (Photo by WFP-Egypt)
Agenda of Key Activities
List of overall COP27 side events
NOTE: All Times local in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (GMT+2)
| Date and Time | Event | Location | Description | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Nov 6-18
|
Adaptation Fund Pavilion | Blue Zone, P-46 | Feature imagery and beneficiary voices of Adaptation Fund concrete adaptation actions, innovation and learning. | Adaptation Fund |
| Nov 9, 10:30-11:00,
Wednesday |
Fonds d’Adaptation- Accès au financement climatique pour l’adaptation – Nouvelle Stratégie à Moyen Terme du Fonds | IFDD Pavilion | French speaking AF event | IFDD |
| Nov 9, 13:15-14:45,
Wednesday |
Fostering technology innovation to support countries in implementing the Paris Agreement | Room Akhenaten | CTCN | |
| Nov 10, 16:45 – 18:15,
Thursday |
Adaptation Fund New Medium-term Strategy: Scaling local adaptation action, innovation and knowledge (Watch live here) | Room 7 – Thebes | On the Adaptation Fund’s 15-year anniversary, this side event launches the Fund’s new Medium-term Strategy for the period 2023 to 2027 and showcases its main features to further enable the scaling of local adaptation action, innovation, and learning by enhancing existing funding opportunities.
Speakers: Adaptation Fund Board, AFB Secretariat, COP27 Presidency, and diverse voices from funding recipients and projects on the ground, contributors, and civil society |
Adaptation Fund |
| Nov 11, 15:00-16:30,
Friday |
Adaptation Fund Engages the Next Generation (Watch live here) | Room 5 – Memphis | The Adaptation Fund often supports projects that benefit youth, from building capacity of youth through climate resilience training to raising community awareness and knowledge in adaptation. New funding windows through locally led action and innovation are also available for young entrepreneurs.
Speakers: Include representatives from the Adaptation Fund Board, AFB Secretariat, youth organizations, and diverse voices from funding recipients and projects on the ground, AF contributors, and civil society. |
Adaptation Fund |
| Nov 12, 12:30,
Saturday |
COP – TV Interview with UNFCCC | Outside of plenary 1 | Mikko Ollikainen, Head of AF, will speak to the rising urgency of adaptation and the Fund’s concrete programs and growing and innovative funding windows. | Adaptation Fund |
| Nov 12, 13:30-15:00,
Saturday |
Integrated Land and Water management for EbA | Tajikistan Pavilion | TBC | |
| Nov 12, 15:00-16:30,
Saturday |
Gender-just Climate Finance | Amon-150 | TBC | |
| Nov 12, 15:30,
Saturday |
Cerrando las brechas de conocimiento en acceso a financiamineto para la adaptacion al cambio climático | Spanish Pavilion | Spanish speaking AF event | Adaptation Fund |
| Nov 14, 13:00-13:45
Monday |
Adaptation Fund – Access To Climate Finance For Adaptation – New Medium-Term Strategy Of The Fund |
IFAD Pavilion | Arabic speaking AF event | Adaptation Fund |
|
Nov 15, 9:00-10:00 |
Adaptation Fund High-level Contributor Dialogue | Egypt Pavilion, Room A | Adaptation Fund | |
| Nov 15, 18:00-19:00 | Egypt Pavilion, Room A | Adaptation Fund | ||
| Nov 16, 18:00-20:00,
Wednesday |
Nature for Planet | Nature Zone Pavilion | ||
| Nov 17, 09:30-10:30,
Thursday |
CoP 27 Side Event on Technology Transfer for Climate Action | IsDB Pavilion | IsDB | |
| Nov 17, 09:30-10:30,
Thursday |
Finland Side Event: Financing joint measures across sectors for resilience at transboundary basin scale | EU Pavilion | Finland | |
| Nov 17, 10:00-10:50,
Thursday |
WWF: “Finance for Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation” |
Panda Hub | WWF | |
| Nov 17, 11:00-12:00,
Thursday |
AFCIA Side Event: Accelerating Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation | Innovation Hub | UNEP & UNDP | |
| Nov 17, 13:30-15:00,
Thursday |
CPDAE Side Event | GCF/GEF Pavilion | CPDAE | |
| Nov 18, 09:30-11:00,
Friday |
Joint side event with GCF on Scaling up | GCF Pavilion | Adaptation Fund & Green Climate Fund |