Climate and Clean Air Coalition Annual Meeting 2026

Sunday 11 October – Invitation-only pre-meetings

Board meeting
All day | Invitation only for CCAC Board members

This meeting convenes the CCAC Board

Scientific Advisory Panel meeting
All day | Invitation-only for CCAC Scientific Advisory Panel members

This meeting convenes the CCAC Scientific Advisory Panel

Monday 12 October – Invitation-only pre-meetings

Board meeting

All day | Invitation only for CCAC Board members

This meeting convenes the CCAC Board (full list of Board representatives available here).

Scientific Advisory Panel meeting

All day | Invitation-only for CCAC Scientific Advisory Panel members.

This meeting convenes the CCAC Scientific Advisory Panel (full list of members available here).

National Capacity-Building Training: From NDC 3.0 to BTRs – Strengthening Super Pollutant Transparency and Implementation

All day | Invitation-only for CCAC National Focal Points and National Consultants

This interactive capacity-building workshop will bring together CCAC National Focal Points, National Consultants, transparency and BTR practitioners, Accelerator and National Planning countries, and technical partners to strengthen the integration of methane and other super pollutants into national climate transparency and implementation processes.

Through technical presentations, country case studies, peer exchange and practical exercises, participants will explore lessons from NDC 3.0 and BTR/Technical Expert Review processes; approaches to strengthening national inventories and MRV; and links between transparency, implementation, finance, technology transfer and capacity-building needs.

A Country Assessment and interactive Country Health Check will identify priority technical and institutional gaps and opportunities for future CCAC support. Speakers will include country representatives and experts from CCAC, UNEP-GEF BTR Programme and CBIT-GSP, alongside other technical partners.

Integrating Agricultural Development and Methane Mitigation: Moving from NDCs to Implementation

All day | Invitation only

This workshop convenes the Plan to Accelerate Solutions (PAS) on Agricultural Methane Mitigation to translate national policies and commitments to implementation. It is designed for representatives from national governments, finance, private sector and civil society engaged in agricultural methane mitigation, with a focus on strengthening how countries develop, deliver, and showcase their NDC commitments in this space.

It is especially relevant for government counterparts shaping methane-related targets, companies operating across livestock and rice supply chains, and civil society.

The session will center on rice and livestock methane emissions, and will combine technical presentations, country case studies, peer-to-peer exchange, facilitated discussion, and practical exercises.

Tuesday 13 October – High Level Day

Opening Plenary: From Commitment to Implementation: Scaling Action on Super Pollutants

09:00–10:30 | Open to all participants

The Opening Plenary convenes leaders from CCAC countries, international organizations, development banks, philanthropic organizations, technical partners, civil society, academia and private sector representatives participating in the 2026 CCAC Annual Meeting.

It will assemble representatives from the first cohort of CCAC Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator countries to speak to their experiences and opportunities for scaling implementation. The session also serves as the public opening of the Annual Meeting and will be livestreamed to a global audience.

Linking Technologies, Investment, and Practice – TEAP Showcase

11:00–12:30 | Open to all participants

This session will highlight how the CCAC's Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (CCAC-TEAP) is working to address scaling and finance of mitigation technologies, with clear potential to substantially reduce super pollutants across key emission sectors.

In creating a platform for the engagement of both the public and private sector, alongside sectoral experts in mitigation technologies, CCAC-TEAP has established a platform to identify barriers and enablers in the adoption of technologies which can play a critical role in SLCP mitigation, cleaner air and a range of development benefits.

This interactive session will share the work of the CCAC-TEAP to date, its future potential, as well as provide examples where its analytical work has catalysed stakeholders, and unlocked finance.

Lunch

12:30–13:30

Parallel lunch sessions | 13:30–14:30

Alternatives to open agricultural burning: Clearing the air, strengthening markets for residue, shifting behaviours

13:30–14:30 | Open to all Annual Meeting participants

This parallel session will explore successful mitigation strategies to address the pervasive practice of crop residue burning and its impacts on air quality, human health, and soil degradation.

Speakers will showcase proven approaches to provide viable alternatives for farmers, enable early detection of burning events, support behaviour change, and strengthen markets for crop residues. The session will emphasise practical tools and solutions that agriculture experts, air quality managers, extension workers, and farmers can leverage to reduce burning and clear the air.

Meeting of the Panel on the Near-Zero Methane Intensity Fossil Fuel Marketplace & GMP Champions

13:30–14:30 | Invitation-only

The country panel coordinating activities for the Fossil Fuel Statement seeking to drastically reduce methane emissions from fossil fuel production will hold a closed-door meeting with Panel members, Global Methane Pledge Champions and invited participants to provide an update on the latest proposals to develop a near zero methane emission marketplace and how importers and exporters can work together through trade cooperation to successfully implement transparency and mitigation efforts.

CCAC Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) + Sectoral Hubs

13:30–14:30 | CCAC Hub participants

Following the plenary session on TEAP, Hub participants are invited to convene to reflect on the priority topics that TEAP is addressing next, explore options for future TEAP focuses, discuss webinar series, and explore other initiative mechanisms to increase the impact of products and encourage private sector engagement in deployable and scalable technologies and practices.

Participants will consider barriers to adoption, including through a lens of behavioral science, and connect to the CCAC Economic Assessment. This session encourages brainstorming for future TEAP topics in 2027, considering any gaps, opportunities, and cross-sectoral ideas connecting multiple Hubs.

Parallel sessions | 14:30–16:00

CCAC NGO Strategic Dialogue

14:30–16:00 | CCAC Non-governmental organization partners

Civil society organizations are important partners in the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), bringing scientific expertise, policy leadership, implementation capacity, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement to accelerate action on super pollutants.

This interactive strategic dialogue will provide a dedicated space for NGO partners and CCAC leadership to discuss the Coalition's future priorities, strengthen strategic collaboration, and identify opportunities for greater collective impact.

Moving beyond information sharing, the session will focus on how NGOs can help shape and support implementation of the Super Pollutants Prioritization Strategy, contribute to the Accelerator approach, and strengthen coordinated action across the Coalition.

The discussion will also explore emerging policy opportunities, future collaboration around ministerial and international processes, and practical ways to enhance NGO engagement in delivering CCAC's strategic objectives. The session is expected to generate recommendations that inform CCAC's strategic planning while reinforcing NGOs' role as long-term strategic partners in achieving the Coalition's mission.

Africa – Political Leadership to Action

14:30–16:00 | African State Partners

Africa is at a pivotal moment in addressing air pollution and short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). While the continent contributes a relatively small share of historical greenhouse gas emissions, exposure to harmful air pollution continues to increase, resulting in over one million premature deaths annually and significant economic losses.

Rapid urbanization, population growth, expanding transport and energy demand, waste generation, agricultural burning, and industrial development are expected to further increase emissions unless decisive action is taken. Recent regional assessments—including the Africa Air Quality Benchmarking Report and the State of Global Air assessment—provide the clearest picture to date of both the challenges and opportunities across the continent.

Through the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), governments across Africa are receiving support to translate this evidence into action. This includes the Africa Clean Air Programme (ACAP), the Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator, Targeted Expert Assistance, methane roadmaps, national SLCP planning, air quality management, regional Centres of Excellence, and support for integrating super pollutants into climate and development planning.

This regional session provides an opportunity to take stock of progress across Africa, hear directly from governments on implementation, showcase practical support being delivered by implementing partners and philanthropic organizations, and identify priorities for scaling action over the coming years.

Mitigation of Super Pollutants in the ASEAN Region (Driving Regional Action in ASEAN)

14:30–16:00 | ASEAN State Partners

This session will convene representatives from the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Member States and CCAC Partners – development partners and technical organisations – to advance regional cooperation in Southeast Asia on reducing super pollutants.

The event will highlight progress under SEACAI as well as under the CCAC’s country-driven projects and CCAC’s Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator. It will showcase practical approaches to reducing emissions from key economic sectors, illustrating how coordinated action on super pollutants can simultaneously address climate change and air pollution.

The discussion will specifically focus on opportunities to strengthen implementation of the ASEAN Haze-Free Roadmap and the ASEAN Investment Framework for Haze-Free Sustainable Land Management, align emerging regional initiatives on air quality and climate and foster collaboration among governments and partners.

Latin America and the Caribbean – NDC to Implementation

14:30–16:00 | LAC State Partners

The regional panel discussion will bring together governments and partners from LAC to take stock of progress in implementing NDC 3.0, with a focus on translating SLCP commitments into concrete policies, investments and projects.

The session will showcase country experiences, technical and financial support, and practical approaches for accelerating methane, black carbon and HFC mitigation while maximizing climate, health, air-quality and development benefits.

The session will:

• Highlight concrete country experiences in translating SLCP targets into policies, regulations, institutional arrangements, investment plans and bankable projects.
• Identify practical solutions to overcome implementation barriers, including gaps in finance, institutional coordination, technical capacity, data, monitoring, reporting and verification, and project preparation.
• Showcase tools, technical assistance and financing approaches that can help governments identify, quantify, monitor and evaluate SLCP mitigation opportunities and translate them into actionable investment pipelines.
• Strengthen regional cooperation and peer-to-peer learning by facilitating the exchange of practical policy, regulatory, institutional and financing approaches that can be adapted and replicated across LAC countries.
• Identify opportunities for scaled-up regional action and support by connecting governments with technical organizations, development partners, financial institutions and philanthropic organizations that can support implementation of NDC 3.0 priorities.
• Identify action items for strengthening regional collaboration on SLCP mitigation and accelerating the delivery of NDC 3.0 commitments in the years ahead.

Plenary: Elevating Leadership on Clean Air & Health

16:30–18:00 | All Annual Meeting participants

Increasingly, governments, development institutions, philanthropies, and health actors are recognising that reducing super pollutants can deliver immediate and visible benefits across climate, health, economic and development priorities.

Positioning super pollutant mitigation through a clean air and public health lens may represent one of the strongest opportunities to accelerate political momentum, broaden coalitions beyond climate ministries, and strengthen the case for implementation and investment.

In their G20 Presidency, South Africa highlighted the critical need to act on air pollution, resulting in the first ever G20 ministerial declaration on air quality. This session is framed in two parts: first, around the barriers to progress that were identified in the lead up to the Cape Declaration, showcasing partners who are demonstrating that solutions to those barriers are within reach, and secondly, in a panel discussion highlighting the effectiveness of leveraging health evidence to drive further action.

Opening Reception

19:00–22:00 | All Annual Meeting participants

Off-site opening reception for Annual Meeting participants.

Group transport option available from meeting venue.

Details to follow.

Wednesday 14 October - Science policy dialogue

Communications Mixer

08:00–09:00 | Communications representatives

The Communications Mixer will bring together communications professionals and communications-minded individuals from across the CCAC Partnership, including implementing organizations, governments, multilateral development banks, philanthropic organizations and other partner institutions participating in the 2026 CCAC Annual Meeting.

Co-Chair welcome

09:00–09:15 | All Annual Meeting participants

The session provides an opportunity to exchange ideas, strengthen coordination and explore how the Coalition can more effectively communicate the importance of action on super pollutants ahead of COP31 and beyond.

Plenary: Economic Assessment and Super Pollutant Finance Dialogue

09:15–10:30 | All Annual Meeting participants

This plenary will present and interrogate the economic case for accelerated action on super pollutants, drawing on the findings of the CCAC Economic Assessment, Hidden assets: The economic and health case for climate and clean air action, and new findings of financial flows for super pollutant abatement from Climate Policy Initiative (CPI).

The session will focus on two core components of the economic narrative: first, the scale of the economic costs associated with air pollution and climate change, the costs and financial landscape of implementing super pollutant mitigation measures, and the economic value of early action; and second, the barriers that prevent or slow implementation, and the enabling conditions required to accelerate progress.

Parallel sessions | 11:00–12:30

Unlocking Finance for Super Pollutant Action

11:00–12:30 | Open to all Annual Meeting participants

This breakout session will focus on scaling up finance for super pollutant mitigation, building on the findings of the CCAC Economic Assessment, Hidden assets: The economic and health case for climate and clean air action, and the newly launched Super Pollutant Financing Landscape Report, funded by the CCAC and developed by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI).

The session will provide participants with an opportunity to discuss how the report’s findings can be translated into practical actions to accelerate financial flows for super pollutant mitigation.

Moving beyond the report launch, the discussion will examine where and how finance can be scaled up across sectors and regions. Participants will identify the key financial, policy, and institutional barriers to investment, the critical actors whose decisions shape financing outcomes, and the enabling conditions needed to mobilize capital at scale.

The session will also explore effective mechanisms to incentivize the financial community, improve alignment between finance and mitigation priorities, and identify how CCAC's flagships, Hubs, TEAP, and partnerships can work together to create stronger enabling environments for investment and implementation.

Nexus between adaptation and mitigation in the context of Overshoot

11:00–12:30 | Open to all Annual Meeting participants

Drawing on UNEP’s recently launched Overshoot Report and UNEP-CCAC Economic Assessment, this breakout session will explore the links between climate mitigation and adaptation in the context of temperature overshoot. Participants will discuss how integrated action on super pollutants can limit near-term warming, reduce climate risks, and strengthen resilience while delivering rapid benefits for health, livelihoods, and the economy. 

Lunch

12:30–13:30

Parallel lunch sessions | 13:30–14:30

Closing the Ozone Gap: Science, Policy and Clean Air Action

13:30–14:30 | Open to all Annual Meeting participants

This informal lunch workshop will bring together scientists, policymakers, and partners to exchange ideas on integrated particulate matter (PM) and tropospheric ozone management.

Building on the proposed 2027 Science-Policy Dialogue proposal and growing international interests in this challenge, participants will explore how scientific cooperation and practical exchanges could support a broader global community of practice.

Waste & Accelerator Countries

13:30–14:30 | Invitation-only

This interactive session will bring together CCAC Accelerator countries to exchange experiences on reducing methane emissions from the waste sector.

As waste is a shared priority across all Accelerator Countries, the session will provide an opportunity to strengthen connections, share practical lessons and discuss common implementation challenges.

The exchange will explore themes such as organic waste diversion, translating national priorities into local implementation, and strengthening data and MRV systems. It will also help identify areas for continued peer learning and collaboration through future Accelerator and Waste Hub exchanges.

Global Methane Pledge Champions Meeting

13:30–14:30 | Invitation-only meeting

Meeting of representatives of Global Methane Pledge Champions governments.

Plan to Accelerate Solutions: Agriculture Methane

13:30–14:30 | Open to all Annual Meeting participants

This is an informal session to convene country representatives and civil society stakeholders working on agricultural methane mitigation.

Parallel sessions | 14:30–16:00

Strengthening Enabling Environments and Integrated Policy Planning for Super Pollutants: Translating Analysis into Action

14:30–16:00 | Open to all Annual Meeting participants

This breakout session will focus on how to create enabling institutional and regulatory environments that accelerate the implementation of super pollutant mitigation measures.

Building on the Economic Assessment’s groundbreaking analysis, the session will examine how regulatory design, institutional coordination, enforcement capacity, and policy coherence shape the success or failure of implementation efforts.

Using case study examples from two of the four surveyed countries—Mexico, Nigeria, China, and India—the session will illustrate how enabling conditions can either unlock or constrain progress.

Scaling up Black Carbon Mitigation: Leveraging local to global impacts

14:30–16:00 | Open to all Annual Meeting participants

Building on the UNEP-CCAC Global Economic Assessment on Climate and Clean Air, Hidden assets: The economic and health case for climate and clean air action, and previously launched White Paper on Black Carbon Reduction: A Rapid Action Plan by iGDP and WEF, this session aims to exchange the latest scientific understanding of black carbon, explore how integrated climate and air quality approaches—at the national policy level and supported by regional and international cooperation—can inform and accelerate ambitious action on black carbon, and identify practical pathways for implementation.

Financing Lifecycle Refrigerant Management (LRM)

14:30–16:00 | Open to Cooling Hub participants and all Annual Meeting participants

Financing remains a key barrier to strengthening lifecycle refrigerant management (LRM), particularly for the collection, reclamation, recycling and destruction of fluorocarbons at end of life.

While the Multilateral Fund provides important support, additional sources of public and private finance will be needed to build sustainable national and regional systems.

This session will explore complementary financing approaches for LRM, bringing together government representatives, development partners, carbon market experts and private-sector actors.

Following brief opening remarks and an overview of financing options, two interactive panel discussions will examine public and bilateral financing approaches and private-sector and carbon market opportunities, with a focus on practical experiences and opportunities for scaling action.

Parallel sessions | 16:30–18:00

Agri-Food Assessment and Scaling Action through Farmers FIRST

16:30–18:00 | Open to Agriculture Hub participants and all Annual Meeting participants

This session centers on nascent scientific insights and analytical outputs derived from the forthcoming CCAC–FAO Integrated Agri-food Assessment, exploring how these conclusions can drive impactful policy, investment, and execution.

Attendees will be introduced to primary assessment findings, emphasizing the refinement of mitigation pathways via enhanced modelling and empirical data—notably through recent ADOPT model upgrades and survey-based grounding of mitigation scenarios.

Moving beyond results, the dialogue will evaluate the most effective framing of assessment conclusions to ensure high policy resonance and utility for diverse stakeholders.

Through a moderated exchange, participants will assess whether key messages align with practical decision-making and the requirements of donors and officials.

Furthermore, the session will identify future priorities, including cross-hub collaboration among the Agriculture and Waste workstreams to operationalize findings through CCAC initiatives, while pinpointing necessary follow-on science or pilot projects to address critical implementation gaps.

Complex Health Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate

16:30–18:00 | Open to all Annual Meeting participants

This breakout session will explore emerging science on the compound impacts of air pollution and heat on human health, with a particular focus on ozone and fine particulate matter (PM).

The session will introduce CCAC partners to recent advances in understanding how exposure to air pollution and extreme heat interact to amplify morbidity and mortality risks, and how these combined impacts translate into economic and societal costs.

Shaping the Future Direction of Fossil Fuel Regulation

16:30–18:00 | Open to Fossil Fuel Hub participants and all Annual Meeting participants

This interactive breakout session will highlight how the energy policy landscape is changing, the need to connect environment and energy policy and why the case for action is greater than ever.

The session will jump into the future and consider what factors are driving change and the future scenarios we should plan for. It will then work backwards to see how regulations can be designed to consider this future and what approaches are practical.

The business case for action will be discussed including co-benefits associated with future access to markets and finance as well as reduced damages associated with health and agricultural productivity.

Evening Reception

18:00–21:00 | All Annual Meeting participants

Afterwork cocktail at meeting venue.

Thursday 15 October – Finance Mobilization Day

Plenary: Carbon Finance and Article 6: Opportunities for Financing Super Pollutant Action

09:00–10:30 | All Annual Meeting participants

Carbon finance, through compliance and voluntary markets, is emerging as a powerful tool to accelerate action on super pollutants. However, navigating the landscape remains complex.

This session brings together government representatives, development finance institutions, private-sector actors, and technical experts to explore how carbon finance can be mobilized to close funding gaps and scale impact.

Speakers will share practical experiences from Article 6 projects and corporate engagement with voluntary carbon markets, surfacing lessons learned, opportunities for peer-to-peer learning and replication, and how to build private-sector demand for high-quality super pollutant projects.

Grounded in the latest evidence and analysis, the discussion will offer a candid look at where carbon finance is delivering results and its role in the broader landscape of innovative super pollutant finance.

Parallel sessions | 11:00–12:30

Financing Waste

11:00–12:30 | Open to Waste Hub participants and all Annual Meeting participants

The session will showcase successful examples where financing has enabled reductions in methane and black carbon from the waste sector, particularly through CCAC-supported initiatives, in CCAC partner countries, and countries participating in the Accelerator Program.

It will highlight practical financing approaches, including municipal finance, development finance, blended finance, carbon finance, results-based finance, and circular economy investment models.

The discussion will also connect to emerging global momentum around organic waste methane reduction, including the CCAC-supported No Organic Waste (NOW!) initiative, the LOW-Methane portfolios’ theory of change, and emerging financing solutions.

Behavior Change to Finance: The Household Energy Transition

11:00–12:30 | Open to Household Energy Hub participants and all Annual Meeting participants

This session is targeted toward all CCAC Partners who are working to improve air quality and advance mitigation in the household energy sector, with specific focus on scaling eCooking.

During the session, participants will discuss how a gender-focused approach to behavior change can help drive finance to scale the implementation of eCooking. Speakers will showcase new guidance and recent progress in countries.

Interactive discussion will focus on countries’ immediate needs, ways to enhance South-South sharing of lessons learned, and new opportunities through new technology and carbon finance.

Market Mechanisms to Scale Agricultural Methane Mitigation

11:00–12:30 | Open to Agriculture Hub participants and all Annual Meeting participants

Despite the availability of cost-effective technologies and practices to reduce methane emissions from livestock and rice systems, farmers often hesitate to adopt them without clear profitability and accessible financing.

Market-based mechanisms offer an underutilized opportunity to accelerate uptake of proven solutions while stimulating development and commercialization of near-market innovations.

These approaches include Payment for Results (P4R), advance market commitments, innovation prizes, and carbon markets.

Building on experience from initiatives such as AgResults, this activity will explore how market mechanisms can complement public and private investment to drive methane mitigation alongside productivity and livelihood benefits.

The session will synthesize emerging evidence and practical experience from Spark Climate Solutions, Clean Air Task Force, and the Sustainable Rice Platform.

It will identify opportunities to integrate market mechanisms into national methane strategies, private-sector Scope 3 initiatives, and climate finance portfolios, helping accelerate deployment of effective methane mitigation solutions at scale.

Lunch

12:30–13:30

Parallel lunch sessions | 13:30–14:30

Follow up on National Capacity Building Workshop

13:30–14:30 | Invitation-only for participants of 12 Oct capacity-building workshop

Description pending.

Black Carbon Peer Network

13:30–14:30 | Invitation-only for Peer Network members and State Partner representatives

The Peer Network on Sectoral Action on Black Carbon breakout session will provide a space for engagement between Peer Network members and other state partners interested in acting on black carbon.

The capacity-building component of the session aims to identify key constraints and opportunities on accessing climate financing for black carbon projects and to strengthen participants' capacity to develop project ideas or concept notes for submissions to major multilateral funding mechanisms.

Plan to Accelerate Solutions: Fertilisers

13:30–14:30 | Open to all Annual Meeting participants

This informal session convenes country representatives and civil society stakeholders working on fertilisers and nitrous oxide mitigation.

Parallel sessions | 14:30–16:00

Financing the Fertiliser Transition: Are Subsidies and Agricultural Finance Supporting the Right Solutions?

14:30–16:00 | Open to all Annual Meeting participants

Agricultural finance already determines which fertilisers are produced, purchased and applied.

Governments and financial institutions provide subsidies, vouchers, tax incentives, seasonal credit, equipment finance and public procurement, but these systems are rarely designed to reward lower nitrous oxide emissions, reduced methane emissions, improved nutrient-use efficiency, circular nutrient recovery or stronger soil health.

The problem is therefore not only a lack of finance; it is the misalignment of existing finance.

Low-emission nutrient solutions often need more than a loan. Farmers and enterprises may require capacity building, suitable application equipment, production and storage infrastructure, working capital, guarantees, insurance, quality assurance and predictable demand.

Without this enabling package, alternative fertiliser solutions remain technically promising but financially difficult to scale.

The session will challenge governments, development banks and private financial institutions to explain why conventional products are routinely eligible for support while lower-emission products and services must repeatedly prove their bankability.

Scaling Finance and Derisking the Market for Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Engines

14:30–16:00 | Open to HDVE Hub participants and all Annual Meeting participants

This session is targeted toward all CCAC Partners who are working to improve air quality and advance mitigation in the transport sector, with specific focus on heavy-duty vehicles and engines.

During the session, participants will discuss practical tools for translating regional electrification ambition into bankable action.

Speakers will showcase progress on the Switzerland-Thailand Article 6 Bangkok E-Bus Programme and discuss global supply chain barriers to technology and market development.

Interactive discussion will focus on countries’ immediate needs, possible financing and risk-reduction mechanisms, and areas where CCAC partners and other initiatives could contribute.

Derisking Finance in the Fossil Fuel Sector

14:30–16:00 | Open to Fossil Fuel Hub participants and all Annual Meeting participants

The fossil fuel sector offers many of the quickest, most cost effective SLCP reduction measures, yet progress is still lagging.

This plenary session will highlight how significant investment is yet to feed into methane and other SLCP mitigation with emissions broadly flat rather than declining.

It will explore the latest information available on investment flows, the challenges countries and operators experience in delivering reductions, types of financing available and the conditions needed to successfully unlock investment and accelerate mitigation project implementation.

The session will link discussions earlier in the week including on the Fossil Fuel Statement efforts to develop a near zero marketplace through shared responsibility and the breakout session the previous day exploring the role of national regulations and frameworks.

It will consider which areas will most benefit from financial support and the arrangements available to move the sector beyond planning into action. A key focus will be on understanding what barriers continue to be present and how these can be overcome.

Plenary: Closing Ceremony

16:30–18:00 | All Annual Meeting participants

The Closing Plenary brings together government officials, international organizations, multilateral development banks, philanthropic organizations, technical partners, civil society, academia and private sector representatives participating in the 2026 CCAC Annual Meeting.

The session concludes three days of dialogue by identifying the implementation priorities, partnerships and financing opportunities that will carry momentum forward to COP31 and beyond.

The session will be livestreamed to a global audience.

Friday 16 October – Offsite optional meetings

Partners are invited to share information on meetings and events organized on Friday, 16 October with fiona.hurrey [at] un.org for feature on the website and distribution to the Annual Meeting participant list.