CCAC Activities at COP21

by CCAC secretariat - 26 November, 2015
Find out all the activities the CCAC is involved in at COP21 related to reducing Short-lived Climate Pollutants

The 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11), is taking place in Paris from November 30th to December 11th, 2015. The success of COP21 is crucial as it needs to achieve a new international agreement on the climate, applicable to all countries, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C. France is playing a leading international role to ensure points of view converge and to facilitate the search for consensus by the United Nations, as well as within the European Union, which has a major role in climate negotiations. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) together with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), is supporting the United Nations presence at COP in particular that of the United Nations Framework Convention on Cliamte Change (UNFCCC).

The CCAC is well-placed to contribute to increased action that will help inform the climate talks. To deliver on that potential, the CCAC is participating in a number of COP21 events and side-events, both at the Le Bourget site and other venues around Paris.  Working in collaboration with France, Peru, the UNFCCC and the UN SG Climate Office the CCAC is hosting the Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) Focus Day as part of the Lima Paris Action Agenda (LPAA). The Coalition is also holding its High Level Assembly within COP21, where it will release its five year strategy to reduce SLCPs.

Click on the links below for more information on CCAC Meetings and Events at COP 21

(In Chronological Order)

Dec 3, 11:00 - 12:00, Side Event - Cities: What cities can do to improve climate and clean air  (Agora Hall, Cities and Regions Pavilion, Green Zone)

DEC 4, 15:00 - 18:30, Lima Paris Action Agenda SLCP Focus Day  (Observer room 12, Blue Zone)

Dec 4, 18:00-20:00, Breathe Life: Cleaning the air, saving lives and slowing near-term climate change (CICERO Pavilion, Blue Zone)

DEC 7, 13:00 – 16:00, CCAC Meeting - Preparatory Working Group meeting (External venue) invite only

DEC 7, 18:30 – 20:00, Side Event - Oil & Gas: Reducing methane emissions from oil & gas operations (Observer room 3, Blue Zone)

DEC 8, 12:00 – 14:00, Side Event - SLCPs and INDCs: Tackling short-lived climate pollutants to raise ambition (CICERO pavillon, Blue Zone)

DEC 8, 13:15 - 14:45, Side Event - Waste: Mitigating methane emissions: from science to innovative solutions (Observer room 8, Blue Zone)

DEC 8, 15:00 – 17:00, CCAC Meeting - 7th High Level Assembly (Meeting room 9, Blue Zone) Invite Only

Dec 8, 18:30 - 20:00,  Side Event - Health & air pollution: Why the climate change agreement is critical to Public Health (Observer room 1, Blue Zone)

DEC 9, 18:30 - 20:00, CCAC Side Event - CCAC official joint event: Addressing Near-term Climate Change with Multiple Benefits (Observer room 12, Blue Zone)

 

There are also many different events related to SLCPs and the various initiatives we work on and support taking place at COP21. For a PDF of a full list of events please click the link below.

 

 

DOWNLOAD a FULL LIST OF SLCP ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT COP21

 

 

 

 

 

“I am very optimistic that the good mix of enthusiasm and realism being shown at the COP21 will finally enable the negotiators to really begin paving the road towards a more sustainable future – a road that can continue to be widened after the COP21 is over, curbing climate change before it becomes catastrophic, and, through efforts led by the CCAC and its partners, harnessing this opportunity to simultaneously contribute to solving the broader challenges associated with poor air quality and its health impacts, which are already catastrophic in many parts of the world.” IASS Managing Director, Prof. Mark G. Lawrence.