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WUR at COP24 climate conference
From 3 to 14 December, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is hosting the 24th Conference of Parties (COP) in Katowice, Poland. The 190 countries that are participating in this conference will be attempting to flesh out the Paris Agreement, with a particular focus on the implementation guidelines laid out in the Paris Rulebook. Researchers from Wageningen University & Research are present to provide the delegations with valuable information and to keep abreast of the negotiations.
Programme on where you can meet WUR-reseachers:
Time | Place | Subject | Contact |
Tuesday 4 December 14:00-15:00h | German Pavilion | UNEP gap report | UNEP - Niklas Höhne |
Tuesday 4 December 15:00-16:30h | Room Wisla | Making climate action more transparent and ambitious | New Climate Institute - Niklas Höhne |
Wednesday 5 December 15:00-16:30h | Room Warmia | A new understanding of Paris-compatible climate action: Translating 1.5°C into technological, social, and political examples of transitional change around the world. | New Climate Institute - Niklas Höhne |
Wednesday 5 December 15:00-16:30h | Side event: Bieszczady | Transparent Forests – how the Global Forest Observations Initiative supports the REDD+ process. | European Space Agency, GFOI - Martin Herold |
Thursday 6 December 18:30-20:00h | Room Warmia | What has REDD+ achieved? Evaluating the impacts of REDD+ interventions on forests and people. | CIFOR, Green Climate Fund and Wageningen University & Research - Martin Herold |
Friday 7 December 12:00-13:30h | German Pavilion | Driving NDC Implementation. | BMU - Niklas Höhne |
Friday 7 December 14:30-16:00h | EC Pavillion, Room Brussels | The key role of forests in mitigating climate change: from the Paris Agreement to EU legislation. | Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania; Wageningen University; REDD+ Business Initiative - Martin Herold |
Saturday 8 December | EU Pavilion | Building partnerships and tracking progress – Role of non-state and subnational climate actors. | DIE - Martin Herold |
Monday 10 December 10:30-11:00h | Press conference room | Climate Change Performance index (CCPI). Release of the 2019 version of the Climate Change Performance Index. | German Watch, New Climate Institute - Martin Herold |
Tuesday 11 December 11:30-12:00h | Press conference room | Climate Action Tracker temperature update. Release of the up to date assessment of NDCs, their implementation and impact on global temperature. | Clima ActionTracker, New Climate Institute - Martin Herold |
Thursday 13 December 18:00-20:00h | EC Pavilion, Area E | Climate action, land and the Nexus. | Wageningen Economic Research, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education; European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) - Floor Brouwer |
Friday 14 December 11:30-13:00h | Room Pieniny | The Paris Agreement and the Nexus of water, energy and food: Policy coherence and serious games. | Sim4Nexus - Floor Brouwer |
CCAFS Activities managed by Wageningen University & Research
Time | Place | Subject | Contact |
Tuesday 4 December 16:00-18:00h | Courtyard by Marriott Hotel | Transforming food systems under a changing climate: from priorities to action | CCAFS |
Wednesday 5 December 15:15-16:45h | Fiji Pavillion | Enables for food system transformation | CCAFS |
Wednesday 5 December 16:45-18:15h | Room Pieniny | Climate smart agriculture - identifying the best bets | CCAFS |
Thursday 6 December 18:30-20:00h | Bug room | Next generation technologies to tackle climate challenges in agriculture | CCAFS |
Monday 10 December 18:30-20:00h | Bieszczady room | Leveraging finance to create opportunities for scaled climate action | CCAFS |
Tuesday 11 December 15:00-16:30h | Bieszczady room | Transforming agriculture by recarbonizing the Earth’s soil | CCAFS |
Woensdag 12 December 14:00-18:00h | Hotel Monopol | Stepping up food systems transformation under a changing climate | CCAFS |