Azerbaijan NDC Working Group meeting

9:00

Registration

9.30 – 09:45

Welcome and scene setting: Current status of NDC Roadmap / Action Plan after ratification of the Paris Agreement and the sectoral development plan decisions

Chair: Mr. Issa Aliyev, UNFCCC Focal Point

Introduction of participants

09:45 – 10:45

Climate finance – perspective on the Paris Agreement

• Ms. Marzena Chodor, Clima East Key Expert
• Mr. Zsolt Lengyel, Clima East Team Leader

Presentation: (in English)

10:45 – 11:00

Sectoral approach to NDC implementation

• Mr. Issa Aliyev, UNFCCC Focal Point

11:00 – 11:20

Coffee Break

11:20 – 11:50

Sectoral planning and mainstreaming examples from the EU (EU member states)

• Resilient and low-emitting agriculture, Mr Jerzy Kozyra & Mr Rafal Waver Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute (via video connection)

Presentation: (in English)

• Circular economy in heavy industry, Prof. Tomasz Szczygielski, Warsaw University of Technology (via video connection)

Presentation: (in English)

Support document: European Parliament report on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste. 

11:50– 12:35

Discussion and approval of WG work plan

• Mr. Issa Aliyev, UNFCCC Focal Point
• Mr. Zsolt Lengyel, Clima East Team Leader
• Ms. Marzena Chodor, Clima East Key Expert

12.35-12.50

Role of infrastructure investments: shifting trillions to resilient, low-emission infrastructure globally

• Ms. Katharina Schneider-Roos, Deputy Executive Director, Global Infrastructure Basel (GIB Foundation), (via video connection)

Presentation: (in English)

12.50-13.20

Sectoral discussions – exemplary work planning and SWOT and analysis and recommendations for mainstreaming in a sectoral development strategy/programme

• Representatives of the selected sector/ministry/relevant invited stakeholders

13:20 – 13.30

Next steps & wrap-up

• Mr. Issa Aliyev, UNFCCC Focal Point
• Mr. Zsolt Lengyel, Clima East Team Leader