"Non-Party-Action" - Subnational Stakeholders Engaging in Global Climate Protection

The event series "NRW Climate Lounge" offers events alongside COP23 on nine weekdays from 5 – 7 p.m.

Before introducing the topic of the day, the Wuppertal Institute will present the daily update on the current official negotiations at COP23.

Next, everything will revolve around the question as to which role subnational stakeholders play in the World Climate Conference. The “Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action", also known as the Global Climate Action Agenda (GCAA), was launched at COP22 in Marrakech. It aims to bring non-Party stakholders – subnational governments, cities and municipalities, companies, investors as well as the general public – under one roof to compile good ideas, pilot projects, strategies and best practices for climate protection. This targeted exchange should speed up the implementation of climate protection measures.

This event seeks to shed more light on the vision and objectives of the "Global Climate Action Agenda" and to demonstrate the role that subnational governments could assume in the framework of this initiative. In doing so, we’ll take a look across the pond at the US, where its states are currently playing a very important role in climate protection.

Moderator: Helen Clarkson, Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Group

Speakers include:

• Lukas Hermwille, Research Group Energy, Transport and Climate Policy, Wuppertal Institute – Update on the ongoing negotiations at COP23
• Anne O’Connor, Deputy Commissioner and Chief of Staff, Minnesota Department of Commerce: Climate Action in times of Trump – how US-States keep up working towards a CO2 free future
• Dr. Ulrich Maurer, Head of Unit for Europe and International Affairs, Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector of the State of Baden Württemberg: Introduction to Under2 Coalition
• Martin Frick, Senior Director for Policy and Programme Coordination, UN Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC): Overview of the Global Climate Action Agenda, its activities, targets and structure; Climate Champions and their role
• Vera Rodenhoff, Head of Unit for International Affairs Environment, Building and Urban Development, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB): Achieving the Paris Climate Goals: A Mulitlevel Challenge
• Tina Völker, Policy Officer, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia: Introduction to the project "Energy Transition Platform"

However the outcome of this year's COP, our scientists will report. Stay tuned: #MakingParisPossible

UN accreditation is not required for the event series. Additional dates for the event series and COP23 can be found at the following links.