OECD at #COP23 – OECD
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1 November – Climate lecture by Secretary-General Angel Gurría
» OECD’s Gurría calls for renewed international commitment to fighting climate change, 1 November, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada
» Read the speech “Climate Action – Time for implementation” (Download the pdf version)
» Moving forward on climate: Looking beyond narrow interests, Insights blog
6-17 November – OECD participation and side events
During COP23, the programme of OECD side events will cover key topics:
- 2018 facilitative dialogue.
- Carbon transition and pricing.
- Climate disclosure.
- Climate finance.
- Fossil fuel subsidies.
- Investments through Public-Private Blended Finance.
- Transparency.
- Transport.
- 13 November High-level engagement on Finance Day – Finance for Climate, Monitoring financial markets on the Paris Agreement & addressing climate-related risks, with Masamichi Kono, OECD Deputy Secretary-General, Room 2, Bonn Zone (16:45-18:15)
- 14 November Germany-OECD side event: Initiating a just transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient future, Room 7, Bonn Zone (15:00-16:30)
- 15 November Carbon Pricing for the low-carbon transition, with H. E. Eunkyung Kim, Minister of Environment, Korea, and Masamichi Kono, OECD Deputy Secretary General, Korean Pavilion, Bonn Zone (11:00-12:30)
Video: Investing in Climate, Investing in Growth
Governments around the world are facing the imperatives of re-invigorating growth while improving livelihoods and urgently tackling climate change. The OECD report Investing in Climate, Investing in Growth provides an assessment of how they can generate inclusive economic growth in the short term, while making progress towards climate goals to secure sustainable long-term growth.
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