Cambodia, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, The Gambia, and the Africa Group of Negotiators, have made submissions for the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility, LoCAL, to be recognised as a Non-Market Approach Under Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement. Speakers at this event share experience in LoCAL implementation and explain why they support recognition of LoCAL as an NMA by COP27.

KEYNOTE SPEECH:

Dr. Mao Hak, Director of the Department of Climate Change at the General Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia

Moderator: Sophie De Coninck, Global Manager, Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility, Global Manager UNCDF

Speakers:
-Una May Gordon, Principle Director, Climate Change, Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change , Jamaica
-Jefferson Nyandibo, Coordinator, Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia
-Evans Davie Njewa, Chief Environmental Officer and UNFCCC focal point, Malawi and LDCs Finance Lead Negotiator
-Dr. Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, Deputy Director of Climate, NAP Coordinator, Ghana

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PauQHHRnI6o

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For more information about LoCAL: www.uncdf.org/local