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Day 1

Monday, July 4

8:30

 Building consensus for low carbon development or prioritizing mitigation

 REDD+ Projects

8:45

9:00

9:15

9:30

Coffee break and visit the trade fair

9:45

10:00

Opening Ceremony

10:15

10:30

10:45

11:00

11:15

Short break

11:30

P1 - From Marrakech to Cancun, toward Durban: Past and future

11:45

12:00

12:15

12:30

12:45

13:00

Lunch break

13:15

13:30

13:45

14:00

14:15

P2- Expanding the CDM market in Africa - New opportunities

14:30

14:45

15:00

15:15

15:30

15:45

Coffee break and visit the trade fair

16:00

16:15

P3 - Clean energy in Africa: Improving the investment climate while enabling CDM market update

16:30

16:45

17:00

17:15

17:30

17:45

Short break

18:00

Matchmaking session 1

18:15

18:30

18:45

19:00

 

 

 

Day 2

Tuesday, July 5

8:30

Carbon finance and financiers

Standardized baselines and the role of DNAs

8:45

9:00

9:15

9:30

Short break

9:45

W1- Carbon finance and urban sector: Scaling up and extending the CDM reach to cities through programmatic CDM

W2- NAMAs: What is appropriate for Africa? Challenges and opportunities

10:00

10:15

10:30

10:45

Coffee break and visit the trade fair

11:00

11:15

P4- Forestry and agriculture and its implications above the carbon markets - Current and emerging instruments

11:30

11:45

12:00

12:15

12:30

Lunch break

12:45

13:00

13:15

13:30

W3- Standardized methodologies for off-grid clean and efficient technologies

W4- REDD - Innovative ways to finance REDD+ initiatives at sub national and community levels

13:45

14:00

14:15

14:30

Short break

14:45

W5- How to facilitate and promote the use of the CDM by financial institutions in Africa

W6- Climate-smart agriculture: Unblocking the potential through smart financing 

15:00

15:15

15:30

15:45

Coffee break and visit the trade fair

16:00

16:15

P5- Mobilizing and accessing financing - Still a key barrier

16:30

16:45

17:00

17:15

17:30

Short break

17:45

Matchmaking session 2

18:00

18:15

18:30

18:45

 

19:00

 

 

Day 3

Wednesday, July 6

8:30

Monitoring and reporting – the next stage for CDM projects in Africa

CDM project surgery - "on-the-spot" advice for project developers

8:45

9:00

9:15

9:30

Short break

9:45

Matchmaking session 3

10:00

10:15

10:30

10:45

Coffee break and visit the trade fair

11:00

11:15

 W7- Lessons learned on PoA financing and business models

W8- Trends in the voluntary carbon market: Where does Africa fit in?

11:30

11:45

12:00

12:15

Lunch break

12:30

12:45

13:00

13:15

13:30

 W9- EU ETS and potential impact on demand for CERs from African countries

W10-  Prioritizing mitigation actions through low-emission development planning

13:45

14:00

14:15

14:30

14:45

Coffee break and visit the trade fair

15:00

15:15

P6- Low-emission development strategies and NAMAs - Putting development first in emerging policies

15:30

15:45

16:00

16:15

16:30

Closing Session

16:45

17:00

  

17:15

17:30

17:45

18:00

18:15

18:30

18:45

19:00

 

 

Plenary sessions

 

   Training sessions

 

Workshops: Sectors & technologies stream (Implementing Clean Development Mechanism)

 

   Workshops: Policies & strategies stream (Emerging policy mechanisms)

 

Matchmaking sessions

 

 

 

 


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