Date: 4 October 2012
Venue: Nordic Investment Bank offices, Fabianinkatu 34, Helsinki, Finland

Organised by Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) in cooperation with the Nordic Council of Ministers and the UNEP Bilateral Financial Institutions Climate Change Working Group

Objectives of the Workshop:

• to provide a status update on the development of the NAMA concept in UNFCCC negotiations (agreed guidance, outstanding issues)
• to identify and discuss key issues in financing NAMA implementation in practice in terms of short-term and long-term needs
• to exchange experience and learn the lessons from different on-going pilot initiatives
• to give practical insights for negotiators & financial institutions working with NAMAs

Agenda

08.30 Registration of Participants and Coffee

09:00 Morning Chair: Mr Ash SHARMA, Vice President, Nordic Environment Finance Corporation Introductory Remarks and Overview of Workshop

Setting the Scene

Mr Claudio FORNER, Team Leader - Mitigation, Data and Analysis, UNFCCC Secretariat
Summary of key issues regarding to NAMAs in negotiations and linkages to long term climate finance.

Mr Kyosuke INADA, Deputy Head and Advisor, Office for Climate Change, Global Environment Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and BFI – CCWG Key issues and Challenges for Financing NAMAs

NAMA Initiatives in Practice:

Mr Ned HELME, President, Center for Clean Air Policy, USA NAMA Finance on the Ground:  Lessons from CCAP’s MAIN program in Latin America and Asia

Jochen HARNISCH, Head of Division, Environment & Climate, KfW Development Bank Germany Emerging Channels for International NAMA Implementation Support

Dr TRAN Thuc, Director General, Vietnam Institute of Meteorology,
Nordic Partnership Initiative in Viet Nam, NAMA in the Cement Manufacturing Sector

Ms Tania Zamora RAMOS, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Peru
Nordic Partnership Initiative in Peru, NAMA in Solid Waste Management Sector

Panel Session
All the speakers above to respond to questions from audience and Chair

LUNCH Break (12.00-13.00)

13.00 Afternoon Chair: Ned Helme, President, Centre for Clean Air Policy, USA

Sources of Finance for NAMAs

Mr Eric USHER, United Nations Environment Programme, Stockholm
Overview of the current and possible future sources of finance for NAMAs
 
Mr Florian SEKINGER, Head of Division, KfW Carbon Fund
New Market Mechansims - Status and Key Design Questions

Ms Isabelle VINCENT, Climate Change Unit, Agence Francaise de Development
(NAMA loans / sector /policy loans, grants mixing traditional instruments)

Tea Break (15.00- 15.30)

MRV Requirements for financing NAMAs

Mrs Jane ELLIS, Climate Change Expert group, Environment Directorate, OECD TBC
MRV Background, Why is it Important?

Dr TRAN Thuc, Director General, Vietnam Institute of Meteorology,
Ms Tania Zamora RAMOS, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Peru

• Questions from audience to all speakers

Wrap up Session and Closure (16.30 – 17.00)

Panel: Concluding remarks and next steps

• Speakers from  session above
• Mr Folke SUNDMAN, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland

Closing comments from the Chair of Afternoon Session