November 14, 13:00 - 14:00
High-Level PanelWatering the NDCs and NAPs

High-level Panel on Watering the NDCs

The high-level panel will examine how water is being mainstreamed in climate commitments and being used as a connector across the three Rio Conventions and across sector strategies and plans at the country level. The perspectives of Parties to the Paris Agreement will be shared as well as those of the donor and development communities to showcase lessons learned and experiences in helping to integrate sustainable water resources management and water services in national plans, strategies and project pipelines for actionable NDCs. Mobilizing finance for implementing the NDCs will also be discussed within the context of the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG).

TIME & PLACE

November 14, 13:00 - 14:00

LIVE STREAM

https://youtube.com/live/RPZduRz_3yA

Agenda

 

13:00 – 14:00 High-Level Panel on Watering the NDCs

 
Moderator: Ms. Carol Chouchani Cherfane, Director, Arab Centre for Climate Change Policies; Cluster Lead, Climate Change and Natural Resource Sustainability Cluster, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

 

Panelists:
Member States

 
  • H.E. Ms. Dr. Alanoud Alhaj Al Ali, Acting Assistant Undersecretary of Green Development and Climate Change Sector, MOCCAE, United Arab Emirates as UNFCCC COP28 Presidency and Co-Hosts of the UN 2026 Water Conference and COP28 Presidency (tbc)
  • Mr. Juan Monterrey, Special Envoy for Climate Change of Panama, Ministry of Environment, Panama (tbc)
  • Ms. Britta Horstmann, Co-Chair of the UNFCCC Adaptation Committee (Germany) or Mr. Youssef Nassef, Director, Adaptation Division (tbc)
  • Mr. Erik Korsgren, Acting Head of Department for Trade, Private Sector and Financial Instruments, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Sweden
  • Mr. Mustapha El Habti, Governor – Director of Local Public Networks, General Directorate for Local Governments, Ministry of the Interior, Morocco 

 
Institutions
  • Mr. Ibrahim Eldukheri, Director-General, Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD)
  • Mr. Amgad Elmahdi, Regional Manager, Middle East and North Africa, Green Climate Fund
  • Ms. Olufunke Cofie, Africa Director for Research Impact, IWMI, Ghana 
  • Mr. Norio Saito, Senior Sector Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Asian Development Bank (virtual) (tbc)

 
13:45 – 14:00 Discussion and Closing Remarks