Parliamentary Meeting on the occasion of the United Nations Climate Change
Conference (COP 24)
Organized jointly by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Polish Sejm
9 December 2018
Provisional programme
08:00
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16:00
09:30
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10:00
10:00
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10:30
R Registration of participants
Inaugural session
Key note / Setting the scene:
Moving into the implementation of the Paris Agreement with
ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions: Key areas to be
addressed through national laws and policies
General discussion:
(1) Developing and strengthening legal and regulatory frameworks
as enabling environments for climate action at the national level
• How can legislators support
the effective, sustainable and ambitious
implementation of the Paris Agreement and Nationally Determined
Contributions?
• Which existing initiatives and tools can assist
parliamentarians in their
work at the national level?
11:45
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13:00
Discussion on focus areas:
(2) Enabling environments for renewable energy investments
• To what extent does the legal investment framework support or hinder
funding for renewable energy?
• What other legal or institutional arrangements affect the investment
environment?
• What parliamentary powers could be particularly useful in creating
an
enabling environment?
13:00
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14:00
14:00
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15:15
Lunch break
Discussion on focus areas:
(3) Economic instruments in national environmental laws and
policies
• What measures have proved effective?
• What are the challenges in putting in place the
necessary conditions to
optimize the effectiveness of economic instruments?
15:15
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16:00
Conclusions, future outlook and adoption of the outcome document:
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How can legislators / parliamentarians have greater impact towards
achieving the Paris Agreement goals?
• How can parliaments assess the impact
of climate change legislation?
10:30
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11:45