This year’s UN Climate Change Conference, COP29, will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November.
At COP29, the nations of the world will meet to discuss climate finance, loss and damage, adaptation, and boost climate ambition. This year, our institute will be sending a delegation of experts on various climate issues. From climate finance and climate mobility to loss and damage, frontier technologies and capacity-building, our expertise cuts across many of COP29’s most urgent themes.
UNU-VIE will also be leading the organization of the Capacity-building Academy at the 6th Capacity-building Hub (14-21 November).
List of upcoming events
16 November
Global Shield supporting Regional Risk Pools as effective partners in supporting transboundary services to fragile and climate vulnerable countries
Time: 11:00 AM AZT
Venue: Climate, Peace & Transboundary Resilience Pavilion
UNU presence: Soenke Kreft (moderator)
Climate risk insurance and resilience: Using insurance to manage climate risk in Kenya, Malawi and South Africa
Time: 11:15 AM AZT
Venue: South Africa Pavilion
UNU presence: Sinja Buri (speaker)
CB Academy - Human mobility in the context of climate change
Time: 11:30 AM AZT
Venue: Capacity-building Hub
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Kees van der Geest (moderator), Robert Oakes (speaker)
A right to stay? Voluntary immobility in the context of climate change
Time: 1:00 PM AZT
Venue: IOM Pavilion
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Kees van der Geest (organizer & moderator)
How can we uncover the Risk of Disaster Displacement at Country Level?
Time: 4:00 PM AZT
Venue: Capacity-building Hub
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Alvaro Rojas Ferreira (moderator), Robert Oakes (speaker)
Youth & Nature Positive Climate Action Human Settlements in South Asia
Time: 4:45 PM AZT
Venue: Side Event Room 3 / Blue Zone
UNU presence: Magdalena Mirwald (speaker)
Unveiling the money trail: climate finance accountability through local tracking and validation
Time: 4:45 PM AZT
Venue: Side Event Room 5 / Blue Zone
Co-organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Soenke Kreft (co-organizer and speaker)
18 November
From Crisis to Action: Climate Change through the Eyes of the Most Vulnerable
Time: 10:00 AM AZT
Venue: Namibia Pavilion
UNU presence: Christina Natalia Widjaja (speaker)
CB Academy: Innovation through collaboration – building capacities to leverage frontier technologies for transforming climate adaptation
Time: 11:30 AM AZT
Venue: Capacity-building Hub
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Himanshu Shekhar (moderator and trainer)
Responding to Displacement-Related Loss and Damage through Inclusive Data, Finance and Action
Time: 1:15 PM AZT
Venue: Side Event Room 3 / Blue Zone
Co-organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Kees van der Geest (speaker)
A New Horizon for Climate Action: The IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities
Time: 1:00 PM AZT
Venue: ICLEI & UN-HABITAT Multilevel Action & Urbanization Pavilion
UNU presence: Shen Xiaomeng (speaker)
19 November
CB Academy: The Role of Youth Empowerment for Advancing Climate and Biodiversity Action Synergies
Time: 11:30 AM AZT
Venue: Blue Zone Special Event Room 4 — Shirvan, Area B
Co-organized by UNU-VIE & UNU-IAS
Assessing the impact of parametric climate risk insurance payouts in Fiji
Time: 1:00 PM AZT
Venue: Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Sinja Buri (moderator)
Building resilience through innovative anticipatory action solutions in the Pacific
Time: 2:00 PM AZT
Venue: Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Sinja Buri (moderator)
Bridging the Gap between Climate Finance and Green Entrepreneurs
Time: 7:00 PM AZT
Venue: Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-VIE
UNU presence: Erick Tambo
Application des technologies d' Intelligence Artificielle pour l'adaptation et l'atténuation du changement climatique au Togo
Venue: Togo Pavilion
UNU presence: Erick Tambo
20 November
CB Academy - Protecting communities and businesses: Exploring Climate Risk Finance through a board game
Time: 11:00 AM AZT
Venue: Capacity-building Hub
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Sinja Buri (moderator)
The Role of the Private Sector in Protecting Livelihoods and Ecosystems Through Parametric Climate Risk Insurance
Time: 5:15 PM AZT
Venue: Capacity-building Hub
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Sinja Buri (moderator)
21 November
CB Academy - Coalition building for Transformative Climate Action
Time: 11:30 AM AZT
Venue: Capacity-building Hub
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Andrea Ramirez (organizer)
Paris Committee on Capacity-Building (PCCB) - Tools and Methodologies for Climate Finance
Time: 5:15 PM AZT
Venue: Capacity-building Hub
UNU presence: Magdalena Mirwald (speaker)
Past events
12 November
Conversations on Closing the Protection Gap - Insurance from Macro to Micro
Time: 9:30 AM AZT
Venue: CARICOM Pavilion / Blue Zone
UNU presence: Soenke Kreft (speaker)
Achieving transformative climate action through gender-responsive, rights-based economic approaches
Time: 1:15 PM AZT
Venue: Side Event Room 3 / Blue Zone
Co-organized by UNU-VIE
UNU presence: Ambe Emmanuel Cheo (speaker & co-organizer)
Financial Innovations and Insurance at the Grassroots Level
Time: 3:00 PM AZT
Venue: Resilience Hub / Blue Zone
UNU Presence: Magdalena Mirwald (speaker)
Unlocking $1 Billion for ClimTech Businesses in Africa & the YouthADAPT Network Launch at COP29
Time: 3:30 PM AZT
Venue: African Union Pavilion
Co-organized by UNU-VIE
UNU Presence: Erick Tambo
13 November
Locally Led Adaptation for Resilient and Peaceful Food and Agriculture: Co-design, Collaboration, and Capacity
Time: 9:00 AM AZT
Venue: Food and Agriculture Pavilion
UNU presence: Alvaro Rojas Ferreira (speaker)
From the Prairies to the Nations: Addressing Climate Disasters with Equity
Time: 11:45 AM AZT
Venue: Canada Pavilion
UNU presence: Alvaro Rojas Ferreira (speaker)
Driving Gender-just Energy Transition through Financing and Capacity Building in the Global South
Time: 4:45 PM AZT
Venue: Side Event Room 1 / Blue Zone
Organized by UNU-VIE
UNU presence: Ambe Emmanuel Cheo (moderator), Erick Tambo (speaker)
14 November
CB Academy - Photo Exhibition "Portraits of Urban Change"
Time: 8:30 AM AZT
Venue: Capacity-building Hub
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Shen Xiaomeng (Opening on 14 November)
CB Academy: Bridging Finance Gap of NAP with Climate and Disaster Risk Finance
Time: 11:30 AM AZT
Venue: Capacity-building Hub
Organized by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Magdalena Mirwald, Serin Oh, Soenke Kreft
Local Action, Global Goals: UN support towards cities in the NDCs
Time: 11:30 AM AZT
Venue: Blue Zone
Supported by UNU-EHS
UNU presence: Andrea Ramirez
Climate Insurance as a Tool to Mitigating Risks & Building Resilience through Climate Action
Time: 2:00 PM AZT
Venue: WGEO Blue Zone Pavilion
UNU presence: Sinja Buri (speaker)
15 November
Mapping the Risk of Future Displacement in the Context of Climate Change
Time: 10:00 AM AZT
Venue: IOM Pavilion
UNU presence: Robert Oakes (speaker)
Challenges and Opportunities of Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Deployment in East Asia
Time: 1:30 PM AZT
Venue: Korea Pavilion (H12)
Co-organized by UNU
UNU presence: Shen Xiaomeng (Welcome Speech)
