Final Agenda Climate Finance Workshop CANSA

Regional Workshop
Options for an Innovative Climate Finance Regime for South Asia
New Delhi 19th – 20th August, 2013
India Habitat Centre
Agenda
DAY 1: 19th August, 2013 (Monday)
9:00-9:30- Registration
Welcome and Opening (9:30 – 10:30)
Moderator : Sanjay Vashist, CANSA
Welcome Address – George Varughese, CANSA-Development Alternatives
Opening Remark – Young-Woo Park, Regional Director and Representative for Asia and the
Pacific, UNEP
Inaugural Address – Ms. Rajshree Ray representing Dr. Deepak Dasgupta, Principle Economic
Advisor, GoI
Objectives and Expected Outputs of the Meeting- Puja Sawhney, Coordinator, APAN
CANSA Board Thanks – Hina Lotia, CANSA
10:30-11:00 - Tea Break and Group photo
11:00-13:00 Session 1: Overall State of Play in Climate Finance
Chair – Ali Taquir Sheikh, LEAD Pakistan
11:00 -11:15
Current State of Play in Financing Adaptation and Mitigation: Mozaharul Alam,
UNEP
11:15 - 11:30
Current Issues and Challenges in GCF: K. Srinivas, Vasudha Foundation
11:30 - 12:00
How Developing Asian Countries Can Prepare to Access International Green
Growth Financing. Jem Porcaro, USAID Contractor, LEAD Program
12:00 - 12:20
National Efforts on Climate Finance by Governments: Cases from Countries
 Bangladesh – Ms. Shakila Yasmin, Assistant Director, Climate Change
Trust
 Nepal - Mr. Arjun Thapa, Soil Conservation Officer, Ministry of Science
Tech and Env
 India – Rajasree Ray, Additional Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance
 Maldives – Ali Shareef, Ministry of Environment
12:20 - 12:50
Discussions, Questions and Clarifications for Presenters
12:50 - 13:00
Concluding Comments by Chair
13:00-14:00 – Lunch Break
Regional Workshop
Options for an Innovative Climate Finance Regime for South Asia
New Delhi 19th – 20th August, 2013
India Habitat Centre
14:00-15:30: Session 2: Estimated Cost of Climate Action
Chair – Robert Dobias, ADAPT
14:00 - 14:15
Synthesis on Estimates of Costs of Climate Finance - Henriette Imelda, I-CAN
14:15 - 14:30
Various Sources of Contributions to mobilize Climate Finance vs Costs
estimates – Sanjay Vashist, CANSA
14:30 - 14:45
Private Sector Approach in Promoting and Financing Climate Resilient
Agribusiness - Afifa Raihana, SEF Specialist, Bangladesh, IFC
14:45 - 15:00
Weaknesses of Existing sources of Finance in Delivering Actions on Climate
Change: Alix Mouzoni, CAN France
15:00 - 15:20
Discussions, Questions and Clarifications for Presenters
15:20 - 15:30
Concluding Comments by Chair
15:30-15:45 - Tea Break
15:45-17:30: Session 3: Challenges of Climate Finance for Adaptation in South Asia
Chair – Ram Kishan, Christian Aid
15:45 - 16:20
Implementation Challenges in Adaptation and Climate Finance: Mozaharul
Alam, UNEP
16:20 - 17:00
Governments’ Approach to Challenges of Finance in Adaptation in South Asia
- Government Representatives from the countries
- Bhutan
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Afghanistan
17:00 - 17:20
Discussions, Questions and Clarifications for Presenters
17:20 - 17:30
Concluding Comments by Chair
Regional Workshop
Options for an Innovative Climate Finance Regime for South Asia
New Delhi 19th – 20th August, 2013
India Habitat Centre
DAY 2: 20th August, 2013
09:45 - 10:00 - Day 1 Summary – Vositha Wijenayake
10:00 -11:30: Session 4: Generating Climate Finance for South Asia
Chair – Amb Kakakhel, SDPI
Recent Attempts in Generating Funds for Adaptation Actions: Siddarth Pathak,
10:00 - 10:30
CAN International
10:30 - 10:40
Good Practices and Gaps in Resources generation Efforts in South Asia – Ali
Taquir Sheikh, LEAD Pakistan
10:40 - 11:00
Recent Attempts in Generating Funds for Mitigation Actions: Ms. Afifa Raihana,
SEF Specialist, IFC, Bangladesh
11:00 - 11:15
Discussions, Questions and Clarifications for Presenters
11:15 - 11:30
Concluding Comments by Chair
11:30-11:45 - Tea Break
11:45-13:00: Session 5: Mapping of Governance Challenges on Climate Finance in South Asia –
Working Group Exercise (World Café Technique!)
Guiding Questions
(a) What are the ground level challenges faced by the representatives? (Peter)
(b) What are the specific initiatives being undertaken by the govt. in Climate Finance? (Babu)
(c) Regional collaboration on climate finance – generation, access, utilization and transparency
(Jem)
(d) What could be recommendations for increasing capacity to identify and access climate
financing mechanisms in represented countries? (Bob and Lee)
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Presentations from Break-out groups
Existing Challenges in Governance in Climate Finance – Dr. Atiq Rahman, BCAS
Conclusion
13:00-14:00 – Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30: Session 6: Knowledge Gaps in Climate Finance: What is to be done in the Future?
Chair – Dr. Atiq Rahman, BCAS and CANSA
14:00 - 14:20
Critical Knowledge Gaps Existing in Climate Finance: Puja Sawhney, IGES and
APAN
14:20 - 14:40
Identifying further Areas of Research in future on Climate Finance: Tirthankar
Mandal, CANSA
14:40 - 15:00
What is Needed to Scale up Private Sector Participation in Climate Finance:
Peter du Pont, Ph.D., USAID Contractor, LEAD Program
Regional Workshop
Options for an Innovative Climate Finance Regime for South Asia
New Delhi 19th – 20th August, 2013
India Habitat Centre
15:00 - 15:20
15:20 - 15:30
Discussions, Questions and Clarifications for Presenters
Concluding Comments by Chair
15:30-15:45 – Working Tea
15:30 - 17:00: Session 7: Exploring the Feasibility National and Regional Climate Finance
Mechanism to bridge the GAP.
Chair – Ali Taquir Sheikh, LEAD Pakistan
15:30 - 16:30
Break-out groups- To produce outputs such as the country finance maps,
research needs, and recommendations for regional coordination (30 minutes)
Guiding Questions:
(a) Do we need a National and / oR Regional Finance Mechanism
(b) How it should be developed?
(c) How do we strengthen the regional mechanisms and make them an
effective one?
(d) What would be the role of private players in the regional mechanism
Mapping the Characteristics of National and / OR Regional Climate Finance Mechanism –
Moderated Discussions (Zeenat Niazi)
17:00 - 17:30: Conclusion
17:00 - 17:15
14:20 - 14:40
Concluding Remarks - Young-Woo Park, Regional Director and Representative
for Asia and the Pacific, UNEP
Thanking Remarks – Atiq Rahman, Co-Chair, CANSA