United Arab Emirates Just Transition Work Programme

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Decisions

Decision 3/CMA.5

Decision 1/CMA.4 (Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan)

 

 

Contact

Contact the secretariat at jtwp@unfccc.int.

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The First Dialogue under the United Arab Emirates Just Transition Work Programme on “Just Transition pathways to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement through NDCs, NAPs and LT-LEDs” will take place in Bonn, Germany from 2 - 3 June 2024 in a hybrid format. Two half-day sessions are planned on 2 June 2024 from 1300 to 1700 CEST and 3 June 0800 to 1200 CEST.

Click HERE to see the preliminary agenda.

The Chairs of the subsidiary bodies would like to invite Parties, observers and other non-Party stakeholders to submit views on opportunities, best practices, actionable solutions, challenges and barriers relevant to the topic of the first dialogue.

Background Information

CMA decided, at its fourth session, to establish a work programme (WP) on just transition pathways to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement outlined in Article 2, paragraph 1, in the context of Article 2, paragraph 2. (Decision 1/CMA.4, para. 52.) The work programme is implemented under the guidance of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation through a joint contact group to be convened at each of their sessions, starting at their sixtieth sessions (June 2024).

CMA, at its fourth session, also decided to convene, as part of the work programme on just transition, an annual high-level ministerial round table on just transition, beginning at its fifth session (Decision 1/CMA.4, para. 52.)

CMA affirmed that sustainable and just solutions to the climate crisis must be founded on meaningful and effective social dialogue and participation of all stakeholders and noted that the global transition to low emissions provides opportunities and challenges for sustainable economic development and poverty eradication (Decision 1/CMA.4, para. 50.) CMA also emphasized that just and equitable transition encompasses pathways that include energy, socioeconomic, workforce and other dimensions, all of which must be based on nationally defined development priorities and include social protection so as to mitigate potential impacts associated with the transition. (Decision 1/CMA.4, para. 51.)

Agenda

Preliminary Agenda - First Dialogue under the UAE work programme on Just Transition Pathways

Invitations

Message to Parties and observer States - Invitation to the First dialogue under the United Arab Emirates work programme on just transition pathways

Message to NGOs - Invitation to the First dialogue under the United Arab Emirates work programme on just transition pathways

Message to UN and IGOs - Invitation to the First dialogue under the United Arab Emirates work programme on just transition pathways

 

Communications to Parties, observers and other non-Party Stakeholders

Message to Parties and observers - United Arab Emirates Just Transition Work Programme, First Dialogue Topic Announcement

Submissions

Submissions received can be viewed here by typing "just transition" in the search field.

Submissions Portal

The Chairs of the subsidiary bodies would like to remind Parties, observers, and other non-Party stakeholders to submit their views on opportunities, best practices, actionable solutions, challenges and barriers relevant to the topic via the submission portal four weeks before the dialogue.

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The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, decided in Decision 3/CMA.5 that at least two dialogues shall be held each year as part of the work programme, with one to be held prior to the first regular sessions of the subsidiary bodies, starting with their sixtieth sessions (June 2024), and one prior to the second regular sessions of the subsidiary bodies, starting with their sixty-first sessions (November 2024), and that such dialogues should be conducted in hybrid format to allow both in-person and virtual participation.


First Dialogue under the UAE work programme on Just Transition Pathways

The First Dialogue under the United Arab Emirates Just Transition Work Programme will take place in Bonn, Germany from 2 - 3 June 2024 in a hybrid format. Two half-day sessions are planned on 2 June 2024 from 1300 to 1700 CEST and 3 June 0800 to 1200 CEST. The Chairs of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation have decided that the first dialogue will focus on “Just Transition pathways to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement through NDCs, NAPs and LT-LEDs”. Click HERE to see the preliminary agenda. 

The Chairs of the subsidiary bodies would like to invite Parties, observers and other non-Party stakeholders to submit views on opportunities, best practices, actionable solutions, challenges and barriers relevant to the topic of the first dialogue as early as possible, and no later than 29 April 2024.

Frequently Asked Questions:
Registration for Parties and observer States for the First Dialogue

Parties are invited to nominate up to four participants for the dialogue. Nominated participants can join either in-person or virtually, with a maximum of two in-person participants. All participants must be pre-registered for the dialogue by the national focal point. 

In order to register a participant for the first dialogue, national focal points must register the participant as a delegate for SB60 on the online registration system (ORS). ORS is the only official channel for nominating in-person participants for this event; the secretariat is not in a position to process nominations submitted by any other method such as by email. The manual on how to access and use the ORS is available here.

Registration on for the first dialogue on ORS is currently open. The first dialogue is not a separate meeting option on the ORS platform; registration is part of the SB60 registration, and can be updated on the participant registration form under the field “Events to attend". National focal points should select the type of participation in order to register the delegate for the first dialogue. Registration is open until 29 May 2024 23:59 CEST.​​​​​​​

Nomination and registration for admitted non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for the First Dialogue

Constituency Focal Points (CFP) of admitted NGOs are invited to nominate up to two persons for either in person or virtual participation per constituency to participate as observers in the dialogue.

Representatives of admitted NGOs nominated by constituency focal points must register using the online registration form which has been communicated to the nominated participants. CFPs are requested to submit their nomination list no later than 17 May 2024 23:59 CEST via cool@unfccc.int. 

 

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The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) at its fourth session decided to convene, as part of the work programme on just transition for discussion of pathways to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement, an annual high-level ministerial round table on just transition, beginning at CMA 5. (Decision 1/CMA.4, para 53)

The first annual high-level ministerial round table on just transition, convened at CMA 5, took place on 3 December 2023. It provided a platform for high-level discussions on the pathways to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement as outlined in Article 2, paragraph 1, in the context of Article 2, paragraph 2. The aim of the round table was to facilitate a focused exchange of views, information and ideas among participants with the goal of providing direction to and recommendations for the work programme on just transition pathways. The round table was attended by over 90 high-level representatives of Parties, including ministers, deputy ministers, climate envoys, heads of delegation and representatives of observer constituencies. It was co-chaired by Roselinda Soipan Tuya, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry of Kenya, and Eamon Ryan, Minister for Transport, Climate, Environment and Communications of Ireland.

First Annual High-level Ministerial round table on just transition
03 Dec 2023
First Annual High-level Ministerial round table on just transition
Plenary 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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