Durban Climate Change Strategic Review Workshop. Blue Waters Hotel Date: Friday, 9 th March 2018

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1 Durban Climate Change Strategic Review Workshop Blue Waters Hotel Date: Friday, 9 th March 2018

2 Agenda Time Activity / Topic 09:00 09:25 Welcome and introductions 09:25 10:10 10:10 10:55 Visioning a 1.5 C aligned Durban by 2050 Presentation Group exercise Reviewing the governance structure for climate change in Durban Presentation Group exercise 10:55 11:10 Break Key findings from the strategic review process 11:10 12:10 Presentation summary Group discussion 12:10 13:15 World Café Exercise: Identifying Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) of climate change action in Durban 13:15 14:15 Lunch 14:15 15:00 Feedback and prioritisation of SWOT analysis 15:00 15:20 Plenary discussion: Emerging critical positives and negatives 15:20 15:30 Next steps and closure 15:30 Tea and departure 2

3 Format and expectations for the workshop Format: Most sessions are structured with a presentation followed by a discussion or group activities Workshop expectations: Open, informal and interactive sessions Ask questions or provide thoughts and comments at any time Respectful participation: Focus on issues, not individuals or departments Be honest Take a problem-solve approach Chatam House Rule: Participants are free to use information from this session, but neither the identify nor the affiliation of the speaker may be revealed.

4 1.5 DEGREE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN

5 Growing recognition of the urgency to address climate change

6 International organisations are collaborating to reach the 2020 turning point 6

7 Climate change is increasingly being featured as a global risk from an economic perspective 7

8 Three of the top 5 risks are climate change related 8

9 Risks and climate change impacts are cross-cutting and effect all sectors 9

10 Our best hope of mitigating and adapting to climate change is in the global delivery of the Paris Agreement holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 C above preindustrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 C.

11 Why the emphasis on 1.5ºC 2 degrees will be much worse than 1.5 degrees in some places 11

12 Time is running out! By 2060, C40 cities will have used up not just their own budget, but the entire world s carbon budget for the whole of the century

13 The first significant roadmap for turning the aspirations of the Paris Agreement into action

14 C40 s mayors can lead a global transformation

15 THE FIRST STEP.A 1.5 DEGREE ACTION PLAN AIMS TO TURN THE PARIS AGREEMENT INTO ACTION 15

16 Beyond the Durban Climate Change Strategy. DURBAN HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS ONE OF EIGHT PIONEERING CITIES TO DEVELOP A 1.5 DEGREE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 16

17 DEADLINE 2020 PILOT PROGRAMME Climate Action Plan Pilot Cities LONDON PARIS BOSTON NEW YORK MEXICO CITY LOS ANGELES ETHEKWINI (DURBAN) MELBOURNE

18 To achieve Paris Agreement

19 C40 CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING FRAMEWORK A climate action plan (or series of plans) will 1. Develop a pathway to deliver an emissions neutral city by 2050 at the latest, and set an ambitious interim target and/or carbon budget. 2. Demonstrate how the city will adapt and improve its resilience to climate hazards that may impact the city now and in future climate change scenarios. 3. Outline the social, environmental and economic benefits expected from implementing the plan, and improve the accessibility of these benefits by the city s population. 4. Detail the city s governance, powers and the partners who need to be engaged to accelerate the delivery of the city s mitigation targets and resilience goals. 19

20 C40 CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING FRAMEWORK The plan (or series of plans) will do this by: a) Considering adaptation and mitigation in an integrated way, identifying interdependencies to maximise efficiencies and minimise investment risk. b) Setting an evidence-based, inclusive and deliverable plan for achieving transformational mitigation and adaptation centred on an understanding of the city s powers, influence and wider context. c) Establishing a transparent process to monitor delivery, communicate progress, and update climate action planning in line with governance and reporting systems. 20

21 The plan will emphasise the inclusion of disadvantaged communities and other socio-economic benefits Effectively make the case for climate action Scale climate actions citywide Deliver climate actions benefits that are inclusive of all populations Explore and raise awareness on climate actions benefits Reach into urban communities to overcome barriers Deliver climate action that is also inclusive of disadvantaged communities We want to change how people see climate change to persuade decision makers and stakeholders to take more and faster action 21

22 The 1.5 degree Climate Action Plan is the starting point for further implementation Strategic review / baseline assessment Assessing existing policies, support to develop emission reduction pathways and a Paris Agreement ready Climate Action Plan Scenario modelling & climate risk assessment Providing the evidence based to support the actions Action prioritisation & selection Ensuring this is more than just a plan by identifying and overcoming barriers and other benefits to actions Plan development & implementation Ensuring this is delivering the positive results needed by ensuring budget and tracking outcomes 22

23 Example: Paris Climate Action Plan Current Climate Actions Plan of Paris commitments adopted unanimously 1st October 2007 and 11th December % GHG emissions by 2050 compare to % GHG emissions by 2020 compare to % energy consumption by 2020/ % of renewable energies in the mix Adapt Paris to climate change and resources scarcity Future Paris Climate Action Plan -100% GHG Local scope -75% 100% GHG Global scope Acceleration 2020 Agenda for action 2030 Vision 2050 RES

24 a 1.5 degree Celsius outcome will mean a future where New Yorkers can breathe cleaner air, live in more comfortable homes, enjoy access to safe and diverse modes of sustainable transportation, and reside in a city resilient to severe weather effects. Example: NYC 1.5 Climate Action Plan NYC committed to an 80 percent sustainable mode share by 2050 The City must lead by example by greening its operations. 20 percent of all motor vehicle sales for use in NYC to be plug-ins by The City will implement citywide organic waste collection.

25 Exercise: Visioning a 1.5 aligned Durban Talk to the person next to you about 1.5 aligned Durban (a carbon neutral and climate resilient City) means for the city and for your department (5 minutes) Between the two of you, on pieces of paper write down your vision of a 1.5 degree aligned Durban in general and for your sector (5 minutes) Plenary discussion to share views (10 minutes)

26 The governance structure for climate change in Durban

27 Discussion: Institutional arrangement of climate change in Durban Each person gets four pieces of paper, fill in two with positive points about the current structure; and two with constraints of the current structure (5 10 minutes) Points will be collected, clustered and displayed (anonymous process) (5 minutes) Plenary discussion to discuss these points (5 minutes) Write 2 recommendations for ways that the constraints could be addressed, strengths enhanced etc. (5 minutes) Plenary discussion to discuss recommendations (5 minutes)