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1st Authorization Working Group of the Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership

March 17, 2023September 8, 2023

March 15^th, 2023, from 20:00 to 22:30 JST (11:00 to 13:30 GMT)
March 17^th, 2023, from 8:00 to 10:30 JST (March 16^th 23:00 to March 17^th 1:30 GMT)
Online

Objectives

Exchange information from partner countries and organizations involved in the authorization and institutional arrangements for Article 6
Promote the development of a tool for authorization

Participants

All partner countries and relevant partner organizations

Agenda of Mar. 15^th and 17^th (MC: Kentaro Takahashi, IGES)

Time (JST)	Agenda	Speakers
15^th: 20:00-20:05 17^th: 8:00-8:05	Introduction	Kazuhisa Koakutsu, MOEJ
Session 1: Information sharing on authorization from partner countries
15^th: 20:05-20:20 17^th: 8:05-8:20	Introductory presentation on authorization of Article 6	Sana Lingorsky, UNFCCC Secretariat [PDF 152KB] Video for Session 1 UNFCCC
15^th: 20:20-21:00 17^th: 8:20-9:00	Presentations on the status of and the efforts for authorization	15^th: Daniel Benefoh, Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana; [PDF 660KB] David Newell, Swedish Energy Agency; [PDF 206KB] Belal Shqarin, Ministry of Environment, Jordan; [PDF 710KB] Simon Fellermeyer, Federal Office for the Environment of Switzerland [PDF 530KB] Video for Session 1 on 15th 17^th: Cristina Figueroa Vargas, Ministry of Environment, Chile; [PDF 827KB] Jason Paniu, Climate Change & Development Authority, Papua New Guinea; Takayuki Shigematsu, MOEJ, Japan [PDF 1,000KB] Video for Session 1 on 17th
15^th: 21:00-21:15 17^th: 9:00-9:15	Q&A	All participants
Session 2: Information sharing on authorization from supporting agencies
15^th: 21:15-21:45 17^th: 9:15-9:45	Presentations on authorization program for capacity building	Hari Gadde, World Bank [PDF 976KB] Ximena Aristizabal, GGGI [PDF 1,000KB] Video for Session 2 on 15th 17^th: Alexandra Soezer, UNDP Video for Session 2 on 17th
15^th: 21:45-22:00 17^th: 9:45-10:00	Q&A	All participants
Session 3: Discussion of the development of a tool for authorization
15^th: 22:00-22:10 17^th: 10:00-10:10	Presentation	Sadamitsu Sakoguchi, MOEJ [PDF 261KB] Video for Session 3
15^th: 22:10-22:20 17^th: 10:10-10:20	Discussion	All participants
15^th: 22:20-22:30 17^th: 10:20-10:30	Way forward	All participants

Acronyms: IGES- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies; MOEJ-Ministry of Environment, Japan; UNDP- United Nations Development Programme, GGGI- Global Green Growth Institute