A6IP-IETA Private Sector Working Group Meeting of the Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership/ COP29 Outcomes and 2025 Outlook “Moving Ahead with Article 6 Implementation”

Jan. 23rd, 2025, from 20:00 to 21:30 JST
(12:00pm-1:30pm CET, 6:00am-7:30 am EDT)
Online

Organizers

Organizer: A6IP Center (IGES)
Co-organizer: IETA

Objective

• To share ongoing plans and actions to implement Article 6, particularly reflecting the outcomes from COP29 for the private sector
• To highlight the potential challenges of the private sector in implementing A6 and the outlook for 2025
• To explore collaboration and the future agenda to be discussed at the PS WG

Participants

All partners

Agenda

(MC: Hayato Nakamura, Program Manager, A6IP)

Time (JST)	Agenda	Speakers
Introduction
20:00–20:05	Opening Remarks	Andrea Bonzanni, International Policy Director,IETA
Session 1: Sharing COP29 Outcomes, particularly in terms of the government approach for the private sector
20:05-20:15	Sharing the outcome of the CO29 A6 negotiation highlighting the implication for the private sector	Supanut Chotevitayatarakorn, Program Manager, A6IP
20:15-20:25	Promoting Article 6 together with stakeholders in the post COP29	MOEJ
20:25-20:35	Q&A/Comments from the audience
Session 2: Moving ahead with A6 implementation – Directions and Potential Challenges [Panel]
20:35-21:10	Private sector representatives sharing the views on COP29 outcomes Focus for A6 implementation post COP29, and outlook for 2025 Reflections on the IETA-A6IP Business Pulse Survey launched at COP29 What are key challenges that can be solved; incl. relations with the governments and capacity building?	Panel Moderator: Björn Fondén, International Policy Advisor,IETA Karolien Casaer-Diez, Global Senior Director – Article 6,South Pole Ben Rattenbury, Vice-President of Policy,Sylvera Andrew Howard, Chief Strategy and Policy Officer,Verra Peter Zaman, Partner,HfW
21:10-21:25	Q&A/Comments from the audience
Wrap up and closing remarks
21:25-21:30	Closing remarks [During the remarks, a Short Survey for the audience will pop up]	Kazuhisa Koakutsu, Director, A6IP