Negotiating resilience: climate finance and adaptation – conversations from the UNFCCC process

As COP31 enters its second week, this session unpacks where the adaptation and finance negotiations stand after Week 1 and looks ahead to the decisions taking shape in Week 2. Adaptation and finance are negotiated in different rooms, but one cannot deliver without the other. Adaptation and finance negotiators join observer constituencies in a moderated conversation on progress so far, how the two tracks connect, and what is needed for a strong COP31 outcome for the most vulnerable communities.

Speakers

• Salomé Lehtman
  Climate Policy Advisor, Prosper Global
• Obed Koringo
  Adaptation negotiator, Kenya
• Mattias Söderberg
  Global Climate Lead, Danish Church Aid
• Liane Schalatek
  Associate Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation
• Clara von Glasow
  Senior Project Manager, Latin American Youth Climate Scholarships
• Carlos de Freitas
  Executive Director, Global Fund for Cities Development