Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)   /     Momentum on Climate Adaptation

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Our live webcasts will be streamed at www.eesi.org/livecast What Congress Needs to Know in the Lead Up to COP26: Briefing Series on the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow Find out more about the briefings in this series below: Oct 08 Creating Policies, Coalitions, and Actions for Global Sustainable Development Oct 15 Momentum on Climate Adaptation Oct 20 The Role of International Climate Finance Oct 22 The Negotiations: What’s on the Table Nov 18 Recap of COP26: Key Outcomes and What Comes Next The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a briefing series on what Congress needs to know in the lead-up to the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Climate adaptation is one of the priority work areas for COP26. This briefing will focus on the initiatives launched or scaled up in recent years that underpin the momentum on adaptation and resilience and that will inform conversations at COP26. Speakers will discuss national adaptation plans, country dialogues on adaptation, early-warning systems, and locally-led adaptation. The briefing will explore how these efforts advance work towards the global goal on adaptation ‘to enhance adaptive capacity and reduce vulnerability.’ Intro remarks by Gonzalo Muñoz, a High-Level Climate Champion for Climate Action. This briefing series is co-sponsored by the British Embassy Washington. We are grateful for the partnership with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation that helped make this briefing possible.

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-- The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) held a briefing series on what Congress needs to know in the lead-up to the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Climate adaptation is one of the priority work areas for COP26. This briefing focused on the initiatives launched or scaled up in recent years that underpin the momentum on adaptation and resilience and that will inform conversations at COP26. Speakers will discuss national adaptation plans, country dialogues on adaptation, early-warning systems, and locally-led adaptation. The briefing explored how these efforts advance work towards the global goal on adaptation ‘to enhance adaptive capacity and reduce vulnerability.’