The priorities at the finance COP
This year is set to be the hottest on record. Soberingly, it could also be the first year to break the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold outlined in the Paris Agreement.
With conversations focused on setting the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance and carbon markets, there must be clear and actionable progress on climate finance. At the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), the Climate Resilience Center is leading key conversations to advance mitigation and adaptation efforts for heat-exposed communities.
Together with our partners, we will:
- Connect leading stakeholders, building upon our ongoing Call for Collaboration to mobilize adaptation finance, and policy solutions that protect people, livelihoods, and local economies from climate change;
- Double down on our commitment to advancing resilience solutions to extreme heat at speed and scale to protect frontline communities; and,
- Launch our plans for COP30 with Brazilian and global actors from both the public and private sectors to elevate resilience and position our partners and policymakers for even greater impact in Belem next year.
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Jorge Gastelumendi
Jorge Gastelumendi is the senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Climate Resilience Center. He has over two decades of experience in the climate policy space. Gastelumendi has contributed to key negotiation processes, including inputs to the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Eleni Myrivili
Eleni Myrivili is the Global Chief Heat Officer for UN-Habitat and the Atlantic Council’s Climate Resilience Center. She is also a member of the European Union Mission Board for Adaptation at the European Commission and serves as a heat resilience advisor to the Global Covenant of Mayors.
Owen Gow
Owen Gow is the deputy director for the extreme heat resilience pillar at the Atlantic Council’s Climate Resilience Center. In this role, he leads the heat-related initiatives and strategy, as well as the development of heat adaptation solutions and related city partnerships.
Sabrina Nagel
Sabrina Nagel is the advisor for global policy and finance at the Atlantic Council’s Climate Resilience Center. Nagel is the adaptation and resilience finance lead of the Climate Champions Team, the supporting body of the United Nations Climate Change High-Level Champions.