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Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)for sustainable and inclusive buildings and Cooling: : Time for Bold Action
| 16:00-17:30 Azerbaijan Time (UTC +4)
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Area E, Delegation Pavilions, Buildings + Cooling Pavilion, International Code Council, G10

Building on the insights shared during the fireside chat, the session will transition to a panel discussion, highlighting practical recommendations from various initiatives designed to support policymakers and stakeholders in developing ambitious, implementable, fundable, and inclusive NDCs for the buildings sector. Key contributions include:

PEEB/UNEP’s GlobalABC: Launching a set of practical guidelines to support the formulation of impactful NDCs, with a focus on key steps and a menu of policy options to ensure NDCs are ambitious, actionable, investable, and inclusive.

The World Green Building Council: Presenting the ‘Sustainable Buildings Scorecard and Action Plan for NDCs and Policies.’ This Scorecard will help stakeholders support governments in enhancing their NDCs through both top-down and bottom-up approaches, leveraging existing national and local policies while facilitating gap analyses between these policies and NDC ambitions.

IIGCC: Offering insights on how to make NDCs fundable from an investor’s perspective.

Habitat for Humanity: Launching its paper on "Informality and Housing in NDCs," focusing on the critical role of addressing informal settlements in the context of NDCs.
 

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Agenda Overview:

16:00 - 16:05 | Opening Remarks
Speaker: Gulnara Roll, Director, UNEP Climate Change Division
Focus: Linking COP29 discussions to global efforts on decarbonizing buildings and cooling.

16:10 - 16:30 | Fireside Chat: NDCs as a Lever for Decarbonization
Moderator: Gulnara Roll, Head of GlobalABC Secretariat, UNEP
Focus: Launch of UNEP’s NDC Policy Brief for the Building Sector, with insights from national and subnational government representatives.

Speakers:

  • Abdelmuti Ahmed Murad, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure, UAE
     
  • Kennedy Matheka, , Kenya
     
  • Hassen El Agrebi, National Agency for Energy Conservation, Tunisia

16:30 - 17:20 | Panel Discussion: Key Themes in NDC Design
Moderator: Gulnara Roll, Head of GlobalABC Secretariat, UNEP
Focus: Practical advice for policymakers on designing ambitious, fundable, and inclusive NDCs.

Panelists:

  1. Ambition
    • Gregor Sahler, GABC/PEEB 
    • Lily Riahi, Cool Coalition 
    • Alice Bond, WGBC 
    • Rebecca Ochong, Habitat for Humanity International 
  2. Fundability
    • Lily, Cool Coalition 
    • Gregor Sahler, GABC/PEEB 
    • Hugh Garnett, IIGCC 
    • Alice Bond, WGBC
  3. Integration of Informal Settlements
    • Rebecca Ochong, Habitat for Humanity International (3 min)
  4. Private Sector Perspective
    • Nigel Tonks, ARUP (4 min)
  5. Partnership Announcement
    • Alice Bond (WGBC) & Gulnara Roll (2 min)

17:20 - 17:30 | Concluding Remarks
Moderator: Gulnara Roll
Focus: Summary of country perspectives and actionable next steps for NDCs.

See the COP29 Buildings and Cooling Pavilion!