At its 20th session, the Conference of the Parties (COP 20) to the UNFCCC requested the Secretariat to organize annually through 2020 in-session workshops on long-term finance, focusing on adaptation finance, needs for support to developing country parties and cooperation on enhanced enabling environments, and support for readiness activities. The 2015 workshop will take place in conjunction with the intersessional negotiations at the Bonn Climate Change Conference in June. The workshop will be held over two afternoons. The programme includes: presentations by the thematic bodies of the UNFCCC, including the Adaptation Committee, the Least developed countries Expert Group (LEG), the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) and the Technology Executive Committee (TEC); and sessions on scaling up finance to foster adaptation actions in developing countries and fostering investments to enhance resilience to climate change. The sessions will include case studies and break-out groups on the following four topics: the role of collaborative arrangements for managing climate risks; accessing climate finance by strengthening institutional capacity; policy, legal frameworks, country strategies and priority sectors for investments in climate-resilience; interaction between public and private for scaling-up funding and investments in climate resilience. The Secretariat will prepare a summary report of the workshop to present to the COP at the Paris Climate Change Conference in December 2015.  

dates: 4-5 June 2015  
venue: World Conference Center Bonn, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 2 53113  
location: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany  
contact: UNFCCC Secretariat  
phone: +49-228 815-1000  
fax: +49-228-815-1999  
e-mail: secretariat@unfccc.int  
www: http://unfccc.int/cooperation_support/financial_mechanism/long-term_finance/items/8939.php
 http://unfccc.int/files/cooperation_support/financial_mechanism/long-term_finance/application/pdf/ltf_2015-programme_13may2015_b.pdf