Written answers
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Departmental Meetings
Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the persons and companies he held a meeting with at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57048/21]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I was pleased to lead Ireland’s National Delegation at the 26thConference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change during the second week of the high-level negotiations.In addition to participating as part of the European Union team in negotiations on matters linked to climate finance and the enhanced transparency framework, I had the opportunity to represent Ireland at the launch of several key international climate initiatives and meet with a broad range of delegates from civil society, youth groups and business.
Details of my COP26 schedule are provided in the tables attached:
Monday 8 November 2021
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12:15 - 13:00 | High Ambition Coalition (HAC) launch: attendees included Minister Bruce Bilimon (Marshall Islands), Minister Andrea Meza (Costa Rica), Special Envoy John Kerry (United States) and Ministers of UNFCCC Parties who signed up to the HAC |
| 13:15– 14:45 | Adaptation Fund Pledging Conference: attended by Parties to the UNFCCC who wished to announce new pledges |
| 15:00 – 16:15 | UNCCD ‘Great Green Wall’ initiative event: event open to all delegates |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Meeting with Minister of State for Agriculture with responsibility for land use and biodiversity P.Hackett and New Zealand’s Minister for Climate Change J.Shaw |
| 19:00 - 21:00 | Climate Action Solution Centre-Reception on Electric Vehicles |
Tuesday 9 November 2021
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:00 | EU Ministerial Coordination |
| 10:00 – 12:00 | Lead IT Summit: attended by Ministers of UNFCCC Parties who signed up to the Lead IT initiative |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Meeting with Senator O’Reilly, The Elders - Mrs Mary Robinson, and Ireland youth activists attending COP26 |
| 15:00 – 17:00 | Informal Transport Ministers and international transport stakeholder’s roundtable discussion hosted by UK Presidency |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC): attended by Ministers of UNFCCC Parties who are members of the CCAC |
| 20:00 – 21:30 | DECC and Eirgrid side event- Delivering a Cleaner Energy Future: Government, energy sector and civil society working together to accelerate decarbonisation- open to all delegates |
Wednesday 10 November 2021
| Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 07:30 – 08 | Green Family Breakfast: attended by members of European Greens Group, Climate Action Network Europe | |
| 08:30 – 10:00 | EU Ministerial Coordination | |
| 10:15 - 11:15 | High Ambition Coalition Ministerial meeting | |
| 13:15 - 13:30 | Climate Action Solution Centre (CASC) Digital Workshop- joined virtually | |
| 13:45 - 14:30 | Meeting with Irish civil society to debrief on negotiations | |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Meeting with Irish civil society to debrief on negotiations | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Bilateral with United Airlines CEO, Scott Kirby | |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and The Elders -Mrs Mary Robinson, Mr Alistair Fernie, and Ms Kiri Hanks | |
| 18.30 – 19.30 | Virtual launch of Climate Conversations Report, National Dialogue on Climate Action structure and community funding stream under the Climate Action Fund |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:00 | EU Ministerial Coordination |
| 12:45 - 13:15 | Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) launch, hosted by Denmark and Costa Rica |
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Bilateral with Mr Nick Mabey, co-founding Director and Chief Executive of consultancy firm E3G |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | Bilateral with Italian Minister for Ecological Transition, R. Cingolani |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Bilateral with EU Climate Finance lead negotiator |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Bilateral with French officials |
| 16:00 – 16.30 | Bilateral with Mr George Marshall, founding Director of Climate Outreach |
Friday 12 November 2021
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:00 | EU Ministerial Coordination |
| 10.00 – 11.00 | High Ambition Coalition Ministerial meeting |
| 13:00 | COP26 informal stocktaking plenary |
| 16.30 – 17.15 | Meeting with Irish civil society to debrief on negotiations |
Saturday 13 November 2021
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 15:00 | COP26 stocktaking plenary |
| 18:00 | COP26 formal closing plenary |
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