COP28

The climate crisis is the crisis of this era. Join the events Start Network is participating in between 30 November and 12 December and share our key messages and policy asks.

Holly Seglah

Published: 30 November 2023

Time to read: 6 minutes

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The climate crisis is the crisis of this era. While the impacts of climate change are not felt equally across regions and countries, they are of global concern and threat. Yet, responses remain fragmented across sectors, and financial resource structures to tackle the crisis remain burdensome and inaccessible.

We’ve seen the climate crisis' effect on the environment, weather, and ecosystems, with human consequences being the most complex and intersectional. These holistic impacts on the human way of being are the ones least examined even though ironically, are the ones that connect us all.

The climate story is a human one, and partly responsible for the loss of cultures, identities, livelihoods, and lives. It is a global story, a local story, it is your story, my story, our story. By sharing this story, we can act towards a better, more hopeful and sustainable future.

Our key reflections from COP28

COP28 resources

New research commissioned by Start Network, Preparing for Climate Change Impacts on Small-Medium Scale Crises, sheds light on the impacts of climate change on small and medium scale crises.

Our new think piece ‘Opinion: Worsening climate hazards call for humanitarian system rethink’ weighs in on why and how the humanitarian sector needs to anticipate crises and expedite the shift to locally led action.

Our COP28 advocacy pack is a collective effort with Start Network’s members. It also includes our key messages and policy asks. Share it within your organisation and enhance your knowledge through resources provided by our members.

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Here is the list of events you can find us either speaking in (marked in bold) or attending. All times are in UAE standard time (GMT+4).

1 December 17:00 – 18:00 ‘Anticipatory action for climate-induced emergencies- Bridging gaps in humanitarian response’ WHO Pavilion, Blue Zone.

2 December 10:30 – 11:00 ‘Official Opening of the first ever Humanitarian Hub at the COP28’, The Humanitarian Hub, Green Zone

2 December 13:30 – 14:30 ‘The State of Pre-Arranged Financing: We can do better!’ Resilience Hub, Blue Zone.

2 December 15:30 – 17:00 ‘Response to Loss and Damage through partnerships and integrated approaches’, EU Pavilion, Blue Zone.

3 December 9:00 – 10:30 ‘Taking Early Action to Scale: A Charter for the Future’, Presidential Roundtable, Blue Zone. This event is invite only.

3 December 10:00 – 11:30 ‘Building partnerships for climate risk management: Replica partnerships that help ARC Ltd. achieve its ambitions of providing cover for over 40 million Africans vulnerable to climate-changed induced events such as drought, tropical cyclone, and urban flooding’, Caricom Pavilion, Blue Zone.

3 December 10:30 – 12:00 ‘Delivering Early Warnings for All’, MR 12, Blue Zone.

3 December 11:30 – 13:00 ‘Strengthening Delivery: Aligning development, humanitarian, and climate finance’, SE Room 5, Blue Zone. Watch the live stream here.

3 December 12:00 – 13:00 ‘Accelerating Climate Action in Countries and Communities Facing Multifaceted Crises: launch of the COP28 Climate, Relief, Recovery and Peace Declaration’, COP28 Presidency.

3 December 15:30 – 16:30 ‘Scaling Up CERF’s Role in Climate Action Event at the COP28 ‘, The Humanitarian Hub, Green Zone.

3 December 16:00 – 17:30 ‘From siloes to synergy: scaling up anticipatory actions across the humanitarian, development and climate sectors’, EU Pavilion.

3 December 16:30 – 17:00 ‘Launch Event of the Global Shield Programme for Resilient Risk Pools’, CARICOM Pavillion, Blue Zone. This event is invite only.

3 December 17:45 – 18:45 ‘Risks to Adaptation Finance and Innovation for Scaling Up’, Resilience Hub, Blue Zone.

4 December 10:00 – 11:30, ‘Gendered dimensions of climate-related emergencies: impact on livelihoods, food security and partnerships and financing through a gender lens’, Humanitarian Hub, Green Zone.

4 December 12:00 – 13:30 ‘Roundtable on Smallholder Agriculture and Financing’ Island of Hope, Climate Action Innovation Zone. This event is invite only.

4 December 14:00 ‘How can the Grand Bargain agenda strengthen humanitarian climate mitigation work and disaster prevention’, Humanitarian Hub, Green Zone.

5 December 14:00 – 15:00 ‘Scaling up early warning systems: A comparative experience of regional leadership and cross-sectoral collaboration’, CARICOM Pavillion, Bue Zone

6 December 14:00, ‘Strengthening Urban Resilience for a Changing Climate’, Humanitarian Hub, Green Zone.

6 December 17:30 – 19:00 We are pleased to be leading a session in the first ever Humanitarian Hub at COP28. Join us for our session ‘Humanitarian Potential: how the sector can better address the needs of people in a changing climate’, find us in the Humanitarian Hub, Green Zone

7 December 15:30 – 17:00 ‘How can we establish new pathways that enhance accountability for locally led action and promote greater adherence to the LLA principles?’, Sofitel Dubai Downtown, Sheikh Zayed Road.

8 December 9:00 – 10:00 ‘From Silos to Synergy: A community dialogue on universal access to risk and resiliency tools’, Resilience Hub, Blue Zone.

9 December 10:30 – 11:30 ‘Disaster Risk Financing in a Landscape of Compounded Crises’ Resilience Hub, Blue Zone

11 December 17:30 -19:00 ‘Taking forward locally led action on climate and nature – building partnerships, delivering change’, Benelux Pavilion, Blue Zone.