The 2024 Oxford Seminar took place from 28-30 August at the Examination Schools, Oxford University. The Seminar was preceded by the Fellowship Colloquium from 26-28 August at Magdalen College. The Colloquium provided the opportunity for developing country experts to discuss amongst themselves issues of importance, form proposals, and consolidate positions on these issues in advance of the Seminar. During the seminar, the Fellows presented and shared their views, suggestions, and experiences with their European partners. Topics addressed were: Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP), including its relationship to the discussions on Response Measures; gender; Article 6 of the Paris Agreement; the Climate Solidarity Alliance and climate solidarity levies; the new collective quantified goal on climate finance (NCQG); the Sharm el-Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme (MWP); and the Global Stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement. The Seminar was attended by the Chair of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), while the Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) participated virtually. Several heads of delegations and lead negotiators also attended, along with issue leads from key negotiating groups. In all, more than 30 developing countries and European partners participated, either in-person or virtually, with women making up 73% of the participants.
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