An official affiliate event of the California Global Climate Action Summit

organized by the Climate Chain Coalition

hosted by Open Austria in the context of the Austrian EU Council Presidency

Digital innovation and especially Distributed ledger technology (blockchain) can be very important enablers of enhanced climate action.DLT and blockchain could:

• strengthen monitoring, reporting and verification of the impacts of climate action
• improve transparency, traceability and cost-effectiveness of climate action
• build trust among climate actors
• make incentive mechanisms for climate action accessible to the poorest
• support mobilization of green finance.

To encourage exploration and eventual use of this technology in support of climate action, the UN Climate Change secretariat initiated and facilitated the creation of the Climate Chain Coalition. (see https://unfccc.int/news/un-supports-blockchain-technology-for-climate-action for more details) In light of the importance of the California Global Climate Action Summit for the implementation of the Paris Agreement and in order to tap into the unique innovation and technology development potentials of California, the Climate Chain Coalition is organizing workshops and a public networking event in the context of GCAS2018 to facilitate broad collaboration among all relevant stakeholders and in order to galvanize financial as well as intellectual resource mobilization for the creation of the technological infrastructure for multi-stakeholder engagement in climate action in the context of the UNFCCC platform for enhanced climate action by Non-Party Stakeholders http://climateaction.unfccc.int/

Draft Agenda

Part I - CCC Working Meetings - Time: 1 PM - 5 PM Meeting Room: Speakeasy (floor plan)

Tentative Workshop Agenda:

• Opening messages (5 minutes)
• Brief introductions of participants (20 minutes)
• CCC organization update and Q&A (15 minutes)
• CCC member presentations
• CCC team meetings (30 minute breakout groups + 30 minutes report back with Q&A Discussion)
• Discussion on blockchain use cases related to the UNFCCC platform for enhanced climate action by Non-Party Stakeholders information system (25 minutes)
• Presentation of the multistakeholder partnership GloCha and its blockchain initiatives (25 minutes)
• - (Youth) Climate Entrepreneurship / Agenda2030 Marketplace (certifying and trading climate action impact with blockchain technology and SDGs metrics) with a video message from UNIDO HQ in Vienna
• - City Climate Olympics (gamification of climate action & blockchain/IoT) with video conference connection with Complexity Science Hub/ETH Zürich workshop participants in Vienna
• - Global Climate Action Center New York - blockchain based crowdfunding in support of global climate action governance infrastructure
• Development of a list of blockchain related high priority social impact investment opportunities and philanthropy engagement opportunities in preparation of the GloCha GCAS affiliate event "Climate Action Philanthropy Meeting" at the Bay Aquarium on 14th September (20 minutes)
• additional proposals from CCC members

Part II - Public Event/Outreach/Networking/Reception - Time: 6 PM - 9 PM Meeting Room: Townhall

Opening Session (20 minutes)

• Welcome by CCC co-chairs Tom Baumann and Massamba Thioye
• Welcome by the hosts and sponsors of the event: Open Austria SF /Austrian EU presidency 2018 (additional sponsors to be confirmed)
• Welcome by Canada’s Climate Change Ambassador Patricia Fuller (to be confirmed)

Thematic I - How Blockchain can support climate action by non-Party Stakeholders (20 minutes) - Massamba Thioye, UNFCCC

Thematic II - Climate Chain Coalition (15 minutes) - Tom Baumann, CCC - Presentation of the Climate Chain Coalition

Thematic III - Blockchain Supporting Corporate Climate Action and Climate Finance Innovation (15 minutes) - Scott Williams (Director of Decision Metrics & Finance), Climate KIC & Marion Verles, Gold Standard Foundation

Thematic IV - Climate and Digital Innovations Good Practice Cases (45 minutes) - Good Practice Cases (from CCC members and event partners) - (speakers to be confirmed)

Thematic V - Resource Mobilization for Blockchain for Enhanced Climate Action (20 minutes) - Miroslav Polzer, IAAI Klagenfurt, Ari Eisenstat, GloCha Foundation New York Inc., Arnold Strong Unify Earth, CCC co-chair Tom Baumann

Conclusions

Networking Reception

Event Contacts:

• Tom Baumann, Climate Chain Coalition Co-chair, ClimateCHECK tb@climate-check.com
• Miroslav Polzer, CCC Communications and Events Team Leader, IAAI Glocha, polzer@glocha.info
• Clara Blume, Open Austria, clara@open-austria.com