Climate change is taking a toll on the South Caucasus.
How can science best translate into policies for adaptation? What does successful regional cooperation look like?
At #COP29Azerbaijan, dive into the region's nature at an event led by UNEP's Europe Office and GRID-Arendal.
09:00 - 10:30 GMT+4, Azerbaijan Pavilion, Blue Zone.
Agenda
Opening remarks (facilitation by Elizabeth Sellwood, UNEP)
- Umayra Taghiyeva, Dep.Minister, Azerbaijan
- Marcos Neto - Asst. SG UNDP
- Bruno Maggy Pozzi - Deputy Director of Ecosystems, UNEP
- Fatma Varank - Dep. Minister, Türkiye
- Dinara Kemelova - Special enovy, Kyrgyz Republic
Launch of Cacasus Environment Outlook (UNEP 2024)
- Laurent Fouinat - GRID-Arendal
Panel I: National Adaptation Plans: Science-Policy collaboration, highlights and lessons learnt (facilitation by Nicolas Svenningsen, UNFCCC)
- Rohimi Kohli - UNDP
- Cem Deniz - Türkiye
- Rafig Veridyev - Azerbaijan
Panel II: Exchange of successful regional cross-sectoral approaches to climate change in mountains (facilitation by Elizabeth Sellwood, UNEP)
- Simon Ellmauer-Klambauer - Austria
- Masho Kakhnelidze - Georgia
- Firuddin Aliyev - Azerbaijan.
