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United Nations Environment Programme
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Date: 9 December 2023

Time: 14:00-15:30 GST

Location: Al Saih Presidency Roundtable, Blue Zone, Expo City, Dubai, UAE

Description: 

The UNFCCC COP28 and CBD COP15 Presidencies will bring together governments and leaders across society at a ministerial roundtable to discuss the importance, challenges, and opportunities in adopting a synergetic approach in the design and implementation of national climate and biodiversity plans and strategies, in support of achieving the goals of both the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, as well as the Sustainable Development Goals.

This roundtable will also bring together existing or newly launched country-led partnerships and initiatives across climate, biodiversity, and land use action to exchange best practices and share opportunities to enhance collaboration, in order to support countries as they submit revised National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) in advance of CBD COP16 in 2024, and new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) at COP30 in response to the Global Stocktake (GST) at COP28.

 

Speakers:

  • H.E. Razan Al Mubarak, High-Level Champion, COP28
  • Mr. Manuel Pulgar Vidal, Action Agenda Champion, Convention on Biological Diversity
  • H.E. Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment, People’s Republic of China
  • Mr. Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
  • Mr. David Cooper, Executive Secretary, UNCBD
  • Ms. Inger Anderson, Executive Director, UNEP
  • H.E. Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya, Minister of Environment, Rwanda
  • H.E. Steffi Lemke, Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany
  • H.E. María Susana Muhamad González, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia
  • H.E. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada
  • H.E. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, Egypt
  • H.E. Christophe Béchu, Minister for Ecological Transition and Cohesion of the Territories, France or H.E. Franz Tattenbach, Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica
  • H.E. Mariam Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates
  • Steve Barclay, State Secretary of the Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, United Kingdom
  • H.E. Toeolesulusulu Cedric Pose Salesa Schuster, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Samoa
  • H.E. Teresa Ribera, Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Spain
  • H.E. Alioune Ndoye, Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, Senegal
  • Ms. Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Co-Chair, IIPFCC
  • Mr. Onno van den Heuvel, Global Manager, BIOFIN
  • Ms. Chizuru Aoki, Lead Environmental Specialist, GEF
  • Mr. Marco Lambertini, Convener, Nature Positive Initiative
  • Ms. Josefa Carino Tauli, Steering Committee member, Global Biodiversity Youth Network
  • Mr. Gino Van Begin, Secretary General, ICLEI
  • H.E. Marina Silva, Minister of Environment, Brazil
  • Mr. Jordan Harris, Executive Director, Regions4

 

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