• Overview
  • Agenda

This One UN event will be happening at the 12th World Urban Forum.

Date: Tuesday 5 November 2024 

Time : From 15:00 to 16:30 EEST

Location: One UN room A, Egypt International Exhibition Center, Cairo, Egypt  

Organizers : The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)  

Description: This event will highlight cooperation among UN agencies in investing in connecting the climate and biodiversity agendas at the urban scale.  

Opening remarks   

  • Ms. Elizabeth Mrema, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP   

Keynote speech: Connecting Climate and Biodiversity Agendas  

  • Mr. David Dodman, General Director, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies  

Panel discussion: Scaling Up Finance for Urban Nature-Based Solutions and Climate Action  

  • Ms. Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga, Director, Intergovernmental Support and Collective Progress Division, UNFCC  
  • Mr. Neil Pratt, Senior Environmental Affairs Officer, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)  

Q&A   

All event participants   

Closing remarks: Aligning Local and National Strategies for Enhanced Impact  

  • Ms. Kobie Brand, Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI