Sustainable and resilient development to climate change in the Amazon region: alternatives for the forest, the countryside and the city

Amazon Dialogues Amazon Summit, Hangar Convention Centre - Belém do Pará, PA, Brazil-   6 August 2023, 18:00-20:00, Room 2, Plenary 300 people

The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical forest in the world and currently occupies 40% of the territory of South America, with a territory of 6.92 million km2. Its area extends in the territory of eight countries, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, also being part of French Guiana. Within this environmental diversity we find approximately 20% of the planet's fresh water in the Amazon basin and 20% of the flora and fauna that exist in the world.

Objective:

This event promotes to discuss on structuring issues for a just economic transition in the Amazon in light of climate change, with solutions and strategies for strengthening the socio-economy and local populations, climate finance and forests in connection with resilient cities and how climate finance can be strategically invested to create favorable conditions for economic transition in the Amazon. The themes will be addressed in a conceptual, structuring and practical way, in order to foster the exchange of experiences between Pan-Amazonian managers and society in the implementation of actions for climate balance.

Organization: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) Secretariat of the Environment, Government of the State of Pará Legal Amazon Interstate Consortium

Speakers: 18.00 High-level panel Opening remarks: Juan Bello, Regional Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Marina Silva, Minister of Environment and Climate Change (Brazil) Susana Muhamad, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development (Colombia) Ms Arlette Soudan-Nonault, Minister of Environment and Congo Basin of the Republic of Congo Mr Gustavo Manrique, Chancellor of the Government (Ecuador) Mr Helder Barbalho, Governor of the State of Pará (Brazil)Moderation: Mr Gustau Mañez, UNEP Representative in Brazil

19.00 Panel 1: Forest, climate, bioeconomy and cities Opening remarks: Eugênio Pantoja, Senior Director of Territorial Development and Public Policy, IPAM Ana Toni, Secretary for Climate Change, MMA (Brazil) Carina Pimenta, Secretary of Bioeconomy, MMA (Brazil) Mr Mauro Ó de Almeida, Secretary of Environment and Sustainability of Pará (Brazil) Marcello Brito, Executive Secretary, Consortium of the Legal Amazon (CAL) Moderation:Gabriela Savian, Deputy Director Public Policies IPAM