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UNEP Event
Nurturing Nature: Bringing Nature-Positive Cities to the Forefront of Urban Climate Action
2 December 2023
- Overview
- SPEAKERS
Date: Saturday, 2 December 2023
Time: 14:30-15:15 GST
Organizers: COP28 Presidency, High-level Climate Champions, ICLEI, UNEP and the World Bank
Location: COP28 Expo City, UNFCCC Action Lab 1 (AL SHAHEEN), Blue Zone
Streaming link: COP28 Local Climate Action Summit | Bloomberg Philanthropies
Description:
Held at the start of COP28 and hosted by the COP28 Presidency and Bloomberg Philanthropies, the inaugural Local Climate Action Summit will bring together subnational climate leaders – mayors, governors, businesses, non-government organizations, and more – who have been and will be increasingly critical in helping national governments reach emissions reduction targets and net-zero ambitions. This session will outline how subnational leaders can advance nature positive development in cities and regions into their climate and biodiversity plans, for sustainable urban and regional development and will announce the rollout of the Urban Nature Program
Speakers:
- Razan al Mubarak, President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and UN Climate Change High-Level Champion
- Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
- Jaime Alberto Pumarejo Heins, Mayor, Barranquilla, Colombia
- Susan Aitken, Council Leader, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Yvonne Aki-Sawyer, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
- Hana Ghassan Tuma, Vice-Governor of Para, Brazil
- Carlos Eduardo Correa Escaf, Former Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia
- Louise Cord, Global Director, Social Sustainability and Inclusion at the World Bank Group
- Bogolo Joy Kenewendo, UN Climate Change High-Level Champions’ Special Advisor, Africa Director, former Cabinet Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry of Botswana
- Ingrid Coetzee, Director: Biodiversity, Nature and Health, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
