Side events

Three thematic side events will be held on the margins of INC-4 on Wednesday 24 - 25 April 2024 at the Shaw Center, Ottawa, Canada

Guidance note for the thematic side events on the margins of INC-4

List of Facilitators and presenters

More information and guidance

Calendar

  • Plastic pollution in the marine environment

    Agenda

    Date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024

    Venue: Asia Pacific Room/Room number 213/215

    Topic: Thematic side event on plastic pollution in the marine environment 

    Facilitator: FAO (Lev Neretin, Nicola Ferri)

    • The Russian Federation, Professor Sergey Lyulin. 

    • Bangladesh, Mohammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury. 

    • Samoa, Chair of Alliance of Small Island States, Anama Solofa. 

    • The Pew Charitable Trusts, Natasha Tullis. 

    • ICLEI-MedWaves, Ignasi Mateo. 

    • Youth Loves Egypt Foundation, Ahmed Fathy. 

    • Galapagos Conservation Trust, Jen Jones 

    • Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, Rufino Varea. 

    • Environmental Investigation Agency, Christina Dixon. 

    • Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Reo Kawamura. 

  • Approaches to capacity building, financing and financial mechanisms

    Agenda

    Date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024

    Venue: Africa room/Room number 214 (200 delegates) 

    Topic: Thematic side event on approaches to capacity building, financing and financial mechanism 

    FacilitatorOECD (Shardul Agrawala, Andrew Brown) and BRS (Kei Ohno)

    • Rwanda, Patrick Umohoza. 

    • Germany/GIZ, Steffen Blume. 

    • USA (USAID), Clare Romanik.  

    • Government of Quebec, Canada, Jean Lemire. 

    • Minderoo Foundation, Dominic Charles.  

    • Women’s Working Group on Plastic Pollution, Frezer Yeheyis.  

    • All India Plastic Manufacturers’ Association, Haren Sanghavi. 

    • Indigenous Peoples Caucus, Prem Singh Tharu. 

    • TESS, Carolyn Deere Birkbeck

  • Enabling just transition

    Agenda

    Date: Thursday, 25 April 2024

    Venue: Asia Pacific room/Room 213/215  (180 delegates) 

    Topic: Thematic side event on enabling just transition,  

    FacilitatorILO (Graczyk, Halshka),  and OHCHR (Ana Paula Souza)

    • Brazil, Ministry of Environment. 

    • Fundación AVINA, Paula Pariz. 

    • Trash for Peace, on behalf of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers, Taylor Cass Talbott. 

    • Business Coalition, Carsten Wachholz. 

    • King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Dr Evar Umeozor, PhD. 

    • International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Aminur Rashid-Repon Chowdhury. 

    • Inuit Circumpolar Council, Anne Simpson 

    • International Science Council, Adetoun Mustapha 

    • International Air Transport Association, Daniela Stange.  

    • World Trade Organization, Daniel Ramos 

 


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