Programme

Thursday, 5 September 2024

08:00-09:00

On-site Registration

09:00-11:00

Conference Opening and High-level Segment: Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet

Plenary Hall/ Auditorium

Moderator

Ms. Bahareh Seyedi, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)

Opening  

     Welcoming remarks by high-level representative of Host Country  

Ambassador André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, Secretary for Climate, Energy and the Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

     Opening remarks by Co-conveners  

             Mr. Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations (video message)

             Mr. Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (video message)

      Special Remarks from the city of Rio de Janeiro

Mr. Lucas Wosgrau Padilha, President of the Rio G20 Committee and Chief Secretary of the Mayor's Executive Office of the City of Rio de Janeiro

High-level segment statements 

      Special Messages 

H.E. Ms. Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations, New York (video message)

H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the 78^th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York (video message)

      Statements by HL Representatives of Denmark, Japan, and Brazil (Synergy Conference hosts) 

Ambassador Liliam Chagas, Director for Climate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil 

Ambassador Eva Bisgaard Pedersen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Ms. Masako Ogawa, Deputy Director-General, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment of Japan

Leaders dialogue 

      Host countries of UNFCCC COP Conferences

H.E. Ms. Hana AlHashimi, Chief Climate Negotiator for the United Arab Emirates for COP27 and COP28, and Head of the Office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change

H.E. Mr. Yalchin Rafiyev, Deputy Foreign Minister, COP29 Chief Negotiator of Republic of Azerbaijan, Host Country of UNFCCC COP29

Ambassador André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, Secretary for Climate, Energy and the Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Host Country of UNFCCC COP30

      HL Representatives of countries representing regional and other important groups 

Ms. Sariha Belen Moya Angulo, National Secretary of Planning, Ecuador 

Ms. Verónica Tomei, Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Germany

Mr. Hans Olav Ibrekk, Climate Envoy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

       Statements by Heads and Senior Representatives of UN Agencies    

Ms. Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) (live virtual)

Ms. Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)  (video message)

Ms. Anacláudia Marinheiro Centeno Rossbach, Executive Director for United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (video message)

Mr. Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology (live virtual)

Mr Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) (video message) 

Ms. Juliette Biao, Director, United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat, UNDESA

Mr. Juan Carlos Mendoza Casadiegos, Director of Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division, IFAD 

Ms. Laurel Patterson, Head, SDG Integration, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 

Ms. Camila Gramkow, Chief a.i., Brasilia Office, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Mr. Jorge Meza, Representative of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Brazil(live virtual)

       Youth Statements

Ms. Ashawnté D. Russell, Inti Corporation Ltd. Youth Environmental Ambassador, Caribbean Front Coordinator of World’s Youth For Climate Justice and EarthDay.org Youth Ambassador 

Mr. Parth Bhatt, Founder and Chairperson of the Board of Directors at ECB Sustainable Youth Foundation and representative of the Children and Youth Constituency of the UNFCCC (YOUNGO)

11:00-11:30

Coffee and networking break

11:30-12:00

Scene-Setting Conversation: Global state of progress on climate and SDG Synergies

       Moderator

Ms. Bahareh Seyedi, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Panel discussion 

Mr. Túlio Andrade, Head for Climate Negotiations at the Climate Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

Mr. Kaveh Guilanpour, Vice President for International Strategies, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and Member of the Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergy

Mr. Youba Sokona Senior Advisor for Sustainable Development, South Center; formerly Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Member of the Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergy

Ms. Elisabeth Gilmore, Associate Professor, Carleton University, Canada and Member of the Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergy

Ms. Amanda McKee, Director for Knowledge and Learning, NDC Partnership and Contributing Expert to the Seeking Synergy Solutions: The Four Thematic Reports (virtual)

12:00 – 13:00

Roundtable 1

Rising to the Climate Challenge through the SDGs: Bridging the Financing Divide  

Plenary Hall/ Auditorium 

    Moderator

Mr. Daniele Violetti, Senior Director of the Programmes Coordination, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 

     Keynote statement

Ambassador Liliam Chagas, Director for Climate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

     Roundtable with experts and stakeholder representatives

Mr. Juliano Assunção, Technical Coordinator of the Expert Group of the G20 Task Force for Global Mobilization against Climate Change (TF-CLIMA)

Mr. Eric Usher, Head, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) (virtual)

Mr. Morten Houmann Blomqvist, Chief Advisor, Climate and Green Energy Transition, Government of Denmark

Mr. Jianyu Zhang, Executive Director, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Green Development Institute (BRIGDI), Beijing, China

Mr. Christopher Dekki, Global Climate Cooperation, Environmental Defense Fund

Mr. Alexandre Batista, Breathe Cities Lead – Brazil, Clean Air Fund

        Q&A

13:00-14:00

Lunch break (on-site, details to be announced)    

14:00-15:00

Roundtable 2

Rising to the Climate Challenge through the SDGs: Delivering Co-benefits and Leaving No One Behind

Plenary Hall/ Auditorium

     Moderator

Mr. Minoru Takada, Deputy Director, UN Forum on Forests Secretariat at UNDESA

     Keynote Statement

Ms. Izabella Teixeira, Co-Chair of International Resource Panel, former Minister of Environment of Brazil

     Roundtable with experts and stakeholder representatives

Mr. Sunimal Jayathunga, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka 

Ms. Rosa Montanez, Executive Director, Foundation Natura (NGO), Panama 

Mr. Akihiro Miyazaki,  Chief Representative, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Brazil Office

Mr. Saulo A. Ceolin, Co-Chair of G20 Task Force for the Establishment of a Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, and General Coordinator for Food and Nutrition Security (CGSAN), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

Ms. Maria Netto, Director, Climate and Society Institute (iCS)

Ms. Zarifa Zulfugarova, Head of International Affairs Department, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Republic of Azerbaijan

      Q&A

15:00 - 16:15 

Thematic Session 1 

Regenerating Nature – Bioeconomy as a key economic paradigm for tackling climate change, promoting sustainable development and restoring forests 

Plenary Hall/ Auditorium

     Moderator

Mr. Emilio Sempris, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Coalition for Rainforest Nations, and former Minister of Environment of Panama

    Keynote Presentations – Bioeconomy in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation 

Ms. Juliette Biao, Director, United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat, UNDESA 

Mr. Eduardo do Couto e Silva, Director of the Brazilian National Biorenewables Laboratory of the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (LNBR/CNPEM) 

     Moderated Roundtable

Ms. Elisabetta Recine, President, Brazil National Council on Food and Nutrition Security (CONSEA)

Ms. Paulina Zanela, Co-Founder and CEO, Thalasso

Mr. Gustavo Alberto Fermin, Programme Head, Program for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations University (UNU-BIOLAC)

Ms. Maria Augusta Arruda, Director of the Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory of the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (LNBio/CNPEM) 

Mr. Paulo Artaxo, Vice President, Sociedade Brasiliera para o Progresso da Ciência (SBPC), Professor, University of Sao Paulo

Ms. Regine Schoenenberg, Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Office

Mr. Patrick Debels, Regional Coordinator, UNOPS, UNDP/GEF Procarribe+PMCU

Mr. Nabil Moura Kadri, Deputy Director of Socio-Environmental Division, Banco National Desenvolvimento Economic e Social (BNDES) (virtual)

Mr. Blutus Mbambi, Co-Founder and Programme Director at the Center for Climate Change Action and Advocacy Zambia (virtual)

      Q & A 

16:30- 18:00 

Climate Action Perspectives for the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty

Side-event organized by Government of Brazil 

in partnership with the Institute for Climate and Society (ICS) and the Ibirapitanga Institute

(details to be announced) 

18:30 onwards

Cocktail reception (by invitation only)

Friday, 6 September 2024

08:00-09:00

On-site Registration

09:00 - 10:15

Troika Majlis: Roadmap to Mission 1.5°C

Transformational Adaptation for Climate Resilience: Enhancing National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Securing Finance for Global Goals

Welcome and introduction by the Troika

H.E. Mr. Yalchin Rafiyev, Deputy Foreign Minister, COP29 Chief Negotiator of Republic of Azerbaijan, Host Country of UNFCCC COP29 

H.E. Ms. Hana AlHashimi, Chief Climate Negotiator for the United Arab Emirates for COP27 and COP28, and Head of the Office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change 

Ms. Ana Toni, National Secretary for Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil 

Setting the scene

Ms. Laurel Patterson, Head, SDG Integration, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Mr. Hans Olav Ibrekk, Climate Envoy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

Mr. Youba Sokona, Senior Advisor for Sustainable Development, South Center; formerly Vice- Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Member of the Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergy

Ms. Karen Silverwood-Cope, Climate Director, WRI Brasil (virtual)    

Closing Remarks by the Troika

10:15 – 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 - 11:45

Thematic Session 2

Who Prospers, Who Gets Left Behind? – the just and equitable transitions pathway to ensuring a 1.5° C aligned future that leaves no one behind

Plenary Hall/ Auditorium

   Moderator

Mr. Kaveh Guilanpour, Vice President for International Strategies, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, (C2ES) and member of the UN Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies

   Scene-Setting Presentation 

Ms. Laura Carvalho, Global Director of Economic and Climate Prosperity at the Open Society Foundation & Professor of Economics at University of São Paulo 

   Moderated Roundtable 

Ms. Tri Mumpuni, Women Representative, Social Entrepreneur, and Founder and Executive Director, People Centered Business and Economic Initiative (IBEKA), Indonesia

Ms. Giovanna Kuele, Program Manager for International Cooperation, Igarapé Institute

Ms. Débora Castiglione, Project Coordinator at the Migration, Environment, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Unit (IOM)

Mr. José Clayton Murilo Cavalcanti Gomes, Representative of the Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent 

Ms. Daniela Sota Valdivia, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer (Anti-Corruption), United    Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

    Q & A 

 11:45 - 13:00

Thematic Session 3 

Walking the talk – Shifting to lifestyles with more sustainable patterns of production and consumption

Plenary Hall/ Auditorium

   Moderator

Mr. Ralph Wahnschafft, Independent Senior Advisor on Sustainable Development Policies

  Moderated Roundtable

Ms. Glaucia Mendes Souza, Professor, Researcher, Institute of Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo (USP), FAPESP Bioenergy Programme Coordinator, IEA Task 39 Bioenergy Co-Lead (Biofuels for Decarbonization of Transportation), Brazil 

Mr. Junichi Fujino, Programme Director, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan

Mr. Fábio Véras Soares, Director of International Studies, Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil

Mr. Kulwant Singh, President of KNSS-Institute of Spatial Planning and Environmental Research, Panchkula, India; CEO, 3R Waste Foundation, India (former Advisor UN-Habitat)

Mr. Wladmir Henriques Motta, Professor and Researcher, Federal Center for Technological Education (under Ministry of Education), Rio de Janeiro

Mr. Henry Ngara, Representative of the Youth Constituency for Sustainable Production and Consumption

   Q & A

13:00 – 14:15

Lunch break 

14:15– 15:30

Thematic Session 4 

Cities as Drivers – Building climate action and resilience at local levels 

Plenary Hall/ Auditorium

  Moderator

Ms. Elisabeth Gilmore, Associate Professor, Carleton University, Canada, Member of Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies 

  Keynote Presentation –  Cities as Drivers – building climate action and resilience at local levels 

Ms. Parisa Kloss, Executive Director, Resilient Urban Planning and Development (RUPD) GbR, Germany

Moderated Roundtable

Mr. Rodrigo Perpetuo, Executive Secretary of South America, ICLEI

Mr. Carlos Felipe Pardo, Founder of SabidurAI & despacio.org

Ms. Aline Freitas da Silva, Coordinator of Resilient Cities, State Secretariat for the Environment and Sustainability of Rio de Janeiro

Ms. Ana Carolina Querino, Interim Representative, UN Women Brazil

Mr. Ilan Cuperstein, Regional Director, Latin America C40 

Mr. Pablo Escribano Miralles, Regional Migration Environment and Climate Change Specialist, International Organization Migration (IOM)

Ms. Rayne Ferretti Moraes, National Officer for Brazil at the UN-Habitat Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

Mr. David Simon, Professor of Development Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London

     Q & A

15:30-16:00

Closing session 

Conference summary by representatives of the co-convening organizations

Closing Statements by Co-conveners

Ms. Bahareh Seyedi, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)

Mr. Daniele Violetti, Senior Director, Programmes Coordination, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)