The Rio Conventions Pavilion at Stockholm+50
[ Recorded webcast ]
About
There is growing awareness of the urgency for strong actions to reverse climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation for a healthy planet and prosperity for all. The outcomes of the Glasgow Climate Conference, the ongoing negotiations of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and the recent results of UNCCD COP15, each emphasizes the inseparable connections between these three global challenges and the importance of joined-up action to successfully address them.
The outreach and momentum generated by these events is to be reinforced at Stockholm+50, which also coincides with the thirtieth anniversary of the birth of the Rio Conventions at the 1992 Earth Summit as global instruments of sustainable development. To emphasize the importance of the combined implementation of the three Conventions to the theme “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity”, a high-level side event will be hosted by the heads of the Secretariats of the Rio Conventions and the GEF as well as Ministers representing the Presidencies of the UNFCCC, UNCCD and CBD.
This event is part of the The Rio Conventions Pavilion, a long-established joint communications platform of the Secretariats of the Rio Conventions and the GEF, which contributes to strengthening political will and building global momentum on the importance of integrated action between the UNFCCC, UNCCD and CBD.
Objectives
There are three key objectives for this event:
- Promote high-level political attention to synergies and complementarity in the implementation of the Rio Conventions;
- Emphasize the importance of integrated approaches in the implementation of the Rio Conventions towards their common objectives;
- Outline key areas for ambitious action under each Convention’s process and the financing objectives of the GEF, providing messages of ambition;
Agenda
- Date and time: 3 June 2022 from 13:00 to 14:30, with a running time of 75 minutes;
- Location: Stockholmsmässan, Room 4, Stockhom, Sweden
- Organizers: Convention for Biological Diversity, UNFCCC, UNCCD, Global Environment Facility (GEF), Government of the United Kingdom
- Moderator: Ms. Pam Chasek, PhD, IISD
- Live webcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VOoWntj0pw
Panel 1: Synergies in implementation of the Rio Conventions and the Global Environment Facility
Panelists:
- Mr. Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
- Ms. Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary, CBD
- Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary, UNCCD
- Mr. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and Chairperson, GEF
Panel 2: Political momentum in synergies
Panelists:
- The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith, Minister of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
His Excellency, Mr. Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment,
President of CBD COP 15 - Watch the video statement (MP4 - 615 Mb)- Her Excellency, Ms. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Ministerial Coordinator and Envoy, President of CBD COP 14
- Mr Alain-Richard Donwahi, President of UNCCD COP 15
Related information
Selected photos
will be available shortly after the end of the event
All photos by: IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth
Source: https://enb.iisd.org/
