High-level Opening Session: The Rio Conventions – Restoring balance with nature for a sustainable future
Monday 1 November 2021
18:15 – 19:45 UK time (UTC, Please Note DST ends on 31 Oct)
At COP 26, the Rio Conventions join forces in a series of events showcasing the multifaceted solutions at hand to slow drivers and pressures pushing planetary boundaries and restore balance with nature.
At this kickoff event, high level representatives from the COP Presidencies of the Conventions (China, India, and the United Kingdom), together with the Secretariats of the three Conventions, outline their ambitions and expectations about how the actions of the three conventions, and all stakeholders, create incredible opportunities to build a truly resilient path forward to restore the balance between human demands and nature’s supply.
Speakers
- His Excellency, The Right Honorable Lord Goldsmith, Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- His Excellency, Mr. Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China and representative of the Presidency of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
- His Excellency, Mr. Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, UNCCD President of UNCCD COP 14 (TBC)
- Mr. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Global Environment Facility
- Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
- Mr. David Cooper, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
- Ms. Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga, Director of the Intergovernmental Support Division, Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
