Solutions For Implementing Gender-Responsive Climate Action
Sep 22, 2019
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Climate Action Summit 2019, United Nations
New York City, USA
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The Social and Political Drivers coalition led by the governments of Peru and Spain, with UN Women, the government of Costa Rica and in collaboration with the Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit team, is inviting governments, multilateral institutions and civil society to a dialogue on how to empower women to be part of the solution to the global climate change challenge.
The pre-summit event will showcase examples
of women-led projects and actions and best practices on-ground, by highlighting innovative gender, and climate change projects and policies. This event aims to strengthen motivation, spur innovation, and catalyze further change towards a low-emission, high-resilient future.
WELCOME REMARKS
» Ms Teresa Ribera,
Minister of Ecological Transition of Spain
» Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women
Moderated Panel
Special guests from around the world will share examples of women-led projects and policies both on mitigation and adaptation
» Ms Lucia Ruiz Ostoic,
Minister of Environment of Peru» Ms Maria Fernanda Suarez, Minister of Energy of Colombia
» Mr Nicolas Allien, Project Coordinator, Modern Energy Services for All Project
» Ms Jeannette Gurung, Executive Director, WOCAN and W+ Standard
» Ms Natalie Isaacs, CEO, 1Million Women
» Ms Trupti Jain, Director, Naireeta Services
» Ms Thomo Lekagane, Senior Investment Officer,Women in Energy
OPEN ROUND PLENARY
» Ms Mina Setra, Deputy Secretary of AMAN
» Ms Nicole Craig, Fragments of Hope
» Ms Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls, Shifting the Power Coalition
Moderated by
» Ms Cristina Gallach, High Commissioner for the
2030 Agenda of Spain
CLOSING REMARKS
» Mr. Carlos Manuel Rodríguez,
Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica
Who: Climate Action Summit 2019, United Nations
Where: New York City, USA
When: 22 September, 2019 from 10 am to 11.30 am