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High-level Event on Action for Climate Empowerment at COP 25

Published in COP25 by UNFCCC on 10.12.2019 at 11:00

Type
Global Climate Action
Location
Action Room Torres del Paine
Organizer
GCA

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Moderator

Mr. Niclas Svenningsen, Manager Global Climate Action, UN Climate Change


Welcoming remarks

  • “From Paris to Glasgow: Priorities for accelerating implementation of Action for Climate Empowerment”, Mr. Martin Frick, Senior Director for Policy and Programme Coordination, UN Climate Change
  • “Mobilizing climate action through Education for Sustainable Development”, Mr. Miguel Clüsener-Godt, Director of the Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences, UNESCO
  • “COP26 incoming presidency”, Mr. Archie Young, Head of delegation, United Kingdom


Youth call for climate action

Inspiring remarks

  • Ms. Licypriya Kangujam, India
  • Mr. Nkosilathi Nyathi, Zimbabwe
  • Ms. Brianna Fruean, Samoa
  • Ms. Julieta Martinez, Chile


Raising Ambition through Action for Climate Empowerment

Announcement of ACE commitments

Speakers

  • Mr. Andreas Pinkwart, Minister of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy of the State of North Rhine–Westphalia, Germany
  • Mr. Lorenzo Fioramonti, Minister of Education, University and Research, Italy
  • Ms. Mary Goretti Kitutu, Minister of Water and Environment, Uganda
  • Ms. Maria Patek, Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, Austria
  • Ms. María Isabel Celaá Diéguez, Minister of Education and Vocational Training, Spain


Key Note speaker

“Accelerating climate action”

  • Mr. John Kerry, visiting Distinguished Statesman, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States of America


Mobilizing support and non-Party stakeholder engagement for Action for Climate Empowerment

Announcement of ACE commitments

Moderator:

Mr. Alexander Leicht, Chief Education for Sustainable Development UNESCO

Speakers:

  • Burgenland Declaration on Action for Climate Empowerment, Ms. Talieh Wögerbauer, Action for Climate Empowerment Ambassador
  • Cities mobilizing climate action for climate empowerment, Mr. Ashok Sridharan, President of ICLEI
  • Teachers empowering for climate action, Ms. Manuela Mendonça, Executive Board Member, Education International, World Teacher Union, Portugal
  • Ms. Zheng Shuang, Youth Voices for Climate Actions and Youth4Climate Advocate, China


Questions and Answers


Closing remarks

  • Pre-COP in Italy – Mr. Sergio Costa, Ministry for Environment Land and Sea Protection, Italy