Invitation: Briefing Ahead of UNFCCC COP26 - 21st Oct 2021, 9:30 CEST.

The 26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) will mark a major milestone on the road to implementing the Paris Agreement and in limiting  the global average temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

The Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom is hosting a briefing, in partnership with the Geneva Environment Network, on the opportunities and challenges of addressing climate change ahead COP26, to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 31 October to 12 November 2021. The event  will also present one of the Earthshot Prize winners.

Speakers from various facets of the climate agenda will lay out what to expect from the conference. They will share their insights on the political dynamics, negotiations, and how to take forward the progress to be made in Glasgow to the implementing arm of international climate action in Geneva.

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SPEAKERS

• H.E. Amb. Simon MANLEY | Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations Office, World Trade Organization, and other international organizations in Geneva
• H.E. Amb. Gian Lorenzo CORNADO | Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
• Ovais SARMAD | Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on climate Change
• Valérie MASSON-DELMOTTE, Co-Chair, Working Group I, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Sandeep SENGUPTA | Global Coordinator, Climate Change Portfolio, International Union for Conservation of Nature
• María MENDILUCE | Chief Executive Officer, We Mean Business
• Eric USHER  | Head, UNEP Finance Initiative
• Joie CHOWDHURY | Program Coordinator, Environment & ESCR, International Network for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights
• Vaitea COWAN | Cofounder of Enapter, one of the winners of the Earthshot Prize 2021
• Bruno POZZI | Director, Europe Office, UN Environment Programme (moderator)

REGISTRATION

The event will take place in hybrid format. Due to the high level of onsite registration, only online participation is now open. For online participation, kindly register directly on the Webex platform at tiny.cc/COP26GENReg