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Convened by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), this UNEA-5.2 flagship side event highlighted how actors across government and society can contribute to ensuring the effective and immediate implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework in an inclusive manner once it is adopted at COP15 in Kunming.
Moderator: Femi Oke, Senior Host and Journalist Al Jazeera & Co-Founder Moderate The Panel
Speakers:
- Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
- Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Executive Director, David Suzuki Foundation
- H.E. Adrián Peña, Minister of Environment of Uruguay
- Bettina Hoffmann, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection of Germany
- Sudhanshu Sarronwala, Chief Impact Officer of Infarm
- Abigail Kitma, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Programme Coordinator of Tebtebba Foundation
- Kevin Lunzalu, Founder and Coordinator of Global Youth Biodiversity Network Kenya
- H. E. Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China, CBD COP 15 Presidency
Neville Ash, UNEP WCMC - H.E. The Rt Hon. Lord Zac Goldsmith, Minister for Pacific and the Environment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- Vicki Benjamin, President & Co-founder, Karner Blue Capital
- Kaddu Sebunya, CEO of the African Wildlife Foundation
- Francis Ogwal, Co-Chair of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
- Basile van Havre, Co-Chair of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Webinar audience: 189
Organized by: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)