Round Table on SDG 13 - Regional Forum 2024

The round table will focus on the importance of strengthening preparedness to climate extremes through multi-hazard early warning systems, and on holistic policies that simultaneously address both the biodiversity and climate crises

Moderators: Co-chairs of the UN Issued-based Coalition on Environment and Climate Change for Europe and Central Asia:

Marco Keiner, Director of Environment Division, UNECE
Arnold Kreilhuber, Director of Europe Office, UNEP
Magdalena Landry, Director, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe

Part 1: actions to address climate-related risks and extreme events

Prof. Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization
H.E. Sharaf Sheralizoda, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Mihaela Frasineanu, State Counsellor, Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Romania
Senad Tutić, Director of the Center for Social Welfare, City of Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Blaž Lipovšek, President of the Sava Youth Parliament

Part 2: actions to address jointly climate change and biodiversity loss

Prof. Thomas Crowther, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Chair of the Advisory Council for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, and founder of Restor
Verónica Tomei, Commissioner for Sustainable Development, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Germany
Teodora Grncarovska, State Counsellor on Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, North Macedonia, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, South East European University
Dan Cronan, Assistant Professor, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York
Alexandra Masako Goossens-Ishii, Soka Gakkai International

Concluding remarks and closing

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