Virtual Launch Gala - UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration…

Virtual Launch Gala welcoming the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration comprising of inspiring messages from world leaders, activists, celebrities, and musical performances as well as Pakistan's host country programme.

Moderated by Saima Mohsin, international TV journalist and correspondent.
Featuring:
🌱 Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan; Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel; Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley; Chairperson of the African Union and President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi;
🌱 A message by His Holiness Pope Francis; address by His Eminence Ahmed el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of al-Azhar;
🌱 UN Secretary-General António Guterres; UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen; FAO Director General Dr. QU Dongyu;
🌱 Joint message by Denmark's Minister for Development Cooperation Flemming Møller Mortensen and Minister of Environment Lea Wermelin; Finland's Minister of Environment and Climate Change Krista Mikkonen;
🌱 The heads of the Rio Conventions in #GenerationRestoration Dialogues with young leaders: Goodwill Ambassador, singer and environmental educator Alex Rendell asks UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa about restoration and climate action; Young Champion of the Earth Niria Alicia Garcia and CBD Executive Secretary Elizabeth Mrema on "10 years to put biodiversity on a path to recovery"; 9-year old South African artist Romario Valentine and UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw on the 10-year vision for restoration for Africa and the world;
🌱 International supermodel, author and philanthropist Gisele Bundchen in conversation with ecologist John D. Liu; private sector commitment to restoration by E.ON's CEO Dr. Leonhard Birnbaum;
🌱 Dr. Jane Goodall; Musical performance by Rocky Dawuni – international music star, producer and activist; Spoken word poet and climate change activist Jordan Sanchez; UN Environment Programme Young Champion of the Earth, chef and food activist Louise Mabulo; Fridays for Future and indigenous rights activist Xiye Bastida; Restoration scientist Prof. Thomas Crowther, ETH Zurich; World premiere of a new love-song for Mother Earth by world-famous DJ Don Diablo and international Hip hop-star Ty Dolla Sign.