UN Regional Climate Weeks

Africa Climate Week

• Carbon Markets for the Global South
  

  2:00 - 4:00 PM Eastern Africa Time (EAT)
  Africa Climate Summit, Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

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  In this Africa Climate Summit event hosted by the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative, distinguished speakers will discuss carbon market activation plans and financing mechanisms for carbon markets in Africa.

  Speakers/Panelists
  

  • Angela Churie Kallhauge, Executive Vice President, Impact, EDF

• Ministerial Roundtable on Carbon Market Activation Plans | Invite Only
  

  7:00 - 8:30 AM Eastern Africa Time (EAT)
  Africa Climate Summit, Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

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  Speakers/Panelists
  

  • Mandy Rambharos, Vice President, Global Climate Cooperation, EDF

• Enabling an African Climate-Related Talent Marketplace | Invite Only
  

  8:00 - 10:00 AM Eastern Africa Time (EAT)
  Africa Climate Summit, Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

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  Speakers/Panelists
  

  • Mandy Rambharos, Vice President, Global Climate Cooperation, EDF

• Land Rights for Gender Responsive Climate Action
  

  4:30-7:00 PM Eastern Africa Time (EAT)
  Africa Climate Summit, Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

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  Speakers/Panelists
  

  • Carlos Edgar González Godoy, Associate Vice President, Jurisdictional Alliances & Market Dev't, NCS, EDF

Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week

• Unleashing Clean Air Funding for Climate and Health Benefits
  

  3:00 - 4:00 PM ET | 2:00 - 3:00 PM EST (Local)
  Marriott Panama Hotel, Room Contadora IV, Panama City, Panama
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  A panel of climate leaders representing high-profile donors, civil society, and government in LAC will convene to discuss and strategize ways to significantly escalate funding efforts for clean air actions in the Latin American and the Caribbean Region. Speakers will highlight specific funding sources available, innovative funding mechanisms, and financing strategies to advance transformation in key sectors at a regional scale, such as the development of an international framework for addressing wildfires caused by agricultural burning, the harmonization of vehicle emission standards and the deployment of sustainable transportation systems.

  Speakers/Panelists
  

  • Moderator: Sergio Sánchez, Senior Policy Director of Clean Air, Health, EDF
  • Adalberto Maluf, Secretary of Urban Environment and Environmental Quality, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil
  • Martina Otto, Head of the Secretariat, Climate and Clean Air Coalition
  • Genevieve Connors, Practice Manager for Environment, Natural Resources, and the Blue Economy, Latin America and Caribbean, World Bank
• Reception on Resource Mobilization for Clean Air Action With Health and Climate Goals | Invite Only
  

  8:00 - 11:00 PM ET | 7:00 - 10:00 PM EST (Local)
  Hotel La Compañía, Panama City, Panama

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  This reception will bring together participants of the Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week to share efforts being undertaken in resource mobilization for clean air projects in the region and building healthy communities.

• Supporting Jurisdictional Approaches to REDD+ | Invite Only
  

  7:00 - 9:00 PM ET | 6:00 - 8:00 PM EST (Local)
  Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama

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  This event will bring together representatives from government, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples and local communities to share their unique perspectives on the development of jurisdictional REDD+ programs, elucidating the lessons learned and how both monetary and non-monetary benefits are envisaged to be equitably distributed within Indigenous territories.