Placing Water at the Heart of Climate Action through Locally led Adaptation

Placing Water at the Heart of Climate Action through Locally led Adaptation 

Official Side Event of the UN 2023 Water Conference

Co-organized by: The Netherlands, IFRC, UNDRR, and WMO and co-sponsored by AOSIS 

Time: 14:00-15:15 pm ET | 19:00- 20:15pm CET

Location: Conference Room 6, UNHQ 

Link to join online: To be added 

Programme:

Welcoming remarks by moderator (4 mins)

• Ms. Toni-Shae Freckleton, Chief, UN Disaster Risk Reduction - Liaison Office in New York (tbc)

Opening remarks (4 mins each)

• H.E. Ms. Liesje Schreinemacher, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Mr. Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General, IFRC

Setting the scene – Voice from the Ground (4 mins)

• Mr. Robert Kwesiga, Secretary-General, Uganda Red Cross

Spotlight on “Placing Water at the Heart of Climate Action” partnership (3 mins each)

• Ms. Loretta Hieber Girardet, Chief, Risk Knowledge, Monitoring and Capacity-
• Development Branch, UNDRR
• Dr. Stefan Uhlenbrook, Director of Hydrology, Water and Cryosphere, WMO
• Mr. Derk Segaar, Director of International Assistance, Netherlands Red Cross

Complementary interventions by UN Member States and stakeholders from the floor (3 mins each)

• H.E. Carlos Mesquita, Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources,
• Mozambique
• Ms. Brenda Mallory, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality,
• United States
• TBC

Closing remarks (4 mins each)

• Mr. Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, WMO
• Ms. Mami Mizutori, Assistant Secretary-General, UNDRR
• H.E. Mr. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr Pa’olelei Luteru, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the UN and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States

Final wrap-up and thank you (2 mins)

• Mr. Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General, IFRC