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