COP18: Gender Focused events

Monday Dec 3rd

13:30 – 14:30 – Informal ‘Brownbag Lunch’ Dialogue at COP18 – Diversity and Inclusivity in Decision-Making: Changing the Face of Representation at the UNFCCC

Location: EAST FOOD COURT (From main meeting area, walk towards the Spider and make a left)

Host: WEDO, Bridget Burns – bridget@wedo.org

Grab your lunch and join us for what we anticipate will be a lively discussion!

Location: US Center, located at the far end of Hall #3, QNCC

Host: BCSE

Speakers:

· Mary Robinson, Founder, Mary Robinson Foundation — Climate Justice, and Former President of Ireland

· Kit Batten, Global Climate Change Coordinator, USAID

· Jennifer Morgan, Director of the Climate and Energy Program, WRI

· Aimee Barnes, Advisor, Directorate of Energy and Climate Change, United Arab Emirates

· Moderated by: Lisa Jacobson, President of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy

Location: Side Event Room 4

Host: WHO

Speakers:

· Opening remarks by a High Level representative of the Government of Qatar

· H.E. Mr. Arvinn Eikeland Gadgil, State Secretary for International Development, Norway – Keynote presentation on ‘Health and Sustainable Development’

· H.E. Julia Duncan-Cassell, Minister of Gender and Development, Liberia – Gender, Climate Change and Health

· Mr Michel Jarraud, WMO Secretary-General – Climate services for the health community: an overview of the WHO/WMO collaboration under the Global Framework on Climate Services

· Ms Aira Kalela, GGCA/WEDO and Former Director General Finnish MoE – Social determinants of health and gender equity in CC

· Representatives of Bangladesh, Botswana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa – Prioritising Health in National Action Plans and Strategies and the role of Health in the post-2015 MDG agenda