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On 5 July 2022 (12:00 CEST), the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) is hosting the webinar Promoting Better Lives is Good for Climate: Potential co-benefits of digital convergence and sharing in consumer goods." 

During the webinar, Nuno Bento, from the Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies at the University Institute of Lisbon, will discuss recent research on the effect of innovations around digital convergence and sharing in a highly granular, bottom-up representation of appliances.

This final session of the Stockholm+50 #GGKPwebinar series provides space for reflection on what was achieved at Stockholm+50, what was missed, and what we are taking forward to the High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development 2022 (HLPF 2022) and the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 77).

Discussion questions

What have we learned from Stockholm+50? How are we taking it forward to address the #ClimateCrisis, #BeatPollution and act #ForNature?

How can governments carry forward Stockholm+50 recommendations to HLPF 2022 and UNGA 77 for the protection of #OnlyOneEarth?

How can we collectively empower all stakeholders to become #GenerationRestoration, implement the UN Decade of Action and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?

Recording

Invited speakers:

Johanna Lissinger Peitz, Ambassador for Stockholm+50, Government of Sweden

Njambi Kinyungu, Ambassador for Stockholm+50, Government of the Republic of Kenya

Ligia Noronha, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head of UNEP, New York Office

Clea Kaske-Kuck, Director, Policy, Advocacy and Member Mobilization, World Business Council for Sustainable Development 

David Passarelli, Executive Director, United Nations University

Emmanuela Shinta, Dayak leader, filmmaker and Founder of the Ranu Welum Foundation

Moderated by Nozipho Tshabalala, Conversation Strategist, Global moderator & broadcaster

On 30 June 2022, from 14:00-16:00 CAT, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP), Capitals Coalition, Green Economy Coalition (GEC), and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) hosted the closing plenary session of the 2022 Africa Green Economy Conference.

The closing plenary highlighted the diverse perspectives and paths forward as Africa transitions to a green economy, and distilled the key developments from the national meetings. A key focus of the plenary was on how we can keep building momentum toward nature-positive economies across Africa. 

Join the discussion around Africa's green economy on the dedicated Africa Green Economy Conference Green Forum group!

Speakers

Moderator:

Kevin Urama, Acting Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management, African Development Bank

Roundtable on national meetings, in alphabetical order:

Dr. Arthur Bainomugisha, Executive Director, ACODE 

Mr. Daniel Ella, Forestry Statistics Officer, Direction Général des Forêts 

Dr. Salvo Tchamo, Economist and Senior Policy Expert, Ministry of Land and Environment, Mozambique 

Dr. Gabi Teren, Programme Manager, Endangered Wildlife Trust 

Short presentations on new research and initiatives, in alphabetical order:

Launching the ECCAS Report — Johanna Brühl, Senior Consultant, Anchor Environmental Consultants

JSE Sustainability Disclosure Guidance — Shameela Soobramoney (Ebhrahim), Chief Sustainability Officer, Johannesburg Stock Exchange 

NBS Portfolio Analysis — Lizzie Marsters, Environmental Finance Manager, World Resources Institute 

Africa Ecological Futures — Dr. Peter Scheren, Strategic Programmes Lead, WWF Africa 

Opening and Closing Remarks: 

Laurent Somé, Head of Policy and Partnerships, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Martin Lok, Executive Director, Capitals Coalition

Recording

On 30 June 2022 (13:00-14:30 CEST), IIED will host CBA16 and Locally-led Adaptation: An Interactive Dialogue.

The webinar will share the perspectives of local actors from the community-based adaptation community of practice on delivering locally-led adaptation. It aims to build a deeper and wider understanding of the locally-led adaptation principles, connect the principles to action on the ground, and explore what implementing them means in practice.

On 29 June 2022 (10:00 AM -12:00 PM CET and 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM CET) the Special Programme Secretariat, in cooperation with the Secretariats of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, the Minamata Convention, the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management and the Global Environment Facility, hosted a workshop Guidelines for applying to the Special Programme: how to apply?

Each workshop was held twice, to suit different times zones, as follows:

• The English language workshop took place on Thursday 29 June 2022 at 10 am CET.
• The English language workshop with simultaneous translation to Arabic, French, Spanish and Russian took place on Thursday 29 June 2022 at 2 pm CET.

For more information please contact unepchemicalsspecialprogramme [at] un.org (unepchemicalsspecialprogramme[at]un[dot]org). 

On 27 June 2022, from 14:00-16:00 CAT, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP), Capitals Coalition, Green Economy Coalition (GEC), and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) hosted the opening plenary session of the 2022 Africa Green Economy Conference.

The session featured keynote addresses from African Finance and Environment Ministers and an expert panel on the theme of Moving Toward a Nature-Positive Economy, which explored the following questions: 

• What value does nature have in the economy?   

• How can investing in nature spur a green recovery?   

• What role will the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework play in preserving and restoring Africa’s biodiversity and what is the potential impact on countries’ economies and societies?  

• What pathways for valuing and investing in nature do have the most potential? 

Join the discussion around Africa's green economy on the dedicated Africa Green Economy Conference Green Forum group!

Speakers

Keynote Speakers, in order of intervention:

Hon. Rindra Hasimbelo Rabarinirinarison, Minister of Economy and Finance, Government of Madagascar.

(Read the transcript of the Minister's speech here.)

Hon. Fernando Bemane de Sousa, Vice Minister of Land and Environment, Government of Mozambique

(Read the transcript of the Vice Minister's speech here.)

Ligia Noronha, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head of UNEP, New York Office

Moderator:

Kevin Urama, Acting Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management, African Development Bank

Panelists, in order of intervention:

Kobie Brand, Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI and Regional Director, ICLEI Africa

Dr. Mao Amis, Co-founder and Executive Director, African Centre for Green Economy 

Dr. James Murombedzi, Senior Political Affairs Officer and Head of the African Climate Policy Centre, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Opening and Closing Remarks:

John Maughan, Secretariat Coordinator, Green Growth Knowledge Partnership

Oliver Greenfield, Convenor, Green Economy Coalition

Recording

On 23 June 2022 (10:00 AM -12:00 PM CET and 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM CET) the Special Programme Secretariat, in cooperation with the Secretariats of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, the Minamata Convention, the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management and the Global Environment Facility, hosted a workshop Guidance on the scope of the Special Programme: what is a Special Programme project?

Each workshop was held twice, to suit different times zones, as follows:

• The English language workshop took place on Thursday 23 June 2022 at 10 am CET.
• The English language workshop with simultaneous translation to Arabic, French, Spanish and Russian took place on Thursday 23 June 2022 at 2 pm CET.

For more information please contact unepchemicalsspecialprogramme [at] un.org (unepchemicalsspecialprogramme[at]un[dot]org). 

On 23 June 2022 (10:00-11:00 ET/16:00-17:00 CEST), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Resources Institute (WRI) and partners are hosting a webinar to present AURORA: A New Online Tool to Make Restoration Decisions Easier.

In this webinar, organizers will demonstrate how AURORA (assessment, understanding and reporting of restoration actions) can support users as they make decisions and select desired impacts and indicators, set goals and monitor the progress of their restoration projects. Country stakeholders that have applied it in the context of their restoration projects will showcase their experiences.

The AURORA tool is designed for use alongside the guidebook, The Road to Restoration: A Guide to Identifying Priorities and Indicators for Monitoring Forest and Landscape Restoration. Also available is an online course, designed in concert with the guidebook, available within the FAO e-learning academy.

On 23 June (13:30-15:30 CEST/07:30-9:30 EDT/18:30-20:30 ICT), the Life Cycle Initiative is hosting Life Cycle Initiative 2002-2022: Speeding up the transition to sustainable consumption and production with life cycle approaches.

The Life Cycle Initiative, hosted by UNEP, promotes life cycle knowledge, revealing the unintended trade-offs between circular approaches' social, environmental and economic impacts. This makes life cycle thinking essential for public and private decision-makers to foster progress towards sustainable production and consumption patterns. 

Participants will learn more about how the Life Cycle Initiative enables the creation of science-based policies, which will help speed up countries' sustainable transition. It will also help them better understand why and how products' environmental impact can be lowered to create a future-proof business.

On 23-24 June 2022, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is hosting the OECD Expert Workshop on Environmental Policies: Social and Economic Outcomes.

This two-day workshop aims to discuss the current state of empirical evidence surrounding the consequences of environmental policies on the environment, the economy and social outcomes.

It will convene a range of internationally recognized experts to discuss the impacts of environmental policies on innovation and firm productivity, employment and social outcomes.