On 9 November 2022 (11:30-1 pm EET), GGKP, PAGE, UNEP, UNIDO, UNITAR, ESCWA, UNECE, UN-OHRLLS organised a high-level side event on the transition to a Circular Economy at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh.
Fiscal pressures and the immediate needs of covering energy demand and ensuring food security make it challenging to put in place the policies that are needed to lay the ground for economic transformation. Despite being widely recognized as an effective vehicle in the fight against climate change, circular economy is not reflected in approximately 60 percent of the submitted NDCs.
This event brought together representatives of governments, private sector, think tanks and youth, to discuss strategies to accelerate the global shift towards a circular economy in the context of mounting debt levels and a food and energy breakdown that threatens to derail progress towards sustainable development, particularly for developing countries.
The outcomes of the global consultations on circular economy, convened by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Communiqué of the 2020 G20 Energy Ministerial Meeting, organized under the presidency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Circular Carbon economy (CCE), together with the initiatives of the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) and the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) guided the multi-stakeholder panel discussion. Concrete measures and actions will be proposed as a contribution to the construction of a collective framework.
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Agenda
*The list of speakers is subject to change
Welcome remarks
- Mr. Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Global Coordinator of Green Jobs Programme, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Opening remarks
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Representative of the European Commission (TBC)
Keynote
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Mr. Gerd Müller, Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Framing remarks
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Dr Verónica Tomei, Head of Division of United Nations, 2030 Agenda, Developing Countries and Emerging Economies, Environmental aspects of international climate and energy policy, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Germany
Panel discussion
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H.E. Mr. Franz Tattenbach Capra, Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica (TBC)
- H.E. Dr. Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya, Minister for Environment, Republic of Rwanda (TBC)
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H.E. Ms. Mashael bint Saud AlShalan, Co-Founder, Aeon Collective, Kingdom Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Medrilzam, Director of Environmental Affairs within the Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS), Indonesia
- Mr. Robert Marinkovic, Adviser, Climate Change at International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
Closing remarks
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Ms. Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Moderator
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Mr. Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Global Coordinator of Green Jobs Programme, International Labour Organization (ILO)