December 4, 2023 | 7:30 PM Gulf Standard Time or UAE Standard Time GMT/UT | 10:30 AM Eastern Standard Time (US/ET)
This Roundtable will provide an overview of the key elements the COP28 negotiations that are being considered under the existing framework for climate change, and its impact on Afro-descendant population. Participants will be able to hear from high level officials, experts, practitioners, advocates and negotiators about the challenges and opportunities for Afro-descendants in the region. This will be a hybrid event and it will build on the framework of the Executive order 13985 on Advancing Racial Equity and the Justice40 Initiative and the One and Half Year of the Lessons learned after the Establishment of the U.N. Permanent Forum of People of African Descent. It will so also address the role of governments, United Nation agencies, the Organization of America States, and multilateral financial institutions.
COP28
Represents an opportunity to follow-up on the progress made by Afro-descendant delegations after the 2023 Africa Climate Summit, the 2023 First Cities Summit of the Americas in Denver, Colorado, the 26th and 27th U.N. Climate Conference (COP26 and COP27) in Glasgow, UK and Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt respectively, the 2022 Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles and the recent Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris.
This Roundtable aims to (i) share lessons learned in the implementation of climate change projects for Afro-descendants populations; (ii) deliver the outcome of our most recent research on mappings, projects and investments, as well as (iii) build partnerships to accelerate implementation and identify opportunities for cross-collaboration after COP28.
