Summit of the future | side-event with reception
Green and Circular – Can it be Fair? Joining Forces for a Just Transition
23 September 2024, 17:00 - 19:30 New York time - EDT
This high-level event aligns with the long-term priorities identified by the Summit of the Future 2024 and the Pact of the Future. It evaluates the multifaceted challenges posed by the prevailing global crises on achieving a just, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable economic transformation.
Speakers and participants will discuss solutions to accelerate a just green economic transformation including through green and circular economy approaches, innovative capacity and finance solutions, and partnerships for social and environmental justice.
Objectives:
- Showcase inclusive solutions for advancing a just green economic transition including fiscal policies and repurposing of harmful subsidies through whole-of-government and whole-of-society policy frameworks;
- Advocate for integrated solutions within and across the agendas of the three Rio Convention COPs in 2024 and linked MEAs, and for the incorporation of green and circular considerations into national and sectoral policies;
- Provide a platform for South-South and Triangular Cooperation on green and circular economy for the just transition including from informal to formal sector livelihoods.
The event is organized jointly by a group of global green and circular economy initiatives including PAGE, GACERE, GFPN, GGKP, GEC, and the EU SWITCH to Green Facility.
Agenda and invited speakers
- Opening segment
Opening by Moderator: Sofía Martínez, Global Policy Director, Green Economy Coalition
- Introductory Statements followed by a moderated discussion
Panel 1 Invited Speakers:
- Finland – Pasi Hellman, Under-Secretary of State for Development Cooperation
- Brazil – José Gilberto Scandiucci, Minister-Counsellor
- Germany – Marcel Dorsch, Senior Scientist, Coordinator, Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES), and German Environment Agency
- Vietnam – Dr Nguyen Dinh Tho, Director General, Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Nature Resources and Environment
Panel 2 Invited Speakers:
- Chatham House – Dr. Patrick Schröder, Senior Research Fellow
- Indigenous Peoples Right Energy Partnership (REP), Malaysia – Adrian Lasimbang
- Sustainability in the Digital Age – Micheline Ayoub, Executive Director
- Wastezon, Rwanda – Ghislain Irakoze, CEO, Greenpreneur, Youth Leader
- Circular Innovation Lab – Apoorva Arya, CEO
Engagement with in-person audience:
15’ depending on length of panel. Short interventions, 2’ max.
- Closing
- UNITAR – Jonas Haertle, Chief of Executive Director’s Office
- Green Economy Coalition – Sofía Martínez, Global Policy Director
Co-organisers
Funding partners
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Accelerating a just transition to greener and more circular economy models
PAGE and partners explored solutions to the multifaceted challenges posed by the prevailing global crises on achieving a just, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable economic transformation.
