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Together for a Healthy, Resilient, and Green Recovery
The UN resolution deciding that everyone has a right to a clean and healthy environment was discussed as a game changer, with the potential to hold governments accountable for addressing pollution, climate change, and ecological destruction.
Financing Circularity: For a sustainable recovery and green jobs
Despite encouraging recent progress, the financial sector has been “a bit slow” to fully embrace circular economy initiatives. Speakers shared ways to accelerate the change.
Global Call for Financial Action towards the Nexus between Climate and Security
Experts in climate and climate finance discussed challenges that climate change presents to fragile countries and ways in which climate is a threat multiplier that elevates the need to address climate change.
Developing a Roadmap to a Nature Positive Economy
Participants discussed the development of a roadmap on the reform of international institutions to support the transition to a global, nature positive and net zero economy.
Enhancing Synergies between the Rio Conventions at National and Global Levels to Deliver the Decade of Action
Synergies and collaboration between the UNFCCC, the CBD and the UNCCD are happening at the Secretariat level and need to be expanded at the country level.
Accelerating Integrated Action for a Healthy Planet and Prosperity of All
A room full of the heads of UN agencies and leadership of MEA Secretariats gave the chance for an authoritative discussion on how to break down silos and speed collaborative action on urgent issues.
Increasing Financial Action for Green and Sustainable Development
Panelists called for an appropriate regulatory and incentive framework for the private sector to increasingly invest toward achieving the SDGs, including the private sector in developing countries.
Green Jobs for Youth Pact
Noting intergenerational promises at the heart of the original Stockholm Conference, panelists discussed how to make the green economy transition fair for young people.
A Green and Climate Resilient Transformation of Agrifood Systems for People and the Planet
Transforming agrifood systems to become more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable can tackle multiple environmental issues while delivering gains for the most frequently marginalized groups.