Calendar of Events
All times are CET
November 4
1:30 pm-3 pm - Impacts of Climate Change on Sustainable Consumption
Partner: Green Hope Foundation
November 5
4 pm - Klima Tour - City of Bonn - Kick-off event at Bonn's Markplatz
Klima bewegt Bonn. Du Bewegst Klima (Climate moves Bonn. You move Climate). Uniting for Climate Action presentation.
Speakers:
7:00 pm - Climate Planet Public Opening - Freizeit Park (Freizeit-Theater), Bonn
November 6
8:30-10 am - Opening of the German Pavilion
10:00 am - 1 pm - Opening of COP23 Plenary
Photo Credits: Max Thabiso Edkins/Connect4Climate
2-3 pm - Opening of the Talanoa Space
4-4:30 pm - We are Uniting for Climate Action - Faster, Further, Together
November 7
November 8
9:30 - 10: 30 am - Pacific Voices in Unison
To empower Pacific youths to demonstrate to the world how they are building resilience to climate change through Pacific solutions, the Fijian Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation will chair the side event Pacific Voices in Unison.
Youths from six Pacific Island Countries showcase compelling documentaries and perform in unison to bring to life their journeys of resilience. In the true talanoa spirit, Fijian and German High-Level and Youth Representatives empower the Pacific Youths and Islanders.
12-1:00 pm - Pacific Youth Dialogue on Climate Change: Live Questions
November 9
9:30-9:45 am - UNFCCC: Opening of the Youth and Future Generations Day
Event to take place at the Talanoa Space
9:30-9:45 am - Fiji's Climate Change Story in VR: Behind the Scenes
Tom Perry, Team Leader, World Bank Pacific Communications, World Bank
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
1:45-2:45 pm - UNFCCC: Intergenerational Inquiry
This event will bring together decision-makers and young leaders to discuss the key role that the youth - who represent more than half of the world’s population - play in implementing climate action. The results of the Conference of Youth (COY13) and inspiring youth-led initiatives will be presented.
November 10
11:00-11:15 am - Uncharted Waters: The New Economics of Water Security and Variability
Richard Damania, Lead Economist, Water Global Pratice, World Bank
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
11:40 am-1:15 pm - Climate Communication and Public Awareness
Event to take place at China Pavilion
Photo Credits: Kaia Rose
1:00 – 2:00 pm - Climate Action Digital Dialogue: Agriculture, Energy, Water
Event to take place at the Talanoa Space
3:30-3:45 pm - Building Fiji’s Resilience: Insights from Fiji’s Climate Vulnerability Assessment
4:00-4:15 pm - Celebrating COP23 Youth Climate Video Competition
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
November 11
All Day - Development & Climate Days 2017
Franz Drees-Gross, Director, Transport and ICT, World Bank
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
12:00-12:15 pm - The Blue Economy
Karin Kemper, Senior Director, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
12:00-12:30 pm - Hack4Climate Press Conference
Event to take place at Press Conference Room 2, BULA Zone 3 (ground level), COP23
1:00-2:00 - Climate Action Digital Dialogue: Human Settlements, Oceans & Coastal Zones, Transport
Organizer: UNFCCC
Event to take place at Talanoa Space (Bonn Zone)
Photo Credits: Max Thabiso Edkins/Connect4Climate
November 12
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
1:00-2:00 pm - Climate Action Digital Dialogue: Forests, Industry, Land Use
Organizer: UNFCCC
Event to take place at the Talanoa Space
1:30-1:45 pm - Think Big, Think Landscapes: The Role of the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes
Ellysar Baroudy, Coordinator, BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes + Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
2:00-2:15 pm - Climate-Smart Forests
Karin Kemper, Senior Director, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
5:30-7:00 pm - Climate Summit of Local and Regional Leaders: We are #Uniting4Climate Action at #COP23 (Closing Session)
November 13
All Day - Sustainable Innovation Forum
Where policy makers and climate technology innovators meet. The Forum will take place on the lawn of the Deutsche Post DHL Group Post Tower premises, adjacent to the COP23 ‘Bula Zone’
9:05-9:20 am - Opening Keynote Address: Achieving Measurable Global Action with Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Public Enterprises, Civil Service & Communications, Fiji
10:30-10:40 am - Climate Leader Address with Tom Steyer, Founder and President, NextGen America
2:15-2:30 pm - Climate Leader Insight & Interview: The importance of the IPCC in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs with Dr. Hoesung Lee, Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
2:30-3:30 pm - Panel Discussion: Climate Smart Agriculture as a Systemic Response to Climate Change
Interview on the CAPE Initiative
10:00-10:15 am - Nicholas Stern, I.G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the LSE
10:15-10:30 am - Pedro Taques, Governor of Mato Grosso, Brazil, and Nicholas Stern, I.G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the LSE
11:15-11:30 - Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Director General Global issues – sector policies and programs – at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
1:15-1:30 pm - Marcelo Mena, Minister for Environment, Chile, and Nicholas Stern, I.G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the LSE
1:30-1:45 pm - Salaheddine Mezouar, President of COP22, and Nicholas Stern, I.G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the LSE
Events to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
10:30-11:30 am - World Bank NDC Support Facility Dialogue
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
11:30 am-1:00 pm - UNFCCC High-Level Panel on Climate Finance (Bonn Zone)
11:45-12:00 - How Can the Public and Private Sectors Unite to Create Markets for Climate Business?
3:00-4:30 pm - IFC COP23 Panel - Creating Markets for Climate Business
This panel, hosted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will showcase companies and financial institutions that are leading the way in delivering successful climate business models and financing solutions. It will feature findings from IFC’s new report Climate Investment Opportunities: Creating Markets for Climate Business, and will inform governments about the most attractive policies and steps that they can take to unlock private finance to achieve their national climate goals.
3:30-4:00 pm - Residential Energy Efficiency: It All Starts at Home (Presentation)
4:00-4:15 pm - World Bank NDC Support Facility
Andrea Meza Murillo, Director, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
The Role of Carbon Pricing in Developing Economies
4:30-4:45 pm - Emilio Lèbre La Rovere, Executive Coordinator of the Center for Integrated Studies on Climate Change and the Environment, Federal University of Rio, Brazil
4:45-5:00 pm - Youba Sokona, Vice-Chair Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Mali
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
5:00-5:30 pm - Launch of State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2017 [Presentation]
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
6:00-10:00 pm - Pacific Night on Climate Justice - How to address climate-induced loss and damage, displacement and migration?
Event to take place at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn
November 14
7:45-9:00 am - ICLEI Breakfast Workshop/Breathe Life Event with Erik Solheim, Executive Director, UN Environment; Ashok Sridharan, Mayor, City of Bonn; Bertrand Piccard, Initiator, Chairman and Pilot, SOLAR IMPULSE
9:05-9:15 am - Welcome Speech with Ashok Sridharan, Mayor, City of Bonn
10:50-11:05 am - Climate Leader Insight with Jerry Brown, Governor, State of California
11:50 am-12:00 pm - Fireside Chat: Fostering and Financing Sustainable Infrastructure with Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair, Grantham Research Institute
3:10-3:20 pm - Climate Leader Insight: A progress Update on the Paris Agreement with Laurence Tubiana, President and CEO, European Climate Foundation
10:00-10:15 am - An Innovative Collaboration for Forest Protection in Cameroon with Taylor Guitars
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
10:30-10:45 am - World Bank NDC Support Facility Dialogue: Climate Change Adaptation
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
12:30-12:45 pm - Fireside Chat with John Roome on the State and Trends of Carbon Pricing
John Roome, Senior Director, Climate Change Group, World Bank
Event to take place at the World Bank Group Pavilion
1:15-2:45 pm - COP23 Presidency Event: Towards a resilient future: Frontiers of risk sharing
This event, convened by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji and President-designate of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 23), Hon. Frank Bainimarama in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Dr Gerd Müller, will showcase frontiers of climate risk management, including an array of innovative solutions on how visionary cooperation across sectors, international, regional and national schemes will pave a path towards a resilient future.
2:00-3:00 pm - Global Climate Action at COP23
November 15
9:00 am-5:00 pm - Energy-Efficient Lighting, Appliances and Equipment: Opportunities for developing and emerging economies
United for Efficiency is pleased to welcome you to a high-level conference on accelerating the global transition to energy-efficient products. UN Environment Executive Director Erik Solheim will lead off the event, which will feature senior government officials, top business executives, and civil society leaders. Throughout the day, participants will highlight progress on policies and programmes that are being implemented in developing and emerging economies. Learn about new resources, key findings, and opportunities to get involved. Get in touch here.
November 16
Nick Beglinger, Climate Ledger Initiative
3:00-4:30 pm - Innovative Approaches to Climate Change Education and Youth Empowerment for Climate Action
5:45-6:45 pm - Award Ceremony of the Global Youth Video Competition on Climate Change 2017
This year, videos were submitted under the categories ‘Climate friendly and resilient cites’ and ‘Oceans and climate change’. Out of 247 videos submitted from 94 countries, two young climate leaders were selected as the winners of the 2017 Global Youth Video Competition on Climate Change. Learn more and check the program here.
Photo Credits: Max Thabiso Edkins/Connect4Climate
November 17
10:30-11:30 am - Uniting for Climate Action Take-Aways
Max Edkins, Connect4Climate Acting Manager, Climate Expert
Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Director General Global issues – sector policies and programs – at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Nick Beglinger, CEO Cleantech21, Initiator/Organizer of Hack4Climate
Event to take place at the German Pavilion.
To see the full COP23 events calendar, please click here
Uniting4Climate Digital Surge
COP23 represents the next critical step toward bringing the goals of Paris to life. With a new spotlight on sub-national climate action, incoming COP23 President and Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama of Fiji has called upon a “Grand Coalition” of governments at every level, civil society, the private sector, and individuals to collectively accelerate momentum.
Every member of the Earth To coalition is invited to participate by hosting an activation that highlights how the global community is taking bold action at every level. Join the surge with your own Facebook Live interview, Snapchat Story, Twitter Chat, Instagram Story, or other digital engagement across your platforms.
World Bank Group Pavilion
Please find the full schedule of activities here