Governo Italiano
The second webinar with the participation of Undp, European Commission and youth people engaged for renewable energies, sustainable mobility and biodiversità
On July 24 2020, at 4 pm (Italian time), the second webinar of the "Youth4Climate Live Series: Driving Momentum Towards Pre-COP and COP26" was held entitled "Driving Sustainable Recovery".
The “virtual” meeting, the second in a series approaching COP26 in November 2021 (Glasgow) and the special event "Youth4Climate: Driving Ambition", to be held in Milan from 28 to 30 September the same year, has seen the participation of the Vice President of the European Commission, Franz Timmermans, and of the UNDP Administrator, Achim Steiner, who discussed with young people from various parts of the world how United Nations and European Union policies intend to respond to the challenges of climate change and post-pandemic recovery.
Among the young participants: Jhannel Tomlinson, founder of the Caribbean Youth Environment Network/Young People for Action on Climate Change, Jamaica; Seble Samuel, founder of the Menged Le Sew, Ethiopia's Open Streets Movement, Ethiopia, and Axell Cooper Sutton Atonio, coordinator of the Climate Change Program of the Jalisco Ecologic Collective, Mexico.
The video messages by the Italian Minister of the Environment, Sergio Costa, and by the Minister of the Environment of Chile, Carolina Schmidt, president of the COP25, have been broadcasted. Ms Schmidt has made an appeal to the young people of Latin America for their participaton to the preparation of the Pre-COP26 and COP26, and presented the progress of her country in the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Fabrizia Lapecorella, Director General of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, has illustrated the measures taken by Italy for the economic recovery.
The discussion was coordinated again by Salina Abraham, outgoing President of the International Forestry Students' Association, and Ahmed Badr, writer, founder of Narratio and a former Iraqi refugee.
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July 24, 2020 |
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Time: 16:00 CEST - 10:00 EDT |
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Type: open |
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Format: discussion, italian translation available |
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Description The webinar aimed to highlight experiences, collect ideas, and acknowledge the concerns young people, especially as they relate to aligning a sustainable recovery with climate action (including by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, building resilience, and enhancing nature-based solutions). Driving Sustainable Recovery was built on a June 5 World Environment Day event on a similar theme, hosted by the Office of the Secretary-General’s Youth Envoy and other partners. During this June 5 event, youth from around the world shared with UN Member States their priorities for a green recovery. Driving Sustainable Recovery has been an opportunity to reflect on these priorities before discussing the integration of youth priorities into NDCs and other climate-related plans. The webinar has been also designed to give continuity to the event, organised by Ireland and the Marshall Islands, on the role of young people in the post-pandemic socio-economic recovery strategy. In this regard, the moderators illustrated the messages contained in the report, which is the result of this event. The webinar was attended by the First Vice President of the European Commission, Franz Timmermans, and the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, Achim Steiner. Pre-recorded video messages from Environment Minister Sergio Costa (Italy) and the Environment Minister of Chile, Carolina Schmidt, COP25 President, have been released and Fabrizia Lapecorella, Director General of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, spoke. Youth speakers were asked to address one of the following areas: • use of renewable energy sources; By highlighting one or more of the following aspects: • lessons learned: how the chosen area has been affected by external shocks, like COVID-19, but also natural disasters and climate change |
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Documents: Concept note |
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ITEM AND SPEAKERS |
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Moderators |
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Salina Abraham |
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High-Level Speakers |
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High-level pre-recorded video messages |
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 Sergio Costa, Minister for Environment, Land and sea (Italy). |
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Presentations |
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 Fabrizia Lapecorella, Director General of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance. |
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Youth Speakers |
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Virtual event (video): 
Ahmed Badr
Franz Timmermans, First Vice President of the European Commission.
Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Carolina Schmidt Zaldívar, COP25 President and Minister of Environment of Chile.
Jhannel Tomlinson
Seble Samuel
Axell Cooper Sutton Antonio
