GEEF 2018 Plenary Session: Climate Change & Sustainable Development

Seven panelists tackle on how climate change adaptation and mitigation mechanisms can deliver the core pledge of the 2030 Agenda, which recognized the importance of climate change as follows: “We are determined to protect the planet from degradation, including through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the needs of the present and future generations.”

Speakers:
Jeffrey Sachs, Director of Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University (Moderator)
Shamshad Akhar, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Executive Secretary of ESCAP
Robert Orr, Professor and Dean, School of Public policy, University of Maryland
Oh Joon, Fmr. President of the UN Economic and Social Council
Howard Bamsey, Executive Director of GCF
Frank Reinoud Rijsberman, Director-General of GGGI
Yoo Young-sook, Former Environment Minister of Korea

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