HLPF Side Event - Fast, Fair and Green

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16 July 2019
Location: 
United Nations Headquarters, New York City, USA

 

On 16 July (1:15 PM - 2:30 PM EDT), join us at the UN High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF) for Fast, Fair and Green - a high-level panel discussion that will explore the question, "How can we create an economic transition fast, fair, and green enough to achieve the SDGs and NDCs?" 

 

Featuring

Hon. Ola Elvestuen, President of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) and Minister of Climate and Environment, Norway
 
Hon. Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parliamentary State Secretary, Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany
 
Mr. Gabriel Quijandría, Vice-Minister of Environment, Peru
 
Hon. Ms. Elizabeth Thompson, Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations
 
Ms. Astrid Schomaker, Director, Global Sustainable Development, Directorate General for the Environment, European Commission
 
Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UN Environment
 
Guy Rider, Executive Director, International Labour Organization 
 
Jo Confino, Executive Editor, Impact & Innovation, The Huffington Post
 

The big questions

How can we create an economic transition fast, fair, and green enough to achieve the SDGs and NDCs?

What are the guiding principles of an inclusive green economic transition? What are the priority actions?

Where can governments, businesses, and financial institutions access the knowledge, guidance, data, and tools they need to green their operations?

Context

Business as usual isn't working. It is driving climate change, inequality, biodiversity collapse, instability and displacement, pollution and public health crises, and the depletion of natural capital on which lives depend. People are calling for change.
 
The inclusive green economy offers solutions. It can create tens of millions of decent jobs including for women and youth, and can contribute to food security, access to energy, clean air and water, the protection of wildlife, and the restoration of ecosystems. 
 
Over the last decade, governments, businesses, and financial institutions have been pioneering new policies, practices, and products that aim to drive the transition to an inclusive green economy. But is this transition adequately fast, fair and green?
 
On 16 July (1:15 PM - 2:30 PM EDT), a group of institutions leading the transition are inviting global leaders for a panel discussion to explore the question, "How can we create an economic transition fast, fair, and green enough to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Climate Agreement?"
 

Launches

This event will also mark the launch of the Five Principles of Green Economy, which provide a valuable compass as we transition to sustainability, and the launch of the Green Industry Platform and the Green Finance Platform, which will equip businesses and financial institutions with the knowledge guidance, data, and tools they need to equitably green their operations.
 

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This event is jointly organized by the Partners for Inclusive Green Economy, an initiative involving UN Environment, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), the Green Economy Coalition (GEC), the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Poverty-Environment Action for SDGs (PEA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the United Nations Partnership for Action on Green Economy (UN-PAGE).

 

 

 

Registration Link: 
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Initiatives: 
Partners for Inclusive Green Economy