MEDIA ADVISORY
9 December 2023, 9.00am GTS - Al Waha Theatre, Blue Zone
COP28 Core Nature Day Event
From Agreement to Action: Harnessing 30x30 to Tackle Climate Change
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – A high-level event expected to announce a number of transformational actions related to the ‘30x30’ goal and nature action for climate is being held on Nature Day (December 9th) at the UNFCCC COP28 in Dubai, UAE. The event will also be live-streamed on the UNFCCC virtual platform and the HAC for Nature and People website. Delegates and media are invited to attend.
Convened by the COP28 Presidency, The High Ambition Coalition for Nature, Campaign for Nature, and the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, Heads of State and Government, Ministers, Indigenous Peoples representatives, and leaders from across the business and civil society are expected to announce domestic and international actions to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. The focus will be on resource mobilization from all sources, repurposing current harmful incentives such as subsidies, conserving and protecting 30% of the planet’s land and 30% of the planet’s ocean by 2030, and specifically what this means for global efforts to halt climate change.
Without urgent and demonstrable momentum on both financing and implementation on the ground, it will be impossible to tackle the world’s accelerating nature crisis, in support of climate action.
Leaders confirmed to speak at the event include:
Her Excellency Razan Al Mubarak, High-Level Champion, COP28
His Excellency Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment, People’s Republic of China
Her Excellency Jennifer “J.R.” Littlejohn, Assistant Secretary at the US Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Her Excellency Mariam Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, UAE
Her Excellency Sonia Guajajara, Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Brazil
His Excellency Dr. Iziaq Kunle Salako, Minister of State for Environment, Nigeria
His Excellency Flavien Joubert, Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change & Environment, Seychelles
His Excellency Hailemariam Desalegn, former Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Her Excellency Steffi Lemke, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection of Germany
The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada
His Excellency Steve Barclay, State Secretary of the Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, United Kingdom
His Excellency Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, Minister of Climate and the Environment, Norway
His Excellency Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, European Commission
His Excellency Franz Tattenbach Capra, Minister of Environment, Costa Rica
His Excellency Christophe Béchu, Minister for Ecological Transition and Cohesion of the Territories, France
Mr. Benoit Charette, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Fauna and Parks, Quebec
Others speaking at the event include Ms. Rita El Zaghloul, Director of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, Ms. Deborah Sanchez, Executive Director of CLARIFI, Professor Brendan Mackey, Director of The Griffith Climate Action Beacon at Griffith University, Prof. Dr. Thomas Crowther, ETH Zurich, and Ms. Hong Paterson, Chief Financial Officer, Green Climate Fund. The Master of Ceremony for the event will be Wanjira Muthai, Kenyan environmentalist and activist.
The event will take place in the Blue Zone at the Al Waha Theatre, this will also be streamed virtually to those with a COP pass here, and to those without on the HAC for Nature and People website here.
A press release will be available after the event for media use. Contact katy@campaignfornature.com for any further questions.