Monday Dec 3rd
13:30 – 14:30 – Informal ‘Brownbag Lunch’ Dialogue at COP18 – Diversity and Inclusivity in Decision-Making: Changing the Face of Representation at the UNFCCC
Location: EAST FOOD COURT (From main meeting area, walk towards the Spider and make a left)Host: WEDO, Bridget Burns – bridget@wedo.orgGrab your lunch and join us for what we anticipate will be a lively discussion!
16:00 – 17:00 – A Conversation: Women in Climate, Clean Energy and Sustainability
Location: US Center, located at the far end of Hall #3, QNCCHost: BCSE
Speakers:· Mary Robinson, Founder, Mary Robinson Foundation — Climate Justice, and Former President of Ireland· Kit Batten, Global Climate Change Coordinator, USAID· Jennifer Morgan, Director of the Climate and Energy Program, WRI· Aimee Barnes, Advisor, Directorate of Energy and Climate Change, United Arab Emirates· Moderated by: Lisa Jacobson, President of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy
18:30 – 20:00 – Building Sustainable Health Systems: Focus on Climate Resilience
Location: Side Event Room 4Host: WHOSpeakers:· Opening remarks by a High Level representative of the Government of Qatar· H.E. Mr. Arvinn Eikeland Gadgil, State Secretary for International Development, Norway – Keynote presentation on ‘Health and Sustainable Development’· H.E. Julia Duncan-Cassell, Minister of Gender and Development, Liberia – Gender, Climate Change and Health· Mr Michel Jarraud, WMO Secretary-General – Climate services for the health community: an overview of the WHO/WMO collaboration under the Global Framework on Climate Services· Ms Aira Kalela, GGCA/WEDO and Former Director General Finnish MoE – Social determinants of health and gender equity in CC· Representatives of Bangladesh, Botswana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa – Prioritising Health in National Action Plans and Strategies and the role of Health in the post-2015 MDG agenda
Webinar access: If you are not attending the COP18, you can follow our event by webinar connection registering to: https://who-meeting.webex.com/who-meeting/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=843645852 – ‘Building Sustainable Health Systems: Focus on Climate Resilience – Live from COP18’