Global Synergies

Guido Schmidt-Traub

Partner, Systemiq

Manuel Pulgar VidalLead, Climate and

Energy Practice,

WWF International

Ibrahim ThiawExecutive Secretary UN,

Desertification

Convention

Peter ThomsonSpecial UN Envoy for

Oceans

Paul SteeleChief Economist,

IIED

Wanjira MathaiVice President and

Regional Director, Africa, World Resources

Institute

Harriet BulkeleyProfessor of Geography,

Durham University

Maria van Berlekom

Head of Unit, SIDA

Noelle Kumpel, Policy Director

BirdLife Interna-

rional

Carlos Manuel Rodrigez

CEO and Chairperson,

The GEF

Braulio de Souza Diasformer Executive-Secretary,

CBD Secretariat

Global SynergiesMonday Sept 6 to Tuesday Sept 7, 2021

Amelia ArreguinGender Coordinator,

GYBN

Emma TorresHead, NY Office, Sustai-

nable Development

Solution Network

Juan BelloHead of UNEP

Colombia

Melanie HeathDirector of Science,

Birdlife International

Amy FraenkelExecutive-Secretary,

CMS Secretariat

Neville AshDirector, UNEP

WCMC

Sir Robert WatsonFormer Chair IPCC

and IPBES

John Scanlon CEO, Elephant

Protection Initiative

Foundation

On-Site Session 2

September 7

15:45 - 17:00

Morning VirtualSeptember 7

9:30-11:00

On-Site Session 1September 7

14:00 - 15:30

Evening VirtualSeptember 6

19:00- 20:30

Day 4 is focused on synergies and addresses whether the GBF is sufficiently aligned with the Paris

Agreement, the SDGs, biodeiversity-related conventions, and other new global processes such as the

UN Food Systems Conference and the Decade for Ecological Restoration. Two other important ele-

ments of the synergies conversation will include how and where the GBF might be retreating from

the Aïchi Targets, and the challenge and opportunity of elevating nature based solutions in the

UNFCCC COP-26. There are many important lessons from the Paris Agreement for the GBF negotia-

tions, especially in enabling parties to increase transparency and accountability.

The Evening and Morning Virtuals will address the challenges and opportunities for strengthening

synergies between the GBF and these key global processes.The first of the two On-Site sessions will

invite speakers to share their vision for deeper synergies between the GBF and these global processes

and will identify the gaps in the GBF that may hinder the achievment of greater synergies. In the

second On-Site session speakers will explore the range of solutions to address these gaps.

Jean Lemire,

Envoy for Climate

Change, Northern and

Arctic, Government of

Québec

Melina SakiyamaCo-Founder,

GYBN

Nicolas Chenet,

Head, Sustainable Deve-

lopment Department,

Expertise France

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