17 July 2023, 17:30 New York time - EDT
This high-level discussion will focus on actionable strategies to accelerate the global green economic transformation including through circular economy approaches, innovative capacity and finance solutions, and stronger partnerships to promote social and environmental justice.
Speakers and participants, including heads of delegations and high-level countries representatives, will bring forward their country experience, vision and approach to circular economy and green economic transformation
The event aims to accelerate and renew commitment towards the Sustainable Development Goals, including goals 6, 7, 9, 11 and 17 under HLPF review, and build resilience in a crisis-driven world.
PAGE, the Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency (GACERE) and the Green Fiscal Policy Network (GFPN) are co-organising the event.
The event is followed by a reception. Please register to attend the event and secure a spot at the venue for your delegation and you.
Don’t hesitate to contact us by email for more information.
Preliminary Agenda
- Opening and introduction
Mr. Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Director of ILO Priority Action Programme “Just transitions towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies”
- Welcome remarks
H.E. Ms. Lachezara Stoeva, President of ECOSOC, PR of Bulgaria to the UN
- Framing remarks
Hon. Dr. Bettina Hoffmann, State Secretariat of Germany, BMUV
- Framing remarks
Mr. Haoliang Xu, Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of UNDP
- Moderated panel discussion 1
- H.E Dr. Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development of Morocco
- Mr. Juhani Damski, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment, Finland
- Mr. Ricardo Rio, European Committee of the Regions rapporteur on SDGs and Mayor of Braga, Portugal
- Moderated panel discussion 2
- H.E. Dr. Vivi Yulaswati – Deputy Minister for Maritime Affairs and Natural Resources, Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia
- Mr. Axel de la Maisonneuve, Head of International Partnerships & Sustainable Development at the EU Delegation to the UN
- H.E. Mr. Ren Hongyan, Minister of the Chinese Mission to the UN
- Closing
Mr. Moustapha Kamal Gueye, ILO
Invited Speakers
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H.E. Dr. Leila Benali, President of UNEA, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development of Morocco
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H.E. Dr. Vivi Yulaswati - Deputy Minister for Maritime Affairs and Natural Resources, Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia
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Mr. Juhani Damski, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment, Finland
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H.E. Dr. Bettina Hoffmann, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) of Germany
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H.E. Mr. Ren Hongyan, Minister of the Chinese Mission to the United Nations
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Ms. Lachezara Stoeva, President of ECOSOC, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations
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Mr Axel de la Maisonneuve, Head of International Partnerships & Sustainable Development at the EU Delegation to the UN
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Mr. Ricardo Rio, European Committee of the Regions rapporteur on SDGs and Mayor of Braga, Portugal
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H.E. Mr. Haoliang Xu, Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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Mr. Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Director of ILO Priority Action Programme “Just transitions towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies”
Co-organisers
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PAGE
Since its founding in 2013, the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) has fostered inclusive, green economic transformation in 22 partner countries.
The joint effort of five United Nations agencies, PAGE brings together the UN Environment Programme, International Labour Organization, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and United Nations Institute for Training and Research to provide integrated and holistic support on eradicating poverty, increasing jobs and social equity, strengthening livelihoods and environmental stewardship and sustaining growth, ensuring coherence and avoiding duplication of efforts.
PAGE Funding Partners include the European Union, Finland, Germany, Korea, Norway, and Sweden.
PAGE Partner Countries include: Argentina, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Jiangsu Province (China), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mato Grosso State (Brazil), Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand, and Uruguay.
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GACERE
The Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency (GACERE) is an alliance of governments at the global level willing to work together on and advocate for a global just circular economy transition and more sustainable management of natural resources at the political level and in multilateral fora.
GACERE was launched in February 2021, in the margins of the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly. Bringing together governments, networks, and organizations, GACERE supports the global impetus for initiatives related to the circular economy transition, resource efficiency and sustainable consumption and production, building on efforts being deployed internationally. GACERE advocates for a global just transition[1] to a resource efficient and circular economy for a more equitable use of resources to achieve sustainable consumption and production, contributing to the Paris Agreement goals.
GACERE members include: Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, European Union, India, Japan, Kenya, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Korea, Rwanda, South Africa, and Switzerland. Mexico and Singapore are observers to the Alliance: Mexico, and Singapore.
GACERE works in close collaboration with the regional circular economy networks, including the African Circular Economy Alliance and the Circular Economy Coalition for Latin America and the Caribbean. Other strategic partners that contribute to the work of GACERE include: the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF),
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Green Fiscal Policy Network
The Green Fiscal Policy Network was established by a partnership between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to promote knowledge sharing and dialogue on green fiscal policies.
Launched in 2014, the Network provides an online knowledge-sharing platform and organizes events to share country experiences and promote the international agenda on green fiscal reform. It is supported by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUV).The Network has produced the Global Recovery Observatory – a novel online database that brought transparency to global government spending during the COVID-19 crisis. The Observatory showcases exemplary policy solutions, identifies lost opportunities and offers options to governments for more impactful and sustainable fiscal spending.
The Network is also supporting the development of the Sustainable Budgeting Approach – an easy-to-use, evidence-based, and country-contextualised decision-support tool, designed to help policymakers identify, track, and resource strategic policy opportunities (spending and taxation) that bolster national economic development outcomes and address critical environmental and social objectives. The SBA was successfully piloted in Gabon in 2021 and has been developed by the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford with support from the UNEP. It was also endorsed in the official communiqué of the International Cooperation Forum and Meeting of African Ministers of Finance, Economy and Environment in Egypt during the
