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Reshaping development pathways towards climate resilience
Join us for a panel discussion on how countries can adjust their
financial decision-making to build climate resilience.
Our panelists will
explore:
! What does it take to move
countries to climate
resilient development
pathways?
! What role can the private
sector play in supporting
climate resilient
development?
Gulf Cooperation Council Pavilion, COP22, Marrakech
Friday 11 November at 11:00-12:30
Khalid Abuleif, Chief Negotiator, Saudi Arabia
Lisa Dale, Associate Director, Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
Jay Koh, Global Adaptation and Resilience Investment Working Group
John Roome, Senior Director for Climate Change, World Bank
Mulugeta Mengist Ayalew, Director, Climate Change Affairs, Office of the Prime
Minister, Ethiopia
Chair: Maarten Van Aalst, Director, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
11.00-11.15
(15 min)
Introduction to the panel discussion
Chair: Maarten Van Aalst, UN Climate Resilience Initiative: A2R
11.15-11.35
(20 min)
What does it take to move countries to a climate resilient development pathway?
Khalid Abuleif, Chief Negotiator, Saudi Arabia
Mulugeta Mengist Ayalew, Director, Climate Change Affairs, Office of Prime Minister, Ethiopia
11.35-11.45
(10 min)
What role can the private sector play in supporting the transition to climate resilient development?
Jay Koh, Global Adaptation and Resilience Investment Working Group
11.45-11.55
(10 min)
How can the World Bank and the international community support long-term structural change?
John Roome , World Bank
11.55-12.05
(10 min)
How can we assess progress towards reshaping development pathways?
Lisa Dale, Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
12.05-12.25
Questions and comments from the audience
12.25-12.30
Closing remarks
About A2R: Anticipate, Absorb, Reshape
The Secretary General’s Climate Resilience Initiative: Anticipate, Absorb, Reshape (A2R)
is a global, UN-led, multi-stakeholder initiative that seeks to strengthen climate resilience
for vulnerable countries and people. It accelerates action under its three pillars:
Anticipate climate hazards and stresses; Absorb shocks; and Reshape development
pathways to foster climate resilience.