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Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development Papers 2015/2016
Section 1: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Section 2: Global Governance
Section 3: Regional approaches to Implementation
Section 4: National Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development Papers 2017

The Friends hosted three workshops in 2017. These are the papers presented at the workshops:

Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development Papers 2018
Workshop 1: SDG Papers
Workshop 2: Advancing the 2030 Agenda: Lessons learned from the first cycle of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) – how far can we go? Organized jointly with UNDESA.
Workshop 3: Advancing the 2030 Agenda: Lessons learnt from the first cycle of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) – how far can we go?
Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development Papers 2019
Workshop 1: 29th of March 2019: Preparing for the two HLPF Meetings in 2019- Institutions and Inequality

An expert meeting for addressing the SDGs’ reviews in 2019 and the targets that will fall in 2020 and 2025.
Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development in cooperation with UN-DESA Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development Meeting sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations.
Programme for the Workshop: Programme for Friends of Government Expert Workshop- March 29th

Session 1: Importance of SDG 16 and all other SDGs for achieving the 2030 Agenda; the case of climate justice

Promoting rule of law, ending all types of violence and all sorts of illicit flows, reducing corruption and bribery, striving for effective, accountable and transparent institutions and responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels including global governance, providing legal identity, ensuring public access to information and protecting fundamental freedoms, strengthening national institutions and promoting and enforcing non-discriminatory laws and policies are essential for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.

Power points presented by:
Lucy Turner UNDP Coordinator Global Alliance for Reporting Progress on Peaceful, Just, and Inclusive Societies. Lucy Turner Global Alliance
Dr. Michael Dorsey, a member of the Club of Rome and a contributor to the Wall Street Journal  Dr Dorsey Paper based on presentation. SDG 16 all other SDGs for achieving the 2030 Agenda The Case of Climate Justice! Michael Dorsey
Irena Zubcevic, Chief of Intergovernmental Policy and Review Branch, Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development, UN-DESA Irena Zubcevic

Session 2: Impact of regional Governance and institutional approaches on SDG Implementation – Examples from EU and Africa

The 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a unique framework for transformative pathways towards sustainability worldwide. It is universal, to be implemented by all countries within their national context. They call on all sectors, levels, and actors in society to work coherently. The paradigm shift implied with Agenda 2030 requires changes in governance and institutional setup and functioning– at and between all levels from the local to the global.

These two studies will present specific governance frameworks put in place for the implementation of the SDGs in EU Member States and presents the results in 28 Country Fiches. It will also showcase how the African region is dealing with governance issues to advance sustainable development.

Power points or reports presented by:
Ruben Zondervan: Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum and co-author of the “Europe’s approach to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: good practices and the way forward” Report. Powerpoint presentation by Ruben from Stakeholder Forum Presentation    Paper based on presentation Chapter 2 Europe’s approach to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals

Ms. Sherina Saran, Counsellor, Second Committee, Government of South Africa to the United Nations, on the African Peer Review Mechanism The Africa Governance Report – 21 January 2019

Session 3: Achieving 2020 and 2025 targets

The 17 SDGs included in the 2030 Agenda include 169 targets, most with a completion date of 2030. However, for 20 SDG targets, the date of completion is 2020 and for three is 2025. With the 2020 deadline fast approaching, it would be important to assess the state of progress of the 2020 targets as well as undertake a reflection on what action would be required on those targets, including whether they should be updated to be brought in line with the 2030 targets.

Power points presented by:

Felix Dodds Adjunct Professor University of North Carolina – powerpoint is here  Felix Dodds Misaligned SDG targets 

Paper by Felix Dodds, Jamie Bartram and Gastón Ocampo is here on Final Paper targets from 2020 to 2025

Claire Blanchard Head of Global Advocacy WWF Session 4 Calire Blanchard2 

Paper by Claire Blanchard/WWF on Options for the 2020 SDG Targets discussion_paper___options_for_maturing_2020_environment_targets___final_1

Workshop 2: 21st of June 2019

Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development in cooperation with UN-DESA Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development
Meeting sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Morocco to the United Nations

Programme for the Workshop: Programme for Friends of Government Expert Workshop – June 21

Session 2: Where are we in Global Sustainability – Presentation of the main findings of the draft Global Sustainable Development Report

The 2019 HLPF summit should be an important occasion to strengthen political will for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and should identify accelerators and drivers of change to speed up implementation.

Powerpoint presented by: Shantanu Mukherjee, Chief, Policy and Analysis Branch, Division for Sustainable Development Goals, UN-DESA(will appear later)

Respondent powerpoint: Rio Budi Rahmanto Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations Rio Budi Rahmanto-respondent Session 2

Session 3: Implications for SDG 16 of the Rome SDG 16 Conference

Presenters:

  • Naiara Costa|, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, Outreach and Partnerships Branch, Division for Sustainable Development Goals UN-DESA (no powerpoint)
  • Anne Kahl, Special Advisor, Governance and Sustaining Peace Bureau for Policy and Programme Support United Nations Development Programme (seconded by the Danish Government). Previously she has worked as a Head of Office and Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and has held several positions in the UN system. Powerpoint is here: Session 3 Anne Kahl
Session 4: Inter-Agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators – state of play in preparation for the 2020 Review

The 2020 comprehensive review is an opportunity to improve the indicator framework to help the global monitoring of the 2030 agenda and provide the necessary guidance to countries, many of which are already well advanced in implementing their national framework and reporting platforms. The review needs to take into account investments already made at the national and international levels and should not undermine ongoing efforts. The IAEG will finalise the proposals for its review by the end of July 2019. Consultations will start on the preliminary proposals of possible deletions, replacements, adjustments and additions in July and August 2019.

PowerPoint presented by: Yongyi Min, Chief, Sustainable Development Goal Monitoring Section, Statistics Division, UN-DESA. The PowerPoint can be found here. Session 4 Yongyi Min

Session 5: How can the HLPF identify and deal with new and emerging issues?

The High-Level Political Forum was set up not only to address the Sustainable Development Goals but also new and emerging issues as they relate to the delivery of the 2030 Agenda. How can the HLPF do this and what would be the key issues it should be considering now?

Workshop 3: 9th of December 2019

Programme for Workshop

  • Marianne Beisheim Senior Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP): and Steven Bernstein, Professor in the Dept. of Political Science and Co-Director of the Environmental Governance Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. The High-Level Political Forum Review 2020: An Opportunity to Fulfill the HLPF’s Mandate.Paper available here The High Level Political Forum Review 2020 An Opportunity to Fulfill the HLPF’s Mandate 
  • Anne Kahl, Special Advisor, Governance and Sustaining Peace Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, United Nations Development Programme. From numbers to action – how to leverage the 2030 Agenda reporting structure to accelerate SDG Implementation paper available here  From numbers to action – how to levergae the 2030 Agenda reporting structure to accelerate SDG16 implementation 
  • David Banisar, Senior Legal Counsel for Article 19: SDG16 progress and impact as a cross cutting goals options for the future: SDG16 progress and impact as a cross cutting goals options for the future
Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development Papers 2020
Workshop 1: 6th of March: Reform of Second Committee and its implications for other UN GA Committees/Future of the QCPR

Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development in cooperation with UN-DESA Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development
An expert meeting for addressing the Reform of Second Committee and its implications for other UN GA Committees/Future of the QCPR

Session 1: Reform of Second Committee and its implications for other UN GA Committees

Addressing elements such as:
a) How can the Second Committee best align its work with the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development?
b) Is there a need to rationalize and streamline the agenda of the second committee and organize it in a more logical way?
c) How might the Second Committee and ECOSOC align better their work?
d) How can the Second Committee coordinate its work with other UN GA Committees to better contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda?
e) How can the Second Committee give political guidance on how to addressing the challenges to implement the SDGs?

Presenters:
Marion Barthelemy, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development, UN-DESA
Jimena Leiva Roesch, Senior Fellow at the International Peace Institute

Session 2: Implementing the 2016 QCPR resolution

Presenters:
Rosemary Kalapurakal, Chief, Policy and Programming Branch, United Nations Development Coordination Office (UNDCO) Powerpoint:  Rosemary Kalapurakal Session 3 QCPR
Dra. Luciana de Rezende Campos Oliveira, Professora de Política Internacional Contemporânea da Faculdade de Direito e Relações Internacionais, Universidade Federal de Grande Dourados (Adjunct Professor at School of International Relations and Law, UFGD) – Paper Luciana de Rezende Campos Oliveira, Back to the Future Power Point:luciana campos Session 3 march
Barbara Adams, is Chair of the Board of Global Policy Forum and Adjunct Professor at New School University, New York

Workshop 2: The impacts of the COVID-19 Virus on global governance.

Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development in cooperation with UN-DESA Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development
An expert meeting for addressing the:

a) How should governments and intergovernmental bodies be open and transparent, responsive and accountable to the people they are seeking to protect.
b) What role should the UN have in an emergency at the global level? What standards does the UN have for states to release information?
c) What role should the UN have in an emergency at the national level?
d) How should these new emergency responses be funded?
e) How can vulnerable groups be protected?
f) What can the UN and the UN system do to help prevent medical and other emergencies or mitigate their impact when such emergencies do happen?
g) Can the UN convene the world (and itself) online in an effective way?
h) How can we ensure that the UN@75 fully recovers from the impact of COVID-19, financial, political and other?
i) What could be the UN’s own response to the UN Secretary-General’s ‘build back better’ call?
j) How COVID-19 should be reflected in VNR’s?

Moderator: Cristina Popescu, Diplomatic Counsellor Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations
Welcome remarks: Marion Barthelemy, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development, UN-DESA
Overview of agenda and objectives for the meeting: Felix Dodds, Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina

Session 1: Closing the COVID-19 response transparency gap

David Banisar, Senior Legal Counsel & Head of Transparency, ARTICLE 19:  Paper David Banisar An Unhealthy Silence Openness and the COVID-19 Transparency Gap Powerpoint presentation Session 1 David Banisar – Background paper: Viral Lies: Misinformation and the Corona Virus Coronavirus-final 
Resilient institutions in times of crisis: transparency, accountability and participation at the national level key to effective responses to COVID-19: David LeBlanc, Chief, Institutions for the Sustainable Development Goals, Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, UN-DESA. Paper david leblanc and Resilient institutions in times of crisis Powerpoint presentation Session 1 David Leblanc– Background Paper: UNDESA Policy Brief Number 74 UNDESA paper

Session 2: COVID19 and Voluntary National Reviews

Irena Zubcevic, Chief of Intergovernmental Policy and Review Branch, Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development, UN-DESA. Paper Irena Zubcevic VNR COVID Powerpoint presentation Session 2 Irena Zubcevic

Session 3: The United Nations And the COVID-19 Global Emergency

Georgios Kostakos, Executive Director Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability (FOGGS).

Paper for book Georgios Kostakos chapter – The UN and COVID-19 Powerpoint presentation Session 3 Georgios Kostakos – Background Papers:

Workshop 3: The imperative of combating corruption, illicit financial flows and recovering and returning stolen assets as a means for financing for development in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

An expert meeting of the Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development in cooperation with UN-DESA Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development

Session 1: Opportunities and Challenges for UNGA Special Session on Corruption  

David Banisar, Head of Transparency, ARTICLE 19  Paper David Banisar – The UN General Assembly Special Session on Corruption Opportunities and Challenges Powerpoint Session 1 david Banisar ARTICLE 19 UNGASS FOG 11-20

Mathias Huter, Managing Director, UNCAC Civil Society Coalition paper Mathias Huter – The UNGASS 2021 Advancing the global

Session 2: Recommendations of the High-Level Panel on International  Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity

Paper NavidHanifFinal Financial Accountability, Transparency, and Integrity for Sustainable Development Powerpoint Session 2 Navid Hanif FACTI interim report – presentation for friends of governance

Gillian Dell, Head of the Conventions Programme, Transparency International Paper Gillian Dell SDG16 combating corruption IFFs FFD. Power point Session 2 Gillian Dell Friends of SDGs Panel. 30.11.20

Pooja Rangaprasad, Director, Policy and Advocacy, Financing for Development (FfD) paper Pooja Rangaprasad, Financing COVID-19 recovery Time to negotiate a UN convention to address tax havens and international tax dodgin

Session 3: 2021 HLPF Review of Goal 16 and how, illicit financial flows, including corruption, and governance will be addressed.

Ms Tonusree Basu, Deputy Director Open Government Partnership –anti-corruption paper Tonusree Basu Plugging the Leak why opening governments and tackling corruption is essential to protect development finance after COVID19

Priya Sood, Coordinator on behalf of the Global Alliance for Reporting Progress on Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies is a coordinating platform for member states, private sector, CSO an UN agencies to strengthen evidence-based reporting, monitoring and measurement of SDG 16 paper Anga Timilsina and Charlene Lui UNDP FoGovernance Chapter on SDG 16 and an integrated approach to anti-corruption Jan2021

Ruzanna Tarverdyan, Founding President The Geneva Consensus Foundation paper Ruzanna Tarverdyan – Enhansing Transparency and Accountability in Public Finance

Workshop 4: Climate Change and governance preparing for Glasgow COP 2021

Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development in cooperation with the UN-DESA Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development

Session 1: Challenges for Glasgow 2021

Mohamed Khalil, Government of Egypt paper Mohamed Khalil – The Challenges of COP26

Geoffrey Lipman President at The SUNx Program and former ASG WTO paper Geoffrey Lipman Climate Friendly Travel – For A Green Clean Future

Session 2: Natural Disasters and the Impact of Climate Change

Presenters:

  • Ambassador Liz Thompson, the Permanent Representative of Barbados to the UN
  • Riyanti Djalante, Chair of Integrated Research on Disaster Risks (of ISC-UNDRR)  member of the UNDDR Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism for the Sendai Framework Session 2 Riyanti Djalante Natrual Disasters

Respondents:

  • Professor Catalina Spataru Head and Director of Islands Laboratory BSEER Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead Professor of Global Energy and Resources and lead for Belmont Forum funded project Governance of Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience for Sustainable Development papeer Catalina Spataru Chapter
  • Meggan Spires, Senior Manager: Climate Change, Energy & Resilience in ICLEI – Local Government for sustainability Africa Office
  • Vahd Nabyl Achmad MulacheIa Counsellor Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the UN Counsellor Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the UN
Session 3: Do we need national ‘Coalition of the willing’ to help deliver the climate target?

Respondents:

  • Andrew Higham, Director, Plexus Strategy; Chief Executive, Mission 2020.
  • Felix Dodds, Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina.
Session 4: The challenges of Private Sector Financing of Climate Change – what can the Glasgow COP achieve?

Steve Waygood, AVIVA chief Responsible Investment Officer leads Aviva Investors’ Global Responsible Investment team, which is responsible for integrating environmental social and corporate governance (ESG) issues Session 4 Steve Waygood the challenges of the private sector

Respondents:

Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development Papers 2025
Workshop 1: 8th of October: Clustering the Environmental Conventions around the Triple Planetary Crisis of Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, and Chemicals and Waste
Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development Papers 2021
How do we Accelerate the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda?
Workshop 1: 23 of March 2021

Organized by The government of Romania for the Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development in cooperation with the UN-DESA Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development.

The Political Declaration of the 2019 SDG Summit stresses the urgent need for concerted, accelerated action by all stakeholders at all levels to achieve the 2030 Agenda.

The UN Secretary-General called on all sectors of society to mobilize for a decade of action on three levels:

  1. Global action: to secure greater leadership, more resources and smarter solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals;
  2. Local action: embedding the needed transitions in the policies, budgets, institutions and regulatory frameworks of governments, cities and local authorities; and
  3. People action: including by youth, civil society, the media, the private sector, unions, academia and other stakeholders, to generate an unstoppable movement pushing for the required transformations.
    Moving ahead on the Decade of Action for SDG implementation by 2030 called by the Secretary-General, this platform will continue to mobilize ambitious actions and track their progress.
    In the lead up to the SDG Summit, UN DESA set up an online platform to capture new and ambitious SDG Acceleration Actions. (UNDESA)

We are asking each presenter to address the following:

  • Who are you?
  • What have you achieved in promoting the SDGs?
  • How will you accelerate this leading up to the midterm review?
  • What governance challenges as far as government action could be changed to help accelerate your and others work?
  • How do you see the integration of horizontal issues such as climate change, gender, digital divide across the SDGs?
Welcome

Moderator and welcome: Cristina Popescu, Diplomatic Counsellor Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations
• Felix Dodds, Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina.
• Marion Barthelemy, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development, UN-DESA

Session 1: People action focusing on industry.

Moderator: Meriem El Hilali, Counsellor Permanent Mission of Morocco to the United Nations
Presenters:

Respondents:

  • Marco van der Ree, Global Reporting Initiative
  • John Gilroy, First Secretary Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations
Session 2: Local action: embedding the needed transitions in the policies, budgets, institutions and regulatory frameworks of governments, cities and local authorities

Moderator: Jeb Brugmann, Founding Partner of The Next Practice and former ICLEI Secretary General
Presenters:

Respondents:

  • Yunus Arikan, Director of Global Advocacy ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability World Secretariat
  • Gary Lawrence, Director Sustainability, Resilience and Adaptation WGI Engineering,
Session 3: National Level – examples of success

Moderator: Charles Nouhan, Chair Stakeholder Forum
Presenters:

Respondents:

  • Afonso Lages, First Secretary Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations
  • Guenther Bachmann, former Secretary General German Council for Sustainable Development
Session 4: Global action: to secure greater leadership, more resources and smarter solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals

Moderator: Mrs. Yvonne Mewengkang, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations

Presenters:

  • Marcos Neto, Director of the UNDP Finance Sector Hub, and SDG Philanthropy Platform
  • Piers Bradford, Global Goals Campaign – Session 4 speaker 2 Piers Bradford
  • Steve Lee, Major Group of Children and Youth

Respondents:

  • Sean Southey, President and Founder Zamia Media and Chair, IUCN CEC
  • Kavita Desai, Advisor on Sustainable Development and Global Policy at the United Nations Foundation
Session 5: Final Reflections and Way Forward

Moderator: Cristina Popescu, Diplomatic Counsellor Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations
Shantanu Mukherjee, Chief, Policy and Analysis Branch at Division for Sustainable Development, UN-DESA
Felix Dodds, Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina.

SDG 16 as a cross-cutting goal to address health, climate change, energy and food security
Workshop 2: 17th of June 2021

Hosted by the government of Indonesia on behalf of the Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development (Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development) in cooperation with the UN-DESA Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development

Session 1: Sustainable Development Goal 16

Moderator: Sarah Lister, Head of Governance UNDP
Presenters:

  • Outcomes Roadmap from the SDG 16 Conference – Transforming Governance for a more Peaceful Just and Inclusive Future –Lorenzo Morini, First Counsellor Permanent Mission of Italy
  • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Baseline Study on the implementation of CEPA Principles in Africa – Ms. Sara Tawfik Hamouda, Agenda 2063 and SDGs Expert, African Peer Review Mechanism Paper sara.hamouda_ (Powerpoint Session 1 SDG 16 speaker 1 Sara Hamouda )

Respondents:

  • David Banisar, Head of Transparency, ARTICLE 19
  • Dr. Felix Addo- Yobo, Director, Development Policy Division, National Development Planning Commission of Ghana
Session 2: Good Health and Wellbeing (SDG3) and governance

Moderator: Cristina Popescu, Diplomatic Counsellor Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations
Presenters:

  • What can be done to strengthen international health governance to make it stronger and more resilient for future pandemics? Ms. Nata Menabde, Executive Director of the WHO Office at UN
  • How countries need to report in a VNR to increase transparency for pandemics? Oli Henman Global Coordinator Action for Sustainable Development Paper Henman  Powerpoint Session 2 Health speaker 2 Oli Henman
  • What are the governance lessons that can be learnt from the GAVI partnership for other health partnerships? Tania Paratian, Head, Health Advocacy at GAVI Powerpoint Session 2 Health speaker 3 Tania Paratian

Respondents:

  • Marianne Haslegrave, Director, Commonwealth Medical Trust
  • David Karorero, Regional Focal Point SDG3 Major Group for Children and Youth – Global Refugees Advocate
Session 3: Climate Change (SDG13) and a Green Energy Transition (SDG7) and Governance

Moderator: Sandra Carter, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations
Presenters:

Respondents:

  • Leticia Zamora, Minister Counsellor Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations
  • Dr Michael Dorsey, Club of Rome and Limited Partner at Ibersun
Session 4: Food System Security (SDG2) and governance

Moderator: Mr. Jamie Morrison, FAO Director of the Food Systems and Food Safety Division,

Presenters:

  • Food system Summit Dialogues – lessons to date, Zak Bleicher, Senior programme officer UN Secretary Generals’ Office for the 2021 UN Food System Summits Paper Zak (Powerpoint Session 4 food speaker 1 zak)
  • Food System Summit Action Track 4 Advance equitable livelihoods Christine Campeau – CARE AT4 for Vice-Chair
  • Food System Summit Track 2: Shift to Sustainable Consumption Patterns: building a broad, multistakeholder coalition around this key challenge and opportunity. Dr. Gunhild Stordalen, EAT Founder and Executive Chair Track 4 Powerpoint Session 4 Food speaker 3 Gunhild Stordalen

Respondents:

  • Ayoup Zaid Elrashdi, African Union Mission to the UN
  • Hinse Boonstra, Policy Advocacy Manager Bayer Crop Science Division
  • Sofia Monsalve, Secretary General of FIAN International
Session 5: Final Reflections and Way Forward
  • Moderator: Yvonne Mewengkang, Counsellor Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia
  • Shantanu Mukherjee, Chief, Policy and Analysis Branch at Division for Sustainable Development, UN-DESA
  • Felix Dodds, Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina.
Issues for the United Nations Environment Assembly 5.2 and a review of the outcomes from the Glasgow Climate Change Summit
Workshop 3: 15th of December

Hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco on behalf of the Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development in cooperation with the UN-DESA Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development

Welcome
  • Moderator and welcome: Meriem El Hilali, Diplomatic Counsellor Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations
  • Felix Dodds, Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina.
  • Irena Zubcevic , Acting Chief, Intergovernmental Policy and Review Branch Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Session 1: Glasgow Climate Summit COP 26 outcomes – where are we?

Moderator: Oche Agbo, Expert, Second Committee, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nation

Presenters:

  • Ambassador Franz Perrez Government of Switzerland and chair of the Environmental Integrity Group  Paper Ambassador Franz Perrez  (Powerpoint Session 1 speaker 1 Franz Perrez)
  • The Glasgow Summit and impacts for Small Island Developing States Ambassador Liz Thompson with responsibility for Climate Change, Small Island Developing States and Law of the Sea
  • Beyond Oil and Gas Coalition Jeppe Mathias Helsted Advisor at The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities
  • Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) Layalee Ramahi North America Network Coordinator United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)   (Powerpoint Session 1 speaker 4 Layalee Ramahi)

Respondents:

  • Dr Michael Dorsey, Club of Rome and Limited Partner at Ibersun
  • Felix Dodds, Adjunct Professor University of North Carolina The Glasgow Climate Summit
Session 2: Strengthen Environment Governance and Law (formerly The Global Pact on the Environment)

Moderator: John Matuszak Senior Fellow UMASS- Boston McCormick Center for Governance and Sustainability; Senior Fellow Global Council for Science and the Environment; retired US State Department Bureau of Oceans International Environmental and Scientific Affairs – Division Chief for Sustainable Development and Intergovernmental Affairs; Bureau member: UNEA 3; UNECE, Committee on Environmental Policy; Rio +20 (2010-2011); Chair, UNEA 3 Committee of the Whole.

Presenters:

  • Ad hoc open-ended working group on the Global Pact on the Environment Sérgio Carvalho Counsellor Permanent Mission of Portugal
  • Victor Tafur Director, UN Environmental Diplomacy Program and Adjunct Faculty at Pace University, Elisabeth Haub School of Law (PowerPoint Session 2 speaker 2 Victor Tafur )

Respondents:

  • Lionel Chami Special Advisor at the Global Pact Coalition
  • Maria Antonia Tigre Global Climate Litigation Fellow, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School
Session 3: Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution at UNEA-5.2, to achieve a new Global Agreement

Moderator:  Charles Nouhan Chair of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future

Presenters:

  • Ingeborg Aase Mork-Knutsen Senior Adviser at Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment Norway (powerpoint Session 3 speaker 1 Ingeborg )
  • On An Internationally Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution  Damaris Carnal Senior Policy Advisor at the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Switzerland and is their focal point for UNEP  Paper Damaris Carnal    (powerpoint Session 3 Speaker 2 Damasis Carnal )
  • Elements for a successful legally binding agreement Neil Tangri Science and Policy Director Science and Policy Director GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) (powerpoint Session 3 speaker 3 Neil Tangri )
  • The challenge that a convention would be addressing Tim Grabiel, EIA Senior Lawyer, Paper Tim Grabiel

Respondents:

  • Alberto Quesada Policy Advocacy Advisor Technical expert on single-use plastics and marine litter, Fundacion MarViva
  • Asha Challenger lead negotiator on Oceans Diplomat Antigua and Barbuda
Session 4: Final Reflections and Way Forward
  • Moderator:  Meriem El Hilali, Diplomatic Counsellor Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations
  • Felix Dodds, Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina.
  • Marion Barthelemy, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development, UN-DESA
Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development Papers 2022
Workshop 1: From Risk to Resilience: Towards Sustainable Development for All in a COVID-19 Transformed World – 23-28 May
Workshop 2: Preparing the ground for the SDG Summit in 2023 – October 4

Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development Papers 2023

Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development Papers 2024