COP26 Event Recommendations

Time: 3 p.m. (CEST)
Location: Online

Debate with Speakers:  

• Kumi Naidoo, Human Rights Activist and Speaker on Environmental Justice, currently Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy  
• Julia Blocher, Researcher, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research 
• Rei Goffer, Co-Founder and C.S.O., Tomorrow.io 
• Mohamad Al-Jounde, Founder
• Mariam Traore Chazalnoël, Senior Policy Officer, United Nations International Organization for Migration Gharsah School 

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Time: From 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (CEST)
Location: The Headquarters of Scottish Power/ Online

This networking and learning event will bring together climate justice and just transition donors, activists and those on the front lines to better understand the challenges that lie ahead. Please join us to discuss the needs of the field post-COP26 and how philanthropy can rise to the challenge of shifting power and resources to those on the frontlines.

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Time: 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. (CEST) and 4.30 p.m. to 4.50 p.m. (CEST)
Location: Glasgow University / Online

Plenary Session 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. - Climate Action in the Restoration Decade

Positive tipping points can transform our future. One promising entry point for triggering them is ecosystem restoration, which combines restoring ecosystem functioning and development with climate mitigation and adaptation. Speakers will elaborate on the role of restoration in triggering positive tipping points and discuss the key challenges and opportunities they have experienced whilst implementing restoration processes at the regional and local level.

Launch of new local GLF restoration chapters, the ones in Sahel funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung.

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Plenary Session 4.30 p.m. to 4.50 p.m. - Unveiling the Restoration Alliance

Curious about what GLF’s restoration practitioners are up to? Whether they’re planting trees, recovering coral reefs, connecting stakeholders or creating local communities, tune in to learn about the GLF Restoration Alliance and what Restoration Stewards and GLF chapters are doing to restore our planet as part of a global effort during the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

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Time: 10.30 a.m. (CEST)
Location: Platform Glasgow / Online

Session: Climate Migration - Cities at the Forefront

How do cities ensure their residents are protected from climate displacement and included in the green transition? Members of the C40 Cities-Mayors Migration Council Task Force and their partners will share how they are taking bold steps to accelerate global responses to the climate crisis by putting people at the center of climate action and investing in city governments to deliver.

• Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol and C40-MMC Task Force Member
• Raphaela Schweiger, Program Director Migration, Global Issues, Robert Bosch Stiftung
• Moderator: Mallika Kapur, Deputy Global Editor, Bloomberg Live

Joint launch of the C40-Mayors Migration Council Action Agenda and announcement of the new chapter of the Global Cities Fund.

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Time: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (CEST)
Location: Online

With the virtual roundtable F20, together with DAFNE, Wings and Foundation Scotland, wants to shed light on the role of philanthropy in connecting the local and global dimensions and building sustainable solutions required for addressing our global crises effectively and holistically.

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Time:

• Session 1: Tuesday, Nov. 9, 9.30 a.m to 11.30 a.m. (CEST)
• Session 2: Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1.00 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. (CEST)

Location: Online

Session 1: How can we transform food and agriculture systems through locally-led climate-friendly and nature-positive solutions?

This session will explore how locally-led nature-positive solutions including agroecology can also help communities adapt to the reality of a changing climate, improve their food security and health, thereby contributing to resilience, food sovereignty, and economic empowerment.

Session 2: Governance for climate action in the food system: what is the role of NDCs and local dialogues?

This session will share insights from the GA’s NDC assessment with a focus on stakeholder engagement practices and highlight the voices of the many unheard peoples whose local knowledge is often overlooked in the search for new ways of producing, processing, and consuming food.

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Time: 2 p.m. (CEST)
Location: Online

Joint event of the International Displacement Monitoring Centre with the EU’s Joint Resource Centre (JRC), EU’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (INTPA), OHCHR, UNHCR and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), moderated by Euronews.

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Time: 2 p.m. (CEST)
Location: Online

Joint event with the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), International Youth Federation, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Youth4Nature and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).

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Time: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (CEST)
Location: Online

The Africa Climate Mobility Initiative (ACMI) is an unprecedented global partnership launched by the AU Commission, the United Nations, and the World Bank and joined by the academic, practitioner, policymaking, and philanthropic communities to generate political momentum, common policy agenda, and resources for harnessing the potential and addressing the challenges of climate-forced mobility in the African continent. ACMI will advance data-based comprehensive solutions to support people-centered adaptation to climate mobility; protect those on the move; and further the resilience of African communities confronting the climate crisis.