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PROGRAMME

12:00 - 12:25: Opening session

• Sveinung Rotevatn, UNEA President and Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment
• Inger Andersen, Under Secretary-General of the UN and UNEP Executive Director
• Dr. Mohamed Abdelraouf, Major Group Chair

12:30 - 13:00: Tackling Ocean Pollution

• Jane Patton, Senior Campaigner with the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
• Eirik Lindebjerg, Global Plastics Policy Manager at World Wildlife Foundation (WWF)
• Amayo Passy Ogolla, Programme Officer for Sustainable Energy Futures Programme at the Society for International Development (SID)

13:45 -14:15: Health and Environment: What a post-pandemic recovery looks like

• Philip Lymbery, Global Chief Executive Officer at Compassion in World Farming, Visiting Professor at the University of Winchester and Vice-President of Eurogroup for Animals, Brussels
• Hadia Sheerazi, fra the Carbon Management Research Initiative (CaMRI) at the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy
• Francis Kim Upgi, director, Economic and Social Policy at The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Asia-Pacific

15:00 - 15:30: Ecosystem Restoration, Biodiversity, and Development: How can we have development in harmony with nature?

• Isis Alvarez, livestock campaign coordinator with the Global Forest Coalition, addressing gender aspects in forest management
• Rodion Sulyandziga, Focal point for UN Major Group for Indigenous Peoples. Rodion Sulyandziga is the Russian Far East-Director of the Centre for the Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North (CSIPN), and co-chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC).
• Noelene Nabulivou, co-founder and political advisor for Diverse Voices and Action for Equality (DIVA). She is an activist and spokesperson on climate change, sustainable development, and gender equality.

16:15 - 16:45: Road to Stockholm+50, UNEP@50 and achieving the SDGs: Involvement and implementation

• Jan-Gustav Strandenæs, senior advisor at Stakeholder Forum. Jan-Gustav has played an active role in UNEPprocesses for 50+ years
• Neth Daño, Co-Executive Director of the ETC group (Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration).
• Yugratna Srivastava, Focal point, UN Major Group for Children and Youth. Yugratna Srivastava works to engage young people, in the design, implementation, monitoring, follow-up, and review of sustainable development policies at all levels

19:15 - 20:15: Plenary session: Taking the work forward: How to advance the outcomes of the consultation towards UNEA 5 and beyond in a strategic manner?

• One representative from each major group present the main points from their group sessions