URBAN & RURAL LINKAGES

PCCB Capacity-building Hub under the auspices of the Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB) of UNFCCC

Meeting representatives from:

12.12.2018 10-13.00PM

UNFCCCUNCCDCBDUN-HABITATFAO

UNFCCC, UNCCD and CBD Approaches to Urban & Rural Linkages. Initiative (convened by UN-Habitat): “Urban-Rural Linkages to Advance Integrated Territorial Development: Guiding Principles and Framework for Action”.

UNFCCC

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KeynoteMr Luc Gnacadja, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Founder and President of GPS-Dev (Governance & Policies for Sustainable Development), Moderator

The Case for Urban & Rural Linkages Dr Sandra Piesik, 3 ideas Limited, Director, London (UK),Visiting Professor at the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity London (UK), the Panel Convenor

Capacity Building Workshop by UN-HABITAT and Urban-Rural Linkages Team

10.00am

11.30 - 12.30 pm

11.00 - 11.30 pm Q&A

PCCB Capacity-building Hub under the auspices of the Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB) of UNFCCC

UNFCCC

Image © ESA European Space Agency - University of Jena, Chinese Academy of Forestry. A mosaic of Northeast China based on satelliteimages.

UNFCCCMs Marzena Chodor, Co-Chair of the Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB) of UNFCCC

UNCCD Land Degradation Neutrality and Urban & Rural LinkagesMr Barron Joseph Orr, Lead Scientist at the Science Policy Interface (SPI) at UNCCD

CBDMr. Alexander Shestakov, Head of Division, Science, Society and Sustainable Futures, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

UN-HABITAT “Urban-Rural Linkages to Advance Integrated Territorial Development: Guiding Principles and Framework for Action”.Mr Marcus Mayr, Climate Change Planning Unit (CCPU), Urban Planning and Design Branch (UPDB), United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

FAOTBC

Conclusions A Local Community Representative Mrs Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Représentative of Indigenous Peoples

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