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The Climate Academy 2021
Agenda

27 September to 1 October 2021 - Online edition

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    Monday, 27 September 2021

    Time: 13:00 to 14:30 (CEST) | 06:00 to 07:30 (PET) | 18:00 to 19:30 (ICT)
    Open event - Welcome and Keynotes

    Welcome:
    Dirk Reinhard, Munich Re Foundation

    Speakers:
    Dr. Eberhard Faust, Munich Re
    Dr. Zita Sebesvari, UNU-EHS
    Dr. Koko Warner, UNFCCC

    Moderator:
    Dr. Himanshu Shekar, UNU-EHS
     

    Time: 15:30 to 17:00 (CEST) | 08:30 to 10:00 (PET) | 20:30 to 22:00 (ICT)
    By invitation only - Interactive workshop

    Speakers:
    Christian Barthelt, Munich Re Foundation
    Dr. Simone Sandholz, UNU-EHS
    Dr. Koko Warner, UNFCCC
    Selected Participants of the Climate Academy 2021

    Moderator:
    Dr. Himanshu Shekar, UNU-EHS

    Tuesday, 28 September 2021

    Time: 13:00 to 14:30 (CEST) | 06:00 to 07:30 (PET) | 18:00 to 19:30 (ICT)
    Open event - Presentations by selected participants

    Speakers:

    Dr. Stephen Diko, The University of Memphis
    Residents' Awareness and Prioritization of Urban Green spaces in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana

    Úrsula Santana Nóbrega, Administrative Council of Parks, Gardens and Conservation Units (DPJUC) 
    Implementation Process and Results of Filtering Garden located in the City of Sobral, Brazil.

    Padmi Ranasinghe, University of Texas at Arlington
    Urban Street trees as a best practice to mitigate climate change impacts in cities in the tropical Global South, A Case study of Sri Lanka

    Dr. Md Moynul Ahsan, Ankara University
    Water Security of Ankara City in Turkey: Existing Challenges and Overcoming Measures

    Dr. Linjun Xie, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
    Nature-based Solutions for Transforming Urban Sustainability Governance in China

    Katharina Rochell, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
    Traveling solutions? How international actors frame nature as solution for the African urban context

    Moderator:
    Christian Barthelt, Munich Re Foundation
     

    Time: 16:00 to 17:00 (CEST) | 09:00 to 10:00 (PET) | 21:00 to 22:00 (ICT)
    Open event - Working session, organised by ICLEI

    Speakers:
    Dr. Randy Sa'd, Flourishing Enterprise Institute
    Pourya Salehi, ICLEI

    Moderation:
    Dr. Himanshu Shekar, UNU-EHS

     

    Wednesday, 29 September 2021

    Time: 13:00 to 14:30 (CEST) | 06:00 to 07:30 (PET) | 18:00 to 19:30 (ICT)
    Open event - Interactive workshop

    Speakers:
    Dr. Koko Warner, UNFCCC
    Four selected participants of the Climate Academy 2021 (tbc)

    Moderator:
    Dr. Himanshu Shekar, UNU-EHS
     

    Time: 15:30 to 17:00 (CEST) | 08:30 to 10:00 (PET) | 20:30 to 22:00 (ICT)
    Open event - Interactive workshop

    Speakers:

    Prof. Dr. Marwa Khalifa
    Professor of Urban Planning and Environment, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

    Prof. Dr. Udo Nehren
    Professor of Ecosystem Management, TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany

    Dr. Geoffrey Ndegwa
    Energy for Food Security Advisor at World Food Programme, Johannesburg, South Africa 

    Lic. Jorgelina Hardoy/Florencia Almansi (tbc)
    IIED–América Latina

    Dr. Koko Warner
    UNFCCC

    Moderation:
    Dr. Simone Sandholz, UNU-EHS

     

    Thursday, 30 September 2021

    Time: 13:00 to 14:30 (CEST) | 06:00 to 07:30 (PET) | 18:00 to 19:30 (ICT)
    Open event - Presentations by selected participants

    Speakers:

    Rizqa Hidayani, Kota Kita Foundation
    Resilient Kampung: Participatory community-based adaptations in urban neighbourhoods in Indonesia

    Patricio Gabriel Belloy Kauak, University of Massachusetts Boston
    Nature-based Solutions in Massachusetts: implementation through a municipal assistance program

    Sally Fernanda Torres Mallma, Universidad Ricardo Palma
    Lomas Ecosystems Landscape. An approach to the Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for the climate change adaptation in the Metropolitan Area of Lima

    Olutobi Osanaiye, FBS Reinsurance Limited
    The (Re)Insurance Industry’s Roles in the Integration of Nature-Based Solutions for Prevention in Disaster Risk Reduction

    Dr. Ana Carolina Brugnera, Pequi do Cerrado Institute
    Traditional Communities in Brazil, their cultural and natural heritage and the impacts of Climate Change

    Sahana Ghosh, Mongabay India
    Communicators in mainstreaming NbS

    Moderation:
    Dr. Himanshu Shekar, UNU-EHS

    Time: 15:30 to 17:00 (CEST) | 08:30 to 10:00 (PET) | 20:30 to 22:00 (ICT)
    Open event - Presentations by selected participants

    Speakers:

    Suchita Shrestha, Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies
    Application of Recharge Ponds for Water Management: Explaining from Nature Based Solution Perspective

    Dr. Asmita Bhardwaj, University of Regina
    Best Management Practices in Water Governance and Climate Adaptations in Saskatchewan, Canada

    Dr. Siddharth Narayan, East Carolina University
    When Do NBS Work As Coastal Defenses and When Do They Not?

    Lilian Daphine Lunyolo, UNFCCC
    Exploiting the potential of potted flower trade along the Kampala Northern Bypass

    Ingrid Coetzee, ICLEI
    ICLEI's Nature-based Development Pathway - Clever Cities Project

    Moderation:
    Christian Barthelt, Munich Re Foundation

     

    Friday, 01 October 2021

    Time: 13:00 to 14:30 (CEST) | 06:00 to 07:30 (PET) | 18:00 to 19:30 (ICT)
    Open event - Closing event

    Speakers:
    Fernando Secaira, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
    Dr. Koko Warner, UNFCCC
    Dr. Zita Sebesvari, UNU-EHS
    Dr. Simone Sandholz, UNU-EHS
    Marcella D’Souza, Watershed Organization Trust (WOTR), India

    Moderation:
    Dr. Himanshu Shekar, UNU-EHS

    Time: 15:30 to 17:00 (CEST) | 08:30 to 10:00 (PET) | 20:30 to 22:00 (ICT)
    By invitation only - Interactive workshop and discussion platform

    Moderation:
    Dr. Himanshu Shekar, UNU-EHS
    Dr. Simone Sandholz, UNU-EHS
    Christian Barthelt, Munich Re Foundation
    Dr. Koko Warner, UNFCCC