BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//General Assembly of the United Nations - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:/pga/76 X-WR-CALDESC:Events for General Assembly of the United Nations REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T170000 DTSTAMP:20211101T211818Z CREATED:20211101T211818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211101T211818Z UID:251318-1635235200-1635267600@www.un.org SUMMARY:Delivering Climate Action: For People\, Planet and Prosperity DESCRIPTION:High-level Thematic Debate: “Delivering Climate Action: For People\, Planet and Prosperity” URL:/pga/76/event/delivering-climate-action-for-people-planet-and-prosperity/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:PGA Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T213000 DTSTAMP:20220811T192221Z CREATED:20211013T133106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220811T192221Z UID:249926-1635242400-1635283800@www.un.org SUMMARY:Delivering Climate Action: for People\, Planet\, and Prosperity DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Meeting\, Tuesday 26 October 2021\, 10am-1pm\, 3pm-6pm EDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The President of the General Assembly will convene a high-level meeting on Delivering Climate Action – for People\, for Planet & for Prosperity\, focused on the gap between current and required technical and financial capacities to achieve the 1.5 degrees target and how that gap can be met\, through showcasing best practices that simultaneously address climate action and the myriad structural challenges exacerbated by the pandemic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “Let us come together and reaffirm our commitment to solving this climate crisis. Let us put our faith in science and reason\, share technologies and invest in climate friendly innovation.” \n–  Abdulla Shahid\, President of the ĢƵ General Assembly\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Objectives\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1. Identify and present solutions towards meting the technical and skills gaps to achieve the 1.5 temperature goal.\n  \n2. Build momentum for partnerships on technical and resource support.\n  \n3. Increasing political support for climate finance\, especially on adaption\, on the scale and at the pace that is needed for sustainable recovery.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Overview\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed States’ capacities\, just when they were needed most to address our climate priorities. Without global solidarity and innovative solutions to tackle COVID-19’s impacts\, all countries risk losing hard-won development gains\, as well as losing the chance to develop the capacities needed to urgently act for our planet’s climate health. Moreover\, a loss of hope in climate action is at an all-time high globally\, especially among youth. A sustained sense of despair\, leading to public apathy and inaction\, would not augur well for humanity’s future\, especially at this turning point that will determine our future for the decades to come. \nGiven the urgency this moment requires\, the President of the General Assembly will convene a high-level meeting on Delivering Climate Action – for People\, for Planet & for Prosperity\, focused on the gap between current and required technical and financial capacities to achieve the 1.5 degrees target and how that gap can be met\, through showcasing best practices that simultaneously address climate action and the myriad structural challenges exacerbated by the pandemic. It will also take stock of the ambition-raising initiatives from Member States and stakeholders made along the path to COP26 and help identify areas and sectors where more can be done. Participants are invited to focus on encouraging State Parties and other key stakeholders\, including industry and the private sector\, to increase ambition across key areas. \nClimate change is the greatest challenge of our time: a crosscutting\, multidimensional threat multiplier. The most recent IPCC report confirms that climate change is now rapid\, intensifying\, and widespread. ĢƵICEF’s first children’s climate risk index estimates that roughly 1 billion children – nearly half the world’s 2.2 billion children – live in countries extremely vulnerable to climate change’s impacts. Cumulatively\, this signals a moment of reckoning for humanity. \nWith only a few weeks remaining until COP26\, we are in a race to secure consensus to keep the 1.5-degree goal within reach. We must also ensure adequate support is in place for all countries to respond to growing climate impacts\, ultimately to maintain hope in our shared future on our blue planet. \nWhile the ĢƵFCCC is the primary international\, intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change\, the ĢƵ General Assembly has a critical role in creating a space to foster political consensus\, raise awareness\, give strategic direction to the ĢƵ system and forge multi-sectoral partnerships among the broader global community for the scale and breadth of ambition needed to secure humanity’s future. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Programme\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Letter-from-the-PGA-Final-PGA-Letter-Climate-Programme-25-Oct\nDownload here \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Key documents\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Letter-from-the-PGA-Delivering-Climate-Action-Summary\nDownload here \n \n \n \n \n \n PGA-Climate-event-Background-regional-perspectives\nDownload here URL:/pga/76/event/deliver_climate_action/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:PGA Events END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR