Briefing on the Trade Days organized at both United Nations biodiversity and climate change conferences, CBD COP16 and COP29
Background
Member States and International Organisations are invited to participate in person at the UN Trade and Development briefing presenting the objectives and main topics of the upcoming “Trade Days”, taking place at the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Sixteenth Meeting of the Parties (CBD COP16) in Cali, Colombia and at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29) in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Programme
9.30–9.40 a.m.: Welcome remarks. Ms. Isabelle Ventiny, UNCTAD
9.40–9.45: The importance of COP 16. Mr. Miguel Ruiz, Colombia
9.45–9.50: UNCTAD’s presence at COP 16. Ms. Lorena Jaramillo, UNCTAD
9.50–9.55: The importance of COP 29. Ms. Nurgul Hasanli, Azerbaijan
9.55–10.00: UNCTAD’s presence at COP 29. Ms. Chantal Line Carpentier, UNCTAD
10.00–10.10: Q/A
10.10: ISAR Colleagues
Dr. Carpentier, from Quebec, Canada, is Head of Trade, Environment, Climate change, and Sustainable Development Branch of UNCTAD’s Division on International Trade and Commodities (DTIC). Her work with governments and partners foster green, blue, circular, and impact economies that supported by trade, are key to addressing the triple planetary crisis: climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss. She came to Geneva after leading the UNCTAD New York office, representing the SG and coordinating UNCTAD’s support to inter-governmental negotiations of the UN General Assembly (2015-2023).
She held several other positions. At the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, she facilitated the engagement of NGOs, women and youth’s groups, business, local authorities, etc. in the SDGs negotiations and the UN Rio+20 Conference (2011-2015). She also supported the Commission on Sustainable Development research and negotiations on sustainable agriculture and sustainable consumption and production (2007-2011).
Prior to joining the UN, she Headed the North American Free Trade Agreement Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s, Environment, Economy and Trade Division (2000-2007), was Agro-environmental policy analyst for Winrock International (1998-2000) and post-Doctoral fellow/Brazil office manager for the International Food Policy Research Institute (1996-1998).
She has a PhD. in Agro-Environmental Economics from Virginia Tech, as well as a MSc. and BSc. in Agro- Economics from McGill University and is an ironman and ultramarathoner. She is a Yale World Fellow, received the 2023 Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship public intrapreneur award, and is a UNEP Who’s Who of Women and the Environment.
Lorena Jaramillo is an economic affairs officer at UNCTAD.
She has been working in the area of BioTrade since 2001, internationally with UNCTAD and also in her native country, Ecuador. Lorena is currently responsible for the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative, which is being implemented jointly with partners in more than 90 countries. Additionally, she has worked in the development and implementation of sustainable development projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America in relation to biodiversity, sustainable trade, business development, sustainable sourcing, climate change, among others.
During her career of more than 20 years, Lorena has written several publications, for instance related to sustainable development, sustainable trade and biodiversity, the development of value chains and sustainable supply, reconstruction and peace.
She is an economist specialized in sustainable development from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador and has an MBA from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
