BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a737112b2b9e DTSTART:20231201T130000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20231201T140000Z LOCATION:Dubai\, United Arab Emirates SUMMARY:Trade House Pavilion opening at COP28: Global leaders join forces o n trade and climate change CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Sustainable development is at the heart of the multilateral tra ding system\, with trade playing a vital role in the global response to th e climate crisis.\n\nThe international trade and business institutions\, I CC\, ITC\, UNCTAD\, and the WTO\, have joined forces to build the Trade Ho use Pavilion to spotlight how trade can contribute to climate action and a just transition and to support collective action throughout the COP durat ion alongside the first-ever Trade Day happening at a COP.\n\nThis session will serve as the Pavilion'\;s opening with the heads of the four int ernational organizations coming together with the UAE COP28 Presidency lea dership to speak on the importance of trade being part of the Presidency P rogram and the UNFCCC Pavilion spaces. It will also kick off a two-week pr ogram of leaders'\; dialogues\, stakeholders'\; conversations\, an d launch events on trade and climate aligned with the official COP28 Presi dency Programme thematic days.\n\nThis event will be live streamed\n\nJoin us online\n\nSession Goals\n\n\nBuild awareness on how the key internatio nal trade and business organizations joined forces with UAE to put trade o n the COP28 Presidency action agenda.\nHeads of ICC\, ITC\, UNCTAD\, and W TO identify the resources\, interventions\, and innovations needed to supp ort collective action on trade to tackle the climate crisis and accelerate a just transition.\nPosition the Trade House Pavilion as the '\; to-g o-place '\; for all conversations\, discussions\, and major announceme nts at COP28 – using the hashtag #TradeHouseCOP28 to promote all.\nIdent ify recommendations and action items for strengthening collaboration\n\n\n \nProgramme\n\nWelcome remarks by Moderator\n\n\nMs. Rachel Kyte\, Dean Em erita\, Professor of Practice at The Fletcher School\, Tufts University\n\ n\nOpening Keynote by COP28 Presidency\n\n\nH.E. Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zey oudi\, Minister of State for Foreign Trade\, Minister of Economy\n\n\nLead ers panel discussion on collective action on trade and climate\n\n\nDr. Ng ozi Okonjo-Iweala\, Director-General\, WTO\nMs. Rebeca Grynspan\, Secretar y-General\, UNCTAD\nMs. Pamela Coke-Hamilton\, Executive Director\, ITC\nM r. John Denton\, Secretary General\, ICC\n\n\n \n<\;p>\;Sustainable d evelopment is at the heart of the multilateral trading system\, with trade playing a vital role in the global response to the climate crisis.<\;/p >\;\n\n<\;p>\;The international trade and business institutions\, IC C\, ITC\, UNCTAD\, and the WTO\, have joined forces to build the Trade Hou se Pavilion to spotlight how trade can contribute to climate action and a just transition and to support collective action throughout the COP durati on alongside the first-ever Trade Day happening at a COP.<\;/p>\;\n\n& lt\;p>\;This session will serve as the Pavilion'\;s opening with the heads of the four international organizations coming together with the UA E COP28 Presidency leadership to speak on the importance of trade being pa rt of the Presidency Program and the UNFCCC Pavilion spaces. It will also kick off a two-week program of leaders'\; dialogues\, stakeholders 9\; conversations\, and launch events on trade and climate aligned with th e official COP28 Presidency Programme thematic days.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;h 4 class="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://un ctad.org/node/43492 DTSTAMP:20260805T172122Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR