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DTSTART:20241113T063000Z
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LOCATION:Baku\, Azerbaijan
SUMMARY:COP29 Trade and Investment House event: Global leaders call to unit
 e in trade for climate action
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The first Global Stocktake at COP28 laid bare the urgent need t
 o ramp up action and means of implementation to keep the Paris Agreement g
 oals in reach and achieve a just transition. While countries prepare their
  updated NDCs and redouble efforts to agree on the New Collective Quantifi
 ed Goal on climate finance\, leaders will have a unique opportunity at Bak
 u to finally leverage all efforts and tools at their disposal.The event wi
 ll explore the contributions of trade policies and frameworks to climate f
 inance and investment\, aiming to catalyze innovative solutions and collab
 orative efforts to leverage effective climate finance and advance global c
 limate goals.Gloibal leaders will share their strategies and views on how 
 employing inclusive\, well-tailored trade frameworks can amplify climate f
 inance.SpeakersMs. Rebeca Grynspan\, Secretary-General\, UN Trade and Deve
 lopment (UNCTAD)Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala\, Director General\, World Trade O
 rganizationMr. Phillipe Varin\, Chair\, International Chamber of CommerceM
 r. Masatsugu Asakawa\, President\, Asian Development BankMr. Ali Zaidi\, A
 ssistant White House National Climate Advisor\, United States of AmericaIn
 vited Heads of State and Government to provide keynote remarks&lt\;p&gt\;T
 he first Global Stocktake at COP28 laid bare the urgent need to ramp up ac
 tion and means of implementation to keep the Paris Agreement goals in reac
 h and achieve a just transition. While countries prepare their updated NDC
 s and redouble efforts to agree on the New Collective Quantified Goal on c
 limate finance\, leaders will have a unique opportunity at Baku to finally
  leverage all efforts and tools at their disposal.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;T
 he event will explore the contributions of trade policies and frameworks t
 o climate finance and investment\, aiming to catalyze innovative solutions
  and collaborative efforts to leverage effective climate finance and advan
 ce global climate goals.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Gloibal leaders will share 
 their strategies and views on how employing inclusive\, well-tailored trad
 e frameworks can amplify climate finance.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;h4&gt\;Speakers&
 lt\;/h4&gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Ms. Rebeca Grynspan\, Secretary-Genera
 l\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Ms. Ngozi Ok
 onjo-Iweala\, Director General\, World Trade Organization&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\
 ;li&gt\;Mr. Phillipe Varin\, Chair\, International Chamber of Commerce&lt\
 ;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Mr. Masatsugu Asakawa\, President\, Asian Development
  Bank&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Mr. Ali Zaidi\, Assistant White House Nation
 al Climate Advisor\, United States of America&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Invi
 ted Heads of State and Government to provide keynote remarks&lt\;/li&gt\;&
 lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/cop
 29-trade-and-investment-house-event-global-leaders-call-unite-trade-climat
 e-action
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