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URL:https://www.wfeo.org/events/wfeo-side-event-at-un-climate-change-confe
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SUMMARY:WFEO Side event at UN Climate Change Conference COP28
DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Confer
 ence of the Parties of the UNFCCC\, more commonly referred to as COP28\, w
 ill be held from 30 November to 12 December 2023\, at the Expo City of Dub
 ai\, United Arab Emirates.\n\nCOP28 UAE will be a milestone moment when th
 e world will take stock of its progress on the Paris Agreement.\n\nWFEO\, 
 in partnership with Conservation International (CI)\, Engineering Institut
 e of Canada (EIC) and Resilience First (RF) will present the side event ti
 tled Systems thinking for holistic climate action: nature-driven engineeri
 ng\, policy and finance solutions\, on 5 December\, at 3:00 - 4:30 PM Duba
 i time / 12:00 - 13:30 PM CET.  \n\nThe event will take place in the SE Ro
 om 3 in the Blue Zone and will be livestreamed on the YouTube UN Climate C
 hange events channel.\n\nAbstract\nFostering transdisciplinarity and syste
 ms thinking for inclusive\, effective\, nature-positive infrastructure and
  climate solutions in the context of the global stocktake (e.g. through na
 ture-based and hybrid approaches\, accelerating the energy transition) by 
 mobilizing youth\, finance and policy.\n\nThe session will be split into t
 wo sections.\n\nSection One – Presentations\n\nModerator: \n\nDavide Str
 onati\, Chair of the WFEO Working Group on Climate Change and Engineering 
 \n\n\nSpeakers:\n\nMicheala Chan\, Young Engineers and Future Leaders (YE/
 FL) SDG 13 Working Group (WFEO) - Subject: PAS 2080 Carbon Management Stan
 dard\, Integration of Nature Based Solutions and Systems thinking\, procur
 ement and finance themes. Youth perspective and role of young engineers in
  driving these themes. \nEmily Pidgeon\, Vice President of Ocean Science a
 nd Innovation\, Conservation International - Subject: Hybrid & Nature Base
 d solutions \nLaleh Behjat\, University of Calgary (EIC) - Subject: Transp
 ortation system and energy transitions. \nSue Brown\, Worley\, Engineering
  Leadership Group/RF - Subject: Engineering with Nature \n\n\nSection Two 
 – Panel \n\nModerator: \n\nEmily Pidgeon\, Vice President of Ocean Scien
 ce and Innovation\, Conservation International \n \n\nPanelists:\n\nMerkeb
 e Demissie\, Assistant Professor\, University of Calgary\, EIC representat
 ive - Subject: Transportation technology\, bio-mimicry principles for ener
 gy transition\nPradeepa Bholanath\, Advisor to VP of Guyana and architect 
 of 2030 Low Carbon Strategy\, Conservation International representative\nJ
 o da Silva\, Director\, Arup\nSavina Carluccio\, Executive Director\, Inte
 rnational Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI) - Subject: Susta
 inable Resilient Infrastructure Implementation \nMichelle Meaclem\, WFEO Y
 oung Engineers / Future Leaders’ Working Group on Climate Action represe
 ntative\, Tonkin and Taylor \n\n
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