The 23rd Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP23) will be held in Bonn, Germany, from 6 to 17 November 2017. The COP presidency will be held by Fiji.
COP23 will build on the achievements of COP22 (in which Ramsar Secretariat actively participated) and of COP21.
The Ramsar delegation will emphasize the critical role of wetlands in climate change adaptation and mitigation, and advance wetlands as a major opportunity for countries seeking to meet their targets under the Paris Agreement on climate change (NDC - Nationally Determined Contributions).
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The Ramsar delegation will be making interventions at the following events:
Date/Time | Event type | Title | Ramsar representation |
09-Nov | Side event | Nature-based solutions for water and adaptation to climate change | Tobias Salathé Senior Avisor for Europe |
13.00 - 14.30 | |||
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10-Nov | Side event Water Day Agriculture Section | New wet agricultural practices on organic soils | Tobias Salathé Senior Avisor for Europe |
15.00 - 16.30 | |||
11-Nov |
Side event
Co-organized by Ramsar Secretariat | Tobias Salathé Senior Avisor for Europe | |
16.00 - 17.30 | |||
TBC - 12-Nov | Side event | Great Sea Reef | Francois Guerquin Head of Science and Policy |
12.00 - 13.00 | |||
TBC - 14-Nov | Press conference organized by UNEP | Global Peatlands Initiative | Ramsar delegation |
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15-Nov | Side event | Protecting World's peatlands for taming the changing climate | Ramsar delegation |
16.45 - 18.15 | |||
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16-Nov |
Side event
Co-organized by Ramsar Secretariat, IUCN, FPA2 | Fast tracking and financing coastal and marine nature based solutions to climate change | Ramsar delegation |
15.00 - 16.30 | |||
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