Webinar: Intergenerational action on climate change
4 February @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Intergenerational action on climate crisis: Unleashing the power of older people
Date: Thursday 4 February 2021
Time: 15:00-16:30 (GMT+7)
Venue: Virtual Zoom meeting
This is the second of our webinar series co-organised by Asian Development Bank (ADB), UNFCCC, UNEP, UNESCAP and HelpAge International. The climate crisis is the preeminent challenge of our time and the COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to build back a better world. The webinar will highlight the relationship between population growth, ageing societies and climate change. A panel of experts will share their views on how older people can play a role in saving our planet.
Opening remarks from Patricia Espinoza, Executive Secretary of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Moderator: Kaveh Zahedi, Deputy Executive Secretary, ESCAP
Think-piece author: Karl Andrew Pillemer, Professor of Human Development, Cornell University
Join by renowned climate change and population ageing experts in the region:
- Jyoti Parikh, Recipient of Nobel Peace Prize awarded to IPCC authors in 2007
- Xiao Caiwei, President, China National Committee on Ageing (CNCA)
- Preety Bhandari, Chief of the Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Thematic Group, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Quyen Tran, Older People Association Expert, HelpAge International
• Mozaharul Alam, Regional Coordinator, Climate Change Programme Asia and the Pacific Office, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Prakash Tyagi, Executive Director of GRAVIS, India
Registration here.
