Livestream events at unfccc.int/cop28/virtual
The Climate COP28 began this week. Join International Rivers and partners at multiple events focused on climate justice, human rights, and river defender events.
December 3, Sunday
Safeguarding the “Just” in Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETP) in South Africa & Indonesia
Time: 15:00 – 16:30
Location: SE Room 2, Blue Zone
Learn more: https://seors.unfccc.int/applications/seors/attachments/get_attachment?code=MXBLUXLIIMR94YBYL4RYUP5JENIIUJ75
Land and Environmental Defenders: advancing climate justice
Time: 16:45 – 18:15
Location: SE Room 8, Blue Zone
Learn more: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/blog/cop28-events-shifting-power-people-green-energy-transition/
December 4, Monday
Beyond the Green Facade: Unmasking the True Environmental Costs of Hydropower – Insights from River Protectors
Time: 9:00 – 9:50
Location: Thematic Arena One, Pavilion number TA1-130
Learn more: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11aF4W80mZjVEdtjDP5yvoe6mOGolDfiv/view
December 6, Wednesday
Press conference: Vietnam’s Imprisoned Climate Leaders and Just Energy Transition Partnership
Time: 11:00 – Noon
Location: Press Conference Room 2, Building 6
December 6, Wednesday
No climate justice without human rights: civic space for a fossil free future
Time: 13:15 – 14:45
Location: SE Room 2, Blue Zone
December 8, Friday
Civil society workshop: Putting People at the Center of Just Transition
Time: 9:30 – 10:15
Location: Nordic Pavilion
Learn more: https://pub.norden.org/cop28/-december-8-equality-just-transition.html#id04388
Livestream at pub.norden.org/cop28/
December 10, Sunday
Ensuring the credibility of JETPs in the context of shrinking civic space
Time: 15:00 – 16:30
Location: SE Room 8, Blue Zone
Description:
Ensuring the credibility of JETPs in the context of shrinking civic space
Climate leaders are increasingly under threat, undermining progress in meeting climate goals, including in Just Energy Transition Partnerships. This session will explore trends and offer recommendations on protecting civic space to ensure that climate commitments are credible, just, and achievable.
Speakers:
Dr. Pichamon Yeophantong, Chair of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Managing Director, GIZ
Makoma Lekalakala, Director, EarthLife Africa
Guneet Kaur, Environmental Defenders Campaign Coordinator, International Rivers
Marlon Joseph Apanada, World Resources Institute (TBC)
December 11, Monday
Hydropower as a false climate solution & Indigenous efforts to protect and restore rivers
Time: 13:15 – 14:45
Location: SE Room 6, Blue Zone
Description:
Hydropower as a false climate solution & Indigenous efforts to protect and restore rivers
This session will examine hydropower’s massive methane footprint, UN support for dams as emission offsets, the growing threat the climate crisis poses to dams and the millions of people who live downstream, and Indigenous-led efforts to restore their rivers through dam removal
Speakers:
Thomas Joseph, Indigenous Environmental Network (USA)
Mark Easter, Save the Colorado (USA)
Mayalmit Lepcha, Affected Citizens of Teesta (India)
Emmanuel Musuyu, CORAP (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Ayesha D’Souza, International Rivers (India)