Morning session of the Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment 2022 

11:00 – 14:00 CEST 

11:00 – 11:10 

Opening of the Dialogue by the Co-moderators: 

• Disha Sarkar, YOUNGO 

• Olivia Urbanski, National ACE Focal Point 

11:10 – 11:20 

Section I: Welcoming remarks and status of negotiations 

Co-moderators: Olivia Urbanski and Disha Sarkar 

• Conor Barry, Manager Engagement and Climate Change Sub-Division, UN Climate Change 

11:20 – 11:25 

Video message

11:25 – 12:25 

Section II: How to foster engagement of children and youth in the implementation of the priority areas? -Policy Coherence and Coordinated Action- 

Co-moderators: Olivia Urbanski and Disha Sarkar 

Panel discussion on the main challenges faced in engaging children and youth in these priority areas as well as the main gaps and possible actions to address them. 

• Hailey Campbell, YOUNGO 

• Suil Kang, UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee (TEC) member, Republic of Korea 

• Shaemma Mebwana, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, UAE  

• Andea Sunder-Plassman, artist and dean of the fine arts department, Alanus University 

• Joni Pegram, Director Project Dryad 

• Moderated panel and Q&A  

12:25 – 12:30 

Interactive activity 

12:30 – 13:10 

Section III: How to foster engagement of children and youth in the implementation of the priority areas? -Tools and Support and Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting- 

Co-moderators: Olivia Urbanski and Disha Sarkar 

Panel discussion on the main challenges faced in engaging children and youth in these priority areas as well as the main gaps and possible actions to address them. 

• Lim Hooi Sean (Abe), YOUNGO 

• Sara Eliasson, UNFCCC/AGYLE  

• Isatis Cintron-Rodriguez, ACE Observatory, Rutgers University 

• María Luz Falivene Fernández, Office of Climate Change, Argentina 

Moderated panel and Q&A  

13:10 – 13:15 

Interactive activity 

13:15 – 13:50 

Section IV: The role of youth promoting environmentally sustainable economies and societies 

Moderator: Sarah Marchildon, UN Climate Change

Multi-stakeholder dialogue aiming at providing a space to reflect on the presentations and exchanges from the previous sessions and discussing about the role of children and youth in promoting green and climate-resilient economies and societies. 

• Martin Samaan, Lead for Communications, UN SDG Action Campaign 

• Jin Tanaka, YOUNGO 

• Amr Essam, Senior Adviser, COP27 Presidency Team, Egypt 

• Elizabeth Wathuti, environment and climate activist, Kenya 

• Dennis Mombauer, SLYCAN Trust 

Dialogue and Q&A 

13:50 – 14:00 

Facilitators introduce the methodology of the breakout group session taking place in the afternoon and provide information on the room allocation. 

Break from 14:00 to 16:00 

Afternoon session of the Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment 2022 

16:00 – 18:00 CEST 

18:00 – 19:00 CEST 

16:00 – 18:00 

Section V: Recommendations and views on future work to enhance children and youth engagement in the implementation of the priority areas of the Glasgow work programme on ACE 

Co-moderators: Olivia Urbanski and Disha Sarkar 

Breakout groups discussion.  

18:00 – 18:15 

Break - Participants return to the plenary room 

18:15 – 18:45 

Section VI: Conclusions of the breakout groups in the plenary  

Co-moderators: Olivia Urbanski and Disha Sarkar 

5-minutes report back from rapporteurs. 

18:45 – 19:00 

Co-moderators: Olivia Urbanski and Disha Sarkar 

Closing remarks: 

• Marianne Karlsen, Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) 

• Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, UN Climate Change