When: 18 Nov 2024, 16:45-18:15, Room: SIDE EVENT 4.
Where: UNFCCC COP29, Side Event Room 4
What: Moderated by: Barbara McCarthy, Climate Journalist
What: Join our diverse panel discussing systems that can bring about justice and sustainability in climate policies. The side event pairs Feasta, (the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability) with the European Youth Forum and features Equal Right, the European Economic and Social Committee and Oxfam International.
How to join: Register here!
Objectives:
Promote equitable and just access to resources, addressing imbalances and fostering sustainable resource management across the Global North and South.
Introduce innovative ways of promoting more sustainable and responsible consumption patterns while reducing the negative environmental, social, and economic impacts associated with excessive use of carbon resources.
Test the acceptability of the Cap and Share proposal by the audience. Cap and Share is a collaborative climate strategy between the Global North and South, empowering the Global South to innovate and improve living conditions, while benefiting the Global North through stronger cooperation and financial stability.
Running order:
Moderator: Barbara McCarthy: Introduction to event and introduction of speakers.
Invited Speaker 1: Peter Schmidt (NAT President European Economic and Social Committee).
Invited Speakers 2: Caillum Hedderman (board member European Youth Forum) with Diandra Ni Bhuachalla (EESC youth delegate to COP).
Invited Speaker 3: Patrick Brown (campaigns and operations director Equal Right). Presentation on Cap and Share.
Invited Speaker 4: Zainab Bie (climate justice and public policy, Equal Right)
Invited Speaker 5: Amitabh Behar, Executive Director at Oxfam International. Discussing Carbon Inequality Kills.
Invited Speaker 6: MEP Mohammed Chahim (S&D) (Reactions to discussions).
Format: Audience interaction and Q&A. Participants sharing insights and raising questions.
Contact details:
Barbara McCarthy, Feasta: Tel: +353892195385; barbaramcca@gmail.com
Caroline Whyte, Feasta: caroline.whyte@feasta.org
Assia Oulkadi, European Youth Forum:assia.oulkadi@youthforum.org
Caroline Verhelst, EESC: Caroline.Verhelst@eesc.europa.eu
Patrick Brown, Equal Right: patrick@equalright.org
Lucy Shavarin, Equal Right: comms@equalright.org
Zainab Bie, Equal Right. zainab@equalright.org
Saburi Chirmi; Saburi.Chirimi@oxfam.org
About:
Feasta: The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability, is an ecological economics NGO. (Cap and Share Climate Alliance. Cap and Share.)
Equal Right campaigns for economic and climate justice without borders. (Cap and Share Equal Right.)
European Youth Forum represents the voice of young people in Europe.
European Economic and Social Committee represents the voice of the organised civil society in Europe.
Oxfam is a global organisation, fighting inequalitary to end poverty and injustice.