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This year’s UN climate conference, COP24, will take place in Katowice, Poland, from 2 – 14 December. UNU-EHS will actively participate in the conference: We will be hosting two press briefings, and our researchers will be leading various discussions about some of the key thematic concerns of this year’s conference.

In the space below, you will find an overview of our activities at COP24. It will be updated as more information becomes available. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook (@UNUEHS) to receive the latest information.

Monday, December 3

Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Event: Implementing Integrated Climate Risk Management Approaches: A Look Through Climate Risk Insurance Lens
Side event by Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII)
Venue: Pacific and Koronivia Pavilion
Further information

Wednesday, December 5

Time: 4:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Event: Finance to survive & thrive: The ambitious climate strategies of V20 economies
Side event by Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) and Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC)
Venue: Room Wisla
Further information

Saturday, December 8

Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Event: Can climate insurance address climate risks while adhering to fair and pro-poor principles?
Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) will participate
Venue: Hotel Diament Arsenal Palace
Further information here and here

Monday, December 10

Time: 8:30 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Event: 2nd Insuresilience Global Partnership Forum
Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) will participate
Venue: Park Inn By Radisson Katowice
Further information here and here

Tuesday, December 11

Time: 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Event: MCII press briefing – Climate resilience: Economic and financial protection for vulnerable countries          
Venue: Press Conference Room Katowice, Area F – Theatre
Further information

Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Event: Climate-induced human mobility: taking stock of 3 years of discussions under the UNFCCC
Dr. Robert Oakes to talk about the Task Force on Displacement
Venue: Warmia
Further information

Wednesday, December 12

Time: 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Event: UNU-EHS press briefing: Climate change, migration and international justice
Venue: Press Conference Room Warszawa, Area B – Theatre
Further information

Thursday, December 13

Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Event: Climate Action, Land and the Nexus
Dr. Robert Oakes to talk on drought, land and water policy and the Sustainable Development Goals
Venue: EU Pavilion, Vienna Room
Further information

Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Event: Climate Policy: Just, in time and people-centered
Prof. Dirk Messner to speak about the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and leveraging increased ambition to achieve the long term goals of the Paris Agreement
Further information here and here

Friday, December 14

Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Event: The Paris Agreement and the nexus of water, energy and food: Policy coherence and serious games
Dr. Robert Oakes to talk about how nexus policy approaches can facilitate the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals
Venue: Pieniny
Further information