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Start Date : 24 Sept 07 |
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End Date : 24 Sept 07 |
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Location: UN Headquarters, New York |
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The United Nations High Level Event on Climate Change will be held on 24 September 2007. Four Parallel Thematic plenaries will be held after the Opening Session (from 10:00 am to 1:00pm and from 3:00pm to 5:00pm) on: 1) Mitigation; 2) Adaptation; 3) Technology and innovation and 4) Financing. The closing Session will then take place from 5.30pm to 6.15pm. The side event for leaders from 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm will be co-hosted by the four successive presidents of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP) - Kenya, Indonesia, Poland and Denmark. Preliminary programme of the event | Time | Event
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Reception Secretary-General's reception for heads of delegation
| | 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Opening Plenary Meeting Opening by the Secretary-General, with the participation of the President of the 62nd session of the General Assembly and the Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | | 10:00 am - 1: 00 pm | Parallel Thematic Plenaries Thematic Plenary I - Adaptation
"The challenge of adaptation - from vulnerability to resilience" Thematic Plenary II - Mitigation
"Reducing emissions and stabilizing the climate - safeguarding our common future" Thematic Plenary III - Technology
"Innovating a climate-friendly world - the role of technology and its dissemination" Thematic Plenary IV - Financing
"Financing the response to climate change" | | 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm | Side event for leaders Hosted by four UNFCCC COP presidents | | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Thematic plenaries Continued from the morning sessions | | 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm | Closing Closing and presentation of Chair's summary by the Secretary-General |
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