For the first time, the World Bank Group will be present at COP with a dedicated pavilion that will serve as a convening and networking hub to promote, discuss and share climate solutions with global leaders, media and online influencers. If you are at COP23, please visit us and check out our digital media zone, virtual reality station and info point.
Not in Bonn? You can watch the World Bank Group Pavilion Facebook Live sessions at
Monday, 6 November | ||
| 04:00-04:30 | Facebook Live | We are Uniting for Climate Action - Faster, Further, Together Inia Seruiratu, Fiji¡¯s Minister for Agriculture, Rural & Maritime Development, and National Disaster Management and Fiji¡¯s High Level Climate Champion Youth speaker: Anne Dunn, Fiji¡¯s Ambassador for Climate Change and Environment, Miss Pacific Islands Youth speaker: Broderick Menke, Climate Change Activist & Environmental Studies Major, Republic of the Marshall Islands Youth Speaker: Samantha Kwan, Marine Conservation Officer of the Samoan Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment & President of the Youth Climate Action Network of Samoa |
Wednesday, 8 November | ||
| 12:30-12:45 | Facebook Live | Coastal Resilience and How West Africa is Tackling Flooding and Erosion Beno?t Bosquet, Practice Manager, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank |
Thursday, 9 November | ||
| 10:00-10:15 | Facebook Live | Fiji¡¯s Climate Change Story in VR: Behind the Scenes Tom Perry, Team Leader, World Bank Pacific Communications, World Bank |
Friday, 10 November - Energy, Water, Agriculture | ||
| 11:00-11:15 | Facebook Live | Uncharted Waters: The New Economics of Water Scarcity and Variability Richard Damania, Lead Economist, Water Global Pratice, World Bank |
| 03:30-03:45 | Facebook Live | Building Fiji¡¯s Resilience: Insights from Fiji¡¯s Climate Vulnerability Assessment St¨¦phane Hallegatte, Senior Economist, Climate Change Group, World Bank Kesaia Tabunakawai, Head of WWF Pacific |
| 04:00-04:15 | Facebook Live | Celebrating COP23 Youth Climate Video Competition Adarsh Prathap (India) Younes Lamsaoui (Morocco) |
Saturday, 11 November - Oceans and Coastal Zones, Transport, Settlements | ||
| 11:00-11:15 | Facebook Live | Global Mobility Report 2017: Transport Sector ¡°Off Track¡± to Sustainability Franz Drees-Gross, Director, Transport and ICT, World Bank |
| 12:00-12:15 | Facebook Live | The Blue Economy Karin Kemper, Senior Director, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank |
Sunday, 12 November - Industry, Forests | ||
| 10:00-11:00 | Panel | Resilient Housing for Resilient Cities Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience, World Bank Group Haryadi Suyuti, Mayor of Yogyakarta (Indonesia) Monica Fein, Mayor of Rosario (Argentina) |
| 01:30-01:45 | Facebook Live | Think Big, Think Landscapes: The Role of the World Bank¡¯s BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes Ellysar Baroudy, Coordinator, BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes + Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
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| 02:00-02:15 | Facebook Live | Climate-Smart Forests Karin Kemper, Senior Director, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank |
Monday, 13 November - Finance, SDG11 | ||
| 10:00-10:15 | Facebook Live | Interview on the CAPE Initiative Nicholas Stern, I.G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the LSE |
| 10:15-10:30 | Facebook Live | Interview on the CAPE Initiative Pedro Taques, Governor of Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| 10:30-11:00 | Panel | World Bank NDC Support Facility Dialogue: Low-Carbon Development and Transport Sector Andrea Meza Murillo, Director, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica Maria Cordeiro, Senior Transport Specialist, World Bank |
| 11:00-11:15 | Facebook Live | Lord Nicholas Stern in Conversation with Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Fijian Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Public Enterprises, Civil Service and Communications Nicholas Stern, I.G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the LSE |
| 11:15-11:30 | Facebook Live | Interview on the CAPE Initiative Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Director General Global issues ¨C sector policies and programs ¨C at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) |
| 11:45-12:00 | Facebook Live | How Can the Public and Private Sectors Unite to Create Markets for Climate Business? Alzbeta Klein, Director and Global Head, Climate Business, IFC Tom Kerr, Principal Climate Policy Officer, Climate Business, IFC |
| 01:15-01:30 | Facebook Live | CAPE Initiative Talk - Lord Nicholas Stern in Conversation with Marcelo Mena Marcelo Mena, Minister for Environment, Chile Nicholas Stern, I.G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the LSE |
| 02:00-02:15 | Facebook Live | Building and Branding Green Construction in Emerging Markets Fatima Wadiwalla, Property Development, RMB Westport |
| 03:30-04:00 | Presentation | Residential Energy Efficiency: It All Starts at Home Sophia Lynn, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, IFC (F&M) Andras Szeker, Institutional Partnerships & International Projects Director, Habitat for Humanity |
| 04:00-04:15 | Facebook Live | The NDC Partnership Pablo Vieira, Global Director, NDC Partnership |
| 04:30-04:45 | Facebook Live | The Role of Carbon Pricing in Developing Economies Emilio L¨¨bre La Rovere, Executive Coordinator of the Center for Integrated Studies on Climate Change and the Environment, Federal University of Rio, Brazil |
| 04:45-05:00 | Facebook Live | The Role of Carbon Pricing in Developing Economies Youba Sokona, Vice-Chair Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Mali |
| 05:00-05:30 | Presentation | Launch of State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2017 C¨¦line Ramstein, Program Coordinator, Carbon Pricing Intelligence Program, World Bank |
Tuesday, 14 November - Resilience, Innovation, SDG2 | ||
| 10:00-10:15 | Facebook Live | An Innovative Collaboration for Forest Protection in Cameroon with Taylor Guitars Ren¨¦ Siwe, REDD+ Technical Coordinator, Cameroon Scott Paul, Director of Natural Resource Sustainability, Taylor Guitars |
| 10:30-10:45 | Facebook Live | World Bank NDC Support Facility Dialogue: Climate Change Adaptation Riad Balaghi, Head of Department Agronomy and Agricultural Machinery, National Institute for Agronomic Research, Morocco |
| 11:15-11:30 | Facebook Live | World Bank NDC Support Facility Dialogue: Climate Change Adaptation Ad¨¦rito Santana, Meteorologist, Ministry of Infrastructures, Natural Resources and Environment |
| 12:30-12:45 | Facebook Live | A Conversation on Climate Change John Roome, Senior Director, Climate Change Group, World Bank |
Wednesday, 15 November | ||
| 01:00-01:15 | Facebook Live | Innovative Finance and Impact Investing for Climate Business Lorenzo Bernasconi, Senior Associate Director, Rockefeller Foundation |
| 01:45-02:00 | Facebook Live | Maximizing Finance for Climate Through Sustainable Finance Hartwig Schafer, VP of Global Themes, World Bank |
| 02:45-03:00 | Facebook Live | Delivering Renewable Energy Solutions for Off-Grid Communities Thomas Duveau, Chief Strategy Officer, Mobisol GmbH |
| 03:00-03:15 | Facebook Live | Small Island Countries: Paving the Road to Climate Resilience Franz Drees-Gross, Director, Transport and ICT, World Bank |
| 04:00-04:15 | Facebook Live | Technology and Innovation for Climate Action Marc Weissgerber, Group Chief Financial Officer, Climate-KIC |
| 05:00-05:15 | Facebook Live | Momentum for Change David Katz, Founder & CEO, The Plastic Bank |
Thursday, 16 November | ||
| 11:00-11:15 | Facebook Live | Peace Boat Yoshioka Tatsuya, Founder, Peace Boat Kya Lal, Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassador, Fiji |
| 11:30-11:45 | Facebook Live | A Conversation on Climate Change in Nigeria Peter Tarfa, Director, Department of Climate Change, Federal Ministry of Environment, Abuja |
| 12:00-12:15 | Facebook Live | Climate Literacy ¨C Key for Climate Action, Going ¡°Further, Faster, Together¡± Kathleen Rogers, President, Earth Day Network Timothy Damon, Founder and President, Global Youth Development Institute |
Delivering Renewable Energy Solutions for Off-Grid Communities Thomas Duveau, Chief Strategy Officer, Mobisol GmbH |
Delivering Renewable Energy Solutions for Off-Grid Communities Thomas Duveau, Chief Strategy Officer, Mobisol GmbH |
Interview on the CAPE Initiative |
Interview on the CAPE Initiative |
CAPE Initiative Talk - Lord Nicholas Stern in Conversation with Marcelo Mena Marcelo Mena, Minister for Environment, Chile Nicholas Stern, I.G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the LSE |
CAPE Initiative Talk - Lord Nicholas Stern in Conversation with Marcelo Mena Marcelo Mena, Minister for Environment, Chile Nicholas Stern, I.G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the LSE |
