Meetings Side Events
Details
Location: Reef Action Hub, Lisbon, Portgual
Organized Under The United States of America Secretariat, 2021
Participating Members
- Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
- United States of America
- Convention on Biological Diversity
Turning The Tide #ForCoral
UN Ocean Conference High-level ICRI Breakfast
29th June 2022
Reef Action Hub, UN Ocean Conference, Lisbon, Portugal
By invitation only
At the occasion of the United Nations’s 2nd Ocean Conference, the International Coral Reef Initiative will bring together high-level partners to present and showcase the 2021 – 2024 Plan of Action, released by the United States of America, “Turning the Tide for Coral Reefs”. The side-event will highlight the critical actions #ForCoral and set the scene for the next three years, while seeking synergies for the Plan of Action’s implementation.
This side-event is not an official UN side-event and will be held outside of the conference at the Reef Action Hub, hosted by the Global Fund for Coral Reefs, ICRI and the MIRPURI Foundation.
Agenda
Moderator: Kristian Teleki, World Resources Institute
The ICRI 2021 – 2024 Plan of Action – Turning the Tide for Coral Reefs
Monica Medina
Assistant Secretary Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, United States of America & ICRI Chair
Promoting Resilient Coral Reefs
Dr Richard W. Spinrad
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator & ICRI Chair
Expanding the Coral Reef Community
Sefanaia Newadra
Director General, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Open Discussion on How to Implement the ICRI Plan of Action
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Coral Reefs and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
Executive Secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Remarks
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco
Concluding Remarks
United States of America
ICRI Chair
