Investing in SDG 14Tuesday, 10 November 2020 09:00 - 11:00 EST

Keeping theMomentum forOcean ActionWebinar Series

Moderator:Peter ThomsonUNSG's Special Envoy for the Ocean

Panelists:Anthony CoxOECD

Armida Salsiah AlisjahbanaUNESCAP

Tiago Pitta e CunhaOceano Azul Foundation

Lisa HelpsMayor of Victoria, British Columbia

Babita BishtGreen Climate Fund

Ingrid Van Wees Asian Development Bank

Q & A and Discussion

Peter ThomsonUNSG's Special Envoy for the Ocean

Ambassador Duarte Lopes Portugal

Ambassador Susan MwangiKenya

Liu ZhenminUSG, UN DESA

Miguel de Serpa Soares USG, UN OLA

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PANEL 09:30 - 11:00

PROGRAMMETuesday, 10 November 2020

09:00 - 11:00 EST

Peter Thomson has served as the UNSecretary-General’s Special Envoy for theOcean since September 2017. In this role heleads UN advocacy and efforts for theimplementation of SDG14, including the many positive outcomes of the 2017 UN OceanConference.

Ambassador Thomson served as President ofthe 71st session of the UN General Assembly.2016-2017. Ambassador Thomson was Fiji 'sPermanent representative to the UN from 2010to 2016.Ambassador

Peter ThomsonUNSG's SpecialEnvoy for theOcean

The objectives of this webinarare threefold. First, it willexplore the ways in which thepublic and private sectors ,including NGOs andphilanthropies , can moreeffectively finance theimplementation of SDG14.Second, it will discuss how theimportant link between theOcean and the Climate can bestrategically factored intopublic and private investmentdecisions for the SustainableBlue Economy. Third, thiswebinar aims to share bestpractices and examples of inno-vative financing tools andinstruments that are showingpositive results.

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Before serving as Permanent Representativeof Portugal to the United Nations,Ambassador Francisco Duarte Lopes was theDirector-General for Foreign Policy, PoliticalDirector, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofPortugal, 2014 to 2017. He has served asDirector-General for European Affairs, 2012to 2014 and was Diplomatic Advisor to thePrime Minister of Portugal from 2009 to 2011.

AmbassadorDuarte LopesPermanentRepresentative ofPortugal to the UN

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Ambassador Susan Mwangi is the Chargéd’Affaires and Acting Deputy PermanentRepresentative of the Permanent Mission ofthe Republic of Kenya to the United Nations.Ambassador Mwangi served as an adviser tothe Committee of Experts on the review ofthe Constitution of Kenya in 2010. She waslater appointed as a Member of the StandardsTribunal of Kenya. She joined the Ministry ofForeign Affairs in 2013.

Ambassador Susan MwangiChargé d’Affairesof Kenya to the UN

Liu Zhenmin was appointed as the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and SocialAffairs in 2017. In this position, Mr. Liu guidesUN Secretariat support for the follow-upprocesses of the 2030 Agenda for SustainableDevelopment. He has been designated as theSecretary-General of the UN OceanConference to be held in Lisbon in 2021, inwhich role USG Liu serves as the focal pointwithin the UN Secretariat for the organisationof the conference.

Liu ZhenminUN Under-Secretary-Generalfor Economic &Social Affairs

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Miguel de Serpa Soares was appointed Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and UnitedNations Legal Counsel in 2013. He serves as theSecretary-General of the IntergovernmentalConference on an international legally bindinginstrument under the UN Convention on theLaw of the Sea on the conservation andsustainable use of marine biological diversityof areas beyond national jurisdiction. USG deSerpa Soares has been designated as theSpecial Adviser on Ocean and legal matters tothe Co-Presidents of the UN OceanConference. Miguel de Serpa

SoaresUN Under-Secretary-Generalfor Legal Affairs

Anthony Cox is the Deputy Director of theEnvironment Directorate of the Organisationfor Economic Co-operation andDevelopment (OECD). Since joining the OECDin 2000, he has led multi-disciplinaryteams tackling a wide range of environmentalissues including climate, water, fisheries,biodiversity, political economy of reform,green finance and the Ocean. He hascoordinated major multi-agency projects onclimate, finance and growth, and guides theOECD’s work on the sustainable Oceaneconomy. He also leads the OECD’sengagement on environment, climate andenergy issues in the G7 and G20.

Anthony CoxDeputy Director,EnvironmentDirectorate, OECD

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana has served asExecutive Secretary of the UN Economic andSocial Commission for Asia and the Pacific(ESCAP) since 2018. Prior to assuming office atESCAP, she was Professor of Economics atUniversitas Padjadjaran and was Indonesia'sMinister of National Development Planningand the Head of the National DevelopmentPlanning Agency. Executive SecretaryAlisjahbana obtained her Ph.D. in Economicsfrom the University of Washington.

Armida SalsiahAlisjahbanaExecutive Secretaryof ESCAP

Tiago Pitta e Cunha has been working onOcean policies for two decades as an advocateof the strategic importance of the Ocean,both for Portugal and for Europe. In 2016, hewas awarded the European Citizen’s Prize bythe European Parliament for his actionsdedicated to promoting Ocean governance inthe United Nations, the European Union andin Portugal. He is currently Chief ExecutiveOfficer for the Oceano Azul Foundation inLisbon.

Tiago Pitta e CunhaCEO, Oceano AzulFoundation

As the Green Climate Fund's Deputy Directorin the Division of External Affairs, BabitaBisht leads strategic outreach andpartnerships with the UN, governments, civilsociety and the private sector. She also co-ordinated GCF communication and outreachstrategy for a succesful CGF-1 replenishmentin 2019. While serving at the United NationsCentral Emergency Response Fund (UN CERF)as the Chief of Resource Mobilisation andCommunications, CERF achieved the highestincome in its 12-year history.

Babita BishtDeputy Director,Division of ExternalAffairs, Green Climate Fund

Lisa Helps is the Mayor of Victoria, BritishColumbia, Canada. She was elected to office on2014, and was sworn in for her second term in2018. Prior to her Mayoral election, Lisa Helpswas the Executive Director of CommunityMicro Lending, a local non-profit wherepeople lend directly to others in thecommunity.

Lisa HelpsMayor of Victoria

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Since 2016, Ingrid van Wees is Vice-Presidentfor Finance and Risk Management of theAsian Development Bank (ADB). She isresponsible for the overall management ofthe operations of the Office of RiskManagement, Controller’s Department,and Treasury Department. Before joiningADB, she was a senior director at the GermanInvestment and Development Corporation(DEG) from 2004 to 2016. She has an MBA degree from INSEAD and aMSc degree from Delft University ofTechnology in The Netherlands.Ingrid van Wees

Vice-President forFinance and RiskManagement, AsianDevelopment Bank

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