Friendship was present at COP26 in Glasgow from 1 to 12 November 2021 to carry the voices of the most vulnerable communities of Bangladesh and advocate for climate adaptation solutions through different side events.
If you have missed these events or want to take a look back on them, we have compiled below all the events in which we participated, with the recordings, when available.
1. CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION THROUGH COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION
Organisers: Friendship, International Coral Reef Society (ICRS) and GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean research Kiel
Watch the full session here
2. RESILIENT BY NATURE: SCALING-UP AND FINANCING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS (NBS)
Organisers: Friendship, World Bank – Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and UN Environment Program – World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Watch the full session here
3. CLIMATE CHANGE, MIGRATION AND HEALTH: TRANSFORMING TOMORROW – A CALL TO ACTION
Venue: Health / WHO Pavilion at the Scottish Event Campus, Blue Zone
Organiser: World Health Organization
Watch the full session here (from 8:20:00)
4. THE BLUE MANGROVE FUND: A CLIMATE ADAPTATION PROJECT ENABLED BY A CIVIL SOCIETY EMBEDDED CO2 OFFSET INITIATIVE
Organiser: Friendship, with the support of the Federal Ministry for Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal of Belgium.
Watch the full session here
5. MANGROVES IN BANGLADESH: AN INTEGRATED EFFORT TOWARDS ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION JOINTLY BY GOVERNMENT, NGOS, AND COMMUNITIES
Organiser: Friendship, with the support of the Bangladesh delegation and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of Bangladesh.
6. EFFECTIVE ADAPTATION SOLUTIONS REQUIRE FLEXIBLE FUNDING INSTRUMENTS
Organiser: Friendship, with the support of the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development of Luxembourg.
Watch the full session here
7. CLIMATE CHANGE, MIGRATION AND HEALTH: INTERCONNECTED CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Venue: French Pavilion at the Scottish Event Campus, Blue Zone
Watch the full session here (from 10:00)
8. GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION’S PRIZE FOR HUMANITY – Award Ceremony
Venue: EU Pavilion at the Scottish Event Campus, Blue Zone
Watch the full session here
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9. MIGRATION, FORCED DISPLACEMENT AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION
Virtual event in the BENELUX/EIB Pavilion at the Scottish Event Campus, Blue Zone.
Organiser: European Investment Bank
Watch the full session here
10. LOCALLY LED ADAPTATION TALK
11. CLIMATE JUSTICE AND A BURGEONING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
Venue: Health / WHO Pavilion at the Scottish Event Campus, Blue Zone
Organiser: Glasgow Caledonian University
Watch the full session here
