The Igarapé Institute will be actively engaged in New York during the Climate Week and the UN Summit of the Future, organizing and speaking at a series of high-level events. The Institute aims to advance its agendas on multilateralism, nature and climate finance and governance, connecting these discussions in New York with upcoming global milestones, including the G20 and COP30 in Brazil.

With three signature events and participation as speaker in at least six others, the Institute will contribute to key discussions on global governance, including reforms of the UN and International Financial Institutions (IFIs), financing for nature, sustainable development, and the regulation of digital spaces.

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OUR agenda

A Digital Future for All, The Hope of Digital

Date: Saturday, September 21

Time: 11:00-13:00 (EDT)

Location: ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters

Co-conveners: International Telecommunication Union (ITU); Office of the Special Envoy on Technology (OSET); United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Speakers: 

  • Robert Muggah, Chief Innovation Officer of the Igarapé Institute
  • Among other speakers

Participation: 

  • In-person: valid UN grounds pass or a Special Events Ticket
  • Live-stream: UN Web TV

Advancing Global Governance Reform: Harnessing Synergies of SOTF and G20 for a Resilient Future

Date: September 21

Time: 11:15-12:30 (EDT)

Location: CR-12, United Nations Headquarters

Organizers: Igarapé Institute, Forus

Co-sponsors: Brazilian government, South African government, European Union, UN Foundation, T20 Task Force on Strengthening Multilateralism and Global Governance (TF6) and Abong.

Speakers: 

  • Ambassador Mauricio Lyrio, Secretary for Economic and Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Brazil’s G20 Sherpa, Brazil; 
  • Mr. Zane Dangor, Director-General of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa;
  • Erica Gerretsen, Director for Human development, Migration Governance and Peace, European Commission;
  • Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, President and Co-founder of the Igarapé Institute and Member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism;
  • Henrique Frota, Executive Director of Abong;
  • Oluseyi Babatunde Oyebisi, Executive Director of the Nigeria Network of NGOs;
  • Valeria Colunga, Executive Strategy Officer of the Southern.

Participation: 

  • In-person: valid UN grounds pass or a Special Events Ticket 

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Pact for the Future and Beyond: Towards the 4th International Conference of Financing for Development

Date: September 21

Time: 13:00-14:15 (EDT)

Location: CR-11, United Nations Headquarters

Organizers: Club de Madrid and ImPACT Coalition on International Financial Architecture Reform and Financing for Development (IFA-FfD), Spanish government, South African government, UN DESA, UN Habitat, ECLAC

Co-sponsors: Igarapé Institute and other organizations.

Speakers:

  • Giovanna Kuele, Program Manager – International Cooperation, Igarapé Institute; 
  • Sofía Martinez, Global Policy Director of the Green Economy Coalition and Representative of the ImPACT Coalition IFA-FfD, Moderator; 
  • H.E. Aminata Touré, Prime Minister of Senegal 2013-2014, Member of Club de Madrid and Co-Lead of the ImPACT Coalition IFA-FfD;
  • H.E. Ambassador Mathu Joyini, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations, G20 SA;
  • Maiara Folly, Executive Director of Plataforma CIPÓ and Lead Co-Chair of the T20 Task Force on Sustainable Climate Action and Inclusive Just Energy Transitions;
  • Ambroise Fayolle, Vice President of European Investment Bank;
  • José Antonio Ocampo, Co-Director of the Economic and Political Development Concentration in the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University;
  • Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of the General Assembly for the 73rd session;
  • Tom Mitchell, Executive Director of IIED;
  • Durreen Shahnaz, Impact Investment Exchange and IIX Foundation;
  • Wanjiru Kanyiha, Network Coordinator at Global Public Investment, Co-Lead of the ImPACT Coalition IFA-FfD.
  • Among other speakers

Participation: 

  • In-person: valid UN grounds pass or a Special Events Ticket
  • Live-stream: UN Web TV

Scaling up development and climate financing

Date: Saturday, September 21

Time: 15:00-16:00 (EDT)

Organizer: UNDP 

Location: CR-4, United Nations Headquarters

Speakers:

  • Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, President and Co-founder of the Igarapé Institute;
  • Among other speakers

Participation: 

  • In-person: valid UN grounds pass or a Special Events Ticket
  • Live-stream: UN Web TV 

From Words to Action: A Networked Approach to Enhancing Implementation of Commitments from the Pact of the Future

Date: Saturday, September 21

Time: 16:00-17:15 (EDT)

Location: CR-6, United Nations Headquarters

Organizer: Project Starling

Co-sponsors and partners: Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the United Nations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, UNU CPR (United Nations University Centre for Policy Research), Amani Africa, Bahá’í International Community, Igarapé Institute and other organizations.

Speakers:

  • Amitabh Behar, Executive Director of Oxfam International;
  • Anne Marie Slaughter, CEO of  New America;
  • Dan Perell, United Nations Representative, Baha’i International Community and C4UN Chair;
  • David Passarelli, Executive Director of UN University Centre for Policy Research;
  • Giovanna Kuele, Program Manager for International Cooperation at the Igarapé Institute;
  • Hiba Siddiki, Princeton University student, youth leader and Project Starling summer intern;
  • Jonathan Glennie, Co-founder of Global Nation;
  • Philani Mthembu, Executive Director of Institute for Global Dialogue; 
  • Philipp Schonrock, Executive Director of Cepei;
  • Maiara Folly, Co-Founder and Program Director of Plataforma Cipó;
  • Marianne Beisheim, SWP – German Institute for International and Security Affairs, 
  • Martin Kimani, Executive Director of the Multilateral Reform, NYU-Center on International Cooperation TBC
  • Minh-Thu Pham, CEO of Project Starling
  • Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, President/CEO of ONE Campaign TBC
  • Passy Amayo, Africa Network Weaver and Next Gen Leader, School for International Futures
  • Richard Gowan, UN Director, International Crisis Group 
  • Solomon Dersso, Founding Director, Amani Africa
  • Sophie Howe, former Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, School of International Futures 
  • Tom Hale, Professor, Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford
  • Among other speakers

Participation: 

  • In-person: valid UN grounds pass or a Special Events Ticket

Live-stream: UN Web TV 

High Level Roundtable on Linking Poverty and  Planetary Stability

Date: September 22 

Time: 16:00-18:00 (EDT)

Location: Virgin Hotel, 1227 Broadway, New York, NY 10001

Conveners: Earth4All, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Planetary Guardians, Future Earth, the Earth Commission, the Earth League and International Science Council

Speakers:

  • Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Co-Chair of the Earth Commission;
  • Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Co-President of the Club of Rome and Executive Chair of Earth4All;
  • H.E. Mohamed Nasheed, former President of the Maldives and Secretary-General of the Climate Vulnerable Forum;
  • Sir Richard Branson, Founder of the Virgin Group;
  • H.E. Everly Paul Chet Greene, Foreign Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and President of SIDS4;
  • Arunabha Ghosh, founder Council on Energy, Environment and Water, Member of the Climate Governance Commission;
  • Sir Richard Branson, Founder of the Virgin Group;
  • Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico, and member of The Elders, Director, Yale Center on the Study of Globalization and member of the Climate Governance Commission (TBC);
  • Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Member of the Earth4All Transformational Economics Commission;
  • Maria Fernanda Espinosa, former President of the UN General Assembly;
  • Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, President and Co-founder of the Igarapé Institute;
  • Among other speakers

Participation:

  • In-person event by invitation only

A Green Bridge Facility – Scaling Up Green Enterprise and Social Impact in Brazil and the Amazon Basin

Date: September 24 

Time: 10:00-12:00 (EDT)

Location: Bahá’í International Community’s Conference Room, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120, New York.

Organizers: Igarapé Institute, in partnership with Arapyaú Institute and Itaúsa

Speakers:

  • Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, President and Co-founder of the Igarapé Institute; 
  • Renata Piazzon, General Director of Arapyaú Institute;
  • Marcelo Furtado, Head of Sustainability at Itaúsa;
  • Avinash Persaud, Special Advisor on Climate Change to the President of the Inter-American Development Bank;
  • Nicole Schwab, Co-Head of the Nature Positive Pillar at the World Economic Forum and member of the Executive Committee; 
  • Tatiana Schor, Chief of the Amazon Coordination Unit · Inter-American Development Bank;
  • Raul Protázio Romão, Secretary for Environment and Sustainability, State of Pará, Brazil;
  • Akim Daouda, Co-founder and CEO, Mwaana Inc;
  • André Guimarães, Executive Director at Amazon Environmental Research Institute. 

 

Participation: 

In-person event by invitation only

Action Lab on Financing for Sustainable Development

Date: September 27 

Time: 11:00-13:45 (EDT)

Location: Bahá’í International Community’s Conference Room, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120, New York

Organizer: Club de Madrid

Speakers:

  • Giovanna Kuele, Program Manager for International Cooperation at the Igarapé Institute
  • Among other speakers

Participation: 

  • In-person event by invitation only

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