Watch the UN Special Rapporteur deliver a message on June 5, 2020 (starting at 14:19), on the occasion of a Global Panel Discussion organized by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
In his message, Olivier De Schutter discusses the numerous synergies that exist between the fight against poverty and inequality and against climate change. These synergies, he explains, must guide the economic recovery plans of governments responding to the economic crisis resulting from COVID-19. He will present this message, part of his upcoming thematic report on the Just Transition, at the UN General Assembly in October 2020.
The event was streamed online on Friday, June 5th, concurring with World Environment Day. During the event international experts, economists, politicians, and public figures will debate on these topics and on the relations between them.
0:00 Introduction by Dr. Richard A. Byron-Cox and Ms. Wagaki Wischnewski
4: 51 Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw (UNCCD Executive Secretary)
14:19 Dr. Olivier de Schutter (UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights)
30:35 Mr. Ahmed Aziz Diallo (Member of Parliament of Burkina Faso and Mayor of Dori)
45:23 Dr. Yanis Varoufakis (Economist, Philosopher and Politician – DiEM25)
1:00:07 Dr. Jann Lay (Head of Research Programme « Growth and Development »)
1:14:07 Questions to the Panelists
1:30:35 International Organizations and Funds to mitigate Climate Change – Mr. Diallo
1:42:42 Concluding remarks by Ms. Wagaki Wischnewski and Dr. Richard A. Byron-Cox
1:47:07 Activists and Influencers involved with the Panel Discussion
1:50:08 NGOs