Welcome Reception
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ms. Andrea Meza (Master of Ceremonies) - Deputy Executive Secretary, UN
Convention to Combat Desertification
Opening Segment
7:00pm - 7:15pm

Leaders’ Landmark Call toSave our Life Support
Systems and Achieve aNature Positive World by2030

7:15pm - 7:51pm

Panel on Conserving,
Restoring and Sustainably
Using Nature
7:51pm - 8:35pm● H.E. Mr. Rodrigo Chaves Robles - President of Costa Rica
● The Rt. Hon. Mr. Justin Trudeau - Prime Minister of Canada● Ms. Jennifer Tauli Corpuz - International Indigenous Forum onBiodiversity (IIBF), Caucus of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
at the CBD and adviser to the COP15● H.E. Gustavo Petro - President of Colombia● H.E. Mr. Guillermo Lasso - President of Ecuador● H.E. Mr. Frans Timmermans - Executive Vice-President of the European
Commission
Also including statements from:● H.E. Mr. Antonio Guterres - Secretary-General of the United Nations● H.E. Mr. Huang Runqiu - President of the COP15 and Minister of Ecology
and Environment of China● A joint call from world leaders
Ms. Monica Medina (Moderator)
Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and ScientificAffairs of the USA● H.E. Mr. Lee White - CBE, Minister of Water, Forests, the Sea, andEnvironment of the Gabonese Republic● Ms. Razan al Mubarak - President, International Union for Conservationof Nature● Mr. Cristián Samper - CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society on behalfof the Protect our Planet Challenge● Ms. Valérie Courtois - Director, Indigenous Leadership Initiative, apartner with Enduring Earth in the Indigenous-led PFP proposal in NWT,Canada

Leaders’ Landmark Call toSave our Life Support
Systems and Achieve aNature Positive World by2030 (cont.)
8:35pm - 8:42pm

Including statements from
● H.E. Mr. Olaf Scholz - Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany● H.E. Dr. Lotay Tshering - Prime Minister of Bhutan● H.E. Ms. Jacinda Ardern - Prime Minister and Minister for National
Security and Intelligence, Child Poverty Reduction, and Ministerial
Services of New Zealand
Ms. Usha Rao Monari (Moderator) - Associate Administrator, United Nations
Development Programme

Keynote video from H.E. Ms. Ursula von der Leyen - President of the European
Panel on Greening and Bluing Commission
Finance and Financing Green● Ms. Carole Laible - CEO of Domini Impact Investments on behalf of theand Blue
Finance for Biodiversity Pledge

8:42pm – 9:25pm● Mr. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez - President and CEO, Global Environment
Facility● Mr. Ambroise Fayolle - Vice-President, European Investment Bank
● Ms. Lisa Martin - GSK Chief Procurement Officer
Closing remarks by H.E. Ms. Bérangère Couillard - Minister of State for Ecologyof France

Leaders’ Landmark Call toSave our Life Support
Systems and Achieve aNature Positive World by2030 (cont.)

Including statements from● The Rt. Hon. Mr. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister andMinister for iTaukei Affairs, Sugar Industry, Foreign Affairs and Forestryof
the Republic of Fiji
● H.E. Mr. Anthony Albanese, MP, Prime Minister of Australia● H.E. Mr. Sauli Niinistö - President of the Republic of Finland● A joint message from Non State Actor Leaders
Ms. Andrea Meza (Master of Ceremonies) - Deputy Executive Secretary, UN
Convention to Combat Desertification

Closing Segment
9:25pm - 9:35 pm● Ms. Inger Andersen - Executive Director, United Nations Environment
Programme● Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema - Executive Secretary, Convention on
Biological Diversity● The Rt. Hon. Lord Zac Goldsmith - Minister of State, The Foreign,
Commonwealth & Development Office, United Kingdom
Closing Reception
09:35pm - 10:00pm