Part Three - IPU Parliamentary Meeting at COP26 in Glasgow, 7 November 2021 co-hosted with BGIPU
Channel: BGIPU
Date: 2021-11-09

COP is the foremost international conference on climate change and the IPU has long supported the engagement of parliaments in annual COP meetings through the organization of parliamentary meetings. COP26 provides a critical opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015 and to set concrete plans to reach the Paris Agreement targets, at a time when the climate crisis is more critical than ever.   The IPU co-organized with the British Group of the IPU a one-day Parliamentary Meeting at COP26 at the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery in Glasgow on 7 November 2021.

Moderated by BGIPU Chair, Harriett Baldwin MP, part three starts with an Inspirational talk by Ms. Mary Robinson, Chair of the Elders, former President of Ireland, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and founder of The Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice.  It is followed by an Interactive Panel Discussion  on Climate Finance with The Rt Hon. Liam Byrne MP, Chair, Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF, Ms. Graciela Camaño, Member of the National Congress, Argentina, Mr. Pa Jarju, Director, Country Programming Division, Green Climate Fund and Dr. Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou, Chair of the Committee on Environmental Protection of the Hellenic Republic.  The session closes with an expert opinion on Climate Change, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance by Mr. Chris Frasetto, Diplomatic Advisor to the United Nations, International Committee of the Red Cross