Opening

10:00 – 10:15

SBI Chair, Mr. Nabeel Munir

COP 28 Presidency, Ms. Fatima Al Hallami

Co-moderated by Ms. Aysin Turpanci, Türkiye and Ms. Kitty van der Heijden, UNICEF

Session 1: Disproportionate impacts of climate change on children

10:15 – 10:45

Part I: disproportionate impacts: complementary perspectives

Keynote presentations

• IPCC, Working Group II AR6 Chapter Lead Author, Bronwyn Hayward

• Francisco Vera Manzanares, climate and environmental child advocate from Colombia

10:45 – 11:30

Part II: Disproportionate impacts: overarching considerations

Panel discussion

• Animesh Kumar, Head of Office (Bonn), United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
• Prof. Thomas Tanner, Director, Centre for Development, Environment and Policy, SOAS. Expert on children, DRR and adaptation
• Nicholas Omonuk Okoit, YOUNGO
• Isabelle Kolebinov, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, CRIN

11:30 – 12:00

Q&A session for keynote speakers and panellists

12:00 – 13:00

Part III: Disproportionate impacts: specific thematic considerations

Panel discussion with experts focusing on health (physical and mental health), access to essential services (food, water, sanitation), climate impact on the disruption of education, and cultural impacts. 

• Marina Romanello, Executive Director, Lancet Countdown
• Kathryn Bowen, Professor and Deputy Director, Melbourne Climate Future
• Jack Wakefield, Global Policy and Advocacy Lead on Climate Change, Save the Children International 
• Diana Garlytska, CEC Regional Vice-Chair for Europe, The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Session 2: Relevant policy solutions

15:00 – 16:00

Part I: Broad range of policy solutions

Keynote presentation:

UNICEF, George Laryea-Adjei, Director of Programmes on the broad range of policy solutions, gaps and challenges and key enablers

Part II: Examples and experience

Panel discussions with country representatives and experts focusing on relevant examples and experience

• Henrik Hallgrim Eriksen, Norway

• Besaida María Santana Sierra, Dominican Republic

• Washington Zhakata, Zimbabwe

• Adrián Cerezo, Senior Research Fellow, University of Maine Portland Gateway 

• Revati Phalkey, Global Director Health and Nutrition, Save the Children International and Associate Professor in Global Health (Hon), University of Heidelberg, Germany 

• Susie Ho, Director of the Monash Innovation Guarantee
• Viktor Suliandziga-Bagat, Udege Peoples

16:00 – 17:15

Part III: Enablers

Discussion on enablers (e.g. education, investment etc), including breakout groups/world cafes

17:15 – 17:45

Reporting back from breakout groups on policy solutions and recommendations

Closing

17:45 – 18:00

SBI Chair, Mr. Nabeel Munir

COP 29 Presidency Youth Climate Champion, Leyla Hasanova