On 27 August, a week ahead of the Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW, 2 – 6 September in Bangkok, Thailand), senior UN staff will explain in a 45-minute webinar for journalists how the meeting will be organized, and what to expect in the way of outcomes. The webinar will take place at 12:00 CET (17:00 ICT).

Asia-Pacific Climate Week is an important stepping stone to the 23 September Climate Action Summit convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on 23 September 2019 in in New York and to the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Chile in December of this year.

The meeting aims to support implementation of Asia-Pacific countries’ national climate action plans (Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs) under the Paris Climate Change Agreement and action to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals.

Speaking at the webinar will be:

• Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• Stefanos Fotiou, Director of the Environment and Development Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
• Sohel Pasha, UN Climate Change Asia-Pacific Climate Week Team Lead

Questions from the media can be taken in advance up to 24 hours before the webinar. Please send your questions to press@unfccc.int.

For more information please visit the Regional Climate Weeks portal. 

To register, go here or here