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International Year of

Sustainable Mountain Development 2022



The United Nations General Assembly declared the year 2022 as the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development, at the proposal of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.



This global high-level event will be a chance to officially launch the Year, to promote global commitments towards the protection of these vulnerable ecosystems and the building of resilience of mountain peoples.



Interpretation will be available in the six UN languages.





Thursday, 28 April 2022
15.30-17.00 CEST



REGISTER to Participate Online<https://fao.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsfuiurD0sG9fQ1Hcyd6K8BAUc93qxjiUK>

or visit the event webpage<https://www.fao.org/mountain-partnership/internationalyear2022/events/events-detail/en/c/1492061/> to learn more



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Event Agenda



Moderator: Jake Norton, Mountain Partnership Goodwill Ambassador, climber, photographer and filmmaker



15.30        HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

Roberto Natali, Plenipotentiary Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy and Chair of the Mountain Partnership Steering Committee

QU Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Sadyr Japarov, President, Kyrgyz Republic

Maria Ubach Font, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andorra

Tandi Dorji, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bhutan

Sam Cheptoris, Minister for Water and the Environment, Uganda

Orlando Jorge Mera, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Dominican Republic

Dinara Kemelova, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kyrgyz Republic

Pem Narayan Kandel, Secretary, Ministry of Forests and Environment, Nepal

Christian Hofer, Director-General, Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland

Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado,  United States of America



16.25        MUSICAL INTERLUDE

Ludovico Einaudi, Mountain Partnership Goodwill Ambassador, pianist and

composer





16.35        MOUNTAINS MATTER: MOBILISING ACTION FOR SUSTAINABLE MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT

Supporting climate-resilient development in mountains — Carolina Adler, Executive Director, Mountain Research Initiative

Climate funding for mountains — Yannick Glemarec, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund

Enhancing mountain value chains — Yoko Watanabe, Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme Global Manager, United Nations Development Programme

Fostering partnerships for change — Luis Benitez, Vice President for Government Affairs and Global Impact, VF Corporation



16.50        CONCLUDING REMARKS

The future of mountains — Dilshodbegim Khusravova, Mountain Partnership Youth Goodwill Ambassador, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat volunteer



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