AOSIS — THE PLACENCIA AMBITION FORUM RECAP
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PARTICIPANTS | DAY
APRIL 20, 2020
PLENARY CHAIR
Lois M. Young
Ambassador and Permanent
Representative of Belize to the
United Nations.
SPECIAL GUEST MESSAGE
His Excellency
Mr. António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United
Nations.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Gonzalo Muñoz
High-Level Climate Champion,
Chile.
CHAIR: Carlos Fuller, Lead Negotiator for Climate Change, AOSIS.
WELCOME: Omar Figueroa, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment, and
Sustainable Development.
HIGH-LEVEL MESSAGES: Alok Sharma, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy and COP 26 President, United Kingdom.
Carolina Schmidt, Minister of Environment and COP 25 President, Chile.
Sergio Costa, Minister of Environment, Italy.
Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC.
Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu, High Representative for the Least Developed
Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.
HIGH-LEVEL PARTICIPATION FROM: Hussein Rasheed Hassan, Minister of Environment,
Maldives.
Satyendra Prasad, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Fiji to the UN.
Tina Stege, Climate Envoy to the President, Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Kavydass Ramano, Minister of Environment, Mauritius.
Kosi Latu, Director-General, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment
Programme (SPREP).
Brune Poirson, Minister of State, France.
THEMATIC BREAKOUT GROUPS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Rt. Honourable Dean Oliver
Barrow
Prime Minister and Minister of
Finance of Belize.
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ENERGY: Facilitator – Minoru Takada, Team Leader (Energy Division), UN DESA.
TRANSPORT: Facilitator – Monica Araya, Transport Lead, Climate Champions.
ADAPTATION & BUILDING RESILIENCE: Facilitator – James Fletcher, Managing Director,
Soloricon Ltd.
FINANCING AMBITION: Facilitator – Gonzalo Muñoz, High-Level Climate Champion,
Chile.