Leadership Dialogue 1 - English

A leadership dialogue will be convened during the online meeting of the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly with the aim of promoting an interactive high-level discussion on the contribution of the environmental dimension of sustainable development to building a resilient and inclusive post-pandemic world.

To facilitate the participation of Ministers and other High-Level representatives from different time zones, the leadership dialogue will be held in two sessions as follows: 22 February from 4-7 pm (GMT+3), and 23 February from 11 am to 2 pm (GMT+3). Both sessions will cover the same theme, “Contribution of the environmental dimension of sustainable development to building a resilient and inclusive post-pandemic world”.

0:00 Countdown
0:15 Ms. Joce Msuya, Deputy Executive Director of UNEP
1:35 Video: How we can restore a better way of life after the pandemic
4:24 H.E. Ms. Andrea Meza, Costa Rica
14:12 Ms. Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP
17: 50 H.E. Mr. Huang Runqiu, China
21:22 H.E. Ms. Svenja Schulze, Germany
27:33 H.E. Mr. Carlos Eduardo Correa, Colombia
32:22 Mr. John Podesta, Special Guest
37:45 H.E. Mr. Alue Dohong, Indonesia
42:20 H.E. Ms. Paula Cristina Francisco Coelho, Angola
48:36 H.E. Mr. Mariano Castro, Peru
55:08 H.E. Ms. Stientje van Veldhoven, Netherlands
58:38 H.E. Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Egypt
1:02.34 H.E. Dr. Bruno Oberle, IUCN
1:06:40 H.E. Mr. Michał Kurtyka, Poland
1:11:30 H.E. Ms. Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya, Rwanda
1:15:45 H.E. Mr. Abdulla Naseer, Maldives
1:19:52 H.E. Mr. Malik Amin Aslam, Pakistan
1:31:15 H.E. Ms. Gila Gamliel, Israel
1:36:30 H.E. Mr. João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Portugal
1:43:02 H.E. Mr. Keriako Tobiko, Kenya
1:48:21 H.E. Mr. Adrián Peña, Uruguay
1:52:52 H.E. Ms. Marcia Bernicat, United States
1:56:24 H.E. Mr. Artūrs Toms Plešs, Latvia
2:00:20 H.E. Mr. Juan Cabandié, Argentina
2:05:40 H.E. Mr. Dmitry Maksimychev, Russia
2:10:23 Mr. Sonam Wangchuk, Civil Society India
2:15:54 H.E. Mr. Peter Schiefke, Canada
2:19.00 H.E. Ms. Lea Wermelin, Denmark
2:23:26 H.E. Mr. Arturo Argueta, Mexico
2:27:20 H.E. Mr. Barna Tánczos, Romania
2:32:00 H.E. Ms. Teresa Ribera, Spain
2:36:15 H.E. Mr. Marcus Henrique Morais Paranaguá, Brazil
2:39:42 H.E. Ms. Leonore Gewessler, Austria
2:44:41 H.E. Mr. Javier Naranjo, Chile
2:50:28 H.E. Ms. Bérangère Abba, France
2:54:50 H.E. Mr. Ján Budaj, Slovakia
3:01:18 H.E. Mr. Fekadu Beyene Aleka, Ethiopia
3:04:40 H.E. Mr. Per Bolund, Sweden
3:07:45 H.E. Mr. Lee White, Gabon
3:10:50 H.E. Mr. Hussein Makhlouf, Syria
3:14:43 H.E. Ms. Arlette Soudan-Nonault, Congo
3:17:46 H.E. Mr. Vladislav Smrž, Czech Republic
3:21:48 H.E. Ms. Arlette Soudan-Nonault, Congo
3:25:35 H.E. Mr. Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Iceland
3:28:58 Mr. Marco Lambertini, WWF
3:32:12 Ms. Joyce Msuya, Deputy Executive Director of UNEP