Day 1 0930 - 1020 Salle Obasi
Main Objectives
- Welcome the participants to the High Mountain Summit
- Outline expected outcomes and their links to the 2030 UN Agenda
- Highlight the urgency for action in the context of the international policy framework agenda, and the WMO Strategic Objectives
- Provide high level messages from key partners
- Introduce program and working arrangements
Speakers:
- Alain Berset, Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs of Switzerland
- Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General (SG) of WMO
- Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
- Dongyu Qu, Director General, FAO - video address
- Ewald Rametsteiner, Deputy Director, Forestry Department, FAO.
Panel members:
- Agnes Kijazi, Third Vice-President of WMO, Permanent Representative of Tanzania
- Elena Manaenkova, Deputy Secretary General, WMO
- Wenjian Zhang, Assistant Secretary General, WMO