High Level Event: Manifesto to Secure a Healthy Planet for All – A Call for Emergency Action
Royal Over Seas League, Park Place, London SW1A 1NS
2.00- 4.00pm 31stJuly, 2019
Agenda
A Collaborative Initiative by the InterAction Council
Purpose:
- A high level discourse on the options for declaring and advancing an Emergency Response to the Climate and Environmental Crisis
- To launch and disseminate the ‘Manifesto to Secure a Healthy Planet for All’ and identify next steps with supportive organisations
Co-Chairs:
HE Winnie Kiap, High Commissioner, Papua New Guinea, former Chair of the Commonwealth Secretariat Board of Governors
Ella Robertson, Managing Director, International, One Young World
2.00pm: Welcome and Introductions
2.10pm: Context and Letter from HE Bertie Ahern, Co-Chair of the InterAction Council – a Group of former Heads of Government and World Leaders: www.interactioncouncil.org
2.20pm: ‘The Climate and Planetary Emergency requires leadership from us all”
Video message: Dr David Nabarro, Strategic Director, 4SD – Skills, Systems and Synergies for Sustainable Development; Co-director, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London; supporting the Nature-based Solutions workstream for the Climate Action Summit in September and former Special Advisor to the UN SG, on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.
2.25pm: ‘Manifesto to Secure a Healthy Planet for All – A Call for Emergency Action’ Presentation by Professor Joanna Nurse, Strategic Advisor to the InterAction Council and former Head of Health and Education, the Commonwealth.
2.45pm: ‘Declaring an Emergency Response for the Climate and Environmental Crisis’
A High Level Discussion on Options and Mechanisms for Emergency Action
Introduced and moderated by Lieutenant General Louis Lillywhite, CB, MBE, Chatham House and former Surgeon-General UK Armed Forces.
3.00pm: Country Perspectives – from Country Representatives: Current impacts, future challenges and potential benefits of declaring an Emergency Response to the Climate and Environmental Crisis.
3.25pm: Partner and Stakeholder Perspectivesto enable Action– Young People and the Well-Being of Future Generations, endorsing and supportive organisations, statements and videos re the ‘Manifesto to Secure a Healthy Planet for All’.
3.55pm: Summary and Recommended Next Steps
4.00pm Close and Refreshments and Group Photo