Side event proposals

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1	How to use this sheet The purpose of this sheet is to coordinate side event proposals for COP28. As an admited observer organisation, Future Earth has the posibility of submitting one side event proposal. The purpose of this sheet is to A) collect side event proposals B) foster collaborations on side events The Secretariat will select among the proposed side events according to the relevance of the suggested side event, the diversity of entities, disciplines and perspectives which are part of the proposal, as well as the diversity of speakers (in terms of discipline, gender, career stage, origin, etc.) You can see all side event proposals which have been submitted so far in this table. Feel free to reach out to the resepctive contact if you would like to collaborate on a side event proposal, or to leave a response or comment in column H of you would like to voice your support for another entities proposal.			Deadline for submitting proposals: 27 June 2023	If you have any questions, please reach out to rebecca.fenn@futureearth.org
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5	Contact name	Contact email	Contact's affiliation	Future Earth entities involved in the proposal (which GRN, national committee, etc.), Please get in touch with the entities' IPO/SSC chair!	Other partners involved in the proposal	Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces)	Theme (max. 300 characters incl. spaces)	Speakers (please include information about speakers' discipline, institutional affiliation, career stage, gender, and nationality) Note that proposed speakers need to be able to travel to the respective event. Future Earth provides accreditation, but does not provide funds for travels and accomodation. (There is a limited amount of funding available through the Inclusivity and Diversity Participation Fund, as well as some funding for early career researchers and reserachers from low and middle income countries promoting transdisciplinary reserach, who are from the social sciences or the humaniies, or who are focusing on underrepresented narratives. These are decided on a case-by-case basis)							Responses, support, and comments
6	Pallavi Saxena, Saurabh Sonwani, Renuka Thakore	pallavienvironment@gmail.com, pallavisaxena@hinducollege.ac.in, sonwani.s19@gmail.com, RThakore1@uclan.ac.uk	Department of Environmental Sciences, Hindu College, University of Delhi; India; Department of Environmental Studies, Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi, India; University of Central Lancashire	iLEAPS, Network Organising Committee, SSCP KAN	Global Sustainable Futures Network (GSFN)	Nature-based solutions (NbS) for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Mitigation (CCM)	iLEAPS and SSCP KAN have partnered to present the thought-provoking hybrid debate event: Nature-based solutions (NbS) for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Mitigation. Esteemed experts will shed light on the scientific aspects of NbS and offer expert-informed strategies and practical examples that benefit widespread communities.		Speakers	Speakers' discipline	Institutional affiliation	Career stage	Gender	Nationality
7								1	Pallavi Saxena (Introduction and Moderator 1)	Air Pollution, Impacts on Vegetation and Mitigation by NbS	Department of Environmental Sciences, Hindu College, University of Delhi	Mid- career	Female	India
8								2	Saurabh Sonwani (Organiser/Moderator)	Air Pollution and Environmental Health	Department of Environmental Studies, Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi	Early career	Male	India
9								3	Jacqueline Goldin	Social Science	University of the Western Cape	Mid-career	Female	South Africa
10								4	Kalpana Chaudhari	Engineering	Shah And Kutchhi Engineering College and Institute For Sustainable Development and Research (ISDR)	Mid-career	Female	India
11								5	Silvano Fares	Bioeconomy	Research Director Italian National Research Council	Senior	Male	Italy
12								6	Rob MacKenzie	Biology and Ecology	University of Central Lancashire	Senior	Male	UK
13								7	Renuka Thakore, (Closing and Moderator 2)	Resilience and Sustainable Development		Early career	Female	UK
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15	Mais Aljunaidy & Mohamad Nadim Adi	aljunaid@ualberta.ca mnadeemadi@hotmail.com	Department of Psychology, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA Interior Design, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA	Future Earth ECR-NoN (Early Career Researchers Network of Networks)		How psychology affects people’s adoption of sustainable solutions	Our session will be about how psychology affects people’s adoption of sustainable solutions. Construction produces 7% of the entire world's carbon emissions. There are many solutions to reduce the amount of construction-related carbon emissions but in many cases, clients, construction contractors, and designers are opposed or hesitant to adopt these solutions due to psychological barriers. Our group will discuss these causes and solutions by presenting novel research about people’s psychology and sustainability.	#	Speakers
16	Dr Isa Elegbede	isaelegbede@gmail.com	Lagos state university	Future earth coast	Geo blue planet, NIEE, LLD, Lagos state government			1	Dr. Mohamad Nadim Adi	Constructoin waste	Department of Interior Design	Early-Career	Male	Syria
17	Dr Isa Elegbede	isaelegbede@gmail.com		future earth coast	Geo blue planet, NIEE, LLD, Lagos state government			2	Dr. Mais Aljunaidy	Recycling and people's psychology	Department of Psychology	Early-Career	Female	Syria
18	Dr Isa Elegbede				Geo blue planet, NIEE, LLD, Lagos state government			3	Dr. Nabila Idris	Rcycling ans Social Justice	Social Sciences	Early-Career	Female	Bangladesh
19								4	Dr. Marya Obeidat	Sustianble solutions	Laboratory Sciences	Early-Career	Female	Jordan
20						Coastal Adaptation Strategies and Blue Carbon Co-benefits: Enhancing Climate Resilience through Nature-based Solutions	Coastal areas face increasing risks from climate change impacts such as sea-level rise, coastal erosion, and extreme weather events. Addressing these challenges requires innovative and sustainable solutions that simultaneously promote adaptation and mitigation objectives. This session at COP 28 aims to explore the co-benefits of coastal adaptation strategies that integrate blue carbon conservation and restoration, highlighting the potential for nature-based solutions to enhance climate resilience and contribute to global climate goals.	5	Dr. Akanji Ajibola	Sustianability	Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria	Early-Career	male	Nigeria
21						Coastal Adaptation Strategies and Blue Carbon Co-benefits: Enhancing Climate Resilience through Nature-based Solutions	Coastal areas face increasing risks from climate change impacts such as sea-level rise, coastal erosion, and extreme weather events. Addressing these challenges requires innovative and sustainable solutions that simultaneously promote adaptation and mitigation objectives. This session at COP 28 aims to explore the co-benefits of coastal adaptation strategies that integrate blue carbon conservation and restoration, highlighting the potential for nature-based solutions to enhance climate resilience and contribute to global climate goals.	6	Dr. Aderonke Adegbite	Human and Inclusive Development	Faculty of Law	Early-career	Female	Nigeria
22						Coastal Adaptation Strategies and Blue Carbon Co-benefits: Enhancing Climate Resilience through Nature-based Solutions	Coastal areas face increasing risks from climate change impacts such as sea-level rise, coastal erosion, and extreme weather events. Addressing these challenges requires innovative and sustainable solutions that simultaneously promote adaptation and mitigation objectives. This session at COP 28 aims to explore the co-benefits of coastal adaptation strategies that integrate blue carbon conservation and restoration, highlighting the potential for nature-based solutions to enhance climate resilience and contribute to global climate goals.		1. Dr Elegbede Isa	ocean sustainability	Geo blue planet	early career	male	Nigeria
23									2. Majolagbe Yusuf	environment and renewable energy	niee, Lagos state govt	early career	male	Nigeria
24									3. ibrahim muritala	renewable energy	LLD	early career	male	Nigeria
25									4.success janet	blue carbon	sayne dev	early career	Female	Nigeria
26									5. ruqoyah sanni	blue vegetative expert	saeio Global	early career	Female	Nigeria
27										omosanya Azeezah	Lagos state govt	early career	female	Nigeria
28	Priyatma Singh	priyatmas@unifiji.ac.fj	The University of Fiji	Future Earth ECR-NoN (Early Career Researchers Network of Networks)	Pacific Island Development Forum (Headquarters in Fiji)	Climate and Ocean Risk Vulnerability Index - Policy tool	In this session, we will describe a support tool (CORVI) that compares a diverse range of ecological, social, financial and political risks across 10 categories and nearly 100 indicators to produce a holistic coastal risk profile. Provides a simple reference point for decision makers looking to prioritize climate action and resilience investment. This session is supported by studies of climate and ocean risk in a Fiji city and across other countries such as Phillipines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and St Lucia. The information gathered via CORVI can be used to develop recommendations for cities to reduce its climate vulnerbilities, build resilience and work to develop a more secure and sustainable future. This tool also integrates Indigenous and local knowledge to fill in the gaps and creates a truly transdisciplinary tool.		Priyatma Singh	Environmental Change - Ocean Sustainability	The University of Fiji	mid career	female	Fiji
29	Rita Guerreiro, Inês Câmara and Steven Hartman	rita.guerreiro@cassefaz.com, ines.camara@mapadasideias.pt, steven.hartman@asu.edu	Partners of the Project Fôlego in Portugal, co-financed through EEA Grants.				We want to present the handbook that we created, together with teachers and non-formal educators, regarding critical thinking, artistic and cultural activities connecting school curricula and climate change.The handbook was written in Portuguese and English.			Arts, Culture and Humanities		Senior	Female + Male	Portugal
30	Dr. Mirabbos Hojamberdiev	khujamberdiev@tu-berlin.de, hmirabbos@gmail.com	Technische Univeritaet Berlin, Institut fuer Chemie, Germany	Future Earth ECR-NoN (Early Career Researchers Network of Networks)	(1) The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Young Affiliates Network (TYAN), (2) Global Young Academy (GYA), (3) Green Sciences for Sustainable Development Foundation (GSSDF), and (4) International Young Chemists Network (IYCN)	Global Youth Conversation on Sustainable Energy and Climate Change	COP28 is going to be a momentum to thoroughly evaluate the efforts of fossil fuel industries in fighting against climate change since the fossil fuel industry had record profits in 2022 despite increasing energy prices. Ambitious and disruptive-thinking global young scientists, who are experts in the field of Sustainable Energy, will gather and debate the urgency of moving toward sustainable energy and offer their thoughts and recommendations for achieving one of the important goals of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which is Clean and Affordable Energy (Goal 7). We believe COP28 is the best possible global arena where international young scientists can equally address their pleas for slowing down climate change by taking action to move towards sustainable energy right in front of our global decision-makers.		This side event will invite the ten outstanding global young scientists in the field of Sustainable Energy from the Global South and the Global North to share their thought-provoking ideas, including ECR-NoN, TYAN, GYA, IYCN, GSSDF, etc. by strictly following inclusivity and diversity, gender balance, and continental geography. As soon as we have a positive response to our important proposal from COP28, we will immediately create the delegates of young scientists who are expert in Sustaianable Energy.			early career	female+male	international
31	Maruf Sanni	marufsanni@gmail.com;maruf.sanni@eiee.org;maruf.sanni@nacetem.gov.ng	National Centre for Technology Management, Nigeria and European Institute on Economics and the Environment, Italy	Future Earth ECR-NoN (Early Career Researchers Network of Networks)		Policies for Global Value Chain and Low-carbon development pathways in developing countries	Many developing countries depend on natural resource assets with little or no value addition. Participants will deliberate, learn and share policy experience on global value chains as a vehicle for economic diversification and basis for resource-based sustainable industrial development.	1	Maruf Sanni	Social Sciences; Sustainability	National Centre for Technology Management, Nigeria and European Institute on Economics and the Environment, Italy	Early career	Male	Nigeria
32	Dr. Glenn Fernandez	glenn.fernandez@gmail.com, gfernandez@ra.ac.ae	Associate Professor, Faculty of Resilience, Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi, UAE	Future Earth ECR ECR-NoN (Early Career Researchers Network of Networks)	Integrated Research on Disaster Risk Programme (IRDR) Young Scientists; U-INSPIRE Philippines; Philippine Association for Disaster Waste Management	The Potential Contribution of Disaster Waste Management to Climate Change Mitigation	This session explores the potential of disaster waste management as a viable strategy for mitigating climate change, spotlighting the staggering quantities of waste generated by single events like the 2011 tsunami in Japan (31 million tons) and the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (19 million tons). By exploring the intricate linkages between disaster waste and its environmental repercussions, we emphasize the immense opportunities to curb greenhouse gas emissions, promote resource recovery, and foster sustainable development. Through case studies and innovative approaches, we aim to unravel how effective disaster waste management can significantly contribute to global climate change mitigation, bolster resilience, and pave the way towards a greener future.		Dr. Glenn Fernandez, Associate Professor, Faculty of Resilience, Rabdan Academy, UAE, IRDR Young Scientist, and President, Philippine Associate for Disaster Waste Management; Dr. Noralene Uy, Assistant Secretary, Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR); Liza Velle Ramos, Research and Development Head, Makati City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office and Vice President, U-INSPIRE Philippines; Dr. Ryo Tajima, Senior Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan and Japan Society for Material Cycle and Waste Management; Mr. Shalend Singh, Chair, Pacific Regional Disaster Waste Management Technical Working Group, Fiji
33	Sandra Ketelhake	sketelhake@geomar.de	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	Future Earth's GCP & AIMES projects	State of CDR Report, Global Carbon Budget, CDRmare, CDRterra	CO2 sources & sinks: Current status of CO2 removal & storage methods, budgets, and measuring options	To reach net zero we need deep cuts in CO2 emissions and clearly defined CO2 removal pathways. This event builds upon results of the State of CDR report, Global Carbon Budget & national research results to assess global and national CDR implementation adressing measuring & monitoring challenges.	1	Pierre Friedlingstein	Climate scientist specialised in understanding the complex interactions between climate change and the global carbon cycle	University of Exeter, UK	Senior	Male
34								2	Steve Smith	Intersection of climate science and policy	University of Oxford, UK	Senior	Male
35								3	Julia Pongratz	Physical geography and land use systems	LMU Munich, DE	Senior	Female
36								4	Andreas Oschlies	Physical, biogeochemical, and ecological constraints on the oceanic carbon uptake and its climate sensitivity Development of mechanistic ecological and biogeochemical models	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, DE	Senior	Male
37								5	Oliver Geden	Climate Policy and Politics	Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, DE	Senior	Male
38								6	Mark Rounsevell	Land Use Change & Climate	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE	Senior	Male
39								7	Hannah Liddy	Executive officer of the ‘Analysis, Integration, and Modeling of the Earth System’ (AIMES) global research project	Columbia University, USA	Mid-career	Female
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42	Ines BOUJMIL	inb@aquabt.com / northernafrica@ecopdecade.org	AquaBioTech Group (Malta) / ECOP Programme (North Africa)	Future Earth ECR-NoN (Early Career Researchers Network of Networks)	Mediterreanean Lighthouse of the Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030	Preventing and eliminating pollution in the Mediterranean Sea and waters by engaging ECOPs and stakeholders from Policy, Business, Research&Innovation and Civil Society, as well as Ecosystem Enablers.	Bringing onboard existing initiatives and activities to upscale solutions and mobilise relevant actors with the specific aim of addressing the Objective 2 of the Mission, namely “prevent and eliminate pollution of our ocean, seas and waters”. This side event will be moderated by ECOPs, hosting policy officials at the European Commission, Researchers, Business and SMEs representatives, Civil Society and ECOP initiatives to create a synergy between ECOPs and EOPs.	1	Charlina Vitcheva (TBC) \| Policy	Director General at European Commission, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE)		Senior	Female
43								2	Mahdi Khomsi \| Civil Society	International relations coordinator of BUSINESSMED Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises		ECOP	Male
44								3	Fedra Francocci \| Academia	Project manager of BlueMissionMed CSA of the Mediterranean lighthouse, Researcher at National Research Council of Italy (CNR)		Mid-career	Female
45								4	Evgeniia Kostianaia (TBC) \| ECOP Programme	Global Coordinator for the UN Ocean Decade Programme for Early Career Ocean Professionals		ECOP	Female
46								5	Javier Fernández \| WestMED Cluster	Team Leader of the The WestMED Assistance Mechanism		Senior	Male
47								6	George D. Mantas \| Business	Business Development Director at AquaBioTech Group, Blue SME		Senior	Male
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