Marc Bichler, Ambassador-at-large for Climate Change and Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, will present an update on recent COP23 developments. Florian Eisele will talk about the value of forests and how the financial sector can play a key role in decoupling deforestation from agricultural production. He will present finance-driven solutions for sustainable land use and landscape restoration, like the UN Environment’s Seed Capital Assistance Facility, Tropical Landscape Finance Facility and the Rabobank partnership on climate smart agriculture.

Location : Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Bâtiment Mansfeld, 9 rue du Palais de Justice L-1841 Luxembourg

Public parking facilities are limited, we recommend the use of public transport. For easy access, please use the side entrance in Rue du Palais de Justice.

Agenda

8.30 Registration & breakfast

9.00 Welcome from the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

9.05 Welcome from Annemarie Arens, General Manager of LuxFLAG

9.10 Topic : Sustainable land use

• Update on COP23 by Marc Bichler
• From the UN think tank into practice by Florian Eisele interviewed by Marc Bichler

9.45 Q&A

10.00 Closing

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Communiqué par LuxFLAG