SB62 Official Side-Event: Gender-Just and Disability Inclusive Climate Action

Join us online or in-person for the official SB62 side-event on ‘Gender-Just and Disability Inclusive Climate Action’. Co-organised together with the International Disability Alliance, the European Disability Forum, CBM Global Disability Inclusion, and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), we will explore how data and finance interlink to enable a truly intersectional approach that provides innovative solutions for all.

Details

📅 Thursday 19 June 2025
🕥 10:30 -11:45 CEST
📍 Kaminzimmer Room, SB62, Bonn
💻 Registration for online participation

Speakers

• Elena Ratoi, EDF Women’s Committee member and Program Officer for Europe at the Center for International Private Enterprise.
• Mark Barell, Co-coordinator of the IDDC Climate Action Task Group, Director of Advocacy at CBM UK, and CoChair of Bond DDG.
• Jenni Pitter-Lopez, Co-coordinator of the IDDC Climate Action Task Group and Expert Gender and Climate at Light for the World.
• Animesh Kumar, Head of the UNDRR Office and Lead on global portfolio on climate action, disaster data, and monitoring of the Sendai Framework, SDGs and Early Warnings for All.
• Prof. Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights.
• Bala Nagendran, Inclusive Climate Researcher at the Global Disability Innovation Hub/UCL.
• Mahbub Kabir, Advocacy and Inclusion Advisory Manager at CBM Ireland
• With contributions from those with lived experience from Bangladesh, Kenya, Nepal, Tanzania and Philippines.

Moderation by Josephine Mwatibo, Program Officer, National Gender and Equality Commission (Kenya)