Conference 2023
Better Climate Governance Matters!
Accountability and Climate Commitments
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
11:00-15:00 UTC.
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Keynote Speakers
Dr Aarti Gupta
Aarti is a Professor of Global Environmental Governance at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, with a background in international relations and political science. Her recent research focuses on international climate policy, with an interest in questions of transparency and accountability. She also works on anticipatory governance of novel and potentially risky technologies, such as modern biotechnology or climate engineering. She is current Co-Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Earth System Governance (ESG) network, one of the largest interdisciplinary networks of sustainability researchers worldwide, a Coordinating Lead Author of its 2018 Science and Implementation Plan, and co-editor of the Cambridge Elements Series on Earth System Governance.
She is also the principal investigator of the Netherlands Research Council-funded TRANSGOV project on the Transformative Potential of Transparency in Climate Governance (https://trans-gov.org/) and co-editor of the book Transparency in Global Environmental Governance (MIT Press).
She holds a PhD from Yale University in environmental studies.
In addition to academic pursuits, Aarti has worked for international development and environmental NGOs, including Oxfam Novib in The Hague and Transparency International in Berlin. She has also been a consultant for UN agencies such as UNDP and FAO, and donor agencies such as GIZ.
Tracy Jayne Tollmann
Tracy has over 20 years of experience working as a process management specialist with UNFCCC Bonn, starting at COP 5 in 1999. Most recently this includes coordinating the global stocktake technical dialogues. Prior to that she has held various process management roles in support of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI); the Ad-hoc Working Group on the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP); the Ad-hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP), which culminated in the Paris Agreement, and has supported negotiations on Article 6 under the convention, now known as Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE – an acronym that she personally coined) , as well as the Momentum for Change initiative.
She has a first class honors degree in environmental science and post graduate diploma and certificates in environmental policy-making and environmental management from the Open University (UK).
The Global Stocktake: Now and in the future - Christine Peringer
Actors and Strategies for Strengthening Accountability - Dr Katharine Rietig
Agenda
