ONE PLANET NETWORK FORUM
For A Sustainable Planet
and a just world
12-13 SEPT 2024
MUSEU DO AMANHÃ / ‘MUSEUM OF TOMORROW’,
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
ONE PLANET NETWORK FORUM
For A Sustainable Planetand a just world
12-13 SEPT 2024
MUSEU DO AMANHÃ / ‘MUSEUM OF TOMORROW’,
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
REDUCING INEQUALITIES AND ACHIEVING JUST TRANSITIONS FOR ALL THROUGH SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION INCLUDING THROUGH CIRCULAR ECONOMY.
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The One Planet Network Forum is a platform for cooperation and thought leadership - convened this year with the Government of Brazil during the G20 - to accelerate the implementation of the Global Strategy on Sustainable Consumption and Production and SDG12.
Forum Venue and Theme
This year’s iconic venue in Rio de Janeiro at the heart of the G-20
The ‘Museu do Amanhã’ (Museum of Tomorrow) is an innovative science museum designed by neo-futuristic architect Santiago Calatrava and is focused on solutions for challenges and opportunities facing humanity. This solutions-oriented venue, with its open environment, invites collaboration and represents the spirit of the One Planet Network
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This year’s theme focuses on
Solutions for a more equitable and sustainable society
The OPN Forum will be held under the overarching theme of ‘Reducing inequalities and achieving just transitions for all through sustainable consumption and production, including circular economy’.
This two-day event promises to be an immersive experience on concrete solutions for reducing inequalities and fostering just transitions for all through sustainable consumption and production, with a spotlight on the transformative power of the circular economy.
Regional Consultation on the Global Circularity Protocol for Business
11 September 2024, Eletrobras Premises Quitanda Street, 196, 2nd floor, Rio de Janeiro, 1400-1710hrs
The Global Circularity Protocol for Business (GCP) is a business-led initiative spearheaded by the WBCSD in collaboration with the One Planet Network Secretariat (OPN) which presents a comprehensive framework to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy. It is a voluntary framework that aims to address key accountability and policy gaps currently impeding the scaling of circularity globally.
Agenda
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Participant’s Guide
Find out more about getting to Rio and attending the One Planet Network Forum with our Participant’s Guide which outlines helpful advice on travel, accommodation, logistics for the event, processes for visas, and more.
The Forum is structured as a platform for cooperation and thought leadership
Thematic sessions
The Forum will feature nine thematic sessions created by strategic partners of the One Planet Network. These sessions will showcase solutions on:
Public and private finance for socially effective investments
Creating opportunities for all through green skills and decent jobs
Empowering the informal sector and enhancing social protection through circular economy
Securing environmental and human health and addressing obstacles to development through circular and fair value chains
Advancing a sustainable built environment that reduces vulnerabilities through inclusive approaches
The role of cities and local governments in promoting well-being, sustainable consumption, and lifestyles.
Solutions for effective product sustainability information to consumers
Achieving sustainable food systems through public procurement and fair value chains
More on the sessions and the organising partners will be available soon
Agora Exhibition Space
This newly design space aims to be a dynamic platform for businesses from the One Planet Network and beyond, from Brazil and abroad, to showcase their solutions, best practices and case studies in line with the Forum’s theme. It comprises :
- An Exhibition Space, showcasing 15 organisations’ work, including innovative Brazilian partners, through informative booth displays,
- A Stage Corner, enabling interactive presentations and discussions with the Forum’s audience.
High-level segment
Featuring dialogues amongst ministers, senior policymakers, global business leaders and prominent representatives from major organizations, the high-level segment will focus on key solutions to reduce inequalities though sustainable consumption and production, including though implementing circular economy approaches.
The outcome of the OPN Forum will be a document of key messages that will be presented to the G-20 process, the Summit of the Future, and the 7th Session of the UN Environment Assembly.
Plenary discussions
The Forum will comprise three plenary sessions which will provide an opportunity to explore pressing themes related to the Sustainable Consumption and Production agenda, including:
- Towards a global circularity protocol for businesses: Mobilizing commitment to implement and measure circular economy approaches
- Achieving Well-Being, Reducing Inequalities and Transforming Consumption through Circular Policies and Solutions
- Advancing Bioeconomy as an Enabler for Sustainable Consumption and Production
Planned plenary sessions will discuss ‘reducing inequalities and achieving just transitions for all through circular economy’, steps ‘towards a global circularity protocol for business’, and more as we discuss the way forward to addressing challenge with opportunities.
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Select networking opportunities
During the Forum there will be a number of networking opportunities such as high-level dinners and receptions, report launches, and engaging social activity which allows participants to build connections and draw from diverse sectoral and geographical expertise
Forum Attendees
Participation in the Forum will be comprised of both invited guests and those selected by application, and will come from a diverse range of geographies, sectors, and focuses, including:
Recent and upcoming Speakers
Inger Andersen
Executive Director
UN Environment Programme
(remote)
Tarja Halonen
Former President
of Finland (2000-12)
(Speaker at 2022 OPN Forum)
Izabella Teixeira
Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel and former Minister for Environment of Brazil (2010-16)
(Speaker at 2022 OPN Forum)
H.E. Max Andonirina FONTAINE
Minster of Environment & Development of Madagascar
H.E. Saber Hossain Chowdhury
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
H.E. Viriato Luís Soares Cassamá
Minister of Environment, Biodiversity and Climate Action of Guinea-Bissau
Agora Speakers
Aleksei Borisov
Secretary General
United Nations Associations of Russia
Sonia Karin Chapman
Executive Secretary
Rede ACV
Thiago O. Rodrigues
Lead researcher at the Laboratory of Information for Sustainability - LIS
Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
Tulsi Giri
Co-creator and entrepreneur
Food Networks
Lucio Vicente
Executive Director
Akatu Institute
Cedric Fouilland
Executive Secretary
Circe.Med
Participating Agora Organizations
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Africa Nature's Organic Food
Akatu Institute
Anavilhanas Jungle Lodge
Food Networks
Ocean Eyes Production
Rede ACV
Turismo 360
UNA-Russia
Youth4Climate
Viajar Verde
Recoded by Aalto
NATRUE
Circe.med
Bvrio
Canada Heritage Action Foundation
Katalisar
ECOE
More Agora organizations to be announced soon
APPLY TO TAKE PART
Prospective in-person and virtual attendees are invited to complete the application form, which will be processed on a rolling basis until the event limit has been reached
CONTACT INFORMATION
oneplanet@un.org
