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Webinar "Save Children’s Lives: Climate-Responsible Banking Survival Guide", organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities, provided an update on the May 2022 appeal “Climate-Responsible Finance - A moral imperative and responsibility to all children and the living world.”
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - Welcome - Dr. Iyad Abu Moghli, Director & Founder, UNEP Faith for Earth Coalition
00:03:56 - Objectives of the webinar - Dia Mirza, Model and Actress, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador - India
00:06:05 - Background on the 9 May appeal - Frederique Seidel, World Council of Churches, Programme Executive for Child Rights/Leader of WCC-UNICEF partnership
00:09:18 - The challenge: two thirds of CO2 emissions are caused by fossil fuels - Dr. Anne Olhoff, Chief Climate Advisor, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre
00:19:18 - Young voice from Kenya - Ellyanne Wanjiku Chlystun, Africa's Youngest Climate Finance & Health Champion (short video contribution)
00:20:59 - The power of Climate Responsible-Banking - Eric Usher, Head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
00:26:07 - What does faith have to do with banking choices? - Foday Bangura, Coordinator and co-author of the Children's Declaration to the New Global Financing Summit
00:31:22 - Inspire through success story - Rosie Venner, National Program Manager UK, Just Money Movement
00:37:33 - Q&A / Discussion + How can faith help to stop the still ongoing increase of CO2 emissions? - Contribution from Anne Keary from Canada
00:47:41 - Global trends in climate litigation and relevance to finance industry and asset owners - Andrew Raine, Deputy Director of the UNEP Law Division
01:00:58 - Legal example 1: Banks financing fossil fuel expansion through Saudi Aramco - Megan Clay, Head of the ClientEarth's Accountable Finance team
01:09:21 - Legal example 2: BNP Paribas - François De Cambiaire, Attorney, Seattle Avocats
01:21:45 - Q&A and discussion: Shifting now or being held accountable later? - Contribution by Bach Lam from Vietnam, UN Youth Ambassador
01:25:55 - Announcement of new engagement resource / take away to support implementation of this event’s findings - Maurice Bloem, interim CEO, JLI and Chief Sustainability and Impact Officer of Church World Service
01:31:51 - Next steps: Frederique Seidel
01:33:18 - Closing remarks
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