Side event at the Summit of the Future Action Days

Risk and Resilience: Addressing the potential impact of corruption on financing for development and climate action

When: Saturday, 21 September 2024, 14:30-15:45 (New York time) | Where: CR 6, UN Headquarters, New York

The event is organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Bank, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Norway, the United Arab Emirates, International Monetary Fund, United Nations Development Programme, Green Climate Fund, UNCAC Coalition, and Transparency International.

We are pleased to host a high-level side event on the margins of the Summit of the Future Action Days. The Action Days provide a valuable opportunity to bring together Member States, civil society, private sector, academia, local and regional authorities, youth and other stakeholders, fostering cooperation, engagement and inclusion in the implementation of the Pact for the Future.

This session will build on the momentum achieved over the last year to catalyze a global conversation between climate, international development, and anti-corruption stakeholders to work collaboratively to prevent corruption from undermining climate and development outcomes and fueling environmental crimes. By doing so, the event seeks to address the potential impact of corruption risks on financing for development and climate action. In this way, it is expected to strengthen the role played by the fight against corruption in the full and complete implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Objectives of the side event

Provide insights into potential risk trends
Provide insights into how emerging anti-corruption tools can safeguard climate action and sustainable development finance outcomes while ensuring human rights are upheld
Bring together government representatives, international development organizations, civil society and other stakeholders to discuss anti-corruption efforts that are being taken to advance climate action and need to be scaled up to help set into practice the Pact for the Future.
Understand the impacts that corruption entails to financing for developing countries
Highlight findings from a joint paper on climate action and corruption risks prepared by UNODC and the World Bank

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14.30 - 14.35	Introduction to the topic and panel participants Moderator: Ms. Francine Pickup, Deputy Director, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP
14.35 - 14.40	Opening remarks Ms. Ghada Waly, Executive Director, UNODC
14.40 - 15.10	Panel 1: How does corruption impact financing for development and climate change? H.E. Mr. Pavel Isa, Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Dominican Republic H.E. Mr. Badr Abdelatty, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates, Egypt H.E Salem Saeed Ghafan Al Jabri, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Security and Military Affairs, UAE Ms. Tine Mørch Smith, Director General, Department for Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway Ms. Corinna Gilfillan, Senior Analyst, UNCAC Coalition’s Environmental Crime and Corruption Working Group
15.10 - 15.30	Panel 2: Examples of anti-corruption tools that are serving to counter corruption linked to financing for development and climate change H.E. Mr. Vinícius Marques de Carvalho, Minister of State, Office of the Comptroller General (CGU), Brazil Mr. Arturo Herrera, Global Director, Governance, The World Bank Dr. Ketakandriana Rafitoson, Vice-Chair, Transparency International
15.30 - 15.40	Q&A

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Office on Drugs and Crime

Corruption and Economic Crime Branch

Side event at the Summit of the Future Action Days

When: Saturday, 21 September 2024, 14:30-15:45 (New York time) | Where: CR 6, UN Headquarters, New York

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