Panel discussion - Insuring nature to reduce risks. Risk transfer solutions for coral reefs

Location

CICG, Geneva, Switzerland (Room C)

Date & Time

5 October 2022
09:00-10:30 CEST

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The panel discussion on the report Insuring Nature to Reduce Risks - Risk Transfer Solutions for Coral Reefs at the 3rd edition of the Building Bridges Week on 5 October 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland, shed light on how insurance and risk transfer solutions can be developed for protecting coral reefs and examined how efficient investments in reef risk reduction can lead to a nature-positive world.

Speakers:

  • Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations (Geneva) 
  • Ambassador Hans-Peter Jugel, Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations (Geneva)
  • Hendra Y Siry, Secretary of Directorate General of Marine Spatial Management, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia
  • Tobias Meier, Senior Key Account Manager Public Sector Solutions, Swiss Re
  • Chip Cunliffe, Programme Director, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance
  • Tenke Zoltani, Senior Development Finance Advisor, UNDP
  • Moderator: Jan Kellett, Team Leader, IRFF, UNDP
  • Introduction: Faraz Amjad, author and Natural Capital, Risk and Resilience Specialist, IRFF, UNDP