6th Greater Mekong Subregion Environment Ministers’ Meeting – Online Meeting Agenda
The 6th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Environment Ministers' Meeting (EMM6) is hosted by the Kingdom of Cambodia and will be attended by the Environment Ministers and senior officials of the GMS countries; representatives from development partner organizations (DPs), civil society organizations and the private sector; and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) officials.
The 6th Greater Mekong Subregion Environment Ministers’ Meeting consists of three days of events leading up to the official EMM-6, which will take place on Friday, 13 September 2024.
We are pleased to invite you to join the sessions as an online participant. Please see the agenda below and click on the links to register to participate through Zoom.
International Workshop on Climate Actions and Environmental Sustainability in the GMS
Day 1 | Tuesday, 10 September 2024
The workshop will look back on the initiatives, successes, and lessons learned during the GMS Environment Program Phases I-III (2006-2025), highlighting the strategic environmental achievements and institutional strengthening within the GMS countries. Participants will discuss gaps and priorities for further cooperation, setting up the way forward for future phases of the program.
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Time (Phnom Penh time GMT+7) |
Track 1 |
Track 2 |
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08:45 – 09:45 |
Opening session Keynote speech: “Accelerating climate action and promoting environmental sustainability in the GMS” |
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09:45-10:30 |
Break |
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10:30-12:00 |
Session A |
Session B |
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12:00-13:00 |
Lunch break |
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13:00-14:30 |
Session C |
Session D Enhancing Environmental Quality through Pollution Control and Waste Management |
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14:30-14:45 |
Break |
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14:45-16:15
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Session E Deploying Digital Technologies for Climate Action and Environmental Sustainability |
Session F Innovative Climate and Disaster Risk Financing Instruments |
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16:15-17:30 |
Report at the Plenary Wrap-up of Day 1 and conclusions |
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Technical Parallel sessions
Day 2 | Wednesday, 11 September 2024
On the second day, partners will host technical sessions with a broad range of stakeholders as a platform for discussing regional priorities for action up to 2030 and beyond. Topics will include a development partner dialogue, private sector dialogue, youth, gender and social inclusion, plastic pollution, holistic resilience, net-zero transition, innovative financing mechanisms, digital technologies for climate action, and more.
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Time (Phnom Penh time GMT+7) |
Track 1 |
Track 2 |
Track 3 |
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08:45 – 10:30 |
Development Partners Roundtable Session host: Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
Disaster Risk Management Session host: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) |
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Session host: WWF |
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10:30-11:00 |
Break |
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11:00-12:30 |
Private Sector Roundtable Session host: ADB |
Holistic Resilience Session host: World Bank |
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) (continued) |
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12:30-13:30 |
Lunch break |
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13:30-15:00 |
Gender and Climate Action Session host: ADB |
Innovative Finance Mechanisms Session host: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) |
Plastic Pollution Session host:
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15:00-15:30 |
Break |
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15:30-17:00
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Youth and Climate Action Session host:
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Climate Transition and Cooperation in GMS Session host:
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Plastic Pollution (continued) |
28th Annual Meeting of the GMS Working Group on Environment – Open sessions
Day 3 | Thursday, 12 September 2024 | Afternoon sessions only
The 28th Annual Meeting of the GMS WGE will look back on the current, third phase of the GMS Environment Program, with a focus on progress in environmental quality management and financing of low-carbon and climate resilient infrastructure and technologies. The meeting will discuss the ways forward for the next phase of the program, as well as seek the endorsement of the GMS 2030 Strategic Framework for Accelerating Climate Actions and Environmental Sustainability and the Phnom Penh Joint Statement on Prevention of Plastic Pollution in the GMS. The afternoon sessions, titled Environmental quality management & circular economy and Financing low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure and technology, are open to all participants.
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Time (Phnom Penh time GMT+7) |
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13:00-14:00 |
Environmental quality management & circular economy |
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14:00-15:00 |
Financing low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure and technology |
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15:00-15:30 |
Summary of Discussion |
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15:30-16:30 |
Summary of Discussion Concluding Remarks |
Last Updated: 8 September 2024