2019 Parallel and side events
5th European Forest Week – Forêt2019: “Forests and the Circular Economy”
Joint Session of the UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry and the FAO European Forestry Commission
Monday, 4 November
10:00-10:30 Opening of EFW Exhibit
- Organizer: UNECE/FAO
- Location: Salle des Pas Perdus, Building A, 3rd Floor, Palais des Nations
13:15-14:45 World Café on Forests for Fashion
- Organizer: PEFC, ZOI Environment, UNECE/FAO
- Location: Room IV, Building C, 3rd Floor, Palais des Nations
18:30-20:30 Evening Reception
- Organizer: United States
- Location: U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva
Tuesday, 5 Novmeber
13:15-14:45 Financing for wood-based circular economy – World Bank experiences in the Europe and Central Asia region
- Organizer: World Bank Group
- Location: Room XII, Building A, 3rd Floor, Palais des Nations
13:15-14:45 Green Forest Jobs in a Circular Economy: student perspectives on the future of forest work
- Organizer: UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Green Jobs, EFI-IUFRO-IFSA-project on the future of employment in the forest sector
- Location: Room IV, Building C, 3rd Floor, Palais des Nations
Wednesday, 6 November
13:15-14:45 IBFRA Insight Process: Sustainable boreal forest management – challenges and opportunities for climate change mitigation
- Organizers: Peter Högberg and Lina A. Ceder on behalf of IBFRA
- Location: Room XII, Building A, 3rd Floor, Palais des Nations
13:15-14:45 Sustainable Wood for a Sustainable World (SW4SW): Sustainable wood value chains contributions to advance the bioeconomy and speed up achievement of the SDGs and climate change objectives
- Organizer: Thais Linhares, FAO
- Location: Room XII, Building A, 3rd Floor, Palais des Nations
18:30-20:00 Evening Reception
- Organizer: FAO
- Location: Delegates Restaurant, Building A, 8th Floor, Palais des Nations
Thursday, 7 November
13:15-14:45 Protective Functions of Forests in a Changing Climate: The European experience
- Organizer: Yuka Makino, FAO
- Location: Room IV, Building C, 3rd Floor, Palais des Nations