Launch of the Call: Conference of 8th December 2015

The Call was officially launched on 8th December 2015, during a conference (6-8pm), which took place at the Grand Palais in Paris, as part of Solutions COP21 exhibition.

18:00 – WELCOMING


Sylvianne VILLAUDIÈRE
General coordinator of Solutions COP21, former President and Founder – Femmes, Débat & Société

Retrospective video on the engagement of women facing climate and health issues
Welcoming message from the Climate Health Call founding women networks

OPENING

Monique BARBUT
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

18:20 – ROUND TABLES

1st round table: ISSUES at STAKE

Jean-François TOUSSAINT (to be confirmed)
Doctor, Director of IRMES, member of the French High Council on Public Health
Marie-Claire DAVEU
Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of international institutional affairs, Kering – Kering Foundation
Dr. Robert SEBBAG
Vice-President Access to Medicines – Sanofi-Aventis
Michèle SABBAN
President – R20 (Regions of Climate Action)

2nd round table: SOLUTIONS and ADAPTATION

Chantal JOUANNO
Senator, author of the Information Report on equality between women and men for climate justice
François GARREAU
Head of CSR with the Directorate General – Generali France
Myriam MAESTRONI
President – Économie d’Énergie SAS
Yannick GLEMAREC
UN Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director – UN Women

19:40 – CALL for ACTION and CLOSING

Getting involved and mobilising stakeholders
Presentation of the Call by:

and supporting women networks presidents
and founding networks presidents:

Isabelle GUITTON-BERNET, president, Femmes & Développement Durable
Isabelle BLIN
, president, SupplémentdElles
Catherine DUMAS
, president, Femmes, Débat et Société

Pascale BOISTARD
Secretary of State for Women’s Rights