60 Solutions Against Climate Change: Exhibition Opening

Organizer(s) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Agence Française de Développement Représentation permanente de la France ausprès des Nations Unies à Genève et des organisations internationales en Suisse Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Venue

11:30 a.m. Passerelle of the Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland

Date

13 October 2015

To celebrate International Day for Disaster Reduction, UNISDR will join the French and the Philippines Missions in Geneva and the French Agency for Development (AFD) and officially open Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s new exhibition “Sixty solutions against climate change”. It will be exhibited for one week, from the 13-20 October, on the Passerelle of the Palais des Nations, the United Nations’ office in Geneva.

The exhibition opening will be followed by a short ceremony attended by the Ambassadors of France and the Philippines.

The exhibition includes 21 photos from the book “Sixty solutions against climate change” and presents concrete solutions to mitigate climate change impacts.

Harnessing local and indigenous knowledge, which is the theme of International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, is among the solutions that will be highlighted to reduce disaster impacts at the COP 21 in Paris in December.

Source

http://www.afd.fr/lang/en/home/projets_afd/AFD-et-environnement/changement_clim…