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Monday, 9 December 20192:45-4:00 p.m.

SDG Pavilion, Hall 8, COP25

Stefanos Fotiou, Director, Environment and Development Division, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asiaand the Pacific

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FIRESIDE CHAT WITH

Given the role of the ocean as the largest natural climate regulator on earth, and recognizing the interconnectedways in which the ocean and cryosphere are expected to change in a warming climate, the IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change released a Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate , inSeptember. This event aims to promote the report among policy-makers and other stakeholders, and to identifyways to support further implementation of the 2030 Agenda, in particular Sustainable Development Goal 14, andthe Paris Agreement based on the findings of the report.

Amb. Peter ThomsonUN Secretary-General's Special

Envoy for the Ocean

Dr. Hoesung LeeChair of the Intergovernmental

Panel on Climate Change