November 14: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Egyptian Time)
November 14: 2:00 a.m. - 3:00 a.m. (Pacific Time)
November 14: 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (China Standard Time)

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This event will be held in-person within the Blue Zone of COP27, at The Climate Registry Pavilion. 

Recording now available: https://www.gotostage.com/channel/0848dd1784a34d308b779cc9f4a4f0cf/recording/86f8f2fd1ebb43d680667af4b53c727a/watch

California and China are influential global climate leaders with a history of working together on climate initiatives. Last April, California and China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment signed a memorandum of understanding reconfirming their commitment to climate action and collaboration. The MOU explicitly mentions nature-based climate solutions as one of the priority areas of interest. While both jurisdictions are taking steps to integrate nature-based solutions in their climate goals and strategies, the pace and scale of action needs to be substantially increased to meet the climate commitments made in the 2015 Paris Agreement. This panel will share the many NbS happening in California and China, the ways policy and incentives can accelerate action, and how California-China collaboration on NbS can catalyze even greater global action.  

AGENDA

Discussion is Opened by Moderator, Katherine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy 

Opening Statement by all Panelists:

• Xu Jintao, Professor Peking University
• Majority Leader Eloise Reyes, California Assembly Majority Leader 
• Warren Evans, Special Senior Advisor for Climate Change, Asian Development Bank 

Interactive Discussion with guided questions 

Closing Question for all panelists 

Closing Remarks, Mary Nichols, Vice Chair, California-China Climate Institute