„Resource Mobilization Innovation and Emerging Technologies for Whole of Society Global Challenges Action“
Organizers:
- IAAI GloCha
- Mission of The Bahamas
- UN Environment Early Warning and Data Analytics Branch
- Climate Chain Coalition
- et al.
About the Event
This event addresses the systemic need for securing on a massive scale financial and other resources for the knowledge based and technology enabled multi-stakeholder provision of (global) public goods. The GloCha Global Challenges Action Innovation Partnership is leading with the Climate Chain Coalition (UNFCCC accredited network of organizations harnessing the potentials of blockchain technology and other emerging technologies for climate action), in cooperation with the UN Geospatial network, private sector partners, official technical assistance providers like GIZ and research partners like IRCAI Ljubljana/Slovenia) and IIASA (Laxenburg/Austria) the formation of an ecosystem for innovative, cities and citizens/youth focused resource mobilization for global challenges action empowerment (SDG 9), which aims to complement the efforts of the UN system in mobilizing the means for global goals implementation (SDG 17).
This, resource mobilization and emerging technologies focused GloCha side event to the UN STI Forum 2025 complements the GloCha Partnership presentation, which was held in the context of the UN Partnership Forum in February 2025, where the Global Challenges Action Day initiative has been presented with the vision to build the biggest movement for people and planet in human history, everyone joining forces for the local and global common good. The side event serves also as an invitation to UN Member states and other relevant stakeholders to join the GloCha workshop “Localization of Climate Action, Emerging Technologies and Resource Mobilization Innovation” which will be held in the context of the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Conference SB62, 17 & 18 of June 2025 at the premises of GIZ in Bonn with the aim to form a Green Climate Fund project consortium for emerging technology enabled locally led climate action empowerment.
The world needs a big vision with a reasonable implementation plan.
Agenda
Welcome
- Susanna Choe GloCha Fdt. NY & Bioregional Embassy (moderator)
- H.E. Amb. Stan Smith, Permanent Mission of The Bahamas to the UN in NY
Thematic Introduction
- Miroslav Polzer IAAI GloCha (virtual) & Susanna Choe GloCha Fdt. NY & Bioregional Embassy, Presentation of the Global Challenges Action Innovation Partnership and its Blueprint for Super Large Scale Resource Mobilization for Global Challenges Action and Emerging Tech/AI Capacity Building and Invitation to the GloCha GCF Projects Development Workshop in Bonn, held in the context of the UNFCCC SB62 Conference
- Alexey Shadrin, Evercity & Climate Chain Coalition (virtual)
- UNEP Climate Finance Unit https://financefornature.unep.org/climate-finance-unit (tbc)
- Sören Gigler, GIZ, Official Development Assistance Innovation for Digital Public Infrastructure Development, Data Economy Capacity Building and Data Governance (virtual)
Geospatial info / One Map, Data Science and AI as Enabler of Climate entrepreneurship and Bioregional Finance Innovation
- Guillaume Le Sourd, UN-GGIM Secretariat and UN Geospatial Network
- Charles Brigham, ESRI, GIS Tools for Interoperability
- Joao Pita Costa, International Research Center on AI under the Patronage of UNESCO (IRCAI), Ljubljana – AI as enabler of SDGs implementation (virtual)
- Kahlil Calavas, TerraLux, Spatial Network, Place-based Mapping
- Michael Zargham, Blockscience
- Shawn Anderson & Darren Zal, Gaia AI
Mobilizing Finance for and with Cities, Citizens and (Micro) Impact Entrepreneurs
- Benjamin Life, Allo Capital (virtual)
- Syd Griffith, Kinship Earth, Permatours, Flow Funding
- Scarlett Lanzas, IEEE Planet Positive 2030 – Place Based Policies & Standards
- Makoto Okubo, Nippon Life, Insurance
- Nadejda Komendantova, IIASA, Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group – Digital Innovations for Participatory Decision Support Systems (virtual)