A COP28 FIRESIDE DISCUSSION: B-READY

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Join us for a fireside chat, followed by a moderated discussion.

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    Sunday, December 3, 2023

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    Time: 5:00 PM UAE | 1:00 PM GMT | 8:00 AM US EST
    Place: Business Pavilion Auditorium (Blue zone), Expo City, Dubai and Livestream

Background

The need for humanitarian assistance is increasing to a new order of magnitude, driven by the interlinked challenges of climate, conflict, inequality and the continued impacts of the pandemic. Disasters disproportionately impact the poorest and most at-risk people, thus worsening inequality.

If you are attending COP-28, we invite you to join Oxfam, a global confederation of twenty-one (21) sister organizations that fight inequality to end poverty and injustice, and Visa Inc, a financial technology global leader, for our event: “Building Resilient, Adaptive and Disaster Ready Communities: Innovations in digital financial inclusion to address humanitarian and climate crises.”

Objectives

The event will highlight how Oxfam and Visa are partnering to scale-up B-READY (Building Resilient, Adaptive and Disaster Ready Communities): an innovation uniting meteorological forecasting with community inputs and digital financial inclusion to provide humanitarian assistance to more than 1 million individuals and microenterprises in the crucial window before a disaster strikes.

The event seeks to bring different actors across the climate, development, private and humanitarian sectors, with a focus on voices from affected communities, to explore ways to evolve the global financial architecture to save lives, build resiliency, and drastically decrease the impact of emergencies on homes, businesses, livelihoods, and governments.

MODERATOR

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Dr. Chelsea Clinton

Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Health Access Initiative

Panelists

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Rajiv Garodia

Senior Vice President and Global Head, Government and Public Sector Solutions at Visa

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Abby Maxman

President & CEO, Oxfam America

Atty. Melchor Mergal

Attorney Melchor Mergal

Provincial Board Member, Eastern Samar province, Philippines

Investing in Anticipatory Action

The COP28 offers an unparalleled opportunity to ensure that loss and damages are also addressed before they occur, investing in enhanced early warning systems and anticipatory action, especially for those most affected.

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