UNESCO and Nanjing Peace Forum
Online
October 22, 2021
9:00 CAT
The Forum is designed to seek ideas on how to reshape the world towards one marked by intercultural understanding, tolerance, solidarity, social justice, and inclusion. It is a periodic coming together, underpinning a permanent process of strengthening dialogue and capacities for all relevant stakeholders towards building and sustaining peace.
In order to enhance the notion and importance of “Ecocivlisation” for peace, this year’s overarching theme for the 2021 Nanjing Peace Forum is “Living in Harmony with Nature for Peace”. The notion of Ecological Civilisation purports to dissociate economic development from environmental degradation, with five overlapping pillars – Environment, Economy, Society, Culture and Governance. This theoretical framework – that is very close to the concept of Sustainable Development – seeks to promote harmony between humanity and nature.
Simultaneous Interpretation: English and French
First Panel – Ethics, Politics, Economics, and Peace
Panelists:
Prof. Johan Hattingh (South Africa), Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Stellenbosch University; Chairperson of UNESCO’s Drafting Group of the 2017 Declaration of Ethical Principles in relation to Climate Change
Mr Trust Mamombe (Zimbabwe), Director for Southern Africa, Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)
Mr Jesutimilehin O. Akamo (Ethiopia), Researcher, Africa Peace and Security Programme (APSP), Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Moderator: Mr Phinith Chanthalangsy, UNESCO
Second Panel – Biodiversity, Knowledge, Culture, and Peace
Panelists:
Ms Ayeta Anne Wangusa (Uganda), Member, UNESCO Reflection Group on Culture and Climate Change
Handaine Mohamed (Morocco), Chairperson, Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC)
Mr Charles Lukania Oluchina (Kenya), Regional Programme Coordinator, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Mr Li Bolun (China), Co-founder, Diinsider
Moderator: Mr Hugue Charnie Ngandeu Ngatta, UNESCO
