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GLOBAL LAUNCH
2020 Human Development Report
‘The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene’
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
12:30pm EST / 5:30pm GMT / 6:30pm CET
For the first time in a relationship spanning 300,000 years, instead of the planet shaping humans, humans are shaping the planet. This is the Anthropocene: the age of humans.
The 30th anniversary edition of the Human Development Report, looks at how humanity can navigate this new age, unpacking the relationships between people and the planet and where we go from here to transform pathways for human progress.
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High-Level Segment - The next frontier for human development
OPENING REMARKS
HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
STATEMENTS
Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Sweden, co-host of the launch event
HE Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados
Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa
Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator
REPORT’S KEY FINDINGS
Pedro Conceição, Director of the Human Development Report Office, UNDP
VIDEO MESSAGES
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, actor, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador
Yemi Alade, Singer-songwriter, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador
Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Envoy on Youth
Featuring appearances by UNDP Turkey Life Below Water Advocate Şahika Ercümen, UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador for Pakistan Samina Baig and UNDP Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Arab States Michael Haddad.
REFLECTIONS
Per Olsson Fridh, State Secretary to Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden
Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
Leaders Dialogue - Expanding human freedom in balance with the planet – Mechanisms for change:
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies, Singapore; Co-Chair of the 2020 HDR Advisory Board
Andrea Meza Murillo, Minister for Energy and the Environment, Costa Rica
Roberto Marques, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for Natura &Co
Belinda Reyers, Professor in Sustainability Science at Future Africa, University of Pretoria
Moderated by Femi Oke, Journalist and founder of Moderate the Panel
Speakers
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