New York Screening Premiere of Lago Enriquillo: A Prelude to Climate Change at the United Nations Event on Climate Change

The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development and its sister organization Fundación Global Democracia y Desarollo (Funglode) are delighted to announce the participation of Dominican filmmaker Mr. Fernando Baez for the New York Screening Premiere of Lago Enriquillo: A Prelude to Climate Change at the United Nations on June 29, 2015.The event, which will follow the UN
General Assembly’s High-Level Event on Climate Change, is being organized by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization Fundación Global Democracia y Desarollo (Funglode) in partnership with the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations.

The film screening will be accompanied by a panel discussion on climate change, seeking to present how this issue has affected the planet and what
efforts need to be made in Paris by the international community to reach a bold and ambitious climate treaty.

About Lago Enriquillo: A Prelude to Climate Change:
Flora, fauna and legends are overshadowed by the effects of climate change in the largest lake in the Antilles. Experts immersed in their research watch the lake’s rising water levels as a window into the consequences of climate change. Lago Enriquillo
looks at how the rising water is affecting the area’s inhabitants while attracting the attention of the global scientific community.

When: June 29, 2015 – 6.30PM-9PM
Where: ECOSOC Chamber, UN Secretariat Building, New York.

Questions? Contact: mjourdan@globalfoundationdd.org, Phone: +1 212 751
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