GFDD/Funglode to Organize Special Presentation of Lago Enriquillo: A Prelude to Climate at United Nations during High-Level Event on Climate Change

Seeking to provide a space for showcasing climate action and concrete initiatives, GFDD/Funglode are putting together a special UN side event on Monday June 29 that will join high-level policy experts and government representatives with the Director of Lago Enriquillo: A Prelude to Climate for an engaged debate on the topic of climate change.

The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development and its sister organization
Fundación Global Democracia y Desarollo (Funglode) will host Dominican filmmaker Mr. Fernando Báez for a Special Presentation 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.

In addition to Mr. Báez, the speakers will include:

Mr. Omar Ramírez, Executive Vice-President of the National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism of the Dominican Republic;
H.E. Ambassador Ahmed Sareer, Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Maldives to the United Nations and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island
States;
Mr. Jamil Ahmad, Deputy Director UNEP New York Office.

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 5000