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THE BRIEF by Maya Plentz episodes
- 🔒 Innovation: Florian Kemmerich, Partner at Bamboo Capital
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Bamboo CapitalThe UN Brief interviews Florian Kemmerich, Partner at Bamboo Capital, an impact investment firm that works with the UN. We spoke about #COP26 and their new partnership with Palladium.
16 min - 🔒 WTO World Trade Report
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We interviewed José-Antonio Monteiro, economist in the Economic Research and Statistics Division of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Besides providing economic advice to dispute settlement panels, he conducts research on international trade issues, including sustainable e-commerce, environment and labour.
He also coordinated the joint WTO/World Bank Report on "Women and Trade", and the 2017 and 2021 World Trade Reports.
Before joining the WTO, he worked at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in the Trade and Labour Programme, with a particular focus on labour provisions in regional trade agreements.
He holds a PhD in economics in the area of trade and environment from the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland), as well as a Master on economics and finance from the University of Geneva (Switzerland).
11 min - 🔒 The UN Brief interviewed César Antonio Núñez, Director of the New York Office at UNAIDS
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UNAIDS Marks World AIDS Day With the 2021 Report
“Some countries…have made remarkable progress against AIDS…However, new HIV infections are not falling fast enough globally to stop the pandemic, with 1.5 million new HIV infections in 2020 and growing HIV infection rates in some countries. Infections are also following lines of inequality. Six in seven new HIV infections among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa are occurring among adolescent girls. Gay men and other men who have sex with men, sex workers and people who use drugs face a 25–35 times greater risk of acquiring HIV worldwide.” UNAIDS 2021 Report
Today we mark 40 years of living with the impact of HIV/AIDS. The UN Brief interviewed César Antonio Núñez, Director of the New York Office at UNAIDS, to speak about this year’s main topics in the report: inequality, mother-child transmission, and preparedness.
Follow us on Twitter @TheUNBrief and @MayaPlentz9 min - 🔒 Minister-Counsellor for Disarmament Affairs Mr. Kimmo Laukkanen, of the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations Office in Geneva
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Negotiations in the realm of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, UN Office of Disarmament Affairs, are taking place in Geneva.
Listen to my interview with Minister-Counsellor for Disarmament Affairs Mr. Kimmo Laukkanen, of the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations Office in Geneva, on the negotiations underway at the Conference on Disarmament and the Convention on Conventional Weapons.
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19 min - 🔒 UN Human Rights and AI
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Interview with Tim Engelhardt
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30 min - 🔒 Interview with Matthew Baldwin, First Day at COP26
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Interview with Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director-General, European Commission, Mobility and Transport DG
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13 min - 🔒 It is a Wrap: COP26 Last Day with Matthew Baldwin, European Commission
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Interview with Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director-General, European Commission, Mobility and Transport DG, 16 November 2021
EU Mission: Climate-Neutral and Smart CitiesSave the Date
25 November 2021: Horizon Europe Will Announce a Call for Expressions of Interest
EU to Launch 350 Million Euros Funding to Make 100 Cities Climate Neutral
The EU is ready to deploy financing and grants through its Horizon Europe funding framework programme for tech companies and other innovators that will help cities achieve the ambitious goal of 100 cities climate neutral by 2030.
A feasible goal if mayors and others are on board, particularly the private sector. Horizon Europe is the EU’s funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of €95.5 billion for the period from 2021-2027.
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10 min - 🔒 $5 Billion bond proposal by UNICEF and ITU to finance connectivity and map out the schools on the Global South
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To find out more about financing these ambitious mega-projects, that will require cooperation from the private sector, governments, and UN agencies, we spoke with Alex Wong, co-lead of Giga Connect, and Maikel Wilms, Partner and Director at the Boston Consulting Group.
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15 min - 🔒 Sandrine Salerno Leads Sustainable Finance Geneva: Sign-up for their flagship conference Building Bridges
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In Geneva: Building Bridges
From November 29 the flagship event by Sustainable Finance Geneva, Building Bridges, will make the city a hub for everyone who wants to understand and participate on discussions about how to finance climate change mitigation.
Four days of events, starting with a summit, then crowdsourced events throughout the city, will bring politicians, NGOs, banking, fintech, and the UN and its agencies together to speak impact financing.
The UN Brief interviewed Sandrine Salerno, former Mayor of Geneva, and current Director of Geneva Sustainable Finance, to speak about the organisation and what is on the agenda for Building Bridges Week.
Follow us on Twitter @TheUNBrief and @MayaPlentz12 min - 🔒 Financing the SDGs at #COP26
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The UN Brief interviews Florian Kemmerich, Partner at Bamboo Capital, an impact investment firm that works with the UN. We spoke about #COP26 and their new partnership with Palladium.
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About THE BRIEF by Maya Plentz
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Maya Plentz is the founder and chief editor of THE BRIEF, a weekly newsletter with exclusive interviews and analysis focusing on tech policy, and the global digital economy. She has over two…
decades of experience in the news media sector. Her work has aired at UN Radio, BBC World, RFI and Bloomberg TV.
During her tenure as a producer and presenter at Bloomberg TV in New York, she covered Google, Microsoft, and the 2000 dot-com boom. She also produced a daily segment on science, medicine, and technology.
At the UN News and Media Division in New York, she served as a broadcast producer and website news editor, conducting interviews with UN officials, government representatives, and diplomats. Her programs reached millions of viewers weekly across the globe, airing on UN national broadcast partners in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
As a member of the European Commission High-Level Group of Experts, under the leadership of Pascal Lamy, former WTO Director General and Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research and Innovation, she was tasked with reviewing the EU's research and innovation funding framework, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. She provided advisory on communication strategies to promote innovation funding at the EU.
During her tenure as a producer and presenter at Bloomberg TV in New York, she covered Google, Microsoft, and the 2000 dot-com boom. She also produced a daily segment on science, medicine, and technology.
At the UN News and Media Division in New York, she served as a broadcast producer and website news editor, conducting interviews with UN officials, government representatives, and diplomats. Her programs reached millions of viewers weekly across the globe, airing on UN national broadcast partners in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
As a member of the European Commission High-Level Group of Experts, under the leadership of Pascal Lamy, former WTO Director General and Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research and Innovation, she was tasked with reviewing the EU's research and innovation funding framework, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. She provided advisory on communication strategies to promote innovation funding at the EU.