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OpeningMr. Salaheddine Mezouar, President of COP 22 and CMP 12KeynotesHis Excellency Mr. Issoufou Mahamadou, President of Niger, speaking on behalf of the African GroupHis Excellency Prince Albert II, Sovereign Prince Monaco, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity GroupHis Excellency Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of DjiboutiHer Excellency Ms. Michelle Bachelet, President of ChileHis Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of KuwaitHis Excellency Mr. Macky Sall, President of SenegalHis Excellency Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial GuineaHis Excellency Mr. Alassane Ouattara, President of Cote d'IvoireHis Excellency Mr. Gjorge Ivanov, President of the Former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaHis Excellency Mr. Baron D. Waqa, President of NauruHis Excellency Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of ZambiaHis Excellency Mr. Danny Rollen Faure, President of SeychellesHis Excellency Mr. Robert Gabriel Mugabe, President of ZimbabweHis Excellency Mr. Taneti Maamau, President of KiribatiHis Excellency Mr. Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of NigeriaHis Excellency Mr. Patrice Talon, President of BeninHis Excellency Mr. Azali Assoumani, President of ComorosHis Excellency Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, President of Burkina FasoHis Excellency Mr. Filip Vujanovíc, President of MontenegroHis Excellency Mr. Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina, President of MadagascarHis Excellency Mr. Peter M. Christian, President of the Federated States of MicronesiaHis Excellency Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra LeoneHer Excellency Ms. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of LiberiaHis Excellency King Letsie III, King of LesothoHis Excellency Mr Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo His Excellency Mr. David Arthur Granger, President of GuyanaHis Excellency Mr. Mohammed Fuad Masum, President of IraqHis Excellency Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Republic of GabonHis Excellency Mr. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bachir, President of SudanHer Excellency Ms. Hilda Heine, President of the Marshall IslandsHis Excellency Mr. Tommy E. Remengesau Jr., President of PalauHis Excellency Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of KenyaHis Excellency Mr. António Costa, Prime Minister of PortugalHis Excellency Mr. Andrew Michael Holness, Prime Minister of JamaicaHis Excellency Mr. Enele Sosene Sopoaga, Prime Minister of TuvaluHis Excellency Mr. Allen Chastanet, Prime Minister of Saint LuciaHis Excellency Mr. Patrice Emery Trovoada, Prime Minister of Sao Tome and PrincipeHis Excellency Mr. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHis Excellency Mr. Gaston A. Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and BarbudaHis Excellency Mr. Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of SamoaHis Excellency Mr Youssef Chahed, Prime Minister of TunisiaHer Excellency Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of BangladeshHis Excellency Mr. Josaia V. Bainimarama, Prime Minister of FijiHis Excellency Mr. Henry Puna, Prime Minister of Cook IslandsHis Excellency Mr. Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, Prime Minister of SwazilandHis Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Prime Minister of the Holy See

This special event showed how women are leading the way on climate action worldwide. The event was divided into two segments. The first was a high - level panel discussion that explored how gender equality and the empowerment of women is critical when addressing climate change and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. The second segment demonstrated on - the - ground examples of climate solutions that are led by, and empower, women by the 2016 winners of the Momentum for Change Women for Results focus area.ModeratorLorena Aguilar, Global Senior Gender Adviser, International Union for the Conservation of NatureOpening remarksPatricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, UNFCCCRemarksJulie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Government of AustraliaSpeakersLilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Government of The NetherlandsNawal Al Hosany, Director of Sustainability & Brand, Masdar and Programme Director of WiSERWandee Khunchornyakong, CEO, Solar Power Company GroupJacqueline Novogratz, CEO, AcumenLakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director, UN WomenLaurence Tubiana, Climate Champion, Government of France (TBC)Hakima El Haite, Delegate Minister in Charge of Environment, Climate Champion, Government of Morocco (TBC)