SPEAKERS

​ N.B. Biographies provided below and / or hyperlinked to relevant websites.   Alison Johnstone MSP Alison Johnstone MSP was elected to the role of Presiding Officer of the Scottish

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From Kunming to Glasgow: The Challenge for Legislators – Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity

‘Your challenge – and your capacity – is to integrate areas of knowledge and levels of governance, designing nature-based solutions across land- and seascapes. This requires laws, regulations, the assignment of ways and means, and oversight, that only legislators can provide’.

Ahead of the GLOBE COP26 Legislators Summit at the Scottish Parliament (5-6 November 2021), and on the heels of the recently-concluded COP15 in Kunming, we are delighted to host this special Blog by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biodiversity, linking the Kunming and Glasgow agendas and the challenge for legislators.

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