Grete Faremo, Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services
Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme

Making the right decisions about infrastructure is crucial for sustainable development. Infrastructure is essential to meet human
needs for energy, water, mobility and digital connectivity. Yet the wrong infrastructure can have devastating environmental impacts and exacerbate harmful carbon emissions.

The Executive Directors of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will explain how the UN is working to promote and enable sustainable infrastructure. They will address the crucial questions of how infrastructure can be provided that will achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and how the resilience of infrastructure systems can be enhanced in the face of an uncertain future.

Followed by panel discussion with:

• Grete Faremo, Executive Director, United Nations Office for Project Services
• Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme
• Rachel Turner, Director Economic Development, Department for International Development
• Julia Prescot, Meridiam Infrastructure, International Development Infrastructure Commission and UK National Infrastructure Commission
• Giulio Boccaletti, Chief Strategy Officer & Global Ambassador of Water, The Nature Conservancy

Chaired by Professor Jim Hall, University

Drinks Reception to follow