Strategic dialogue: Healthy Planet, Healthy Future : Uniting for Tobacco-free Generations
Dialogue stratégique
On 17 November 2025, the COP11 will host a Strategic Dialogue, Healthy Planet, Healthy Future: Uniting for Tobacco-free Generations, marking The 20th anniversary of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).
This milestone event will bring together ministers, policymakers, international organizations, civil society leaders and young activists to reflect on two decades of progress, while tackling the urgent intersection of tobacco control, environmental sustainability and youth engagement.
Tobacco harms not only health but also ecosystems, from deforestation to plastic and chemical waste, making cross-sectoral action critical. Through keynote addresses, case studies and intergenerational discussions, the dialogue will highlight achievements, confront persistent challenges and galvanize political commitment to embed tobacco control in broader climate and development agendas.
Delegates will also hear directly from young leaders driving innovation and advocacy, underscoring the vision of a tobacco-free, healthier and more sustainable future for all.
🗓️ Date: 17 November 2025
🕒 Time: 15:00 (CET)
📍 Location: The Strategic Dialogue will be webcast live on the COP11 webpage.
Speakers
- Dr Reina Roa, President of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO FCTC (Panama)
- Mr Andrew Black, Acting Head, Secretariat of the WHO FCTC
- Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
- Mr. Frank Vandenbroucke, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health (Belgium)
- Dr Cristina Lustemberg, Minister of Public Health (Uruguay)
- Prof. Judith Mackay, Director (Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control, Hong Kong SAR China)
- Dr. Usman Ahmad Mushtaq, State Secretary Ministry of Health (Norway)
- Mr Yaya Sidjim, Chair of the Board of Directors (African Tobacco Control Alliance)
- Mr Arnold Kreilhuber, Director of the Europe Office (UN Environment Programme)
- Ms Lisa Lu, Chief Executive Officer (International Youth Tobacco Control)
- Mr Priyobrat Rajkhowa, Post-Doctoral Fellow (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth)
- Ms Michelle Zinck, Environmental Health Co-Focal Point (Children and Youth Major Group to the UN Environment Program)