A new key biodiversity platform for cross sectoral collaboration
For its inaugural launch, World Biodiversity Summit will help define what world leaders and the private sector in biodiversity and climate action need to do in the medium and long term to achieve sustainable development and hinder further biodiversity loss, focusing on partnerships and investment mechanisms as levers of progress. World Biodiversity Summit is a platform for responding to accelerating biodiversity loss, by using the Paris Agreement as a framework to learn from, promoting relevant solutions, innovations, and leadership networks, strengthening nature restoration and conservation. Nature-based solutions will be highlighted, from specificecosystems to global possibilities.
Opening Plenary Session
09:15-10:00
Six months after the Global Stocktake, welcome to the cornerstone evaluation of how finance meets climate action progress. As the race to a 2050 net-zero society gains momentum, the opening session brings together global financial leaders, policymakers, and sustainability to dissect key global trends shaping the investment landscape. It will promote actionable practices on collaborative models such as public-private partnerships and cross-industry alliances, and pinpoint where and how capital can make the most impact.
Emma Howard Boyd (Moderator)
Chair, The London Climate Resilience Review
John Mulligan (Speaker)
Director, Market Relations & Climate Change Lead, World Gold Council
Nicolette Bartlett (Speaker)
Chief Impact Officer, CDP
Gjermund Grimsby (Speaker)
Chief Advisor, Climate Change, KLP