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.
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
25 September 2025
Civic Hall, New York City, USA
Uniting for Impact: Innovative Solutions for Climate and Nature
There is no easy answer, no silver bullet. We need to start reflecting on how we change the way we live, because replacing fossil fuels means changing the way we live, not only changing the technology.
María Susana Muhamad González, Former Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Government of Colombia
Introducing World Climate and Biodiversity Summit
The World Climate and Biodiversity Summit returns to New York on 25 September 2025 for its 5th edition, taking place on the sidelines of Climate Week NYC and the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly.
Climate change and biodiversity loss are deeply connected - and addressing them demands a unified response. In 2025, we are merging World Climate Summit and World Biodiversity Summit into a single platform for action: World Climate and Biodiversity Summit.
Grounded in the principles of the Rio Conventions – UNFCCC, UNCBD and UNCCD – the Summit brings together leaders from business, government, finance, academia and civil society to advance holistic solutions that address both climate and nature, as well as support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement.
Through this integrated approach, we will bridge together climate and nature agendas across policy, finance and business strategies, and catalyse cross-sector collaboration to accelerate action and impact ahead of UNFCCC COP30 and beyond.
Join us in New York to accelerate the transition toward a nature-positive, net-zero future — together.
There is no safe landing for climate without protecting our biodiversity.
Prof. Dr. Johan Rockström, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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Key Strengths of WBS
Catalysing
Nature Market Development
Identifying
Best Practices & Scalable Projects for a Nature-Positive Transition
Connecting
our Partners with Prominent Biodiversity Coalitions
Guiding
the Public and Private Sector to Implement the Global Biodiversity Framework
Fostering
Cross-Sectoral Commitments for Nature-Positive Investments
Interactive
Dialogue from Across the World through our Digital Platform
Integrating
Climate and Nature Strategies
Convening
2000+ High-Level Delegates
Meet
and hear thought leaders from the biodiversity & climate community including asset owners, institutional investors, international organisations, businesses and governments.
Share
and scale new and proven approaches to climate investments, natural capital and cross-sectoral collaboration including leading business and finance models.
Act
as a key stakeholder in the development of the World Biodiversity Network, mobilising private investments and commitments on the global framework for climate and biodiversity action.
Who Attends
World Biodiversity Summit convenes a broad variety of carefully curated stakeholders from across public and private sectors, such as:
Business Leaders
across key industries and sectors who present innovations to advance nature- positive action
Media Representitives
from leading international newspapers, television, magazines and blogs invested in driving climate and biodiversity news reporting
Finance
Stakeholders
including front-running asset managers and asset owners representing public & private finance
International Organisations
including global initiatives and alliances representing public and private interests
Government & Decisionmakers
ranging from local to national levels who successfully drive the biodiversity policy agenda
