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
Purpose
Why We Convene
The World Climate & Biodiversity Summit (WCBS) convenes at a critical moment following a historic triple COP year. Amid shifting geopolitical tensions, WCBS addresses the urgent need to mobilise business and finance frontrunners to take the lead on integrated action towards the interconnected crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.
By aligning economic growth with environmental stewardship and social prosperity, the Summit reinforces the triple bottom line - people, planet, and profit -as the foundation for a resilient global economy and a sustainable future.
Objectives
Bridge Climate and Nature Agendas
Drive Scalable Climate and Nature Solutions
Contribute to COP30 Outcomes
Advance Climate and Nature Finance
Accelerate the Market Transition to a Green Economy
Cross-Sector Collaboration and Partnerships