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
New York, USA | 21 September 2022
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | 15 November 2022
Leticia Kawanami
Global Sustainability Manager at Suzano
Leticia leads the international sustainability agenda Suzano SA. She advises the leadership team in international engagements and supports the international commercial teams in their sustainability strategy and relationships with clients. Previously she led the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance at the World Economic Forum where she also worked in the Tropical Forest Alliance and on the strategic agenda for engaging Latin American Governments. Prior to the Forum, she helped develop sustainable business projects in Latin America with the International Finance Corporation (IFD) and advised multilaterals, governments and NGOs with Dalberg Global Development Advisors. Letícia had a career in international finance with Procter & Gamble before pursuing an MBA at HEC and a Masters at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She believes coordinated action between governments, civil society and businesses is instrumental to tackle the world’s biggest issues. She lives in São Paulo with her two daughters and husband.