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
26 September 2024
SECOND, New York, USA
Climate Week NYC
26 October 2024
MUSEO - Museo La Tertulia,
Cali, Colombia
alongside UNCBD COP16
14 Years of Cross-Sector Collaboration
World Biodiversity Summit brings together leading voices from across the global biodiversity arena. In order to develop a programme that is as impactful as possible, we aim to ensure that the full spectrum of stakeholders are represented at our events – from business and finance to governments, policymakers, international organisations, as well as civil society, Indigenous representatives, and youth.
The speakers for World Biodiversity Summit 2023 will be announced prior to the event. Until then, you can explore our previous line-up of speakers.
Past Speakers Include:
Emilio Tejedor
Head of Environment & Quality,
Iberdrola
Catherine Stewart
Ambassador for Climate Change, Government of Canada
Atossa Soltani
Director of Global Strategy, Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative
Domingo Peas Nampichkai
Territories Coordinator Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative
Florika Fink-Hooijer
Director General, Environment Department, European Commission
Helena Gualinga
Co-founder of Indigenous Youth Collective of Amazon Defenders
Jane Ewing
Senior Vice President, Sustainability, Walmart
Kristian Ruby
Secretary General,
Eurelectric
Owen Bethell
Environmental Impact Lead Global Public Affairs, Nestlé
Tony Goldner
Executive Director, Taskforce on Nature Related Financial Disclosures
Brenda Mallory
Chair, Council on Environmental Quality, The White House
Anne Larigauderie
Executive Secretary,
IPBES
Anita de Horde
Co-founder, Finance for Biodiversity Foundation
Emmanuel Faber
Partner,
Astanor Ventures
Grace Fu Hai Yien DCMG
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Government of Singapore
H.E Erika Mouynes
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Republic of Panama
John Kornerup Bang
Senior Vice President, Sustainability Transformation, Stora Enso
Marco Lambertini
Director General,
WWF International
Sandrine Sommer
Chief Sustainability Officer,
Moët Hennessy
Virginijus Sinkevičius
European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
His Majesty King Charles III
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Carlos Manuel Rodriguez
CEO,
Global Environment Facility
Andre Fourie
Global Director: Water Sustainability,
AB InBEV
Eric Usher
Head,
UNEP Finance Initiative
Hans Sauter
Chief Sustainability Officer,
Fresh Del Monte
Emma Stewart
Sustainability Officer,
Netflix
Katie Critchlow
Chief Executive Officer,
NatureMetrics
Margaret Kuhlow
Finance Practice Leader,
WWF International
Tom Steyer
Co-Executive Chair,
Galvanize Climate Solutions
Werner Hoyer
President,
European Investment Bank