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
21 September 2023
SECOND, New York, USA
Alongside UNGA 78 & Climate Week NYC
James Cross
CEO, Environment Bank
Specialising in strategic leadership and board effectiveness, James is a Chartered Director with a background in economics and a proven track record for driving industry-leading environmental and governmental organisations forward. He was former CEO of Natural England and Marine Management Organisation and has held several high-profile roles in UK Government. James was appointed by the Lord Chancellor to HM Assistant Chief Inspector of Courts in England & Wales, invited to review the Northern Ireland Coroner Service following the Good Friday Agreement, and appointed by the Lord Chief Justice to lead a review into Magistrates Court events in the UK.
