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The Great Transport Divide: Harnessing Collective Efforts for Electric Vehicles in the Global South

Road transport is responsible for 15% of CO2 emissions worldwide. As we increase the speed of transport electrification, we must make sure the switch to EVs happens globally and the benefits to air quality and health are distributed equally. Looking to Latin America and India, it’s clear that the switch presents both challenges and opportunities. Collaboration between governments...

Financing Climate Justice: Taking Stock for a Sustainable Future

The societies and communities most impacted by the effects of climate change are often those that did the least to contribute to the issue and grappling with socio-economic inequality, poverty and governance challenges. Despite this, these countries struggle to get adequate funds for climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. More problematically, where the scale of climate...

Farming for the Future: Sustainable Agriculture and an End to Deforestation

Food systems and forests have a crucial role to play in addressing the intersection of climate, economic, and health challenges afflicting our world today. This session will explore the transformative role of policy, technology, and inter-sectoral cooperation as promising avenues for addressing the transformation of food systems to reverse climate change and biodiversity and forest...

From Eco-Anxiety to Eco-Optimism: Listening to a Generation of Resilient Youth

Today’s young people experience the impact of climate change every day. As a result, eco-anxiety—the fear of environmental doom—is rife among young people around the world. At the same time, the world is looking to this generation to come up with solutions to save our future. A new global survey on eco-anxiety found that while...

Addressing the Climate-Health Equity Nexus: The Path to a Sustainable Future

This session will focus on the climate crisis, the largest public health crisis of our time. The WHO estimates that nearly 1 in 4 deaths are attributable to preventable environmental causes. Today, we are seeing a steep rise in heart conditions, cancers, respiratory illnesses and infectious diseases linked to environmental factors, with vulnerable populations most...

Leaving No One Behind: Why a Just Transition Matters

The need for a just and equitable transition in the context of climate action has never been more critical. The journey towards a net zero economy must guarantee that no one is left behind. In this roundtable we will bring together diverse stakeholders - Subnational governments, civil society organisations, financial institutions, and businesses - to...

No Regrets on ESG Reporting: Advancing Your Tech, Talent, and Processes

CSRD has become a catalyst for change and acceleration in the ESG reporting space, more than anything we’ve seen in recent years. Companies are mobilizing their tech, talent, and processes to prepare for compliance. As they do, many are asking: how can I meet evolving regulatory expectations from around the globe (SEC, et al) while also controlling costs, leveraging...

Communicating Climate Change: Are the Words We Use Halting Progress on Major Infrastructure Deployment in the United States

We are in a time of unprecedented investment in energy infrastructure as a route to tackle climate change, and simultaneously demanding the resources and expertise of business and government. Facing this complexity, can communications be the answer to accelerating collaboration, innovation and action? This session will look at the role communications can play in forging...

Is Integrated Energy Our Next Climate Hero? How Connecting Buildings, Fleets and Grids Can Fuel the Future

Solar is now the cheapest electricity, battery prices have dropped by over 80% in the last two decades, and electric vehicles are disrupting the utility sector. But connecting these solutions together across buildings, fleets and grids can deliver climate and commercial benefits that far exceed anything done in isolation. This session will challenge and inspire...

Financing Our Net Zero Future: The Next Frontier

Finance is a critical enabler to accelerate the world’s transition to a net-zero future. By some estimates, getting the world to net zero by 2050 will require over US$9 trillion of investment a year, but today, that number stands at just US$5.7 trillion. We will need unprecedented amounts of capital, innovative financing solutions and radical...

The Most Urgent Challenge: Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

Progress on phasing out fossil fuels is alarmingly slow, and global emissions continue to rise. This is despite huge strides in clean investment over the past year. As a united climate community, we must drive a rapid and just fossil-fuel phase out and illuminate every path to cut global emissions by 2025 and halve them...