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
Purpose
Leading the Conversation for a Nature-Positive Future
The World Biodiversity Summit programme 2024 in New York aimed to bridge the conversations surrounding climate and biodiversity and facilitated the solutions, investments, innovations, and partnerships to tackle both crises paving the way to a new green economy.
Through a diverse range of panel sessions, keynotes, fireside chats, and workshops, the Summit provided distinct conclusions and recommendations that spanned various sectors and broke down silos.
The Summit was tailored to showcase innovative strategies and investments that facilitate biodiversity conservation while addressing climate challenges.
Key topics included:
Taking Stock of the Global Biodiversity Framework Execution
Exploring the Potential of the Bioeconomy
Innovations for Sustainable Supply Chains
Creating Markets for Nature
Measuring and Managing Nature-related Risks
Business Leadership in Driving a Nature-Positive Economy