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​
Fireside Chat
15:35 - 16:00
Diving into the Blue Economy: Navigating Opportunities and Challenges
This session addressed the key challenges and inspired actionable strategies for maximising the potential and finance for the Blue Economy while ensuring the long-term sustainability and resilience of our oceans and coastal regions, on which 80% of world trade relies. How can we harness innovation and technology to advance the Blue Economy and foster inclusive governance frameworks that prioritise marine ecosystems and involve coastal communities? What investment opportunities does it present?
Moderator
Ignace Beguin Billecocq
Ocean and Coastal Zones Lead, Climate Champions
Speaker
Agathe Gouot
Senior Advisor to the Chief Investment Officer, FinDev Canada
Speaker
Daniel Felipe Lopez Sierra
Sustainability Manager, Banco de Occidente