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​
13:50 – 14:15
Innovation at the Intersection: Dual Benefits for Nature and Economy
Why is it crucial for businesses to invest in innovation for nature and climate solutions? How can technologies drive nature conservation, sustainable development, and business objectives simultaneously?
This panel session gave insights into the transformative power of AI, blockchain, and environmental DNA among other tools. Attendees learned which of them could benefit their organisation, as well as how investing in cutting-edge technologies had the potential to amplify biodiversity and climate efforts while generating substantial returns for businesses.
Speaker
Alex Dehgan
CEO and Co-Founder, Conservation X Labs
Speaker
Isobel Ashbey
Senior Consultant, Capgemini