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​
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14:15 – 15:00
From Risk to Reward: Turning Nature-Related Risks into Business Opportunities
Business leaders and finance professionals are urged to integrate strategic assessment and disclosure of nature risks and dependencies into their operations.
How can data-driven solutions engage and support businesses and investors in measuring and managing nature-related risks?
The session identified key risks, highlighted associated costs, and offered innovative tech tools to mitigate potential financial risks while unlocking substantial investment and business opportunities.
Moderator
Gianpiero Nacci
Director, Sustainable Business & Infrastructure, Climate Strategy and Delivery, EBRD
Speaker
Tony Goldner
Executive Director, TNFD
Speaker
Rhian-Mari Thomas OBE
Chief Executive, Green Finance Institute
Speaker
Niki Mardas
Executive Director, Global Canopy
Speaker
William Mason,
​Director-General, Guernsey Financial Services Commission