With time running out to bend the curve on the climate and nature crisis, rising geopolitical tensions, conflict and AI dominating political agendas, the University of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL) brought together influential thinkers, experts and leaders for a 2 day summit to address the unprecedented challenges that currently face global leadership.
At the inaugural Global Leadership Summit in Cambridge on 27 and 28 February, which took place at CISL’s HQ the Entopia Building and Jesus College, representatives from a range of sectors including business, media, innovation debated tough questions such as: what do changing geopolitics mean for our ability to achieve sustainability goals? What does innovation and technological development mean for international relations? And what leadership is needed now, and from whom?
You can find out more about the Summit in the news item below, and hear from Lindsay Hooper, Executive Director and CEO of CISL, as she reflects on the unprecedented challenges currently facing global leadership today and what this means for our ability to achieve the sustainability goals.
Insights from the global summit will generate actionable ideas and priorities, and CISL will be producing a report in the upcoming months, synthesising insights from the event to inform the leadership agenda over the coming critical year.
Should you wish to receive the outcomes report from the Global Leadership in the Age of Turbulence Summit, please add your details here. The report will be sent to you via email when it becomes available.
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