The theme for WEF’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2024 this year is "Next Frontiers for Growth."
To respond to fast evolving global landscape, the meeting will gather 1500 high level leaders from business, government, civil society and international organisations as well as prominent entrepreneurs, innovators and academics to generate collective insights and deployable solutions.
Lindsay Hooper, CEO, CISL, will be speaking on three high level panels during the event, which takes place in Dalian, China.
An Important Moment for the Global Commons, Tuesday 25 June, 08:00-09:30 (GMT+ 8)
The year 2024 is predicted to be the hottest in human history, with the world way off track to meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement targets.
As leaders gear up for implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and an ambitious Global Plastics Treaty in 2024, what steps are needed to strengthen multilateral processes that safeguard the global commons?
This is an open event.
Ahead of the curve: Sector transition for nature, Tuesday 25 June, 15:00 – 16:00 (GMT+ 8)
Regulators, investors and consumers are calling for business action to halt and reverse nature loss. But only 5% of global Fortune 500 companies have quantified targets on nature
This session will consider the transition of the sector to nature positive and the role of business and finance in implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework.
A panel discussion will be followed by breakouts on:
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Sector dependency on nature
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Transition actions
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Challenges in enabling conditions
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Financing the transition
Please note this is a closed event.
Valuing Natural Capital, Wednesday 26 June, 14:30-15:30 (GMT+ 8)
While global GDP has soared in recent decades, human activity has led to a 40% reduction in natural capital from 1992 to 2014. Valuing economic models that prioritise critical assets of clean air, water, nutritious food and human well-being is imperative.
How can this disconnect be transformed from the current ecological crisis to a sustainable future?
Discussions from this session will look to elevate and amplify the need to move beyond current economic indicators to mainstream natural capital in decision making.
This session will be livestreamed.
