Key Green Transitions: How Systems Are Changing for People and Planet (WORLD BANK)

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Everyone should be able to live a sustainable life on a healthy planet. But the last six years have been the hottest on record. Record-breaking wildfires, droughts, floods and hurricanes have taken lives, damaged homes, hospitals and businesses. Meanwhile, COVID-19 took a heavy health and economic toll and pushed millions into extreme poverty.

How can we change course?

As countries renew their commitments to the Paris Agreement ahead of a pivotal November meeting in Glasgow, keeping global temperature rise to well below 2°C will require coordinated global action at an unprecedented scale and speed.

“The science is coming back at us stronger, harder, bigger, faster, and it's telling us that we are running out of time,” said John Kerry, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change, at an April 8 virtual event during the World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings.

Decarbonizing key sectors

The event, Key Green Transitions: How Systems Are Changing for People and Planet centered on the need to decarbonize key sectors of the economy that account for more than 90% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including energy, transport and food systems. Read More

 

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Note that the event replay will be available with captions in EnglishArabicFrench and Spanish.

To view the full conversation with David Malpass, John Kerry, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, and Shemara Wikramanayakeplease watch at this link.

Speakers

 


 
David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group


David R. Malpass

President, World Bank Group

 



John Kerry

United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate

 



Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Minister of Finance, Indonesia

 


 
 
 
Shemara Wikramanayake, Chief Executive Officer, Macquarie Group


Shemara Wikramanayake

Chief Executive Officer, Macquarie Group

 


 
 


Prince William

The Duke of Cambridge

 



Malik Amin Aslam

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, Pakistan

 


 
 
Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy


Damilola Ogunbiyi

CEO of SEforALL and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Sustainable Energy for All

 



Lucy Heintz

Partner and Energy Fund Manager, Actis

 


 
 


Claudia Dobles Camargo

First Lady of the Republic of Costa Rica

 



Yasmine Fouad

Minister of Environment, Arabic Republic of Egypt

 



Brian Arbogast

Director of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

 


 
 
Gunhild Stordalen, Founder and Executive Chair, EAT


Gunhild Stordalen

Founder and Executive Chair, EAT

 


 
 
Sulton Rakhimzoda, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving Aral Sea (EC IFAS)


Sulton Rakhimzoda

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving Aral Sea (EC IFAS)

 


 
 
 
Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the 2021 Food Systems Summit


Agnes Kalibata

Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the 2021 Food Systems Summit

 



Alok Sharma

COP26 President

 



Ahmed Badr

Founder of Narratio, Connect4Climate Youth Ambassador

 


 
 


 


Moderator

 

 

 


 


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