The opportunities and challenges in achieving an equitable, nature-positive and carbon-neutral future, and cities’ unique ability to limit biodiversity loss and global warming to 1.5°C.
Rapid and concerted action to reduce global emissions, and support green, inclusive, and resilient development, could significantly reduce the scale of internal climate migration.
An overview of the challenges that cities face in addressing climate change and the role cities play in achieving emissions reductions and other ambitious targets including the Paris Agreement and countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions.
Explore how cities can leverage the COVID-19 pandemic’s unprecedented disruption to facilitate a more environmentally and socially sustainable recovery
Introducing the concepts of biophilic city planning and design while providing examples of their successful implementation throughout global cities participating in the Biophilic Cities Network.
Illustrating how cities around the world are restoring nature back into the city to improve livability, health, sustainability, climate resilience, and overall well-being.
Presenting transformational tools that can help cities plan and implement comprehensive cooling strategies that include NBS and passive cooling interventions
Panelists discuss private sector financing for nature and highlight specific examples on bond instruments and how to leverage the forest carbon market to finance nature.
Exploring the evolution of South Korea's waste management policies and regulations, roles and responsibilities of central and local government and the private sector in waste management
How to approach sustainability in a post-pandemic world? To achieve long-term recovery, it is key to preserve and even accelerate the climate change and sustainability agenda for a successful post-COVID 19 reconstruction.
Juan Verde, a former advisor to President Obama, the Clinton and VP Al Gore, offers revealing insights into the lessons that the international community must learn from this unprecedented world crisis.