Climate and Sustainable Development in the Aftermath of the Coronavirus Crisis
On June 3, the Valdai Discussion Club will hold an online round-table discussion, titled “Climate and Sustainable Development in the Aftermath of the Coronavirus Crisis – How Will the World Change?” in collaboration with the Russian Carbon Fund, the Foundations 20 platform and the Climate Partnership of Russia. Round table participants were invited to answer the following questions: What successes have been achieved in the five years since the Paris climate agreement? Why is the next COP26 so important? What is the essence of the European Green Deal and how should its implementation affect the global economy? What environmental consequences of the quarantine are already evident and what should be expected in the foreseeable future? Can a sustainable agenda become a driver for restoring business to its pre-crisis level? How is it necessary to rebuild the economy in the aftermath of the crisis in order to maintain a balance between environmental, economic and social interests? What lessons for sustainable development can be learned from COVID-19? Speakers: Klaus Milke, Chairman of the Steering Group of the international F20 Platform, founder of the Stiftung Zukunftsfähigkeit foundation, Honorary Chairman of Germanwatch e.V. Angelina Davydova, environmental journalist, director of the Bureau of Environmental Information, observer at the UN negotiations on climate change Mojib Latif, Professor at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel), Chairman of the Board of the German Climate Consortium; President, German Chapter of Club of Rome; Agrafena Kotova, expert from the Russian delegation to the 25th COP of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Caio Koch-Weser, Chair, Advisory Board, European Climate Fund; Deputy Minister of Finance of Germany (1999-2005), Deputy Chairman of Deutsche Bank and Managing Director of the World Bank Sergey Chestnoy, Advisor to the President, UC RUSAL; Chair, Commission on the Economics of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, ICC Luke Manning, Global Strategy Sustainability and Corporate Risk Manager, Refinitiv Evgeny Kuznetsov, CEO of Orbita Capital Partners, Ambassador of the University of the Singularity Xiaochen Zhang, President of FinTech4Good, Member of the Executive Board of UN ESCAP ESBN. Moderators: Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club Alexey Shadrin, Founder of the Russian Carbon Fund and Evercity, Head of the Climate Chain Coalition Finance Team
On June 3, the Valdai Discussion Club will hold an online round-table discussion, titled “Climate and Sustainable Development in the Aftermath of the Coronavirus Crisis – How Will the World Change?” in collaboration with the Russian Carbon Fund, the Foundations 20 platform and the Climate Partnership of Russia. Round table participants were invited to answer the following questions: What successes have been achieved in the five years since the Paris climate agreement? Why is the next COP26 so important? What is the essence of the European Green Deal and how should its implementation affect the global economy? What environmental consequences of the quarantine are already evident and what should be expected in the foreseeable future? Can a sustainable agenda become a driver for restoring business to its pre-crisis level? How is it necessary to rebuild the economy in the aftermath of the crisis in order to maintain a balance between environmental, economic and social interests? What lessons for sustainable development can be learned from COVID-19? Speakers: Klaus Milke, Chairman of the Steering Group of the international F20 Platform, founder of the Stiftung Zukunftsfähigkeit foundation, Honorary Chairman of Germanwatch e.V. Angelina Davydova, environmental journalist, director of the Bureau of Environmental Information, observer at the UN negotiations on climate change Mojib Latif, Professor at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel), Chairman of the Board of the German Climate Consortium; President, German Chapter of Club of Rome; Agrafena Kotova, expert from the Russian delegation to the 25th COP of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Caio Koch-Weser, Chair, Advisory Board, European Climate Fund; Deputy Minister of Finance of Germany (1999-2005), Deputy Chairman of Deutsche Bank and Managing Director of the World Bank Sergey Chestnoy, Advisor to the President, UC RUSAL; Chair, Commission on the Economics of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, ICC Luke Manning, Global Strategy Sustainability and Corporate Risk Manager, Refinitiv Evgeny Kuznetsov, CEO of Orbita Capital Partners, Ambassador of the University of the Singularity Xiaochen Zhang, President of FinTech4Good, Member of the Executive Board of UN ESCAP ESBN. Moderators: Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club Alexey Shadrin, Founder of the Russian Carbon Fund and Evercity, Head of the Climate Chain Coalition Finance Team