Opening Ceremony: Our window of opportunity is about to close

Carl Nasman - BBC News Anchor and Correspondent

Helen Clarkson – Chief Executive Officer, Climate Group

Marina Silva - Minister of the Environment and Climate Change of Brazil

Jennifer Morgan - State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action at the Foreign Office of Germany

Laura Corb - Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Leader, McKinsey Sustainability in North America

Angela Barranco - Executive Director, North America, Climate Group

Nancy Mahon – Chief Sustainability Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Katharine Hayhoe, Horn Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair, Texas Tech University and Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy

H.E. Razan Al Mubarak - President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and UN Climate Change High-Level Champion

Petteri Taalas – Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization

Professor Emily Shuckburgh - Director, Cambridge Zero, the University of Cambridge

Rose M. Mutiso - Research Director, Energy for Growth Hub

Naomi Oreskes - Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University

Jim Skea - Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Language

English

Sunday, September 17, 2023

2pm - 3.25pm

New York City

United States

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Climate action is not moving fast enough across the globe and those in positions of power have a responsibility to act without delay. What is the stark reality of the challenge we face, where must investment be channelled, and which vested interests need to be held accountable?