Chair’s International Conference 2021: How to organize trade-offs to conserve biodiversity and advance development equity?

Overview

Scientific knowledge is clear as well as being abundant. We are in the midst of crises of the environment around the planet, specifically of climate change and the extinction of a multitude of life forms. Added to the mix is the deepening of economic inequality across the world, between countries and within societies, failing and flailing states.

On November 29, at the first Chair’s International Conference, practitioners and experts discussed ‘what can be done?’ They communicated the challenges that need to be overcome at local, national and regional levels. They informed us of the partnerships, even unlikely ones, urgently needed to realize a more humane, just and sustainable world.

Experts that participated in the Conference

• Pierre-Alexandre Bapst – Corporate Sustainability Officer at Hermès International
• Jos Delbeke – European Investment Bank Chair on Climate Change Policy and International Carbon Markets at the European University Institute, Florence
• Ambroise Fayolle– Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB)
• Thuy-Tien Glück – Head of Sustainability for HSBC Continental Europe
• Susanna Hecht – Professor at UCLA’s School of Public Affairs/Urban Planning/ Professor at the Graduate Institute in Geneva
• Ullas Karanth – Director and Managing Trustee of the Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bengaluru
• Yann Laurans – Head of the Land Biodiversity Team at WWF-France/ Faculty at Sciences Po
• Aniket Shah – Managing Director and Global Head of Environmental, Social and Governance and Sustainability Research at Jefferies Group LLC
• Shiv Someshwar – Chairholder European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition at Sciences Po
• Philippe Zaouati – CEO of Mirova/ Faculty at Sciences Po