5pm – Rights of Nature
Did you know that many governments around the world have chosen to recognize the legal rights of trees, rivers and entire ecosystems, just as they recognize human rights? Join Indigenous leaders, journalists and advocates to explore the revolutionary progress and impact of these vital new steps toward bringing back balance in our relationship with nature.
- Natalia Greene – Global Director, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature
- Katie Surma – Journalist, InsideClimate News
- Casey Camp Horinek – Ponca Nation Leader
- Patricia Gualinga – Pueblo Kichwa of Sarayaku (Ecuador)
Followed by lightning talks from Rights of Nature advocates, scientists, lawyers, funders and TEC members and EC50. What do the Rights of Nature mean to you?
7pm – Unlocking Investments in Nature
The United Nations have called for solutions placing nature at the heart of helping to resolve the biodiversity loss and climate change crisis. We do not want to come anywhere close to a world that lacks this diversity which has value in its own right. This requires research and innovation, science-based and future-oriented policy making, changes in consumption and subsidies, and, increased funding in nature-based among other solutions for tackling the twin crises. This session will highlight the need for investing in nature, showcase the various means of investing in nature that are being pursued, and share some of the specific challenges and opportunities that confront various kinds of investors and investments, suggesting pathways forward.
Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO of the Global Environment Facility, will speak first, followed by a panel moderated by John Tobin-de la Puente, Professor of Practice of Corporate Sustainability, Cornell University. The panelists will be discussing various opportunities, constraints and ways forward for unlocking investments in nature:
- Gordon Gould, Co-Founder and CEO of New Atlantis Labs
- Christopher Kaminker, Managing Director at Blackrock
- Amantia Muhedini, Executive Director, Sustainable Investing Strategist at UBS GWM CIO
- Veronica Scotti, Chairperson Public Sector Solutions and Public Sector Solutions
