Together with Wildlife Conservation Society, we are hosting an official affiliate event at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in San Francisco. The panel event will discuss the importance of forest conservation in meeting global climate goals and corporate sustainability objectives.
Natural landscapes can provide close to 30 percent of the mitigation action needed by 2050 to limit rising temperatures below 2°C and avoid catastrophic climate change. Bringing together representatives of leading corporations and conservation finance experts, this event will explore the challenges and opportunities for forest carbon markets, how ecosystem conservation fits into corporate sustainability, and where conservation efforts and corporate incentives align.
Speakers will include:
Elizabeth Willmott, Environmental Sustainability Program Manager, Microsoft
Erik Hansen, Senior Sustainability Manager, Workday
Todd Stevens, Executive Director, Markets, Wildlife Conservation Society
David Antonioli, CEO, Verra
Robert Wilson, Director of Conservation Finance, Nature Conservancy of Canada
Moderated by: Jonathan Shopley, Managing Director External Affairs, Natural Capital Partners
Location: Embarcadero Building 2, San Francisco
Date: 12th September, 9:00am–12:00pm with the panel discussion from 9:30am and networking from 11:00am.
To register your place contact: awatson@naturalcapitalpartners.com.
The 2018 Global Climate Action Summit will bring people together from around the world to showcase climate action and inspire deeper commitments from national governments, and one another, in support of the Paris Agreement. For further details visit the Global Climate Action Summit website.
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