Join us as we explore how governments, the private sector, and partners can build shock-resilient systems that improve people’s ability to adapt and prepare people to work in green jobs that will help mitigate climate change.
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Join the World Bank for an informative session on "The Power of Private Capital for Sustainable Development" during the Spring Meetings 2023 in Washington. The event aims to explore what the World Bank has been doing in private capital facilitation, particularly how innovative financial instruments can help address global challenges in sustainable development.
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Join a prestigious panel of speakers to explore central questions around what it will take to address some of the most critical issues of our time including climate change, food insecurity, pandemics, and increasing fragility and poverty reduction.
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Katharine Palmer is the maritime lead at the Climate Champions Team seconded from her role as global head of sustainability for Lloyd's Register and funded by the Lloyd's Register Foundation. With 20 years' experience in the shipping industry she is an established thought leader and expert on environment and sustainability within the maritime value chain. Katharine is a fellow with the IMarEST (…
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Omnia El Omrani is the first official Youth Envoy for the COP27 President and a medical doctor from Egypt. She is a Climate Change and Health Junior Policy Fellow at Imperial College London and has more than seven years of experience in climate change facilitating over 74 hours of training sessions in 15 countries globally. She is a Commissioner at the Lancet-Chatham House Commission on Post-…
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Freedom-Kai Phillips, BSc honors (E. Michigan), MA (Seton Hall), LLB (Dalhousie), LLM (Ottawa), PhD Candidate (Cambridge) is Director of the Deloitte Center for Sustainable Progress (DCSP). In addition, Mr. Phillips is a Legal Research Fellow with the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, and a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law. With over two decades of…
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Arame Tall is a Senior Adaptation & Resilience Specialist in the Climate Change Group of the World Bank. Dr. Tall leads coordination of the Bank’s work on Adaptation & Resilience and is the team leader for the World Bank Group’s first of its kind Action Plan on Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience. The new plan significantly boosts support for adaptation and resilience, and also…
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Solape is the Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Investments. Prior to this, she worked in the private sector for over 20 years in various capacities, gathering experience in Management Consulting, Risk Management, Banking and Financial Advisory. Solape commenced her consulting career at Accenture, leaving as a Manager in the Finance and…
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Chamberlain Emmanuel is Head of the Environmental Sustainability Division (ESD) at the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission and a member of the Commission’s Leadership Team. Chamberlain leads a portfolio of integrated programmes and projects spanning: Sustainable Ecosystems & Ecosystem Services; Climate Change & Disaster Resilience; Sustainable Energy; and…
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Ms. Khadeeja Naseem is currently the Minister of State for Environment, Climate Change and Technology in the Maldives. As State Minister, Ms. Naseem oversees the policies and work related to Climate Change and Energy. Prior to her appointment as State Minister, Ms. Naseem had worked on various developmental projects in the Maldives funded by the World Bank and the UNDP. She also has extensive…
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