A presentation by the Social & Environment Thematic Group
Seminar summary: Over the last several years, we’ve witnessed a host of commitments from governments, businesses and others who have promised action to slow climate change and create a more sustainable world. As we continue grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, there are opportunities and challenges for the international community to put commitments into practice. Will they deliver?
Ani will look to the big moments, trends and people that will shape the world in 2022, including COP15 and COP27. Ani will share insights into the big stories in 2022, including what it will take for public and private financial institutions and governments to translate their commitments into real action. The presentation will focus on the three ubiquitous challenges of credibility of net-zero targets, climate justice and stopping deforestation.
Chair: Ede Ijjasz, co-chair, Social and Environment Thematic Group
Speaker bio: Ani Dasgupta is President and CEO of World Resources Institute, where he works to advance the institute’s global vision to improve the lives of all people and ensure that nature can thrive.
The World Resources Institute is one of the most important environmental think tanks globally. With more than 1,200 staff in 12 countries around the world, WRI provides policy advice, research, and data analysis for environmental action.
Ani took the helm at WRI after seven years as Global Director of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, which is dedicated to shaping a future where cities work better for all people. Under his leadership, the Cities program grew to 400 staff members working in 150 cities, with a reach to more than 400 cities in total.
Prior to joining WRI in 2014, Ani was the World Bank’s Director of Knowledge and Learning. He also worked extensively in the Bank’s Jakarta office as head of infrastructure, where he was deeply engaged in post-2004 tsunami reconstruction in Aceh, as an advisor to the government on housing and infrastructure reconstruction and as the head of the Bank’s housing and infrastructure team. His work at the Bank took him throughout Asia and Eastern Europe as a technical expert centered on community-based development, urban environment, disaster management, solid waste management, water supply and sanitation.
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