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Agenda
Opening
• Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO, Thrive Global
• His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic
• Her Excellency Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations
• Michael R. Bloomberg, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action
• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group Scientific Testimony
Scientific Testimony
• Professor Johan Rockström, Director Designate of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Act One Sharing Solutions to Deliver Local, National, and Global Climate Action
The Right Honorable Jacinda Ardern, M.P. Prime Minister of New Zealand
Moderator: John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg L.P.
• His Excellency Zhang Jun, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
• Tri Rismaharini, Mayor, Surabaya, The Republic of Indonesia
• Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever
• Ruth Porat, Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Alphabet and Google
Europe and Climate Action
Moderator: Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• His Excellency Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland
• His Excellency Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, President of the Government of Spain
• His Excellency Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission
Act Two Investing in the Transition to Low-Emissions, Inclusive, and Resilient Economies
Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
Public and Private Finance for the Transition
Moderator: Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Sovereign Wealth Funds
• Her Excellency Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway
• His Excellency Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan, Chief Executive, Secretary-General, and Managing Director, Public Investment Fund
De-Risking the Transition
• Larry Fink, Chairman & CEO, Blackrock
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
Moderator: Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO, Thrive Global
• Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of England
• His Excellency Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President, European Commission
Act Three Protecting Vulnerable Populations
Bill Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Moderator: Zain Verjee, CEO, Zain Verjee Group
• Her Excellency Hilda Heine, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
• His Excellency Faure Gnassingbé, President of The Togolese Republic
• Leontino Balbo, Executive Vice-President, The Balbo Group
Closing
• His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic
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