Extreme and unpredictable weather conditions, floods, droughts, and rising sea levels are among the major climate change challenges for business operations, and have direct implications for trade and commerce globally. Business will face growing challenges if climate change impacts and natural resource scarcity are not better understood and no steps are taken towards appropriate solutions.

Speakers
Kenneth M. Quinn, President of the World Food Prize Foundation
Danilo Benvenuti, Regional Director of Asia Pulp and Paper Group (APP)
Maroš Šefčovič, Slovak career diplomat and Vice President of the European Commission
Dante Ragazzi Pauli, President of the Brazilian Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (ABES) Brazil
Gloria Turyamureeba, Board Member, Uganda National Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Barbara Buchner, Senior Director of Climate Policy Initiative