2021 Annual Meetings | Making Climate Action Count: Turning Ambition Into Reality

Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our age. It is no longer a question of potential future impacts, that could make communities poorer, exacerbate vulnerabilities or worsen lives and livelihoods. These impacts are already happening, affecting developed and developing countries alike. How are countries and businesses acting on climate? What do these solutions look like? Our Annual Meetings offer a unique opportunity to interact with government officials, youth leaders, development experts & people on the frontlines of the resilient recovery from the pandemic. Join the 2021 World Bank Group - International Monetary Fund Virtual Annual Meetings! https://live.worldbank.org/making-climate-action-count?cid=ECR_YT_Worldbank_EN_EXT

🗣️ Speakers
- David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group
- Iván Duque, President of Colombia
- Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance & UK Finance Adviser for COP26
- Janet Yellen, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
- António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations
- Axel van Trotsenburg, Managing Director of Operations, World Bank
- His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales
- Gerd Müller, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
- Alan Jope, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever
- Alok Sharma, COP26 President
- Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Bangladesh
- Rosane Santos, Sustainability Director, Iguá S.A., Brazil
- Samer S. Judeh, Co-founder and Chairman, Jordan Wind Project Company PSC
- Hong Hoang, Founder and Executive Director, CHANGE, Vietnam
- Inoussa Dambagi, Economist, Niger
- Alicja Messerszmidt, Chairwoman, Trade Union of the ZE PAK Group, Poland
- Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research, India
- Armelle Sidje Tamo, Agricultural Entrepreneur, Cameroon
- Chris Sacca, Founder and Chairman at Lowercase Capital & Lowercarbon Capital

📑 Agenda
00:00 Welcome! Annual Meetings: Making Climate Action Count
02:55 Conversation with Iván Duque, President of Colombia
09:02 Conversation with Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance
14:41 Social media conversation on VoicesForClimate
16:48 Advancing the climate agenda: Janet Yellen, US Treasury Secretary
20:31 Helping developing economies to meet climate targets
23:26 Global challenges: Climate activist from Vietnam
25:41 COP26: Message from the UN Secretary General
29:11 Nature and biodiversity: His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales
33:52 Message from Gerd Muller, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
36:03 Reducing emissions, making people less vulnerable
41:48 Energy transitions in India, Kenya, Poland
48:05 Getting carbon emissions to zero: food and land use
51:31 Jordan, Niger, Uganda: Agriculture, land use, water
57:52 Communities and resilience to climate change
59:53 Adaptation: Saleem Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Bangladesh
1:01:10 Climate transitions and climate finance
1:03:41 Private sector & climate challenge: Unilever / Lowercarbon Capital
1:08:38 Driving a new climate economy: Brazil and Cameroon
1:12:28 Vision for success: Alok Sharma, COP26 President
1:14:50 Poll: When do you think emissions will go down?
1:18:17 Expert Q&A panel on climate and development
1:25:54 Closure. Thanks for tuning the Annual Meetings 2021!

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