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Economy for a Living Planet Forum
The international forum ‘Economy for a Living Planet’ will bring together national policymakers, international economists and sustainable development experts and businesses and public sector leaders from Europe and Asia. A forum like this is happening for the first time in Bulgaria - on 8 June 2017 at the Inter Expo Center in Sofia
The forum will offer possible solutions on how a multilateral world can successfully transition to a green economy, navigate the current multitude of political and economic crises, and ensure the attainment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The purpose of the forum is to highlight the new role and responsibility of re-ordering economic blocs (the EU and EEA), and upper middle income countries (in Central and Eastern Europe and elsewhere) and international development institutions to deploy innovative financing instruments to address our planet’s pressing challenges. We seek to affirm that when there is so much at stake, and so much that seemingly divides the world, our shared aspiration for sustainable development can unite us in a new way and drive the world forward
We believe the forum will initiate serious discussions around these issues, and help formulate new leadership approaches for the CEE countries on multilateral sustainable development
Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, set the European context of leadership on sustainable development and the need to engage partners and organizations, working together in and out of the EU and within member states, to achieve the high ambition of Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement processes moving forward.
He mentioned that we should not forget the EU funds and reminded us that the forum's host city of Sfoia gets its naturally purified water from two protected areas - Rila National Park and Vitosha Nature Park.
Watch his complete speech here.
"The science has never been clearer – it is telling us that human activities are pushing the planet and its natural systems to the edge", said Marco Lambertini, Director-General, WWF International in a video message to the 'Economy for a Living Planet' forum's guests.
In a video message Pascal Canfin, CEO of WWF-France, presented the work of the European offices of WWF together with the European Commission and key partners on transforming the financial system to enable significant investment in green economy innovations and solutions.
A collection of all video recordings of presentations at the Economy for a Living Planet Forum
Presentations (video)
Economy for a Living Planet Forum
A short report from the Economy for a Living Planet Forum can be downloaded from HERE.
SPEAKERS
Pascal Canfin, CEO, WWF-France, video message
Deon Nel, Global Conservation Director, WWF-International
Vesselina Kavrakova, Country Head, WWF-Bulgaria
Demetres Karavellas, CEO, WWF-Greece
Guido Broekhoven, Regional Manager China-Africa Trade, WWF-EPO
Julio Tresierra, WWF-Netherlands
Emily McKenzie, WWF-UK and WWF-US, Natural Capital Project
Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, video message
Ognyan Zlatev, Head of the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria
Takayoshi Kato, Policy Analyst at OECD
Philippe Pypaert, Programme Specialist, Science Unit, UNESCO
Ana Bachurova, Policy & Climate Finance Associate, Energy Efficiency & Climate Change team, EBRD
Luca Etter, Senior Policy Advisor, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC
Toma Belev, Programme ‘Linking Nature Protection and Sustainable Rural Development’
Kalin Klassanov, Co-Founder & CEO of Roo'bar
More information
email: velichkova@wwfdcp.bg
tel.: +359 885 086 670
Venue
Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd. 147
1784 Sofia
Bulgaria
Supported by a grant from Switzerland through the Reform Fund Linked to Civil Society Participation, part of the "Linking nature protection with sustainable rural development" project
The WWF-Danube-Carpathian Programme gratefully acknowledges funding support from the European Commission. All content and opinions expressed on these pages are solely those of WWF