COP16 Event: Public private partnership - how can "The Danish model" accelerate biodiversity actions - locally and globally?

At COP 16 in Colombia Danish Industry together with WWF Denmark are inviting all interessted to participate in a panel debate on public private partnerships accelerating biodiversity action.

All economic activity depends on nature to some degree. At the same time, global biodiversity is being lost at an unprecedented rate, largely due to company operations. Although businesses alone are currently under-incentivized to halt and reverse nature loss, a multistakeholder approach can change priorities and catalyze investment flows into more sustainable practices. This is exemplified by “the Danish model”, predicated on close collaboration and partnership between business, government and civil society.

But how can broad partnerships lead to actions in the international setting with challenges such as the huge finance gap on biodiversity?

The discussions will cover examples from Denmark and Columbia and then transition to the international context, to share examples and best-practice on partnership to enable effective action on nature and biodiversity.

The event will be held at the Chamber of Commerce in sale 2 and 3 in Cali (Cámara de Comercio de Cali) on Saturday, October 26th from 5 PM-6 PM local time. 

Agenda 

• Event begins: Welcome and stage setting by BloombergNEF (analysis covering the mutual dependence – business and nature)
  
  
• Focus area A: Outcomes and examples of progress made on biodiversity from Danish partnerships 
  
  
• Focus area B: International context - showcasing partnerships driving biodiversity actions 
  
  
• Q&A How can partnerships drive further actions – in both the public and private sectors?
  
  
• Sum-up and closing remarks by moderator

Panel Participants

Karin Klitgaard, Director of Environment and Circular economy, Danish Industry

Jacob Fjalland, Innovation Director, WWF Denmark

Ruben Goldsztayn, Director of Sustainable Production and Consumption, ANDI

Juan Camilo Arango, biologist,  CORPOPALO  

Jacob A Sterling, Senior Director, Head of Sustainability Advisory, Preferred by Nature

John Tobin, Professor of Practice, Cornell University 

Moderator: Paul Benjamin, Director, BloombergNEF 

Scene setting: Hugh Bromley, Head of Food, Agriculture and Nature, BloombergNEF