Climate Action 2017-2018
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INNOVATION<br />
8th Annual<br />
Environment Ministers,<br />
CEOs, and Mayors are<br />
attending the 8th<br />
Sustainable Innovation Forum<br />
<strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Action</strong>, in partnership with UN Environment, is hosting the largest<br />
business-focused event taking place during COP23.<br />
The 8th Sustainable Innovation Forum is bringing together over 600 delegates<br />
and 75+ world-class speakers for two days of sharing ideas, networking,<br />
collaboration and deal making that will fast track the green economy.<br />
The Forum provides a world class line-up of keynote speakers, panel<br />
discussions, networking sessions, on-stage interviews, innovation spotlights,<br />
Mayors’ breakfast briefings, and much more.<br />
Hear from global sustainability leaders on the latest developments in clean<br />
energy, decarbonising transport, sustainable cities, the circular economy,<br />
climate finance and more.<br />
Speaker highlights include:<br />
• Jerry Brown, Governor of California and Special Envoy for States and<br />
Regions<br />
• Erik Solheim, Executive Director, UN Environment<br />
• Environment and Energy Ministers from around the world, including:<br />
Denmark, Poland, Ecuador, Norway, UAE, the Maldives, Luxembourg,<br />
Estonia, Ethiopia, and more.<br />
There will also be an exclusive Mayor’s ‘BreatheLife Cities Roundtable’, in<br />
collaboration with ICLEI and UN Environment. This breakfast event aims<br />
to mobilise cities and individuals to protect our health and planet from the<br />
effects of air pollution.<br />
Delegates are representing national and regional governments, the private<br />
sector, the UN, NGOs, academia, responsible investors, development banks,<br />
sustainability entrepreneurs and more.<br />
The Forum is taking place at the heart of COP23 and the negotiations –<br />
conveniently located steps away from the ‘Bula Zone’, at the<br />
<strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Action</strong> Domes.<br />
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