Conflict and Leadership
Climate and Sustainable Development in the Aftermath of the Coronavirus Crisis – Speakers
Online Discussion

On June 3, at 17:00 Moscow time (GMT+3) , the Valdai Discussion Club will hold an online round-table discussion, titled “Climate and Sustainable Development in the Aftermath of the Coronavirus Crisis – How Will the World Change?” in collaboration with the Russian Carbon Fund, the Foundations 20 platform and the Climate Partnership of Russia.

Speakers:

  • Sergey Chestnoy, Advisor to the President, UC RUSAL; Chair, Commission on the Economics of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, ICC
  • Angelina Davydova, environmental journalist, director of the Bureau of Environmental Information, observer at the UN negotiations on climate change
  • Caio Koch-Weser, Chair, Advisory Board, European Climate Fund; Deputy Minister of Finance of Germany (1999-2005), Deputy Chairman of Deutsche Bank and Managing Director of the World Bank
  • Agrafena Kotova, expert from the Russian delegation to the 25th COP of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov, CEO of Orbita Capital Partners, Ambassador of the University of the Singularity
  • Mojib Latif, Professor at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel), Chairman of the Board of the German Climate Consortium; President, German Chapter of Club of Rome;
  • Luke Manning, Global Head of Sustainability and Enterprise Risk, Refinitiv
  • Klaus Milke, Chairman of the Steering Group of the international F20 Platform, founder of the Stiftung Zukunftsfähigkeit foundation, Honorary Chairman of Germanwatch e.V.
  • Xiaochen Zhang, President of FinTech4Good, Member of the Executive Board of UN ESCAP ESBN.


Moderators:

  • Alexey Shadrin, Founder of the Russian Carbon Fund and Evercity, Head of the Climate Chain Coalition Finance Team
  • Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club