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Safeguarding the Planet

Defending Earth's Largest Lung

January 22, 2025
15:00–15:30 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

The Congo basin is the world's largest tropical forest carbon sink, sequestering 1.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide annually, and is home to 139 million people. With nearly two thirds of the forest located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, how can bold policy and foresighted collaboration support conservation, sustainable economic development and...
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Speakers

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Gim Huay Neo
Managing Director
World Economic Forum
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Jozef Sikela
Commissioner for International Partnerships
European Commission
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Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Office of the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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