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How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

How Can We Avert a Climate Recession? 

January 21, 2026
09:00–09:45 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

2015 marked a high point for climate consensus and multilateral cooperation. Over a decade later, national and regional agendas have diverged. Despite this, a growing range of actors across the public and private sectors continue to advance progress and innovation in climate ambition, forging new alliances and initiatives along the way. What does meaningful climate ambition look like in an era...
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Ester Baiget
President and Chief Executive Officer
Novonesis
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Al Gore
Vice-President of the United States (1993-2001); Chairman and Co-Founder
Generation Investment Management
CS
Carsten Schneider
Federal Minister for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Federal Ministry for Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
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Jai Shroff
Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer
UPL
ET
Elizabeth Thurbon
Professor of International Political Economy; Director, Green Energy Statecraft Project
University of New South Wales
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Zhang Lei
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Envision

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