Date: 10 March 2021
Time: 3:30pm (CET)
This panel discussion will bring together global leaders and international institutions to debate progress, explore openings, and attempt to answer some of the major questions following the COVID-19 pandemic.
A team of international leaders and experts, involving Ms. Svenja Schulze (Minister of Environment, Germany), Mr. Tito Titus Mboweni (Minister of Finance, Republic of South Africa) - TBC, Ms. Inger Andersen (UNEP Executive Director), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva (IMF Managing Director) and Mr. Joseph Stiglitz (Economist and Nobel Laureate), will ask and answer the questions that matter:
- What is at risk if we fail to build back better?
- Can recovery spending bring strong economic and job impacts while securing environmental progress?
- Have countries been using COVID-19 spending to tackle climate change, nature loss, and pollution?
- How can countries better leverage recovery spending to accelerate the transition to a sustainable and more equitable world?
