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Women around the world are engaging daily with devastating climate impacts and developing concrete solutions to support their communities. They are particularly well placed to address critical intersecting agendas like health, justice, agriculture and nutrition.
But their climate leadership is continually hindered by systemic and substantial obstacles. Too often, they remain excluded from decision making, poorly supported or even, in certain situations, threatened. Women’s daily contributions and strategic participation are, in most cases, still invisible.
So let’s step into the clearing together, hear women tell their stories of brave and innovative solutions, identify the main obstacles to women-led climate action, and discuss the most effective ways of removing them in different regions around the world.
How can policy and leadership, collectives, networking and financing unlock women’s contributions at a global scale? How can we shed light on these women and create new conditions for them to thrive?
MODERATOR
Stephen Dunbar-Johnson
President, International of The New York Times
PANELISTS
Alexandra Palt
Vice President of Fondation L'Oréal
Nidhi Pant
Co-Founder of Science For Society - S4S Technologies
and a Member of Women Climate Collective in 2023
Bridget Burns
Executive Director of the Women's Environment
and Development Organization
Dr. Auma Obama
Founder and Director of the Auma Obama Foundation Sauti Kuu
Climate change is exacerbating the U.S.’s already-stressed water system — from aging infrastructure to increasing flood zones to shrinking freshwater supply. Technological breakthroughs and smart water management offer promising solutions but require collaboration among private companies, governments and the public to complete. A mix of centralized and decentralized policy environments, enable new technologies to be tested and readied for wider rollout, all while creating the conditions for water stewardship innovation to flourish.
How can the private sector support governments to update regulatory and legal frameworks that result in stronger and more equitable water policies and systems? What stakeholders need to be at the table from the start, especially in water-stressed communities?
MODERATOR
Stephen Dunbar-Johnson
President, international of The New York Times
PANELISTS
Estelle Brachlianoff
C.E.O. of Veolia
Kartik Chandran
Professor of earth and environmental engineering at Columbia University
Kristin Hughes
Global head of sustainability at Diageo
As technology and sustainability agendas become increasingly intertwined — propelled by their respective visions of societal impact and progress — leaders have an opportunity to shape industry transformation that is as compelling as it is “intelligent.” What are the latent opportunities for companies eager to explore the intersections of sustainability and A.I.? What does sustainable AND artificial intelligence look like?
MODERATOR
Stephen Dunbar-Johnson
President, international of The New York Times
PANELISTS
Katrine DiBona
Global head of sustainability at Novo Nordisk
Sophia Mendelsohn
Chief sustainability and commercial officer at SAP
Azeem Azhar
Founder of Exponential View
In June 2024, with Navahine v. Hawai‘i Department of Transportation, Our Children’s Trust achieved the first settlement agreement of a youth-led constitutional climate case directed at stopping pollution from a transportation system.
Today, as co-executive director and chief legal counsel, Olson directs the organization’s legal strategy and serves as lead counsel on two federal cases, Juliana v. United States and Genesis v. EPA.
Olson has received numerous awards including the Kerry Rydberg Award for Environmental Activism in 2017, Rose-Walters Prize for Global Activism in 2018, the Katharine & George Alexander Law Prize in 2022 and Berkeley Law’s Environmental Leadership Award in 2024.
In 2023, TIME100Climate called Olson one of the world’s most influential leaders driving climate action. Olson received her J.D. from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco and a B.A. from the University of Colorado.
You can learn more about her work at www.ourchildrenstrust.org
Globally, women are critical to the climate resilience of their communities. Women make up nearly half of all smallholder farmers worldwide and produce up to 70 percent of all food in Africa. Climate impacts — like natural disasters, droughts, floods and extreme heat — can devastate local food supply chains, leading to malnourishment, hunger and loss of livelihoods and income. Faced with increasingly hostile climate challenges, women are utilizing tools and technologies that promote sustainable agriculture and food security.
What can the climate solutions ecosystem do to build both climate and women’s resilience simultaneously, from early-warning weather tracking systems to drones to leveraging mobile phones to give farmers critical climate and agricultural updates? What can the private sector do to help close the gap between on-the-ground needs of women farmers and global climate goals?
OPENING REMARKS
Joy Robins
Global Chief Advertising Officer at The New York Times
MODERATOR
Andrew Zimmern
Chef and U.N. World Food Programme Goodwill Ambassador
FIRESIDE CHAT
Cindy McCain
Executive Director of the U.N. World Food Programme
James Manyika
Senior Vice President of Research, Technology and Society at Google
PANELISTS
Rania Dagash-Kamara
Assistant Executive Director of Partnerships
and Innovation at the U.N. World Food Programme
Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink
Director of A.I. and Sustainability at Google.org
Martien van Nieuwkoop
Director of Agricultural Development at the Gates Foundation
Climate-related health hazards, from pollution to flooding to extreme heat, are putting an increasing amount of strain on our healthcare systems. They have also exposed huge medical blind spots, including, first and foremost, access to health for socially vulnerable groups. As health risks grow and complicate care, preventive health in all its forms can support more resilient patients and healthcare systems. What does preventive healthcare in a climate crisis look like? How can the prioritization of early interventions lead directly to mass decarbonization of the healthcare sector?
OPENING REMARKS
Stephen Dunbar-Johnson
President, International of The New York Times
Joris Silon
U.S. Country President of AstraZeneca
MODERATOR
Sweta Chakraborty
North American C.E.O. of We Don’t Have Time
THOUGHT LEADERS/PANELISTS
Dr. Gaurab Basu
Primary care physician and director of education and policy at the Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dr. Cheryl Holder
Co-Chair of Florida Clinicians for Climate Action
Dr. Victor Dzau
President of the National Academy of Medicine
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WITH
Marcus Samuelsson
Chef and author
Marcus Samuelsson is the chef behind many restaurants worldwide, including Red Rooster, Hav & Mar and Metropolis in New York City; Overtown in Miami; Marcus Bar & Grille in Atlanta; Marcus Live! in New Jersey; and several locations of MARCUS, including the Bahamas. Montreal and, most recently, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Samuelsson was the youngest person to ever receive a three-star review from The New York Times. He has won eight James Beard Foundation Awards and recently won a 2023 Emmy Award for the short form program “My Mark.”
Samuelsson has won numerous competition shows including “Top Chef Masters” and “Chopped All-Stars” and appears regularly on those franchises as a judge. He also recently appeared as an Iron Chef on Netflix’s “Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend.”
Samuelsson is the author of multiple books including The New York Times best-selling memoir “Yes, Chef” and “The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food.”
WITH
Jesper Brodin
President and C.E.O. of Ingka Group, IKEA
Ryan Gellert
C.E.O. of Patagonia
MODERATED BY
Sapna Maheshwari
Business reporter
WITH
Kevin D. Roberts, Ph.D.
President of The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for America
MODERATED BY
David Gelles
Managing correspondent for Climate Forward
WITH
Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali
President of Guyana
MODERATED BY
Somini Sengupta
International climate correspondent
WITH
Dr. Jane Goodall
Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and U.N. Messenger of Peace
MODERATED BY
Catrin Einhorn
Senior staff editor
WITH
RJ Scaringe
Founder and C.E.O. of Rivian
MODERATED BY
David Gelles
Managing correspondent for Climate Forward
WITH
Roy Cooper
Governor of North Carolina
MODERATED BY
Astead Herndon
National politics reporter and the host of the politics podcast “The Run-Up”
WITH
Professor Muhammad Yunus
Chief adviser of the government of Bangladesh and Nobel Laureate
MODERATED BY
Somini Sengupta
International climate correspondent
WITH
Al Roker
Weather and feature anchor of “TODAY” and co-host of 3rd Hour of “TODAY”
MODERATED BY
Cara Buckley
Climate reporter
WITH
Michael Oppenheimer
Professor of geosciences and international affairs at Princeton University
Stefan Rahmstorf
Professor of physics of the oceans at Potsdam University
MODERATED BY
David Wallace-Wells
Opinion writer and columnist for The New York Times Magazine
WITH
Wopke Hoekstra
European Commissioner for Climate Action
MODERATED BY
Somini Sengupta
International climate correspondent
As the founder and executive director of the climate advocacy nonprofit Planet Reimagined, Met develops research and fosters change locally and internationally. Planet Reimagined uses an action-research model to train and engage the climate leaders of the future, using media and entertainment platforms along with strategic advocacy to mobilize climate action.
Met has worked with the United States Congress and the White House on bipartisan efforts to promote renewable energy policies in the United States. Internationally, he serves as a celebrity advocate for the United Nations Development Programme, raising awareness about climate issues.
As an adjunct professor at Columbia University, Met draws on his Ph.D. in human rights law and sustainable development and his experience as an advocate to teach about climate policy and campaigning. He has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, MSNBC and ABC, and is a frequent contributor to TIME and regular commentator on climate issues for CNN. His climate messages have also been featured in entertainment and music outlets including MTV, Rolling Stone, Billboard, People, Pollstar, Grammy.com and the Hollywood Reporter.
WITH
Vicki Hollub
President and C.E.O. of Occidental
MODERATED BY
David Gelles
Managing correspondent for Climate Forward
WITH
Ali Zaidi
President Biden’s national climate adviser
MODERATED BY
David Gelles
Managing correspondent for Climate Forward
Featuring:
- Vanessa Friedman, Fashion Director and Chief Fashion Critic at The New York Times
- Antoine Arnault, Image and Environment Director of LVMH and Chairman at Berluti and Loro Piana
This live event, entitled “The Ultimate Team,” took place in Paris on July 1.
Featuring:
- Vanessa Friedman, Fashion Director and Chief Fashion Critic at The New York Times
- Jens Grede, Co-Founder and CEO of Skims
- Candace Parker, Former WNBA player
This live event, entitled “The Ultimate Team,” took place in Paris on July 1.
Featuring:
- Stella Bugbee, Style Editor of The New York Times
- Max Vallot & Tom Daly, Co-Founders of District Vision
This live event, entitled “The Ultimate Team,” took place in Paris on July 1.
Featuring:
- Vanessa Friedman, Fashion Director and Chief Fashion Critic at The New York Times
- John Elkann, Chairperson at Stellantis and CEO of Exor
This live event, entitled “The Ultimate Team,” took place in Paris on July 1.
Featuring:
- Rory Smith, Sports Correspondent at The New York Times
- Khalida Popal, Founder of the Afghanistan Women’s National Football Team
- Sierra Quitiquit, Skier and Founder and CEO, Time for Better
This live event, entitled “The Ultimate Team,” took place in Paris on July 1.
Featuring:
- Stella Bugbee, Styles Editor of The New York Times
- Martin Lotti, Chief Design Officer at NIKE, Inc.
- Yoon Ahn, Nike Women’s Global Curator, Creative Director & Co-Founder of AMBUSH®
This live event, entitled “The Ultimate Team,” took place in Paris on July 1.
Featuring:
- Vanessa Friedman, Fashion Director and Chief Fashion Critic at The New York Times
- Teddy Riner, Olympic & World Judo Champion
This live event, entitled “The Ultimate Team,” took place in Paris on July 1.
Listen to this debate, held steps from the World Economic Forum and judged by Al Gore, a former U.S. vice president; Alexander De Croo, the prime minister of Belgium; and others.
Debaters:
“Yes, global cooperation is dead.”
- Betty Osei Bonsu, country manager at Green Africa Youth Organization
- Sandrine Dixson-Declève, co-president of the Club of Rome
- Mariana Mazzucato, professor in the economics of innovation and public value at University College London
“No, global cooperation is not dead.”
- Rachel Kyte, visiting professor of practice at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
- Alaa Murabit, director of global programs, advocacy and communications at the Gates Foundation
- Halla Tómasdóttir, C.E.O. and chief change catalyst at the B Team
Jury members:
- Alexander De Croo, prime minister of Belgium
- Al Gore, former vice president of the United States of America
- Andrew Liveris, former chairman and C.E.O. of Dow Chemical
- Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Moderator: David Gelles, reporter for The New York Times
This is a sponsor session by U.S. Bank at DealBook Summit 2023.
This interview was with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times at the annual DealBook Summit, recorded live in front of an audience at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Read more about highlights from the day at http://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/dealbook-summit-news.
This interview was with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times at the annual DealBook Summit, recorded live in front of an audience at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Read more about highlights from the day at http://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/dealbook-summit-news
This interview was with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times at the annual DealBook Summit and recorded live in front of an audience at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Read more about highlights from the day at http://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/dealbook-summit-news
This interview was with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times at the annual DealBook Summit and recorded live in front of an audience at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Read more about highlights from the day at http://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/dealbook-summit-news
This interview was with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times at the annual DealBook Summit and recorded live in front of an audience at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Read more about highlights from the day at http://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/dealbook-summit-news
This interview was with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times at the annual DealBook Summit, recorded live in front of an audience at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Read more about highlights from the day at http://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/dealbook-summit-news
This interview was with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times at the annual DealBook Summit, recorded live in front of an audience at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Read more about highlights from the day at http://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/dealbook-summit-news
This interview was with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times at the annual DealBook Summit and recorded live in front of an audience at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Read more about highlights from the day at http://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/dealbook-summit-news
This interview was with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times at the annual DealBook Summit and recorded live in front of an audience at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Read more about highlights from the day at http://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/dealbook-summit-news
This interview was with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times at the annual DealBook Summit and recorded live in front of an audience at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Read more highlights from the day at http://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/dealbook-summit-news
This interview was with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times at the annual DealBook Summit and recorded live in front of an audience at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Read more about highlights from the day at http://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/dealbook-summit-news
This interview was with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times and included as part of the DealBook Summit event. Read more about highlights from day at http://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/dealbook-summit-news
Moderated by Sophia Li, Climate Advocate and Journalist with Panelists, Ellen Jackowski, Chief Sustainability Officer of Mastercard and Chris MacAulay, U.S. Country Manager of Too Good To Go.
This interview with Hiroko Tabuchi of The New York Times was part of the Climate Forward event.
The interview with David Gelles of The New York Times was part of the Climate Forward event.
Anthony Myint, co-founder of Mission Chinese Food and executive director of Zero Foodprint, along with Jim Andrew, chief sustainability officer of PepsiCo, discuss regenerative agriculture. Andrew also addresses questions around PepsiCo’s commitment to reducing its use of plastics.
This interview with Kim Severson of The New York Times was at the Climate Forward event.
This interview with Somini Sengupta of The New York Times was at the Climate Forward event.
This interview with Ivan Penn of The New York Times was at the Climate Forward event.