Leading into 2050: Building Resilience for Health, Climate & Biodiversity

When
April 27, 2021 12:00 pm — 1:30 pm
Where
Webinar Only

An ELI ELI Program

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, leadership in the coming decades will continue to face unprecedented challenges in climate change and biodiversity loss, including their mounting public health consequences. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that between 2030-2050, climate change could contribute to an additional 250,000 deaths per year. Similarly, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) points to surmounting evidence on the linkages between biodiversity loss and the emergence of new zoonotic diseases. In the aftermath of this global pandemic, leaders must look to not only revitalize economies, but also to implement law and policy which acknowledges looming challenges on the horizon.

How can emerging leaders build structural resilience within our social and economic systems, such as that required to meet these extraordinary challenges? Can mitigating climate change and biodiversity loss facilitate better public health? Join ELI and our expert panelists as they explore these questions and the intersection of these crises, and options for building resilience across institutions through nuanced decision-making in environmental policy.

Panelists:
Nicholas Robinson
, Professor on the Environment, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University, Moderator
Stephanie Bertaina
, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Community Revitalization, Environmental Protection Agency
Lori Ann Burd, Director, Environmental Health and Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity
Fatema Rajabali, Associate Programme Officer, Adaptation Division, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Amir Sapkota, Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Health

Materials:
Robinson PowerPoint presentation
Bertaina PowerPoint presentation
Burd PowerPoint presentation
Rajabali PowerPoint presentation
Sapkota PowerPoint presentation

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