Climate change at a crossroads – opportunities and challenges for a global green recovery
In 2021, the IKEM Academy was titled ‘Climate change at a crossroads – opportunities and challenges for a global green recovery’. It was held online from 27–29 July 2021. The three-day multidisciplinary forum featured interactive seminars led by renowned experts.
In a year of unprecedented events and compounding crises, a global plan for recovery was needed. IKEM Academy 2021 took stock of the current economic outlook and reimagined a cleaner and more resilient future that brings us closer to our climate goals and addresses rising inequalities.
Together we examined global approaches to a Green New Deal, policy lessons, finance mechanisms and technological innovations, and envisioned pathways to sustainability for cities and rural areas as well as the management of biodiversity in forests and seas.