
Plenary
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A conservative shares an alternative approach to fighting climate change. How private equity can drive solutions. How Apple and Conservation International have more in common than you think. Why companies, organizations, and cities are collaborating across sectors, and who’s lining up behind the Amazon Climate Pledge. National Geographic makes a big announcement, and a new UN watchdog committee explains how they’ll hold businesses and cities to their ambitious climate promises.
Speakers
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Lisa JacksonVice President, Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, Apple, Inc
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Daniella Levine CavaMayor of Miami-Dade County
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Benjamin BackerPresident of the American Conservation Coalition
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M. SanjayanCEO of Conservation International
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Antonio GraciasCEO of Valor Equity Partners
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Jennifer MorrisCEO of The Nature Conservancy
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Kara HurstVice President, Worldwide Sustainability, Amazon
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David LeuschenSenior managing director of Riverstone Holdings
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Catherine McKennaPrincipal of Climate and Nature Solutions
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Manish BapnaPresident and CEO of NRDC
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Arunabha GhoshCEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water
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Jane WooldridgeSenior Director at the Miami Herald
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