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As Founder and Chairman, Dr Andrew Forrest has led Fortescue Metals Group (Fortescue) from inception to a US$60 billion listed natural resources company that’s invested US$40+ billion developing some of the world’s most efficient infrastructure. In 2021, Fortescue announced its commitment to become zero-emissions by 2030, and created Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), a developer, financier, and operator of a global portfolio of renewable energy resources to produce green energy at a ...
Mark Malloch‐Brown is president of the Open Society Foundations, the world’s largest private funder of independent groups working for justice, democratic governance, and human rights. He has worked to advance human rights, justice, and development for more than four decades in a variety of roles: with the United Nations, the World Bank, and as a British government minister, as well as with a range of civil society groups and business. At the United Nations, Malloch-Brown spearheaded the ...
Andrew Steer KCMG, PhD is the President and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund, a $10 billion commitment made by Jeff Bezos in 2020 to address nature and climate challenges in this decisive decade. In this role, Andrew is responsible for building and leading the Earth Fund team and driving impact through grantmaking, convening, and advocacy around big ideas. Andrew joined the Bezos Earth Fund from the World Resources Institute, where he served as President and CEO for eight years. Previously, he ...
Dr Edward K. Brown, currently Senior Director, Research and policy Engagements at the Africa Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), based in Accra, Ghana, has over 35 years in international development, half of which were spent at the World Bank. He started his career as a research economist at the Development Research Department at the World Bank, and later as Population Economist in the Population Health and Nutrition Department, leading high-level policy dialogue and operations in the ...
Hard-fought battles by leaders around the world have helped better protect nature in recent years but more work is needed to secure everything from future economic resilience to progress on climate action. Dr. Andrew Steer of the Bezos Earth Fund shares what transitions must happen this decade and the new approaches to philanthropy, policy and technology that can bring those transitions past the tipping point for true change. In this episode recorded at the 2023 Annual Meeting in Davos, he ...
Prior to becoming the Special Advisor to the High Commissioner for Refugees for Climate Action, Andrew has held a multitude of posts within UNHCR. He headed the Innovation Service, and before that was responsible for leading and coordinating the international response to the Syrian Crisis in Jordan. Some of the main achievements included responding to, at the time, the largest refugee crisis in the world, the establishment of the Zaatari and Azraq refugee camps, introducing biometric ...
Andrew Sorkin: I'm going to go out of order on the protocol here, Prime Minister; I ask you to indulge me for one second because I want to ask Mustafa a question. One of the things that's been so fascinating to watch, I think the public's all been watching, is the industry has been quite outspoken about saying there's going to be a lot of problems with AI.
2024年9月24日. • 55 Minutes. Global decision makers will convene at three COPs on the Biodiversity, Climate and Desertification agendas this year. As the planet risks maintaining a pathway to 3C of warming, with intensifying land degradation and a million animal and plant species at risk of extinction, a coordinated approach is fundamental ...
As 2023 draws to a close and the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting looms ever closer, we look at an issue that will be on everyone’s lips in Davos: artificial intelligence. Cathy Li, head of AI at the Forum tells us about the work of the AI Governance Alliance, which has brought stakeholders together to seek the best way for humans to oversee the rapid rise of the technology. And we hear from a handful of the stakeholder who attended the AI Governance Summit in November: Sara Hooker ...
Dr. Kathy Bloomgarden is CEO of Ruder Finn Inc., one of the world's largest independent public relations and creative agencies, founded by PR industry pioneer and legend David Finn, with offices throughout the United States, across the EU, and the Asia Pacific region. Ruder Finn has been awarded America’s Best PR Agency 2021 by Forbes, Bulldog Reporter’s Most Innovative Agency Award, and Large Agency of the Year by PR News. PR News named Kathy both 2021 CEO of the Year and a Top Women in ...
