Event details
Webinar Overview
This webinar will bring together leading experts to explore what sustainability executives and green investors should expect from the COP31 Climate Summit, before then providing a deep dive on the outcomes from the crucial climate talks. The session will explore the business and economic implications of the latest round of climate diplomacy, as governments seek to turn previous commitments to accelerate clean tech deployment, strengthen climate resilience, and transition away from fossil fuels into real world action.
Topics to be covered include:
- The priorities for the COP31 Climate Summit
- The main dividing lines at the annual talks
- Business involvement in the COP process
- A detailed analysis of the key outcomes from the summit and the likely economic impact from any agreement
- An assessment of the geopolitical fall out from the talks and what it means for the global clean energy transition
Presenters
James Murray
Editor-in-Chief, BusinessGreen
James Murray is Editor-in-Chief of BusinessGreen, having launched the site in October 2007. He is responsible for BusinessGreen's leading news, opinion and analysis, and also contributes to the brand's expanding events' programme. James is one of the UK's leading commentators on the low carbon economy. He writes occasionally for The Guardian newspaper and has also reported for BBC Radio on a number of green technology stories. James reports daily on a wide range of green business issues, with a particular focus on low carbon policy, economics and technology. In March 2011, James was voted number eight in the Press Gazette's list of the top 50 environmental journalists in the UK. Prior to launching BusinessGreen, James spent five years as a technology journalist working on a variety of IT titles.