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Next Steps for Climate Resilience
Season 1 · Episode 122

Next Steps for Climate Resilience

Agenda Dialogues · World Economic Forum

August 11, 202523m 40s

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Show Notes

Businesses investing in climate resilience and adaptation could see tangible returns – $2-$19 in value for every dollar spent – while taking the necessary steps to avoid annual profitability declines from climate impacts of up to 7% by 2035.

How can new strategies, from partnerships to technology and innovation, be leveraged to strengthen these efforts?

Speakers:

Deliang Chen, Professor, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University

Beat Strebel, Chief Executive Officer, Reinsurance China; Country President, China, Swiss Reinsurance Company Qin Yi, Presenter and Reporter, Shanghai Media Group Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Special Envoy for Financing Sustainable Development, United Nations Solveigh Hieronimus, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company Lindsay Hooper, Chief Executive Officer, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

This is the full audio from a session at the AMNC25 in Tianjin, China on 24 June, 2025.

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https://www.weforum.org/meetings/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2025/sessions/next-steps-for-climate-adaptation/

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