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DW Debate from the World Economic Forum in Davos

January 20, 2020

On the fringes of WEF, DW's roundtable discussion focussed on rising climate pledges and growing uncertainty around greenwashing.

https://p.dw.com/p/3WTIo
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The past five years saw encouraging progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in areas like child mortality, infectious diseases and some gender-related targets, but many other goals are falling behind From fighting biodiversity loss to eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, how are leaders making good on their commitments to create a cohesive and sustainable world?

Context: Pro-climate pledges are on the rise, but also growing uncertainty around greenwashing

Objective: To highlight case studies from the ‘Walking the Talk’ publication

 

Panellist:

  • Mohamad Al Jounde, Member of the Board, Gharsah Sweden, Sweden/Syria
  • Wanjuhi Njoroge, Global Shaper, Nairobi Hub, Kenya
  • Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York
  • Paul Stoffels, Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee; Chief Scientific Officer, Johnson & Johnson, USA

 

Presenter:
Sarah Kelly, Anchor-at-Large, Deutsche Welle, USA

Closing Remarks by:
Terri Toyota, Deputy Head of the Centre for Global Public Goods; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum