When: Thursday, 15 April 2021 | 18:00 - 19:30 BST
Where: Online, register here.
Join a top-level panel of scientists, conservationists, and policymakers as they discuss how our disregard for nature caused COVID-19 – and how we can seize a unique opportunity to recover better.
This event accompanies the New Scientist's “Rescue Plan for Nature” feature series and is free for all to attend.
The talk will be followed by a question and answer session moderated by the host.
Speakers:
- Susan Gardner, Ocean conservationist and director of the Ecosystems Division, UNEP
- Partha Dasgupta, Economist, University of Cambridge, and author of the UK government review “The Economics of Biodiversity"
- Cristián Samper, Tropical biologist, president and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society
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Adjany Costa, Conservationist, UNEP Youth Advocate and adviser to the presidency of Angola
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Zac Goldsmith, Minister for Pacific and the Environment
