Tariq Al-Olaimy

Tariq Al-Olaimy - Bahraini, West Asia

2017 Winner | | Bahraini

Public-private-partnerships are viewed as critical to achieving the SDGs, and to bridging an annual investment gap of $2.5 trillion to achieve them by 2030, yet we have overlooked our greatest social and economic partner: Nature itself. We try to protect nature. We try to learn from nature. But we are not actively partnering with nature. We fail to consider and utilize the operational and economic efficiency of almost $100 trillion in complementary eco-system services provided through natural capital, and over 3.8 billion years of R&D and priceless patents. The Public-Planet Partnerships (PPP) framework is a set of tools, values, case studies, technical resources and ethical dialogues that allow business, changemakers, and governments to consider new ways of working & collaborating with nature. It enables us to leverage the abundant innovations, solutions, systems and ecosystem services that natural capital has to offer through mutually beneficial partnerships with the Planet. www.publicplanetpartnerships.com

Tariq Al-Olaimy is the co-founder of 3BL Associates, a people + planet strategy consultancy and Think-do-Tank that was established to re-imagine a more regenerative Middle East, and to accelerate global sustainable development through collaboration.

Tariq is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, a co-chair of UNESCO's Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development partner network, and was recently named by GreenBiz and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development as one of their "30 under 30" leaders for sustainability innovation.

He is among the first 100 people in the world to complete a specialist certification in the field of Biomimicry.

Disclaimer: NOTE: This content was shared online for the 2019 cycle of the Young Champions of the Earth programme and has not been updated. This listing does not constitute any endorsement by nor status with the UN Environment Programme.

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