"Is Climate Action Job Creation?"

Join us for a lively debate hosted by DEBATABLE (an initiative of Kite Insights), presented by LinkedIn.

Where will the green skills and labour equity agendas merge, and how the transformation to a decarbonised economy will impact workers across the world?

Debaters:

• Patrick Flynn, Founder, Switchboard
• Kwolanne Felix, Fellowship and Community Manager, Black Girl Environmentalist
• ⁠Caterina Sarfatti, Managing Director, Inclusion and Global Leadership, C40 Cities
• ⁠Dawn Lippert, Founder and CEO, Elemental
• David Carlin, Founder- D. A. Carlin and Company
• Ajaita Shah, Founder & CEO, Frontier Markets.

Jury Members:

• ⁠Ms. Nigar Arpadarai, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion, COP29.
• ⁠Wanjira Mathai, Managing Director, Africa & Global Partnerships
• ⁠Allen Blue, Co-Founder, LinkedIn

Moderators:

• ⁠Sophie Lambin, Founder and CEO, Kite Insights
• Efrem Bycer, Sustainability and Workforce Policy Partnerships, LinkedIn

The debate will be followed by a cocktail and  and then a deeper dive discussion, spotlighting inspiring investment stories from African Entrepreneurs: 'The Ultimate Investment Story’,  presented by World Resources Institute Africa (WRI-Africa), the Green Belt Movement (GBM), the International Centre for Non-Violent Conflict (ICNC).

Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Time: 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. (debate starting at 4:30 prompt)

Venue: kyu House, 395 Hudson Street, New York, 10014