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Taking place in the run up to the Forum for Global Challenges inaugural conference, which seeks solutions to the global challenges of climate change and inequalities.

Economic recovery from the global pandemic must be a green recovery. If we cannot cut greenhouse gas emissions, we risk climate change spiralling out of control. It is urgent that businesses and industry make rapid changes to reduce carbon dioxide emissions throughout production and supply chains, but how? What actions can government, consumers and employees take to incentivise green transition? For regions looking to attract and grow industry, how can the industrial landscape be revolutionised so that green businesses thrive?

The G7 Communiqué of June 2021 stressed the need for a green revolution, with the G7 agreeing to launch the Build Back Better World Initiative (B3W), to support democratic countries of the Global South in building sustainable, resilient infrastructure.

We need a global Green Industrial Revolution to support a sustainable future. This panel discussion will draw on the plans and experience of the West Midlands in the UK, ‘Home of the Green Industrial Revolution’, and on experience throughout the world to identify the key challenges and solutions in transitioning to green industry.

Speakers for this event:

Ed Cox, Director for Inclusive Growth & Public Sector Reform, West Midlands Combined Authority
Matthew Rhodes, Camirus and Chair of Energy Capital, West Midlands, UK
Natalie Dowsett, Head of Business Development, Ox
Nilgün Tas, Deputy Director, Department of Environment & Chief, Industrial Resource Efficiency Division, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Dan Storer, Chief Investment Officer, West Midlands Growth Company
Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, Senior Economist; Sustainable Growth, Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), South Africa
Ian Thomson, Director of Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business

About the Forum for Global Challenges

The inaugural University of Birmingham-led Forum for Global Challenges will take place at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham, 3-5 May 2022. The Forum is an international conference, bringing together people from different sectors and parts of the world to work on solutions towards global challenges, principally climate change and inequalities. In the lead-up to the first conference, we’re organising a number of events to generate ideas and material, and shape the agenda for May 2022. Find out more by visiting our website, or joining our online community.

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