The launch of the 2030 Coral Reef Breakthrough marks a watershed moment to save one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems. As part of the Ocean Breakthroughs - a set of global targets to accelerate ocean-climate actions - the Coral Reef Breakthrough will contribute to delivering on the Sharm El Sheik Adaptation Agenda. This assembly will witness state and private sector leaders launching the first-ever global targets for coral reef conservation, as well as announcing new financial commitments and actions to scale solutions globally.

Link to livestream: https://linktr.ee/CoralBreakthrough

Agenda and speakers:

Welcoming remarks by Maria Mendiluce, CEO of We Mean Business coalition.

Opening remarks

• Ignacio S. Galán, Executive Chairman, Iberdrola

• Amy Fraenkel, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals.

Roundtable discussion:

Moderator: Nina Mikander, Global Director of Policy, BirdLife

Speakers C-Suit level:

Each of them provides their views on how to advance nature positive approaches in the energy sector, trying to find common ground and synergies for collaboration.

• Policy perspective:

o Tbc - WEF (WG on Energy transition & Nature)

o Ursula Woodburn – Director CISL's Europe office and the Corporate Leaders Group Europe

• Finance perspective:

o Tbc - Alicia Montalvo, Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity, CAF (Development Bank of Latin América)

• Business perspective: Planning, targets and disclosure

o Diane Holdorf, Executive Vice President - WBCSD

o Gilles Vermot-Desroches, SVP Corporate Citizenship, and Institutions - Schneider Electric

o Tbc - Bruce Douglas. CEO, Global Renewables Alliance

Concluding remarks: Nina Mikander, Global Director of Policy, BirdLife

We must protect and restore biodiversity to deliver on climate action. Simultaneously, we need a rapid and just transition to renewable energy.

But if renewable energy developments are sited only to maximise energy production, approx. 11 million ha of natural habitat could be lost globally, releasing 415 million tonnes of stored carbon, undermining the climate benefits of renewable energy. It would also severely limit our ability to deliver on the global goals to halt and reverse biodiversity loss under the new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework with inappropriately sited wind turbines and power lines on land and offshore, causing habitat loss, death from collision and electrocutions, and displacement to birds, bats and aquatic species.

This event will showcase how collaboration between different stakeholders can identify and address opportunities, barriers, and challenges for the mainstreaming and scaling-up of nature-safe renewable energy deployment around the world to deliver a nature positive future.

Event type: Moderated panel dialogue and open audience Q&A

Speakers: Amy Fraenkel, Executive Secretary, CMS; Rachel Asante-Owusu, Senior Programme Coordinator, IUCN; UNFCCC representative; Development bank representative; Government representative.

Moderator: David Howell, Senior Energy Policy Officer, BirdLife International