The Institute will be taking part in Davos 2025 via the Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability, represented by Beatrice Weder di Mauro, André Hoffmann Chair of Economics, Climate, and Nature Finance and Co-Director of the centre, and Ioana Popp, Managing Director of the centre; as well as via the Tech Hub and Jérôme Duberry, Managing Director; and Marie-Laure Salles, Director of the Institute.
The newly created Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability (HCGS) launched in September 2024, with the mission to deliver world-class research to inform sound and actionable policy. HCGS takes a systemic approach: sustainability research demands a systemic perspective, integrating environmental, natural, political, and social dimensions. The HCGS advocates for a truly global approach, both in terms of geography and disciplinary scope. Regarding the presence of the HCGS at Davos, Beatrice Weder di Mauro has highlighted that "nature and carbon markets are failing. They are fragmented, costly, and lack credibility and scalability. Measuring nature credits in CO₂ tons is fundamentally flawed. Efforts to improve the design of climate and nature credits have focused too heavily on the supply side, neglecting demand-side challenges. To make meaningful progress, we need new approaches, such as large-scale jurisdictional projects, to address issues like leakage, additionality, and valuation." (Learn More about the Centre.)
Representing the Institute, Marie-Laure Salles will take part in a key session at the House of Switzerland dedicated to “COP 30 in the Amazon: Shaping Our Planetary Future” on Thursday 23 January. Organised by Swissnex in Brazil with Frontiers Media and AYA Earth Partners, the session “will explore how to leverage science, traditional knowledge, and technology to achieve a new balance between humans and the Earth system.” Marie-Laure Salles will participate in the panel “COP 30: Shaping a Planet-Centric Agenda” on how to align climate negotiations and finance with planetary interests.
Monday 20 January 2025
- 19:30 - 22:00, InTent – Opening Dinner: "Why We Need a New Nature of Business: Charting a Path to Sustainable Prosperity"
Tuesday 21 January 2025
9:00 - 11:00, SDG Tent — Business Schools for Climate Leadership Workshop at Davos 2025 — Ioana Popp
- 10:00-12:00, House of Switzerland, Nordside — Rebalancing the Global AI Landscape - the International Computation and AI Network (ICAIN) — Jérôme Duberry
- 15:00-17:30, UAE Pavillion, Davos — The route to AI readiness in emerging markets: enabling innovation, adoption and impact — Jérôme Duberry
18:30 - 20:30, Hard Rock Hotel – Accelerating Business Action for Nature — Beatrice Weder di Mauro
Wednesday 22 January 2025
- 10:30-13:30, Nordside — Innovative Impact Financing Matters: Become a strong and credible leader in future market development — Beatrice Weder di Mauro
- 15:00 - 17:30, InTent — Mobilising financial markets to value what matters most — Beatrice Weder di Mauro
- 19:30 - 22:00, SDG Tent, Earth Room — Closing Dinner – Accelerating Momentum to a Nature Positive Future — Beatrice Weder di Mauro
Thursday 23 January 2025
- 14:00–16:00, House of Switzerland — COP 30 in the Amazon: Shaping Our Planetary Future — Marie-Laure Salles
In 2024, the Institute, through its Tech Hub, hosted a conference on “AI Geopolitical Implications for Business, Government, and Society” at AI House Davos, featuring Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft and alumnus of the Institute; Amandeep Gill, Under-Secretary-General, UN Tech Envoy; Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union; and Marie-Laure Salles.