A Rescue Plan for Nature

When: Thursday, 15 April 2021 | 18:00 - 19:30 BST 

Where: Online, register here.

Join a top-level panel of scientists, conservationists, and policymakers as they discuss how our disregard for nature caused COVID-19 – and how we can seize a unique opportunity to recover better.

This event accompanies the New Scientist's “Rescue Plan for Nature” feature series and is free for all to attend.

The talk will be followed by a question and answer session moderated by the host.

Speakers:

• Susan Gardner, Ocean conservationist and director of the Ecosystems Division, UNEP
• Partha Dasgupta, Economist, University of Cambridge, and author of the UK government review “The Economics of Biodiversity"
• Cristián Samper, Tropical biologist, president and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society
• Adjany Costa, Conservationist, UNEP Youth Advocate and adviser to the presidency of Angola
• Zac Goldsmith, Minister for Pacific and the Environment