CLIMATE CHANGE & BIO-DIVERSITY

Amelia Fawcett, Sylvie Goulard and Andrea Illy meet Bocconi students

Event in Memory of Achille Boroli

Addressing the challenge of climate change implies tackling the loss of nature biodiversity. The adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) for the first time has established that preserving biodiversity is a necessary condition to meet our climate goals and preserve the livelihoods of people. This is particularly true in the European Union. Action must thus be taken at all levels to move towards a nature positive economy, aligning global financial flows and increasing financing for nature on a global scale.

The International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits, co-chaired by Amelia Fawcett and Sylvie Goulard, is tasked with the goal of helping to shape nature markets so as to increase and accelerate investment in nature in a way that delivers for people and the planet. Students will discuss these issues with them, together with Andrea Illy, an Italian entrepreneur whose company, world-famous for its coffee, is a leader in the preservation of biodiversity.

The event will be held in memory of Achille Boroli and has been organized as part of the European Economic Policy course, coordinated by Carlo Altomonte. It is also part of the academic activities of the Achille and Giulia Boroli Chair in European Studies, assigned to Gianmarco Ottaviano.

At the end of the lecture, the three winning projects of the CIVICA Capstone Project Competition will be announced. The Projects are linked to specific and concrete EU-related policy challenges developed by students in the CIVICA alliance, as part of the second edition of the Graduate Multicampus Course “The Future of Europe,” jointly designed and taught across the CIVICA network. The winners will be awarded a monetary prize funded by Fondazione Achille e Giulia Boroli 

2:00PM
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS

2:15PM
WELCOMING REMARKS

FRANCESCO BILLARI
Rector, Bocconi University

ANDREA BOROLI
Vice President, Fondazione Achille e Giulia Boroli

INTRODUCTION

CARLO ALTOMONTE
Associate Professor of Economics of European Integration, Achille and Giulia Boroli Chair in European Studies, Bocconi University

PANEL DISCUSSION

SYLVIE GOULARD
Co-Chair, International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits

AMELIA FAWCETT
Co-Chair, International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits

ANDREA ILLY
Chairman, Illycaffè SpA

Q&A

CIVICA CAPSTONE PROJECT COMPETITION - BOROLI AWARD

CATHERINE DE VRIES
Dean for International Affairs, Bocconi University

CLOSING REMARKS

GIANMARCO OTTAVIANO
Full Professor of Economics, Achille and Giulia Boroli Chair in European Studies, Bocconi University

Click here to register: https://events.unibocconi.eu/index.php?key=ev2023120023