Sustainability Leaders Summit 2021 Event Programme Engage in the Q&A via our Event Platform, or visit Slido.com and use the code: #SLSummit _ConnectMedia #SLSummit Sustainability Leaders Summit 2021 Selected presentations & On-Demand sessions will be shared along with our Post-Event Survey. Email [email protected] SUSTAINABILITYLEADERS.COM.AU Phone 02 8004 8590 Welcome Sustainability Leaders Summit 2021 We have taken great pleasure in producing this event that we hope provides you with an exciting and effective digital platform for learning and cultivating important connections within your industry. All of the team at Connect Media would like to extend our gratitude to the event chairs, speakers, and sponsors who have combined their talents and resources to bring you this year’s Summit. We greatly value your feedback on any aspect of your experience, therefore at the conclusion of the event, we will provide you access to a survey which will assist us in crafting next year’s event. 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Dr Stefanos Fotiou, Director, Environment & Development Division, United Nations Dr Stefanos Fotiou is responsible for the planning and implementation of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific’s work on natural resources management, climate change, sustainable urban development, and the green economy. From decarbonisation through to the cities of the future, we sat down with Stefanos to sharpen our approach to the epidemic political and industrial challenges that threaten our sustainability outlook. A Sharper Vision for a Cleaner Future The developed world has The failure to decarbonise Air pollution is both a Climate action has traditionally created a is caused not by economic tangible and daily impact traditionally been seen sharp division between barriers but by vested on human wellbeing felt as the developed world’s the urban and the natural corporate interests and in cities across the world, luxury,