Solutions HouseSEPTEMBER 19–23
Can we build a new Solutions Economy?
In 2022 we must answer ‘yes’.
This Climate Week, something very special will happen. Leaders, experts, entrepreneurs, youth activists, storytellers, innovators and influencers will gather with one objective: drive exponential climate solutions
The motto of Solutions House is ‘answers only’. Every one of our debates, showcases, ideation sessions and workshops will be held in that spirit.
Speakers
Associate Administrator for the Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education, EPA
President, Club of Rome
Author & Co-Founder, Urban Ocean Lab
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
CEO, The Climate Group
Chief Sustainability Officer, Google
Founder and Executive Director, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice,
Director, Robert D. Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University,
Welcome To The Solutions Economy
Speakers
Chief Solutionist & Co-Founder
Futerra
CEO & Co-Founder
Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Albert Einstein said, "we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them". The opening session of Solutions House will bring together leading thinkers and their proposal for a new ‘Solutions Economy’, in which climate is capital.
We just made changing the world easier: The 1.5°C Business Playbook for exponential climate action
Speakers
Sustainability Officer
Netflix
Campaign Manager
Race To Zero
Head of Global Public Affairs & Sustainable Solutions
Ørsted
Head of Climate
Inter IKEA Group
CEO & Co-Founder
Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Associate Professor
BI Norwegian Business School
Head of Sustainability
Ericsson
Chief Solutionist & Co Founder
Futerra
The first 1.5°C Business Playbook was a hit. It is now supported by companies with a combined revenue of over 900 billion dollars. These are not any companies. These are the most disruptive and innovative companies on Earth. The playbook gives businesses of any size the 4 Climate Pillar strategy to create value while crushing their emissions…and emissions they influence. Join us for the launch of the upgraded 1.5 Business Playbook v.2.0. It makes changing the world even easier.
Reinventing supply chains to halve emissions by 2030
Speakers
CEO
Houdini
Director & Global Lead, Supply Chain
BSR
Head of Sustainability
Ericsson
Head of Climate
Inter IKEA Group
Director, Supplier Carbon Solutions
Apple
Head of Sustainability
Polestar
Campaigns Director
Climate Champions Team
CEO & Co Founder
Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Chief Solutionist & Co-Founder
Futerra
Senior Project Manager
Exponential Roadmap Initiative
For many companies, most emissions are locked in their supply chains. These emissions are difficult to reach and even more difficult to control. What are the solutions to incentivise suppliers to cut emissions? How do we make it as easy as possible for companies to engage with their suppliers? How can we reduce friction to action? This event will present open source tools and key strategies such as the shift towards 100% renewable energy through disruptive innovation.
Meet the Solutionists: Entrepreneurship in Action
Speakers
Chief Sustainability Officer
AB InBev
Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer
Schneider Electric
CTO & Co-Founder
Solutum
CEO
Toroto
Chief Solutionist & Co-Founder
Futerra
In the face of our climate emergency, we desperately need entrepreneurs working to fix the future. We’ve invited inspiring Solutionists from large corporations and breakthrough start-ups to share their strategies, advice and vision for the future. Join them to plot out how Solutionists can transform business into part of the solution.
This session made possible by AB InBev. Thank you so much!
Natural Climate Solutions
Speakers
Co Founder Exponential Roadmap Initiative, Global Sustainability Writer & Analyst PIK
Managing Director
Conservation International
VP Growth
Terraformation
CEO & Co-Founder
Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Group CEO
Futerra
Restoration Science Director
Conservation International
Net Zero Director
We Mean Business Coalition
At this session, some of the world’s leading experts will present the latest research on climate solutions from land, forest, agriculture, peat and wet land. They will introduce a new report, the Exponential Roadmap for Natural Climate Solutions. Join to hear what this means for companies investing in protecting and restoring nature.
Fireside Chat with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Speakers
Author & Co-Founder
Urban Ocean Lab
Chief Solutionist & Co-Founder
Futerra
Join us for an intimate conversation between Chief Solutionist of Futerra, Solitaire Townsend, and marine biologist, policy expert and author Dr Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. We’ll invite attendees to join the discussion, focusing on finding joy in climate action. We can all play a role in the climate movement by tapping into our skills, resources and networks in ways that bring us satisfaction – what’s yours?
Fireside chat with EPA's Associate Administrator & Google
Speakers
Associate Administrator
EPA
Director, Robert D. Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University
Founder and Executive Director, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
CSO
We’re in a moment of immense opportunity for environmental justice, seeing historic investments like the Biden Administration's Justice40 initiative. But there’s still so much more work to be done to help frontline communities that have been historically underserved and disproportionately impacted. Join us for a panel discussion with extraordinary leaders of the environmental justice movement: EPA Associate Administrator Rosemary Enobakhare, Dr. Robert Bullard, Dr. Beverly Wright, and Peggy Shepard. Moderated by Kate Brandt, Google's Chief Sustainability Officer.
Scaling Exponential Climate Policy: from Laggards to Disruptors for System Change
Speakers
Convener
Climate Governance Commission, NOW Partners, and Future Economy Forum
CEO
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
Head of Research
Global Challenges Foundation
Co-Founder & CEO
Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Founder, CEO
YCenter
Chief Environmental Officer
H2 Green Steel
Director of Research, Data & Innovation, World Resources Institute Africa
Conventional wisdom in the climate action and advocacy space too often sees innovation and the deployment of green technology as a given, taken care of by the private sector, whereas the catalyzation and protection of such solutions to the climate crisis need a much sharper, systematic and visionary policy approach. This session will draw on initial pioneering work done in collaboration between the Climate Governance Commission and the Exponential Roadmap Initiative on the concept of "Exponential Policy" — that is, policies tailored across the climate solution life-cycle to trigger cascading system changes, addressing key areas of economic and social transformation.
Covering The Solutions - Press Panel
Speakers
Sustainability Editor
Bloomberg
Staff Writer
Grist
Senior Correspondent
TIME
Chief Solutionist & Co-Founder
Futerra
Over 60% of people worldwide see ‘much more’ coverage of climate problems rather than solutions. We’ve got to flip that script and make our solutions media-worthy. Our panel of journalists will explore what makes a great story, share the worst press releases they’ve received and help plot climate coverage that’s solutions-orientated. Join us to learn the tricks of the trade.
Are Tipping Points Always Bad?
Speakers
Director
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Chief Solutionist & Co-Founder
Futerra
Co-Founder Exponential Roadmap Initiative, Global Sustainability Writer & Analyst PIK
New research has warned the world might be passing 5 dangerous tipping points, including the collapse of the Greenland and West Antarctic Ice Sheets, tropical coral reef die off, and the abrupt thawing of Northern permafrost. But…points can tip both ways. Solutions House is delighted to host leading voices from the recent conference Tipping Points – From Climate Crisis to Positive Transformation. Hot off the press from that event, leaders from the Earth4All initiative will share 5 ‘positive tipping points’ – the extraordinary turnarounds the world needs right now, and how to deliver them. This is a radical blueprint for change and Solutions House will be the first to hear this new agenda. Come and be tipped towards the answers.
Breakfast will be provided.
The Secret Power Of Lifestyle Emissions
Speakers
CSO
Associate Professor
BI Norwegian Business School
Chief Solutionist & Co-Founder
Futerra
CEO & Co-Founder
Exponential Roadmap Initiative
CEO
BEWorks
Senior Strategist
BEWorks
Senior Advisor to the CEO
WBCSD
This year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) put people power into the plan to meet the Paris Agreement. They calculate that 'behavior and socio-cultural' changes could rapidly save 5% of all demand-side carbon emissions. The potential is huge, but how do we get there? Join behavioral scientists and pioneering businesses to discover products and persuasion which could change our lives (and the climate) for good.
The Future Is Intersectional
Speakers
CEO
The Climate Group
Board Chair
ERA Fund for Women’s Equality & Women Moving Millions
Deputy Director
Gates Foundation
Chief Solutionist & Co-Founder
Futerra
If you can’t solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it – can you solve it with the same leadership? Across the world; women, people of color, young people and underrepresented groups are stepping up to climate leadership. Join the CEO of the Climate Group, Helen Clarkson, and a panel of intersectional leaders talk about how solving climate change is changing leadership.
Multi-Solving For Permacrisis
Speakers
President
The Club of Rome
Co-Founder
Apolitical
President
Natural Capitalism Solutions
Chief Solutionist & Co-Founder
Futerra
In our age of permanent crisis we can’t afford to be ‘single issue’ solvers. The concept of ‘multi-solving’ seeks to build long-term resilience while delivering short-term wellbeing and justice. Join experts in politics, gender, system dynamics and communications to delve into how multisolves work.
Storytelling The Solutions
Speakers
Founder
Good Energy Stories
Brown Girl Green
Co-founder of Green Jobs Board
Chief Solutionist & Co-Founder
Futerra
House of Adanna
How can we put solutions in the story? Writers, producers, actors and showrunners spin up magic out of thin air. They make us laugh. They make us cry. They terrify us. But most of all they make us care about the worlds they create. Now these brilliant storytellers are turning their creative superpowers towards climate solutions and future worlds we want to live in. Solutions House will host a unique session with very special guests who can weave the stories that change the world.
Celebrating The Exponential Solutions
Speakers
Director
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Please join us for an interactive high-level session with an introductory speech and key insights from one of the most influential climate scientists of our time: Johan Rockstrom. Come and celebrate the solutions of our time!
Solutions House is hosted by Futerra, the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and Google. Sessions will be both live and available to watch online.
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