What I’m looking forward to at the first-ever One Earth Summit

Diane Brady here, filling in for Peter Vanham.

I’m excited to be heading tonight to Hong Kong, where I started my career as a reporter. Since COP28 concluded, it’s clear that we have a long way to go in combating the global climate challenge. On Monday, I will attend the inaugural One Earth Summit, which will focus on investing in innovations for a sustainable future.

It’s especially powerful to be having these discussions in Asia, where growth and innovation will be critical in determining to what extent we can reduce carbon emissions on a path to net zero.

We’ll hear from plenty of people who have been on the front lines, including Prince Maximilian von und zu Liechtenstein, TPG Capital’s Jim Coulter, Robin Zeng of Chinese battery giant CATL, Peter Lee Ka-kit of Henderson Land, Chavalit Frederick Tsao of IMC Pan Asia Alliance Group, and Amy Lo of UBS.

But I think it’s always good to start with the person who has the vision and drive to get these ambitious initiatives off the ground. That would be Poman Lo. She wears many hats, including being vice chair of Regal Hotels and Century City, founding partner of sustainable technology fund AlphaTrio, a professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and founder of the Institute of Sustainability and Technology.

Lo founded the One Earth Summit as a partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government to mobilize capital, spur innovation, and, as she puts it, “foster international partnerships and technology exchange across the East and West.”

I look forward to hearing more. If you'll be at the summit too, I hope we can connect there.

Diane Brady
diane.brady@fortune.com

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