From November 6 to 18, 2022, the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) is taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh under the chairmanship of Egypt. The goal of COP27 is to implement actions in line with previous agreements in all areas related to climate change, with a focus on protecting people from the immediate effects of climate change, ensuring that no one is left behind.

As a follow-up to Ecumene 2022, on November 14, UN Goodwill Ambassador Viacheslav Fetisov and Gazprombank JSC, with the support of BloomGroup and the International and Comparative Law Research Center, organized discussion sessions as part of COP27. The intensive business programme included sessions on the energy transition, nature-based solutions and the financial component of the climate agenda, as well as a round table of the United Nations Association of Russia and the UN Global Compact Russia Network at the Ecumene Discussion Club, “Green Business. Role of Private Sector in Restoring the Dialogue for Climate Agenda Advancement” A recording of the discussion sessions is available at https://esgcongress.com/en/cop27.

Speakers and guests of the event highly appreciated the level of discussion, the importance of the agenda and the need to develop cooperation on sustainable development issues.

The results of all discussion sessions will be sent to the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and to the President of the Russian Federation.

Ecumene: Global Financial Forum is an authoritative platform for discussing key issues of long-term sustainable development of the world economy, harmonization and improvement of the financial agenda, and the development of new approaches to implementing the main objectives of the Paris Agreement. Each year, the results of the Forum’s work are presented at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP).

The Third Ecumene Forum will take place in September 2023.