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Day 4/4. The Summit is coming to a conclusion today September 23, 2024, with a focus on Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow. The summit is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enhance cooperation on critical challenges and address gaps in global governance. Two interactive dialogues took place just as we did yesterday. 1. Towards a Common Digital Future aimed to strengthen inclusive innovation and cooperation to bridge the digital divides. This session highlights the importance of collaboration to ensure no one is left behind, especially in developing countries. The second dialogue, The Future Starts Now: Enhancing the Global System for Current and Future Generations, focused on enhancing the global system to benefit both current and future generations. This session likely built upon the outcomes of the previous day's discussions, including the adoption of the Pact for the Future, which includes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations. Throughout the Summit, world leaders emphasized the need for effective global cooperation, recognition of the immense benefits of digital technologies, and the importance of mitigating risks associated with them. The event is concluding with the adoption of the Pact for the Future, which happened yesterday, September 22, 2024 marking a significant step towards a more prosperous, equitable, and sustainable future for all. See below a few pictorial and video scenes of our officials captured in the wee hours of today.

💡As we gear up for the upcoming European elections, CLG Europe is preparing an ambitious business agenda for the forthcoming European institutions. We're excited to unveil this knowledge hub 🌐, designed to showcase the perspective from business leaders dedicated to sustainability. This platform carries their voice 🗣️ and displays their thought leadership on how to achieve a transition toward a climate-neutral 🌍, nature-positive 🌿, prosperous, and fair Europe. This web-hub hosts a pitch video featuring our Director, Ursula Woodburn, and several of our members, shedding light 💡 on pivotal priorities such as the implementation of the European Green Deal and the Fit for 55 package. Many thanks to Gonzalo Saenz de Miera, Director of Climate Change and Alliances at Iberdrola, Fleming Voetmann, Vice President, External Relations & Sustainability at VELUX, and Rachele Ciavarella, Senior Manager, EU Government Affairs and Public Policy at Salesforce for helping us to deliver this message. 🙌 🕸 See the web-hub here: https://bit.ly/3xkotcH 📼 See the video here: https://bit.ly/3IZWp11 #CLGEurope #SustainabilityLeadership #ClimateAction #EUGreenDeal #FitFor55 #ClimateAction #EuropeanElections #BusinessAgenda ACCIONA Amazon AVEVA Ball Corporation Coca-Cola Europacific Partners EDF GSK IKEA Iberdrola Renewables Microsoft ROCKWOOL Group Salesforce Signify Unilever VELUX Workday Cemex Google SSAB dsm-firmenich Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

ICYMI, Corporate Leaders Groups' video is live! Explore key priorities for the EU institutions, informed by industry leaders' perspectives. Gain insights on: ✔️ Essential focus areas: What should be at the top of the agenda for the next EU Commission and Parliament? ✔️ Business as a driver: How are companies contributing to climate and nature goals, and what policies can incentivize further action? ✔️ Collaboration for impact: What's the "ambition loop" and how can it strengthen the policy-business partnership? Featuring experts from Salesforce, VELUX, Iberdrola, and Ursula Woodburn from CLG Europe, this video offers valuable perspectives for policymakers shaping the future of Europe. Watch the video here: https://bit.ly/3IZWp11 #CLGEurope #EUPolicy #Sustainability #ClimateAction #Salesforce

Our Head of Communications, Viktoria Karsberg, in Brussels at the launch of the new Corporate Leaders Groups Europe and We Mean Business Coalition policy briefing: “It's important to discuss the role of businesses in driving the sustainable transformation and the need for climate ambition, policy certainty and enabling conditions for the transition.” In this year of institutional transition at the EU level, the report makes policy recommendations for the years ahead to complement the European Green Deal, and strengthen the ambition for Europe to boost competitiveness, resilience and trust. Learn more ➡ https://bit.ly/4b5NAyi #CLGEurope #EuropeanGreenDeal

🕵️Discover the key players in the von der Leyen Commission 2.0, set to take office this December. 💡 Join our upcoming EU Masterclass on “Decoding the New European Commission 2024-2029”, taking place online on 𝟭𝟭 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝟭𝟬:𝟯𝟬-𝟭𝟮:𝟯𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱? ◻️ Gain insights into the 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 for 2024–2029, focused on #sustainability, #innovation, and economic #resilience. ◻️ Explore the agendas of the Polish, Danish, and Cypriot Presidencies of the Council of the EU and their impact on the EU’s sustainability goals and #competitiveness. ◻️ Discover new opportunities for collaboration between 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀. ✍️ 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄! Members 👉  https://lnkd.in/djq6r-T5 Non-members 👉https://lnkd.in/d2biTsqn   #eugreendeal #sdgs #CSR #vdlcommission #justtransition #industry #Engaged4Change

Day 4/4. As we are heading towards the closing ceremony of the Summit is evening, September 23, 2024, with a focus on Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow. It’s trite that the summit is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enhance cooperation on critical challenges and address gaps in global governance. Two interactive dialogues took place just as we did yesterday. 1. Towards a Common Digital Future aimed to strengthen inclusive innovation and cooperation to bridge the digital divides. This session highlights the importance of collaboration to ensure no one is left behind, especially in developing countries. 2. The second dialogue, The Future Starts Now: Enhancing the Global System for Current and Future Generations, focused on enhancing the global system to benefit both current and future generations. This session likely built upon the outcomes of the previous day's discussions, including the adoption of the Pact for the Future, which includes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations. Throughout the Summit, world leaders emphasized the need for effective global cooperation, recognition of the immense benefits of digital technologies, and the importance of mitigating risks associated with them. The event is concluding with the adoption of the Pact for the Future, which happened yesterday, September 22, 2024 marking a significant step towards a more prosperous, equitable, and sustainable future for all.

As von der Leyen II Commission takes office, together with the other members of the Systems Transformation Hub, Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Janez Potocnik , Stientje van Veldhoven, and Eva Gladek, our CEO Kirsten Dunlop lays out a vision for Europe where people thrive in an economy that values innovation, health, education, and nature as much as GDP growth and that respects planetary boundaries. In the second of their policy brief series, ‘Building a Secure and Thriving Europe: A Systems Approach to the 2024-2029 EU Strategic Agenda, they offer the new European Commission five key recommendations to set the EU on a path towards transition, by taking a systems-based approach to policy-making: ⚙️Adopt a provisioning systems approach 🏭Implement an integrated value-based industrial strategy 🌱Develop an EU land-use strategy for resilience 🙋Transform education and leadership to drive transformative change 🇪🇺Modernise EU governance to meet the challenges of the 21st Century 👉 Download the full copy of the policy brief and join the Systems Transformation Hub in making this vision a reality: https://lnkd.in/daevZsXw #SystemsChangeNow #EuropeanCommission #Policy #ClimateChange

On September 9th, 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗵𝗶 presented the Report on 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, detailing the challenges and the practical proposals for the European Union to overcome them. (𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 4:30-26:20)   In his crisp and charismatic speech, Mr. Draghi presented the 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 on which the strategy for a resilient Union should rest: 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆. As a 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 working for a technology consultancy, I pride myself to work at the intersection of the first two, 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 (to which I may add the 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 pillar mentioned by 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗻 in the Q&A).   I wanted to share the key elements that struck me the most: 1. 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 must and can be a 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵. However, if 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 are 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 to climate goals, there exist the risk that decarbonization may 𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. 2. 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 are still designed upon an 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 centered on 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀 and 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝘀, even though it is clearly no longer the case (𝘦.𝘨. 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 20% 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘹, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 60% 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴). We must overcome the 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 - vested interests, financial rents and tax revenues for national budgets - to be able to 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 of lower-cost 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 to consumers (households and industries). 3. Besides mandatory regulation, the EU ought to 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 strong 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 to drive the development and 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 of 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 to support the sustainability transition.   Of course, we must work on these major challenges 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, so as 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 '𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧'. The 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 and 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 of people such as Mario Draghi drive the hopes that my everyday job is punching in the right direction!    𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 "𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘈 | 𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦" 𝘢𝘯𝘥 "𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘉 | 𝘐𝘯-𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴" 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬: https://lnkd.in/dBqptzHN

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As Ursula von der Leyen's Commission takes office, the Systems Transformation Hub, including several members of The Club of Rome, lays out a vision for Europe where people thrive in an economy that values innovation, health, education and nature as much as GDP growth and that respects planetary boundaries. The second of the policy brief series, ‘Building a Secure and Thriving Europe: A Systems Approach to the 2024-2029 EU Strategic Agenda, offers the new European Commission five key recommendations to set the EU on a path towards transition, by taking a systems-based approach to policy-making. 🌍 Adopt a provisioning systems approach 🏭 Implement an integrated value-based industrial strategy 🌲 Develop an EU land-use strategy for resilience 📖 Transform education and leadership to drive transformative change 🇪🇺Modernise EU governance to meet the challenges of the 21st Century 👉 Download the full copy of the policy brief and join the Systems Transformation Hub in making this vision a reality: https://lnkd.in/daevZsXw #SystemsChangeNow #EuropeanCommission #Policy #climateaction #ClimateChange Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Janez Potocnik Stientje van Veldhoven, Eva Gladek, Kirsten Dunlop