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We will be joined by New Zealand representatives attending COP28 to discuss their insights and key takeaways for NZ directors and business leaders.
This event is hosted in collaboration with the Sustainable Business Council.
In this webinar, we will be joined by three New Zealand representatives attending COP28 to discuss their insights from the first week of the summit, including the World Climate Action Summit taking place on 1-2 December.
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 30 November to 12 December.
COP28 will bring together global leaders and other stakeholders to negotiate and agree global climate commitments and treaties. It will also be a milestone moment when the world will take stock of its progress on the Paris Agreement. This will help align the efforts on climate action, including measures that need to be put in place to bridge the gaps in progress.
This session will:
Dr Ehrhart has nearly 30 years of professional experience working within governments, the UN, civil society and the private sector for sustainable development.
For the past twenty years, Charles has focused on the challenges of mitigating and adapting to climate change. Charles co-leads KPMG New Zealand's climate change, decarbonisation, ESG and sustainability services. He also serves as KPMG's Global Head of Climate Risk, Resilience and Adaptation, responsible for enabling and coordinating the efforts of over 23,000 professionals dedicated to accelerating climate action around the world. He sits on the Governing Board of the Climate Governance Initiative and on the Steering Committee of Chapter Zero New Zealand, hosted by the Institute of Directors.
Mike Burrell has more than 25 years’ experience in leadership and consulting roles in New Zealand and internationally. In January 2020, he joined the Sustainable Business Council a CEO-led membership organisation with over 100 businesses from all sectors, ambitious for a sustainable New Zealand.
Mike’s previous role was New Zealand’s High Commissioner to South Africa, with accreditations across the Southern Africa region. Before this he was the Director of Sustainable Economic Development for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He also served in Myanmar as Acting Ambassador. Before this role Mike was CEO of Aquaculture New Zealand, representing New Zealand’s marine farming industry. Before that he was with the international consulting firm LECG, where he advised industry, government and international agencies. He has degrees from the London School of Economics and the University of Canterbury.
Abby Foote is a professional director with over 12 years’ governance experience, including publicly listed and Crown companies. Abby is currently Chair of Christchurch City Holdings Limited a Director of Freightways Limited and KMD Brands Limited. Abby’s previous governance roles include Z Energy Limited, Sanford, TVNZ, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Transpower New Zealand, Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) and the New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA).
Abby holds qualifications in both law and accounting with a professional background focused on corporate finance and commercial transactions. Abby is a Chartered Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Directors and a member of the IoD’s Chapter Zero NZ Steering Committee.
Guy is an experienced senior leader who has worked with public, private and not-for-profit entities in New Zealand, Fiji, Mongolia, Australia and the United States. His previous senior roles include Deputy Chief Executive, Strategy and Organisation Performance at Te Puni Kōkiri; Deputy Secretary Natural Resources Policy at Ministry for the Environment.
Most recently, he ran his own freelance consultancy practice supporting public sector senior executives and their teams to deliver high quality decision-making, advice and policy implementation. In each of these roles, he engaged on a range of natural resource, environmental and other issues with iwi/hapū and other Māori interests.
Gemma Fellowes
Project coordinator
+64 9 365 2736
Gemma.Fellowes@iod.org.nz
