Of all the issues the planet is dealing with, the most crucial one is that of climate change and to take the dialogue ahead, the Expo 2020 Dubai has hosted an event that accelerates transformative global change.

The message of climate change was put forward precisely through Expo’s Climate and Biodiversity Week, wherein women took the lead in discussing the issues of climate change.

The first week of the event that took place from October 3 to 9, staged in association with the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, and DP World, the global trade partner of Expo 2020 saw several conferences by global thought leaders.

Anchored in Expo’s program for People and Planet, Climate and Biodiversity Week constituted the first of Expo 2020s ten themed weeks.

With an aim to generate new ideas, inspiring different perspectives and constructing blueprints for long-lasting calls to action, the key speakers aimed at finding solutions for the world’s most pressing problems.

The key speakers including internationally recognised leader on global climate change, Christiana Figueres, co-chair of UN-Energy, Damilola Ogunbiyi, filmmaker and climber, Jake Norton, Eden Project founder, Sir Tim Smit, as well as environment ministers from around the world spoke on global climate issues.

An interesting aspect of the event was the role women play in environmental and societal change.

“We are confident that by bringing together people, policy-makers, NGOs and business leaders from 192 countries for Climate and Biodiversity Week, we can inspire the world to take positive steps toward a more sustainable future,” said Nadia Verjee, chief of staff, Program for People and Planet, Expo 2020 Dubai, in a statement, adding, “We have the opportunity to take our place in history as the generation who stopped climate change.”

More so, Expo 2020 is the first World Expo since the 1900s to dedicate an entire pavilion to women. Leadership in climate change was particularly seeming in one of the first conferences, titled ‘Women Leading the Fight to Save our Planet,’ at the Cartier-sponsored Women’s Pavilion.