Ignite caught up with her at the Calgary airport, coming from Global Incentive Summit hosted by Northstar Meetings Group. She was asked to talk on behalf of SITE Canada to over 110 planners and suppliers who met in Banff for a combination of meetings and travel experiences in the region. ...
This year’s meeting, which brings together heads of government, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and civil society, aimed to address current global challenges, such as lingering inflation, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and global warming. Several highlights from the 2023 summit include the United Sta...
and global turmoil from the Israel-Hamas war and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A look at what APEC is and how it works: WHAT IS APEC? APEC stands for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. It’s a forum to promote trade, investment and economic development among nations around the Pacif...
Given Africa's increasing prominence on the global stage, exemplified by the AU's permanent membership in the G20 and the growing engagement of African countries in key multilateral platforms such as BRICS, the summit is expected to further underscore the importance of enhancing Africa's common po...
The U.S. and China, the world’s two largest emitters of carbon, agreed to cooperate this decade to prevent global warming from surpassing 1.5 degrees Celsius and ensure that progress result from the conference. The alliance between the rivals surprised delegates during the summit. ...
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Each year, McKinsey convenes global leaders alongside the Conference of the Parties (COP), the UN’s summit to accelerate global action to address climate change. This November 11–22, 2024 at the twenty-ninth COP (COP29) in Azerbaijan, we hosted a series of in-person and virtual events ...
However, there’s a powerful advantage to global trade with BRICS nations in the form of “liquid gold”, or rather, crude oil. With the addition of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Iran, BRICS more than doubles its members’ share of global oil production to 43%4. China has been ...
The Ripple agenda for the Swell summit in 2017 included a diverse array of events, including a session geared toward RippleNet (now Ripple Payments) customers, offering users of the global payment system the chance to discuss how they have integrated Ripple into their own global payment practices...
With a wave of recent advances in digital and clean technology, the world has the tools it needs to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. But we must invest in innovative renewable energy and clean mobility like never before.