David Victor is an adjunct senior fellow for science and technology at the Council on Foreign Relations and director of the program on energy and sustainable development at Stanford University.

FORBES: David Victor

The roundtable also highlighted new tools and approaches such as the guidance on corporate ecosystem valuation from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development ( WBCSD), the biodiversity-responsible land management certification from the Green Development Initiative ( GDI), and the new guidance on ecosystems assessment from the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation association ( IPIECA).

FORBES: European business meetings on biodiversity

The Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development is organized by the International Council for Science (ICSU) in partnership with UNESCO, the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), the International Council of Social Sciences, the Brazilian Department of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Academy Brazilian Science.

UNESCO: THEMES