Impact One announces programme for the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, in partnership with Therme Group and One Health Research Centre

The partners' comprehensive programming will offer regenerative perspectives of Possible Futures co-developed with indigenous wisdom to establish a human-environmental symbiosis

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt | 9 November, 2022 - Impact One, Therme Group and the One Health Research Centre (OHRC) present innovative outlooks on Possible Futures during the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh from 7-18 November.

The partners are hosting their curated programme in the official COP27 Blue Zone and other key hubs in Sharm El-Sheikh, to include panel discussions, presentations and participatory activations. Possible Futures will invite distinguished experts from the fields of science, urban planning, architecture, representatives of indigenous culture and environmental engineering to critique and respond to prevalent models of expansion in large-scale construction and infrastructure industries.

Possible Futures seeks to address the endangerment of our planet and propose alternative models for the co-creation of futures built on symbiosis, and encourage bearers of significant and quantifiable levels of environmental and social responsibility, to become active custodians of natural ecosystems through improved policies and guidelines.

The programme seeks to evaluate what equitable co-creation with indigenous communities implies, in dialogue with leaders of the Yawanawa community from Brasil, representatives of the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, from Ecuador, and many more. Representatives from Amazonic indigenous communities will host a platform at Possible Futures to impart further knowledge on human-environmental interconnection and symbiotic modes of living.

"Forest One" Event by Impact One, Therme Group and The New York Times
18:00 - 22:00, on 9.11, NYT Climate Forward Event, Park Regency

Impact One is presenting "Forest One," an event focused on the protection of culture, biodiversity and land in the Amazon region, inviting Indigenous representatives of Amazonic communities to lead discussions and share knowledge on the co-creation of futures that encourage human-environmental symbiotic forms of living. This discussion aims to challenge leading urban development and infrastructure holders to assess their responsibility in the protection of our planet's green lungs, the Amazon region in South America.

The Amazon's Marathon: Race to Zero and to Resilience Aya Report presentation and discussion: the report is an economic development plan providing an in-depth analysis of the region's potential, by calculating financial opportunities behind the greenhouse gas emission mitigation strategies and highlighting scalable projects that promote a new nature-based, people-centric, and climate-positive approach.

Participants include: Stephen Dunbar Johnson, Nina Gualinga, Isku Kua, Patricia Ellen, Alexandre Allard, Vanda Witoto, Ilona Szabó, Leo Cerda, Tony Cho, Mikolaj Sekutowicz, Alexis Grefa, Wia Cahuiya, Maria José Andrade

In partnership with: The New York Times, Therme Group, Future of Cities, Amazon Watch, Extreme Hangout.

In collaboration with their transdisciplinary partner network, Impact One, Therme Group and OHRC will showcase models of sustainable architecture models, integrative compensation measures and site-specific proposals that integrate afforestation, ecosystem restoration and protection, indigenous rights and land protection in the Amazon rainforest, to achieve a net-zero value economy. The programme will be shaped by the perspectives of sustainable development thought-leaders from various spheres of application, including architect Stefano Boeri, real-estate developer Alexandre Allard, Future of Cities founder Tony Cho, and representatives from IKEM, Aya Earth Partners, The New York Times, MATA, Earthrise and CultureCOP among others.

Impact One Hub
Impact One will host its Hub at the Four Seasons Resort in Sharm El-Sheikh from 7-18 November, where indigenous delegations from the Amazon will be hosted, together with architecture, infrastructure and sustainability industry leaders. The Impact One Hub will provide a central meeting point for high-level meetings, presentations and exchange for Impact One's partners, press and COP27 attendees.

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POSSIBLE FUTURES PROGRAMMING

Event | Green Obsession: Trees Towards Cities, Humans Towards Forests
Italian Pavilion - Blue Zone, Sharm El Sheikh
7 November

As part of Stefano Boeri Architetti "Green Obsession: Trees Towards Cities, Humans Towards Forests" event, to be held in the Italian Pavilion in the Blue Zone, Impact One and Therme Group will present Wellbeing City Dubai concept, unveiling the architectural project Bosco Dubai, currently in development by Stefano Boeri Architetti. The programme will include various presentations on forestry and afforestation practices and conclude with a panel discussion titled "Living Nature & the City: Implementation of Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Contexts."

With: Ms. Olga Algayerova (Executive Secretary of UNECE and Under-Secretary General of the UN), Stefano Boeri (SBA), Maria Chiara Pastore (SBA), Robert Hanea (Therme Group), Mikolaj Sekutowicz (Impact One)

Event | The Future of Cities' Global Impact Series
Hub Culture - Park Regency, Sharm El Sheikh
8 November

Impact One will participate in Future of Cities' The Future of Cities' Global Impact Series programming at Hub Culture, by presenting a panel on biophilic design solutions titled Biophilic Design Solutions for a Sustainable & Resilient Built Environment. The day's programme will host additional panel discussions with a focus on Regenerative Development, combining regenerative development theory and practise with an emphasis on creative placemaking in the co-creation of inclusive, equitable, sustainable, and resilient communities, neighbourhoods, and cities worldwide.

With: Tony Cho (Future Cities), Alexandre Allard (MATA), Mikolaj Sekutowicz (Impact One), Stefano Boeri (SBA), Roksana Ciurysek Gedir (Impact One), Mikkel Bulow-Lehnsby (NREP), Bedeir Rizk (Paragon Egypt), Ann Rosenberg (Wood PLC), Emily Collins (Rave Revolution), Eduardo Castillo (Habitas), Alice Aedy (Earthrise), Nat Kelley (CultureCOP), Sophie Schnapp (Culture COP), Henk Rogers (Blue Planet Alliance), Francisco Benedito (Climate Coin), Carlos Zegarra (Sachamama), Patricia Ellen (Aya Earth Partners), Stephen Brooks (Eterna), Keith Agoada (Producers Market), Satya Tripathi (GASP)

Event | Forest One Event at The New York Times Climate Forward
The NYT Climate Hub - Park Regency, Sharm El Sheikh
9 November

Impact One will host an evening event focused on indigenous culture and its Forest One initiative, presented in partnership with Therme Group. The programme will include discussions with indigenous leaders and youths, the presentation of "The Amazon's Marathon: Race to Zero and to Resilience" report, and a panel in which leading urban development and infrastructure developers will debate responsibility towards the planet's green lungs. The evening will be concluded with a Yawanawa ceremony with music and traditional chants.

With: Stephen Dunbar Johnson (The New York Times), Mikolaj Sekutowicz (Impact One), Nina Gualinga (Kichwa Community), Patricia Ellen (Aya Earth Partners), Marcelo Pasquini (Banco Bradesco), Ilona Szabó (Igarapé Institute), Isku Kua (Yawanawa Community), Mariana Maia, Jeanne de Kroon (Zazi Vintage), Tony Cho (Future of Cities), Alexandre Allard (Aya Earth Partners and MATA), Robert Hanea (Therme Group)

Event | Ancestral Wisdom and Possible Futures
At Hope House - Four Season Resort, Sharm El-Sheikh
11 November

Impact One, Therme Group and OHRC will host a full-day programme at Hope House, complemented by activities inspired by indigenous and ancestral forms of symbiotic living. The "Possible Future" programme will focus on providing new outlooks of human activity in harmonious interrelation with our planet's natural systems, led by representatives from Indigenous communities in Amazonic regions. The programme will address the ways in which infrastructure and construction industries can be reverted from their positions as major threats to environmental wellbeing, into drivers of ecosystem protection and regeneration, by incorporating wisdom and ancestral forms of knowledge that is so central to Kichwa and Yawanawa culture and communities.

With: Nina Gualinga (Kichwa Community), Isku Kua (Yawanawa Community), Rasu (Yawanawa Community), Kenetsaini (Yawanawa Community), Celia Xakriabá (Xakriabá Community), Mariana Maia, Jeanne de Kroon (Zazi Vintage), Mikolaj Sekutowicz (Impact One), Robert Hanea (Therme Group) and, Roksana Ciurysek Gedir (Impact One)

Report Presentation | The Amazon's Marathon: Race to Zero and to Resilience
At Marrakech Pavilion - Blue Zone, Sharm El-Sheikh
13 November

Impact One has partnered with Aya Earth Partners, Mata and Systemiq to produce an extensive report on the environmental, political and social conditions of the Amazon basin. The report identifies a series of projects fostered by Impact One and others that can help unlock a vibrant bioeconomy, accelerate adoption of sustainable practices.

With: Patricia Ellen (Aya Earth Partners), Isku Kua (Yawanawa Community) Alexandre Allard (Aya Earth Partners and MATA), Mikolaj Sekutowicz (Impact One)

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Impact One
Impact One is an impact investment initiative that focuses on projects in innovation, infrastructure and culture to address human and environmental wellbeing, and provide a key driving force towards the achievement of the net zero economy and the Sustainable Development Goals. Using innovative urban infrastructure and technology, Impact One supports the development of social infrastructure in cities around the world as models of a health - promoting and climate - positive urban living. Impact One is de voted to promoting research, development and innovation in health and wellbeing.

One Health Research Centre
The One Health Research Centre (OHRC) is a centre dedicated to research and innovation based on the interdependency of environmental and human health; according to the principle of One Health, which recognises the interdependent nature of health for humans, animals, plants and their environment. Powered and initiated by Therme Group's sustainability initiative Therme One Health, the OHRC was founded jointly with the University of Greifswald and IKEM, Germany's Institute for Climate Protection Energy and Mobility.

Therme Group
Therme Group is a global wellbeing leader, driven by an inclusive vision of 'Wellbeing for All'. Therme's landmark entertainment and wellbeing destinations are an immersive environment based in ancient traditions of thermal bathing combined with modern technology. With over 20 years' experience, Therme Group operates four facilities in Europe and has multiple destinations in development worldwide.

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