Accelerating Green Investments in Tourism for Sustainable Development
Moderating
Ms. Babita Sharma
Broadcaster, Journalist and Award-winning Author · Moderators
Sessions
High-level Roundtable on FDI and Women Empowerment
Moderating
High-level Roundtable on Investment in Sustainable Infrastructure
Moderating
Financing the Climate Transition: The way forward
Moderating
Biography
Babita spent 10 years presenting for BBC World News where most recently she covered major global news events including Covid-19 pandemic, US Elections 2020 and the Black Lives Matter protests. Babita is a leading commentator on multi-cultural Britain, hosting TED talk: The Corner Shop: The truth about immigration and is author of the critically acclaimed, award-winning book The Corner Shop. She is passionate about diversity and mental health issues; mentoring BAME journalists and is on the Board of Trustees for United for Global Mental Health and Patron of the South Asian Heritage Trust. Alongside the FCDO & BBC Media Action, Babita has developed international media training programmes for young aspiring journalists.
Areas of expertise
Other speakers at WIF 2026
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H.E. Mr. Mohammed Shahabuddin
President of Bangladesh
H.E. Mr. José Ramos-Horta
President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and Nobel laureate
H.E. Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé
President of the Republic of Togo
H.E. Mr. Akylbek Zhaparov
Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic
H.E. Dr. Robert Habeck
Vice-Chancellor & Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Federal Republic of Germany
H.E. Mr. Manoa Seru Kamikamica
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises and Communications, Republic of Fiji
His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council
His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance