Dr. Sweta Chakraborty is the CEO of North America, We Don’t Have Time. She is a partner at Pioneer Public Affairs. She is also the founder and principal of Adapt to Thrive, a venture that seeks to better inform individuals, businesses, and government entities on the complex, interconnected challenges, such as food insecurity and disease, already existing and emerging from a warming planet.

Previously with the Times Newspaper London, the U.N. Environment, and the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, Nick was the Director of Communications and Spokesperson for the Paris Agreement of 2015. More recently, he has served as the Director of Communications for the Global Climate Action Summit that took place in San Francisco in September 2018.

Anne Therese Gennari is a TEDx speaker, podcaster, workshop host, and educator on climate change. For more than a decade she has been promoting climate optimism to help people cope with climate change and make decisions to create the climate-just future she believes awaits us. She has brought her message to schools, companies, and organizations, including City College of New York, Columbia University, the Fashion Institute of Technology, BMW, and Tetra Pak. Anne Therese hopes The Climate Optimist Handbook will be a gateway for people everywhere to step into the empowered roles we ought to play during our time here on Earth.

Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson is an expert moderator, lecturer, and devoted workshop leader in facilitating sustainable development. Catarina moderates for the EU Commission, the Swedish Government, corporations, local municipalities, and universities. She is also content director at A Sustainable Tomorrow and co-founder of the global climate NGO Our Kids´Climate.

Ingmar is serial entrepreneur within financial communication and nominated for a DI Gasell Award, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year, Sweden’s Environmental Influencer 2018, and International Gamechanger of the Year 2020, and Green Warrior 2021. Ingmar Rentzhog has been the chairman of the environmental think tank Global Challenge. He is on the board of Naventus Corporate Finance. He’s a member of Al Gore’s Climate Reality and European Climate Policy Task Force and he was in 2022 appointed a European Climate Pact Ambassador by the European Commission.

Rainn Wilson is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, businessman, and producer. As a committed climate change advocate, Rainn is also an active member of the Arctic Basecamp Advisory Board and founding director of Climate Basecamp. Additionally, Rainn co-founded SoulPancake and is a NYT bestseller with his latest book Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution”.

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez was selected as CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility in June 2020. Rodríguez, a Costa Rican national, was a pioneer in the development of Payment for Ecosystem Services and strategies for forest restoration, ocean conservation, and decarbonization. During his three terms as Environment and Energy Minister, Costa Rica doubled the size of its forests, made its electric sector fully renewable, and consolidated a national park system that has made the Central American country a prime ecotourism destination. Rodríguez has also founded and served on the board of several environmental NGOs and tropical research institutes. After his second tenure as minister, he was Vice President for Global Policy at Conservation International for 12 years.

Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on understanding the impacts of climate change on people and the planet. She is the Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy and a distinguished professor and endowed chair at Texas Tech University. She has received numerous awards, honorary degrees, and recognitions for her work, including being named one of the TIME 100 most influential people and a United Nations Champion of the Earth.

Professor Gail Whiteman is an expert on global risk arising from the systemic changes occurring in the natural environment. Additionally, she is the founder of Arctic Basecamp, founding director of Climate Basecamp and Professor of Sustainability at the University of Exeter’s Business School (UK). She has over 60 peer-reviewed scientific papers, including in prestigious journals Nature, Nature Communication, and the Academy of Management Journal. Professor Whiteman is an experienced moderator at events including Reuters Impact in 2022 and the World Economic Forum in Davos. She is actively involved in building science-based targets collective business action, including those for a future low-carbon economy.

Marco Lambertini is the Convener of the Nature Positive Initiative. Marco was WWF International Director General (2014-2022) and Special Envoy (2023). Before joining WWF he was Global Director of Network and Programme and subsequently CEO of BirdLife International. Marco is the lead author of the recently published book “Becoming Nature Positive: transitioning to a safe and just future” (2025, Earthscan Routledge, London). Marco’s experience and career ranges from ecological field research to high level advocacy and international policy, nature reserve management, integrated conservation and development projects, environmental education, NGO development, communications and campaigning, in many countries all over the world.

Bernadette Woods Placky is Climate Central’s VP for Engagement, Chief Meteorologist, and directs the Climate Matters program where she helps the public understand the importance of climate change science, impacts, and solutions. In her role, she develops partnerships with media organizations, non-profits, academic institutions, government offices, and more; leads a team that creates weekly, local data and other reporting resources for a large and growing network of media professionals; and serves as an expert on the links between climate change and weather. Bernadette previously worked for more than a decade as a TV meteorologist, where she won an Emmy for Best Weathercaster. Other awards include being named an AMS fellow and Penn State Earth and Mineral Sciences fellow. She’s been elected to the National Academy Board of Atmospheric Science and Climate, the AMS Council, and is a science advisor for C-Change Conversations. She also serves on the Princeton Wrestling Club Board.

Michael Gerrard is a professor at Columbia Law School and founder and faculty director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. He formerly chaired the faculty of Columbia's Earth Institute and now has a joint appointment to its successor, the Columbia Climate School. He practiced environmental law full time in New York between 1979 and 2008 before moving to Columbia. He is author or editor of 14 books in the field.

Karin has been Chief Sustainability Officer at Volvo Group since April 2022. She leads the company’s sustainability transition towards a fossil-free future – through a unique approach to cross-sectoral partnership and an ambition to drive sustainable solutions and practices across the supply chain. Her expertise plays a key role in helping Volvo move closer to 100% fossil free vehicles by 2040 while inspiring other industry players to enhance their own decarbonization journey. Prior to this, she held various managerial positions at Volvo Group since 1996, lately as Senior Vice President Public Affairs (2018-2022). She has also held roles as Vice President Group Strategy, President Volvo Technology North America and a number of positions in Research & Development.

Jonathan Foley, Ph.D., is the executive director of Project Drawdown, the world's leading guide for science-based climate solutions. He is a world-renowned environmental scientist, sustainability expert, author, and public speaker whose work focuses on understanding our changing planet and increasing the adoption of the most promising solutions to sustain the climate, ecosystems, and natural resources we all depend on.

Martina has over 25 years of experience in Environmental Policy and Programme Management, with a particular focus on energy, buildings, transport and sustainable cities, as well as partnership building. At the UN Environment Programme, she has served in different functions out of Paris and Nairobi, including in the Executive Office, heading UNEP’s work Transport, Bioenergy, Energy Policy, UNEP's work on on Cities and the Secretariat of the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction, and now heading the Secretariat of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition.

Nick is the cofounder and the initial funder of Climate Science Breakthrough, a campaign to communicate climate science in a way that unlocks action. Nick cofounded the organisation with Climate Comms Lab, the Utopia Bureau.

Tara Helms serves as Director of Sustainability for Electrolux Group, an organization committed to shaping living for the better through its product innovation and design that help consumers make more sustainable choices in the home. Each day, Tara ambitiously drives sustainable actions across the North American business region, home to 10,000 employees. Her work elevates Electrolux Group as an industry leader in sustainability and has contributed to the organization being named as TIME Magazine’s Most Sustainable Companies of 2025.

Guido Núñez-Mujica is a Data scientist and climate activist interested in climate finance, nuclear power, and developing countries.

Laura A. Schifter, EdD, is a senior fellow with the Aspen Institute where she founded and directs This Is Planet Ed, an initiative to unlock the power of education as a force for climate solutions to empower the rising generation to lead a sustainable and resilient future. In 2025, Schifter co-authored Students, Schools, and Our Climate Moment: Acting Now to Secure Our Future to provide a framework for climate action in schools and share inspiring stories from parents, educators, and leaders nationwide. She also serves as a Senior Advisor for SustainableED with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University.

Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa is a twenty-three year-old Guyanese and Japanese American climate justice activist. He serves as the Executive Director of Climate Cardinals, leading a community of 16,000 youth in 134 countries and 130 chapters in 33 countries focused on empowering youth and non-English-speakers at the forefront of climate solutions.

Kristy Drutman, otherwise known as “Browngirl Green” is a speaker, consultant, media producer, and environmental educator passionate about working at the intersections between media, diversity, and environmentalism. As a young entrepreneur, Kristy has educated hundreds of thousands of people across the globe about modern-day environmental issues through speeches and media content as well as facilitates workshops centered around environmental media and storytelling in cities across the United States. Kristy is also the Co-Founder of the Green Jobs Board, a climate tech start-up bridging the equity and inclusion gap within the green economy through conversations, resources, and pathways to bring more diverse talent into the environmental field.

Mike is Chief of WMO's Climate Research Section and heads the Secretariat for the World Climate Research Programme. Mike is a Southern Ocean oceanographer, with a PhD in Oceanography, a Masters degree in Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, and a Bachelors in Physics. In his 'spare' time Mike likes to train for triathlons, surf, and do obstacle course racing, whilst trying to keep up with his teenage sons.

Matt Barga is President of Life Science Solutions, a business unit of Trane Technologies. In this role, Matt oversees a broad portfolio of differentiated, precision-temperature controlled, end-to-end solutions and services for healthcare, bioscience and life science customers. Since joining Trane Technologies in 2009, Matt has held a variety of general management, sales, product management and procurement roles of increasing responsibility, including as General Manager for Helmer Scientific and General Manager for Trane Rental Services. Matt began his career in supply chain, holding various roles at Delphi, Intel and Bausch & Lomb. He has over 20 years of experience in delivering business growth while maintaining a commitment to excellence and meeting the customers’ needs.

Laura Paterson is a meteorologist by training, and has provided weather services to a wide range of sectors - transport, energy, retail, defence, public services. She now represents the work of the WMO (the UN agency for weather, climate and water) to the United Nations in New York.

Adam Gordon is the founder of Wildflower Ltd., a next-generation urban developer in New York City shaped by environmentalism, design, and community. In partnership with Robert De Niro and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), he developed Wildflower Studios, the world’s most climate-resilient and technologically advanced content-creation campus. His firm is opening the city’s largest public EV supercharging station at JFK Airport and is Amazon’s most active e-commerce developer in NYC. Beyond real estate, he co-founded Knights Valley Wagyu, raising Wagyu cattle in Northern California under deep-ecology principles and sharing them only with local chefs. He has served on the Director’s Cabinet at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and sits on the board of Urban Rigger, a Danish floating student-housing company.

Michelle drives Terraformation’s global marketing and communication strategy that shifts decision-makers' mindsets to prioritize global reforestation as the most effective and immediately scalable solution to meet climate goals. Based in Silicon Valley, Michelle brings over 20 years of experience in developing new markets for emerging technologies and services, including Heliogen and Skybox Security. In her spare time, Michelle volunteers at local and international community organizations, and has served on the boards of nonprofits focused on wildlife conservation and sustainable economic development.

Marcy Rockman is an American archaeologist with internationally recognized expertise in connections of climate change and cultural heritage. She has worked with the US National Park Service, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and is now a visiting researcher at Linnaeus University in Kalmar, Sweden.

Keith Dunnavant, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, is VP Offer Strategy & Portfolio Management of Munters Data Center Technologies Americas. A mechanical engineering graduate from North Carolina State University, Keith has been engaged in the design and sale of energy efficient data center heat rejection systems for over twenty years. He has more than 30 years’ experience in engineered air and fluid cooling solutions involving heat exchangers, indirect & direct evaporative cooling, dehumidification, and precision air conditioning.

Chemical Engineer with a passion for sustainability integrated into the business. Drives transformation through engagement, knowledge and data. Believes in collaboration to obtain the necessary results for a long-term sustainable development.

With over 30 years of industry experience, Phill has played a pivotal role in shaping the future of data center infrastructure, network architecture, and cloud solutions worldwide. As Chief Innovation Officer at Aligned Data Centers, Phill spearheads the identification of emerging trends and technologies, strategically leveraging them to shape Aligned's innovation roadmap. He's instrumental in cultivating a culture of creativity, driving the development of new products and partnerships that ensure the company remains both competitive and highly adaptable in today's rapidly evolving market. Phill holds eight active technology patents and serves as a board member for organizations such as Netrality Data Centers and the Nomad Futurist Foundation. Known for his ability to distill complex technical concepts into actionable strategies, Phill is a sought-after speaker and advisor, recognized for his innovation and commitment to advancing sustainability in the digital infrastructure sector.

Louise Rehbinder has 16 years of experience from the ICT Industry working with IT Management, IT Sustainability, Responsible Sourcing, and sustainable procurement of HW components and materials. Louise formed Ericsson’s Supplier climate action program, was part of the establishment of the 1.5°C Supply Chain Leader program and the creation of the Supplier Engagement Guide. Louise is currently working as Director at Exponential Roadmap Initiative.

Katarina is the Head of Impact and Transformation at the Exponential Roadmap Initiative. She has an extensive background as a leader Climate & Sustainability, Business Innovation, Climate Policy and strategic transformation. Previous roles include Chief Climate Policy Officer in the Climate Fintech company Doconomy, Head of Innovation and Incubation at EY Nordics, having worked across a wide range of org’s – from startups to middle-sized and large Nordic and Global companies, leading roles in the Swedish well recognized Climate and sustainability consulting agency 2050. Her background in climate issues dates 25 years back, as a youth delegate at COP 3 in Kyoto, with roles in business and policy, the last 10 years focusing on future-proofing strategies and business models.

Camilla Hyslop is Researcher at Oxford Net Zero, where she is finalising her doctorate on the integrating biodiversity into climate policy. Previously, she worked as a corporate lawyer in South Africa, and as the data lead at the Net Zero Tracker. She holds a BA and an LLB from the University of Cape Town, an LLM from U.C. Berkeley and an MSc in Environmental Change and Management from Oxford.

Sara Lindstrand is the Director of Sustainability at AFRY, where she leads the global engineering, design and advisory consultancy's efforts to integrate sustainability in the business, across all operations and in client projects. With a background in engineering and corporate sustainability, Sara is dedicated to leveraging sustainability as a driver for impact and profitable growth.

With a PhD in econometrics, an entrepreneurial & consulting background in data science and artificial intelligence, and multi-years experience in the climate and sustainability arena, Dr. Alexander Schmidt supports organizations and projects in their sustainability work as an advisor, facilitator, and speaker.

Robert founded ClimateHero in 2018 with the mission to help our planet's inhabitants to understand and reduce their environmental impact. He has previously founded two other digital start-ups, worked as a strategy consultant and written a book about growth hacking.

The founder of Reparell AB and Reparell Innovation AB, two Sweden-based companies transforming how textiles and raw materials are made. With over 20 years of experience in technology, smart city systems, and the textile industry, Emil combines strategic vision with hands-on innovation. Through Reparell AB, he has pioneered sustainable workwear made from waste streams such as ocean plastics and end-of-life tires, proving that circular design can be both commercially viable and scalable. With Reparell Innovation, he is taking the next step: producing high-quality industrial polymers from degraded plastic waste through the EndOfWaste project, in collaboration with BASF, RISE and Everwave. His focus is not on “selling sustainability” but on building a decentralized, economically scalable model for securing Europe’s raw material supply while intercepting plastic pollution at its source. Emil’s mission: to act fast, think globally, and create accessible solutions.

Dr. Tessa Hill is a Professor in the UC Davis Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences and Bodega Marine Laboratory. Research interests include climate change, both past and present, and understanding the response of marine species to environmental perturbation. She is the coauthor of the book At Every Depth, about how communities of people are coming together to protect the ocean through a time period of great change. Tessa currently serves as a Trustee for the California Academy of Sciences, and the Society for Science, and is on the international Climate Crisis Advisory Group. Tessa is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science was the recipient of the American Geophysical Union Rachel Carson Lecture.

CEO for a number of business areas such as Mobile Application, Internet Payment Systems and later Circular Energy Systems. Driven Energy initiatives within Micro Energy Systems including Energy Storage for energy supply to large Data Centers. In the last couple of years focused on a Distributed Data Center solution and with collegues patent a solution. Today we have working prototypes and seek funding for production of Micro Data Center Units and the software infrastructure certification.

Amber Malone is Vice President of Engineering and Technology for Thermo King Americas, a business unit of Trane Technologies. In this role, Amber oversees a team of over 200 engineers, technicians, designers and project managers in executing the full spectrum of the technology and engineering continuum from advanced technology development to product, system, and solution design and development in the areas of climate-controlled transport, refrigerated transport, and cold storage. Amber earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from St. Cloud State University and a Master of Business Administration Carlson School of Management. She holds seven U.S. and five European patents.

Steven C. Preston is the president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International (GII), where he leads a federation of 151 local Goodwill® organizations in the U.S. and Canada. Goodwill is the leading nonprofit provider of workforce training and development in North America and a leader in the secondhand retail market. Preston is dedicated to helping people overcome significant barriers to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Before joining GII, he held various operational and financial leadership roles in both the public and private sectors, including serving as the head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the 2008 housing crisis.

Örjan Gustafsson (PhD MIT ´97) is Professor at Stockholm University, elected academician to the Royal Swedish Academies of Science (KVA) and Engineering Sciences (IVA) and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS, the Vatican). He has contributed over 200 research articles, spanning from methane releases from thawing subsea permafrost and collapsing hydrates in the Russian Arctic to results from their climate observatories downwind of India and China that helps pinpoint sources and effects of climate-perturbing aerosols and methane. He also seeks to to contribute towards climate resilience through consultations with governments and multi-sectoral stakeholders from across the world, contributions to media/communications and teaching the course climate change solutions - bending the curve.

Jodi Manning serves as the CEO of Cool Effect, a San Francisco Bay Area 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions around the world through the support of high-quality carbon projects. Jodi partners with Chief Sustainability Officers to integrate carbon credits into their corporate sustainability programs. Under her leadership, Cool Effect has facilitated the reduction of over 10 million tonnes of harmful GHGs and directed $84 million to front-line climate initiatives. With more than a decade of climate leadership and prior senior roles in digital media and advertising, Jodi is now focused on developing strategies to reduce a gigatonne of emissions.

Alexia Kelly has worked for more than 18 years at the intersection of policy and finance to address the climate crisis. Alexia is the Managing Director of the Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative (CPMI) at High Tide Foundation. The CPMI accelerates ambitious climate action and capital mobilization through robust rules and guidance for voluntary corporate action and disclosures, and building the next generation of high-integrity carbon and environmental services markets. She currently serves on the Board of the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets (IC VCM) and the Board of the Advanced and Indirect Mitigation Initiative, as well as on the Expert Advisory Group of the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI).

Johan Falk is a leader and entrepreneur in exponential strategies for climate and business. Falk is the CEO and Co-founder of Exponential Roadmap Initiative, with the mission to accelerate exponential climate action. Falk is the co-lead author of Exponential Roadmap and 1.5°C Business Playbook. Falk is a former Senior Innovation Fellow at Stockholm Resilience Centre and Future Earth. Falk was one of the initiators of the Global Carbon Law idea, together with Owen Gaffney and Johan Rockström, inspired by Moore's Law. Further, Falk was part of Intel Corporation 2006-2018, responsible for Intel IoT Ignition Lab and heading up the Intel Edge Cloud Game Changer program for 5G networks. Falk received the Intel Global Design Win of the Year 2010 for accelerating the telecom business exponentially to a multi-billion dollar business.

Having spent 30+ years working on climate change, Gabrielle co-founded CUR8 with the view to build science led, commercially scalable solution for the planet. Having been the Climate Change editor at Nature Magazine and New Scientist, as well as taught at Cambridge and Princeton, Gabrielle is one of the world’s foremost experts, authors and speakers on climate change and carbon removals. Alongside CUR8 Gabrielle runs the non-profit Rethinking Removals which works alongside SBTi, ICVCM, VCMI and other key actors to drive growth and development of both the voluntary and compliance carbon removal markets.

Christina Niemelä Ström is committed to bring values-based decision making and comprehensive thinking on sustainability into the everyday business. She is leading the global sustainability agenda for Supply at IKEA, integrating the strategic sustainability ambitions and commitments into the business operations and decision-making across purchasing, transport, wholesale, manufacturing functions and supply chain. Christina also leads the Strategic Sustainability topics at Inter IKEA related to climate, nature and people, as well as stakeholder engagement, partnerships, impact and assessments, reporting and co-worker development. Christina started her career in IKEA with the Trading Service office Malaysia in 2000. Before stepping into her current role in August 2020, Christina had held several senior leadership assignments in supply chain, product development and IKEA Franchisor, developing both the IKEA business and its people across the value chain.

With over 15 years in international policy, campaigning, and sustainable innovation, Fiona have worked for organisations like Amnesty International, EIT Climate-KIC, and 38 Degrees. As the Global Senior Sustainability Manger at Unilever responsible for climate advocacy she now works to leverage corporate influence to drive transformative change.

Mike Umiker is a dynamic ambassador for energy-efficient technology, best practices and collaboration. His global journey has taken him to the United Arab Emirates followed by Germany, and now back to Switzerland. With a robust career in the industrial sector, he brings a wealth of experience and a global perspective. he holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Marketing Management from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Stephen Buskie leads WBCSD’s work on Carbon Capture, Storage and Carbon Removals. WBCSD is actively supporting the development of CCUS and carbon dioxide removal industries to deliver the critical infrastructure required to meet future net zero emission targets. Additionally, Stephen is a member of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 Technical Working Group, developing the global standard for scope 2 carbon accounting. Stephen is a chartered engineer with extensive finance expertise - two critical skills required to enable the growth of CCS and CDR globally. Stephen holds an MSc from Imperial College London’s Department of Earth Sciences and Engineering, a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from Strathclyde University and is presently an MBA candidate at Imperial College Business School.

Filip Rosengren has held several senior roles during his long tenure with SKF and is currently leading our efforts in Sustainability, Quality, and EHS, driving impactful change across the organization. With a strategic mindset and a collaborative approach, Filip Rosengren continues to shape how we, at SKF, innovate responsibly and grow sustainably.

I am passionate about trying to make the world a better place. I started The Nest Climate Campus to democratize climate solutions and create meaningful impact. We are dedicated to bringing the climate community together to unite in climate action and educate, inspire and motivate people to imbed resiliency and sustainability more fully into their lives both professionally and personally.

Abigail Ross Hopper is the President and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, the national trade organization for America's solar energy industries. She oversees all of SEIA's activities, including government affairs, research, communications, and industry leadership, and is focused on creating a marketplace where solar will constitute a significant percentage of America’s energy generation.

As the Director of the Development Partnerships Office (DPO), Daniel leads resource mobilization, management of development partnerships and project management in WMO. With a background in water resource engineering, he brings over 25 years of experience delivering international support and technical assistance for disaster risk management and climate change adaptation.

As part of the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) Secretariat, Felipe leads efforts to suppport two parallel industry transition partnerships between the governments of India-Sweden and Brazil-UK. He combines his expertise on industry and energy transitions with his experience addressing policy development and implementation issues.

Kirsten Love is working to combat climate change using a diverse skill set developed over the course of her career. Her career began in Supply Chain, working in several functions including project management, marketing analytics, and strategy. When climate work chose Kirsten three years ago and she joined the Tradewater team, she put those various skills to use in helping to develop a market for the work Tradewater is doing globally. She is currently the Director of Market Development for Tradewater, where she works with partners and climate heroes of all types find a home for the carbon benefits that result from Tradewater’s work to collect, control and destroy potent non-CO2 greenhouse gases around the world. Kirsten holds a B.S. degree in Psychology and a B.S. degree in Business and Applied Math from The Illinois Institute of Technology.

Bruce Douglas has 25 years’ international experience in the promotion of renewable energy and electrification. He is currently CEO of the Global Renewables Alliance and CGO of the Global Wind Energy Council. Previous positions include Director of Communications and Business at Eurelectric, Deputy CEO of SolarPower Europe, Founder and Coordinator of the RE-Source Platform – the European alliance for corporate sourcing of renewable energy, Founding Chairman of the Global Solar Council (GSC), Chief Operating Officer at WindEurope, Founding Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), Managing Director of FLiDAR, an offshore wind company.

Scott Raskin is the CEO of Worldly, where he champions the idea that impactful change springs from actionable measures. Leveraging years of leadership experience in tech companies, he steers Worldly toward sustainable growth, providing brands, manufacturers, retailers, and suppliers with solutions to enhance their positive environmental and social impact. Scott's commitment to results and customer satisfaction positions Worldly as an essential platform for consumer goods companies seeking to lessen their footprint, adhere to regulations, and promote transparency. His management style, deeply rooted in valuing people and culture, inspires creativity and teamwork. Guided by a firm resolve to create significant change, Scott's leadership shapes Worldly's contribution to a more responsible corporate world.

Dana R. Fisher is a dynamic speaker and author who writes about activism, democracy and climate policy. Her most recent book, Saving Ourselves: from Climate Shocks to Climate Action was published in 2024 by Columbia University Press. She is the Director of the Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE) and a Professor in the School of International Service at American University. Fisher is a Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Governance Studies program at The Brookings Institution and the chair of the Political Sociology section of the American Sociological Association. She served as a Contributing Author for Working Group 3 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Sixth Assessment Review (IPCC AR6) writing about citizen engagement and civic activism.

Dr. Lubchenco is a world-renowned environmental scientist with deep experience in science, academia, and government. She is a champion of science, the stronger engagement of scientists with society, and finding durable solutions to environmental challenges. She served as Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 2009-2013. She was an inaugural member of President Obama's “Science Dream Team". From 2014 to 2016 she served as the first U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean. She is a marine ecologist and environmental scientist, with expertise in the ocean, climate change, and interactions between the environment and human well-being. To introduce her to his Senate colleagues for her confirmation hearing, Senator Ron Wyden called Lubchenco ‘the bionic woman of good science.’

With over 23 years of experience at the U.S. Forest Service, currently serving as a Research Social Scientist and Team Leader of the NYC Urban Field Station, this professional specializes in urban planning, environmental stewardship, and urban ecology. Their work focuses on governance, social resilience, and human well-being, collaborating with government, nonprofit, and academic partners to address critical urban ecological and social issues. The NYC Urban Field Station fosters innovative research and partnerships, empowering teams to address urban challenges effectively. Through peer-reviewed publications and actionable insights, they advance the understanding of urban ecosystems while promoting collaboration among diverse stakeholders. Their dedication to creating sustainable urban communities reflects a commitment to impactful, science-driven solutions.

Andrew Kruczkiewicz is Senior Staff Researcher at Columbia University, at the Columbia Climate School, with the International Research Institute for Climate and Society. Also within the Climate School, Andrew is Co-Director of the Earth Network on Disaster Resilience entitled, Sustainable and Resilient Living in an Era of Increasing Disasters Network. He is also Faculty Lecturer within the Climate School, in the Climate and Society graduate program. Andrew is Science Adviser at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre.

Torontonian in NYC. Engineer. Landscape Architect. Working to achieve holistic resilience with the social, economic, cultural and environmental city-building champions, both locally and globally. I began my career working with water – I love the science and the art of it! I believe cities need to be planned in a connected, holistic and sustainable way so that we can live with water and harness its power and beauty to build better communities. This approach - to work at the confluence of engineering science, policy and people - is where true resilience begins. I have been successful at building consensus and driving meaningful change. I have used my expertise to develop holistic strategic plans that provide multiple benefits – while addressing economic, social, cultural and environmental challenges. I’ve worked with Mayors and City managers across Canada, and am now based in New York City building Coastal Resilience for all New Yorkers with the Department of Environmental Protection.

Senior business leader and climate strategy advisor with 10+ years of experience in business strategy, carbon removal, and data science. Leads high-impact projects across climate tech and energy, delivering transformation programs for Fortune 500 companies. PhD from Stanford in biochemistry and computational biology.

Prof. Denton is the Director of the United Nations University’s Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA). Prior to joining UNU-INRA (ACPC), she was Director of the Special Initiatives Division and Coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre at the Economic Commission for Africa of the United Nations (UNECA). At ECA, she was also in charge of the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC), a multimillion-dollar continental initiative aimed to serve as an incubator for the Africa Mining Vision. Her vast experience in research and policy formulation in Africa, as well as her in-depth knowledge of natural resource management, are well-known within the United Nations’ research and implementation branches. The primary focus of Prof. Denton’s research has been on climate change adaptation, with a special emphasis on resilience systems in Africa’s agricultural, water, and energy sectors. Her research has been centered on the intersections between adaptation and mitigation.

Let's get it done, and make great business out of it. That is Mattias Goldmann's approach to sustainability and climate. He is a Senior Sustainability Advisor, and was Chief Sustainability Officer at Sweco until August 2021 when leaving for independent work in Bangkok, linked to the Swedish Embassy. Mattias was previously CEO of the green and liberal think tank Fores, with the 2030-secretariat for a fossil independent transport sector. Mattias was named Sweden's Most influential in sustainability issues, 2016, and runner-up Opinion Maker of the Year, 2017, when he was also knighted by the French government for his work against climate change. He was earlier named "future politician of the year", which shows that the future is hard to predict - he left party politics shortly after that. Mattias was born in Geneva, has lived in Chile and Kenya, mainly resides in Stockholm but currently in Bangkok.

Benjamin Von Wong is a disruptive environmental artist who creates large-scale installations at global gatherings, transforming discarded materials into potent symbols of change. Notable achievements include a Guinness World Record installation crafted from 168,000 plastic straws, a striking 2.5‑story Biodiversity Jenga tower showcased at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, and a dramatic 4‑story Plastic Faucet that highlighted the urgency of plastic pollution during the signing of the Global Plastic Treaty Resolution signed at the United Nations Environment Program headquarters. Thanks to his generous donors, his work has generated billions of views and continues to be used worldwide to support grassroots organizations, educational institutions, and community-led initiatives that champion environmental justice.

Dr. Carlos Martinez is a senior climate scientist with the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. He focuses on earth-system modeling, data analysis, multifaith environmentalism, and science-policy integration. Prior to joining UCS, Dr. Martinez served at the National Science Foundation (NSF), where he oversaw a climate resilience research portfolio, working with scientists, policymakers, and community leaders. He was the strategic lead to NSF’s contributions to the United Nations Ocean Decade on Sustainable Development. He was also involved with the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), supporting the National Climate Assessments, and co-authoring the U.S. Climate Literacy Guide."

David Boon is the Founder & CEO of Virtuous, a climate action platform helping the global exhibitions and events industry deliver visible, certified decarbonization—combining on-site insetting with high-integrity residual solutions aligned with Net Zero Carbon Events. He currently serves as Chair of the UFI European Chapter and brings 30 years of leadership in venue and exhibition management, most notably with Brussels Expo. David’s work centers on transparent, data-driven impact, with every project independently verified and retirement IDs shared with stakeholders. At Climate Week NYC, he is introducing Virtuous’ venue-first activation model in collaboration with leading venues, organizers, and associations worldwide. He is passionate about scaling practical pathways to net zero across the full events value chain.

Lucas led PIRG’s Designed to Last campaign, fighting against obsolescence and e-waste and winning concrete policy changes that extend electronic consumer product lifespans and hold manufacturers accountable for forcing upgrades or disposal. He got his start as a PIRG student volunteer and organizing director where he helped register thousands of voters and win zero waste campaigns to stop plastic pollution. He's currently working as an independent researcher and pursuing graduate studies.