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.

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.

Andrea Lindblom is a journalist gone communications professional with a passion for using communication to accelerate climate action. She has attended UN climate change conferences or COPs as a reporter for German radio and TV, starting with COP18 in Doha and including COP21 in Paris, as an editor for the UNFCCC communications team (COP23 in Bonn), and as a communications officer for a research organization, at the COPs in Madrid, Glasgow and Sharm el-Sheikh. Now looking forward to ensuring the business voice at COP28 has as much impact for accelerated climate action as possible!

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.

Ambassador Frumerie is also Sweden's Head of Delegation to UNFCCC. Previous positions include head of EU policy, EU single market, Strategic communications, postings in Budapest and Brussels as well as EU advisor in the Prime Minister's Office.

Sandrine Dixson-Declève is an international and European climate, energy, sustainable development, sustainable finance, complex systems thought leader. She is currently the Co-President of the Club of Rome and divides her time between lecturing, facilitating change in business and policy models and advisory work. She holds several advisory positions for the European Commission: Chair, Expert Group on Economic and Societal Impact of Research & Innovation (ESIR); Assembly Member, Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Mission (DGR&I); TEG Sustainable Finance Taxonomy and Sustainable Finance Platform (DGFISMA); United Nations: Food Summit Action Track 5 Resilience and for companies/organisations/institutes such as BMW, UBM, Climate KIC, UCL-Bartlett School of Enviornment and the IEEP. Sandrine is also a Senior Associate and faculty member of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and a Senior Associate for E3G, Ambassador, for the Energy Transition Commission (ETC) and WEALL. In 2017 Sandrine co-founded the Women Enablers Change Agent Network (WECAN).

Anna Hall has a long experience in energy efficiency, innovation, business development, policy making and collaboration between public sector and industry. In her previous work, as the Director for Big Science Sweden, she has been working with cross-function and cross-country collaboration in advanced processes. She has been driving Alfa Laval’s initiative around sustainable cities and has a broad experience in partnerships, both between industries as well as between industry and academia.

Prof. Dr. Johan Rockström is the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Science at Potsdam University. Rockström is an internationally recognized scientist on global sustainability issues, who led the development of the new Planetary Boundaries framework for human development in the current era of rapid global change at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. He is a leading scientist on global water resources, with about 25 years of experience from applied water research in tropical regions, and more than 150 research publications in fields ranging from applied land and water management to global sustainability. Aside from his research helping to guide policy, Rockström consults several governments and business networks. He also acts as an advisor for sustainable development issues at noteworthy international meetings, such as the World Economic Forum, the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conferences (UNFCCC). Supplementary, he chairs the advisory board for the EAT Foundation and the Earth League.

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.

Mark has served as Executive Director of C40 Cities since December 2013. Mark's aim as Executive Director is to ensure C40 is equally focused on science-based climate action and political leadership for climate justice.C40 has grown dramatically in scope and ambition under Mark’s tenure and now represents nearly 100 of the world’s leading cities, across 50 countries, and around 700 million residents.

Aurélie is the Managing Director of Euroheat & Power, the European association promoting sustainable district heating and cooling solutions. She has over a decade of experience in political strategy, advocacy, and EU energy & climate policies. She previously held the position of Deputy CEO and Policy Director of SolarPower Europe, the European Solar PV association, from 2017 to 2021. She has also headed the European Affairs department of the French Union of Electricity from 2012 to 2017.

An award-winning recognised authority in the global climate change movement, an advocate and catalyst for galvanising big impact change on environmental challenges globally. A qualified Barrister with 30+ years’ experience across legal, academic & nonprofit, business and government (UK Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group, COP20, COP22, COP23, COP26 & COP28). James is uniquely placed to advise on the complex challenges that hinder progress to a more sustainable future.

Olivier joined ENGIE in 2005 and has 20 years of experience in the energy sector, 13 of which were devoted to the development of urban energy infrastructures. Olivier is a Fervent advocate for the long-term benefits of district energy systems in the energy transition. Olivier has been a board member of Euro Heat and Power since 2022 and IDEA. He is also an active member of EGEC.

Julien Gennetier has more than 20 years of experience in a wide range of industrial sectors, from Food and Process Industries to HVAC. Committed to a more energy efficient tomorrow. Today he is heading Alfa Laval’s business unit for gasketed plate heat exchangers.

E.ON is leading the energy transition, providing smart, sustainable and personalised solutions for customers at home, in business and across entire towns and cities. Phil McDermott leads on City Energy Transformation, responsible for developing strategic, long term partnerships with private and public sector organisations, local authorities and property developers in the UK to support their transition to net zero.

Anna Ekdahl is a visionary leader in the energy sector, with a rich background in strategic business development, project management, and innovation. At Ramboll, she spearheads initiatives aiding industries through their energy transition, providing solutions that ensure security of supply, affordability, and sustainability. She drives business opportunities, leveraging advanced technologies in heat recovery, electrification and conversion projects, carbon capture and P2X.

With an electrical engineering degree from Lund University, Sezgin has held managing positions at E.On in electricity networks, trading operations, and as the CEO of gas operations. Through his leadership, commitment, and international experiences, Sezgin has driven Kraftringen's transformation into a significant energy company, prioritizing a circular energy system to enhance efficiency and minimize environmental impact.

Ulf Gehrckens graduated in economics at the Hamburg School of Business Administration. He joined the Material Procurement Department at “Norddeutsche Affinerie” in 1984 before working as the General Manager of Central Services and becoming a member of the Board of Pension Fund at Aurubis. After acquiring “Cumerio” in 2008, Ulf was put in charge of worldwide activities in the energy and climate sector.

Driven by people, progress, and results, Malgorzata has been working 24 years in several leading positions within Alfa Laval. She is committed to the challenge of the energy transition and is proud to work with innovative products and diverse global teams that contribute to creating a cleaner tomorrow.

Neil is an engineer with 30+ years of experience in HVAC building services and district energy arena. He is passionate about how district energy is the facilitator for the integration of waste, renewable energy and its key, proven, role in the decarbonization of heating and cooling in cities. Neil is a registered CIBSE lecturer and has been an active speaker and panelist at many key industry conferences.

Martin Rohner is the Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values a practitioners’ network of 70+ banks worldwide dedicated to inclusive and sustainable finance, serving over 50 million clients and representing over USD 265 billion combined assets. Martin has served as CEO of Alternative Bank Schweiz, Switzerland’s frontrunner bank in sustainable and ethical finance, as CEO of Max Havelaar Foundation Switzerland and Board Member of Fairtrade International. Further stations of his career in development finance and sustainable development include the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen and in Environment and Development from the University of Cambridge, as well as a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Executive Banking from the University of Bern.

Daan Van Acker leads the FinanceMap program at InfluenceMap, analyzing financial institutions through a climate lens. FinanceMap's research aims to drive climate ambition within the financial sector and to hold financial institutions to account for their climate commitments and claims. Daan holds a MSc in Management from LSE, and a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from KU Leuven.

Quentin Parrinello is our Senior Policy Advisor at the EU Tax Observatory. He is responsible for promoting the work of the Observatory with policymakers, the media, and other stakeholders as well as building policy recommendations. Quentin has extensive experience working on tax policy and campaigns. In 2020, he was appointed among the 35 leaders of the future on taxation by TaxCoop.

Katrin Ganswindt has been working as an Energy and Finance Campaigner for Urgewald in Sassenberg, since 2011. She started by mobilizing grassroots for the successful campaign against an export credit for a nuclear power plant in Brazil. Right after, she started research on the coal mining industry, including a visit to South Africa’s coal mining hotspot Mpumalanga. Since then, she has been part of the team commissioning and analyzing financial research on the fossil fuel industry. Since 2017, she has been heading the Finance Research team. Since 2019, she has been a part of the organization’s steering committee.

Boaz Paldi is the United Nations Development Programme Chief Creative Officer. In this role, Boaz oversees UNDP’s advocacy, flagship campaigns, events and partnerships. Most recently Paldi managed the design, rollout and launch of the #dontchooseextinction campaign. Before being appointed to his current role, Paldi led UNDP’s advocacy and communication as well as implementing UNDP’s multimedia strategy and co-founding the Social Good Summit. Prior to joining UNDP, Boaz worked as a TV journalist for 17 years covering conflicts, natural disasters and human-interest stories in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Balkans first for the BBC then the Associated Press and finally joining Reuters where he worked as a TV News Executive Producer for over 12 years.

Ivan has been a leading voice for climate action in the banking sector, pioneering efforts on emissions disclosure and target setting. He is the President of the PCAF Board of Directors, a founding member of the UN convened Net Zero Banking Alliance Steering Group, and is a member of the Climate Financial Risk Advisory Committee to the US Government. As CSO for Amalgamated Bank he has led efforts to decarbonize the bank’s portfolio and demonstrate leadership within the banking sector.

Jacco Minnaar has been Chief Commercial Officer of Triodos Bank since September 2021. Prior to this role, Jacco was Managing Director and Chair of the Management Board of Triodos Investment Management. He is also currently a member of the management board of Hivos Triodos Fund.

Mark is the Executive Director of the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI). VCMI seeks to enable high-integrity voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) that deliver real and additional benefits to the atmosphere, help protect nature, and accelerate the transition to ambitious, economy-wide climate policies and regulation. Mark has worked on carbon markets for over 25 years; over this time he has been advisor to the Government of Ecuador, co-founder of Verra and the Gold Standard and CEO of international NGO The Climate Group. He is currently a board member of the ICVCM.

Yunus leads the global policy and advocacy team at ICLEI. Since 2013, he has led global advocacy towards international bodies and multilateral agreements. Yunus helped establish the Bonn Center for Local Climate Action and Reporting – carbonn – and served as the Director of the Secretariat for the World Mayors Council on Climate Change. He has a background in environmental engineering.

With a former Ph.D in management and organizational change, Marie started OLIKA in 2006 with the aim to contribute to diversity in children's literature and to an inclusive society.

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.

Otto Gernandt has more than 10 years of investment banking and investing experience. Prior to H2 Green Steel, Otto worked as an investment professional in London at Ventiga Capital Partners. Previous experiences include Goldman Sachs and Centerbridge Partners in London and New York, NY. Otto has a MSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Leading Climate Strategy at Stegra since 2022. 15+ years experience from the transformation of hard-to-abate sectors

David Radermacher, holding a Master of Science in Energy Economics from the Universities of Aachen and Münster, brings a wealth of experience in the energy sector. After starting his career at BP, he joined E.ON in 2011, excelling in various strategic and business development positions. Having focused on developing strategies for the sustainable cities business, his journey culminated in his appointment as Vice President Sustainability & Climate in 2018, spearheading E.ON's commitment to sustainability.

Ms. Rosalinde van der Vlies is the Director of the Clean Planet Directorate in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Deputy Mission Manager of the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission and Vice Chair of the Mission Innovation Steering Committee. Before her appointment as Director, Ms. van der Vlies was the Head of Coordination & Interinstitutional Relations Unit, and acting Head of the Communication & Citizens Unit. Previously she held positions in Directorate-General Environment, Directorate-General Justice and Home Affairs, and in the private office of Janez Potočnik, the European Commissioner for the environment. Before joining the European Commission, she worked as a competition lawyer in an international law firm in Brussels and was a part-time teacher at the Catholic University in Brussels.

Sriram Rajagopal leads the global Climate and Air Pollution agenda for Inter IKEA Group (the IKEA franchisor) and the full IKEA value-chain – from raw material extraction to product end-of-life. Sriram has an educational background in electronics engineering and an MBA, and he has close to 15 years of experience in global leadership roles across sustainability, engineering, strategy, planning and business development. Over the past four and a half years, Sriram has held various roles within the climate agenda in Inter IKEA Group – his latest assignment was to lead the decarbonization agenda within production part of the value chain with Inter IKEA’s home furnishings supplier partners.

"Dr Jennie Dodson is Senior Director at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), based in London, Switzerland. Jennie joined WBCSD in 2023. In her role, Jennie leads the partnership and engagement strategy to scale collection action between the world’s leading companies and governments. She also manages relationships with international and civil society organizations and builds WBCSD’s presence to drive outcomes at key global summits. Jennie has worked for over 15 years at the intersections of diplomacy, innovation, and sustainable development across academia, non-profit, government and international organisations. Before joining WBCSD, Jennie was Head of Secretariat for Mission Innovation, the global political action forum for clean energy innovation launched by world leaders at COP21."

Clare Brooks has led collaborative R&D programs with artists, technologists, scientists and cross-disciplinary institutions for over 10 years. The Sustainability Program she leads at Google Arts & Culture and the collaboration with the UNFCCC (UN Framework for Climate Change) since 2019, under the ongoing artist and scientist residency program Heartbeat of the Earth, have paved the way for projects such as Calling in our Corals - an online experience that supports coral reef restoration projects worldwide by engaging citizen scientists and AI, and Passage of Water, a collaboration with NASA and artist Yiyun Kang that highlights freshwater availability data and insights through a new lens. Converging technology, art and science, Google Arts & Culture’s Sustainability program makes some of the most important information about our world meaningful to society – with collaborations that engage deeply with science through emerging technologies such as AI as a positive tool for impact across the sector.

Dharshan Wignarajah leads CPI’s UK team, covering activity across Europe including shaping policy and technical work in climate finance and leading external engagement and program development. Dharshan has more than 20 years of public sector, industry, and strategic advisory experience in climate and development finance, impact investing, clean technology, and renewable energy, with particular emphasis on fostering innovation that leverages scarce public resource to catalyze private finance at scale.

Katrine Bjerre is the Managing Director of SYNERGI, an interest organisation that works towards a smarter and more efficient energy use. Before joining SYNERGI, she worked for VELUX, Carlsberg, and the global communication agency BCW within the areas of strategy, public affairs, comms, and sustainability. Katrine holds a master’s degree in political science from the University of Copenhagen and has completed an Executive Education from INSEAD in Business Strategy.

Carl-Erik has more than 20 years’ experience in the IT and telco segments, with leading roles at, among others, Utfors, Telenor, and British Telecom Nordics. He also has a background as a successful entrepreneur. He is CEO and founder of Vargas Holding, Chairman of Polarium, Vice Chairman of Northvolt and H2 Green Steel, Boardmember Aira and Syre. 

Jennie Cato is SVP Head of Public Affairs & Partnerships at Scania where she develop advocacy strategies and implement activities targeting politicians, policymakers, governmental agencies, NGO’s and other influencers, while nurturing relationships and see to Scania’s ability as a trusted partner in driving the sustainable transport agenda. Cato has a background within both industry, the Swedish government and industry organizations, and brings 25 years of experience across tech and engineering driven environments, strategic business development, climate, energy and sustainability policy development in political systems in both Sweden and the EU as well as on a global level. Cato holds a M.Sc of Civil Engineering from Lund University.

Carolina Urrutia held the post of Environment Secretary for Bogotá, a city of over eight million inhabitants and Colombia's capital, between 2020 and 2023. At that post, she led the development and implementation of the city’s climate action plan, its clean air policies and set forth programs to reduce emissions from the public and freight transport. She has worked in institutions such as Mexico's Environment Ministry, the World Bank, Colombia's Ministry of Defense and its National Planning Department. She has a public policy graduate degree from Harvard’s Government School of Government. Between 2014 and 2018 she directed a quarterly magazine on sustainability at Publicaciones Semana, one of Colombia’s most important publishing houses.

Dr. Sheiner is the President/Founder of CPGH, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to find innovative solutions to global health challenges. He is a board-certified physician specializing in psychiatry and child psychiatry.

Christopher Carrick, he holds a Ph.D. in material chemistry from both Sweden and the USA. When he is not in the lab creating groundbreaking solutions for the plastics and forestry industries, he is out in the woods with his children, searching for chantarells. Raised in the business world with a great passion for practical and applied chemistry, he is now succeeding in the circular economy and sits as board memeber in Lignin Industries, Nordiska bioplastföreningen and Papershell working for a better tomorrow including sustainable materials."

Ita is the Director of the ETC. She is responsible for managing the delivery of the ETC's analytical workstreams, coordinating the international programmes, and supporting the ETC’s Commissioners and Representatives. Prior to this, Ita was a Manager at Bain & Company working with business executives to address strategic challenges at international organisations in the UK, Europe, and the USA. Ita worked across industrial, consumer products and heavy transport sectors, in addition to advising central government and not-for-profit clients.

Owen manages Nestlé’s global climate change, nature and water related advocacy, communications and engagement activities. He is also responsible for topics related to animal welfare within the Public Affairs and ESG Engagement team. In this role, Owen advises and guide’s Nestlé interactions with multi-lateral institutions, business associations and other coalitions of action on the environmental agenda – supporting the company’s aim to advance regenerative food systems at scale. Prior to taking on this role, Owen headed up Nestlé’s global issue and crisis management function. Before joining Nestlé, Owen advised clients in the food, agriculture and health sectors on corporate communications and public affairs programs.

Nazmeera is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Ninety One. (The firm was previously known as Investec Asset Management.) In this role, she oversees firm-wide initiatives, including commercial imperatives, investment integration, and our inhabit and advocacy work. Prior to this she was Head of SA Investments, where she worked across both public and private strategies in Africa. Before that she was co-Head of SA & Africa Fixed Income. Nazmeera has covered the macro-economy in South Africa and other emerging markets since 2000. She is passionate about making financial markets work to support development. Her remit has included the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, which provides debt financing for infrastructure projects across Africa. She joined Ninety One in 2013 from Macquarie First South where she was Head of Macro Strategy. She began her career as an economist at Merrill Lynch in South Africa and London.

Mr. Benedict Libanda is the Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia. He holds a Masters in Development Studies obtained from the University of Free States and a Master’s in Business Administration from Leicester University. He is also a Doctorate Candidate at École des Ponts Business School in France. He comes with years of experience in environmental and climate finance, climate fund design and deal structuring, and resource mobilisation. Mr. Libanda has successfully mobilized over US$400 million for climate investment during his carrier from agencies such as the Green Climate Fund, Agency for French Development, Swedish Environmental Fund, Global Environmental Facility, etc. Through his role at the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia, he is part of the Namibian team entrusted with the implementation of the Namibian Green Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap.

Vico Sharabani is the founder of The Artery and award-winning Creative Director, Director and Producer. His production company is behind the creation of the main Weather Kids hero films. Vico is one of the most notable Flame artists in the world, and winner of the first ever Autodesk Flame Award recognizing his vast contributions to the visual effects industry over the past 20 years. Vico's portfolio includes a wide range of commercials for fortune 500 companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Nike, and AT&T, music-videos for Beyoncé, Coldplay, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, and work on dozens of films such as Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, Tower Heist, and Sex & The City to name a few.

Creative leader and co-founder of Activista, a creative company that harnesses the power of creativity to help brands and organizations drive positive impact on their business, people, and the planet. Forbes included Paco in its '100 Most Creative People in the World' list and the Cannes Report ranked him among the the Most Awarded Creative Directors three years in a row. Activista was named Ad Age Purpose-Led Agency of the Year 2023.

Brigitte Perrin envisions organizations that engage in social networks and communities; builds capacities and opportunities with their partners and all generations; and takes the lead by sharing their unique wealth of knowledge for a sustainable future. She is currently leading change in communication for climate by connecting scientists with the public and exploring the opportunities of AI to bring trusted knowledge to the surface and thus combat disinformation.

"Fredrik Nilzén is a Swedish executive known for his contributions to sustainability and corporate responsibility. He served as the Head of Group Sustainability at Swedbank, where he integrated sustainability into the bank's operations, promoting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria. In 2024, Nilzén became the Head of Sustainability at Scania, a leading manufacturer of commercial vehicles. At Scania, he leads efforts to drive the shift towards a sustainable transport system, overseeing projects to minimize carbon emissions and enhance resource efficiency. Before his roles at Swedbank and Scania, Nilzén worked as consultant at Accenture, where he also held the position as Nordic CSR Lead and gained valuable experience in consulting and sustainability strategies.

Matteo Civillini is a reporter at Climate Home News, where his main focus is on international climate diplomacy, climate finance and carbon markets. He also specializes in investigative reporting and some of his stories have received awards such as the Amnesty International Media Award.

Joe Lo is the news editor of Climate Home News.

Cassie Sutherland is the Managing Director for Climate Solutions and Networks at C40, supporting cities to accelerate climate action in energy and buildings, food and waste, transport, urban planning, air quality and climate resilience. C40 is a network of mayors of nearly 100 world-leading cities collaborating to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis. Cassie is based in London and has previously worked at the Greater London Authority on increasing London's resilience to climate impacts and at national government in the UK on energy efficiency and smart energy systems.

Tessa Ferry leads Race to Zero and is responsible for the oversight and management of the campaign. Her previous role was also with the Climate Champions Team where she served as senior adviser on policy, gender and states and regions. Prior to joining the Champions Team in 2022 she worked as Head of International Climate Change for the Scottish Government, leading on preparations for COP26 including partnering on the first multi-level action pavilion focused on the role of states, regions and cities, and overseeing the delivery of the world's first loss and damage funding announcement. As part of this role, Tessa led on the Scottish Government's co-chairship of the Under 2 Coalition. Her role also included running the Scottish Government's Climate Justice programme, and supporting the integration of climate justice principles in net-zero legislation. Before joining the Scottish Government, Tessa worked on several roles for the UK civil service, including climate change, forestry, environmental crimes, and extradition. In her spare time, she supports local community organisations in Glasgow, Scotland developing and implementing strategic plans.

Sofia Rivas Herrera self-identifies as Supply Chain Ambassador, sharing her passion for the field in her daily life. She has been recognized as upcoming thought leader in the field and invited to participate in several podcasts, international conferences, digital magazines, webinars and guest lectures to discuss topics such as digital transformation, network design, data analysis, automation and future skill sets for supply chain professionals. Winner of the Coup de Coeur Award at the Global Women Supply Chain Leaders 2021 by B2G Consulting. Sofia is a Mexican Industrial Engineer from Tecnologico de Monterrey University and alumni from MIT Graduate Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (GCLOG). Additionally, she has enriched her education with international academic experiences at Singapore Management University and Kühne Logistics University in Hamburg. Currently working as Supply Chain Network Design and Optimization Manager at HP within their Global Supply Chain and Logistics team. Mainly focused on leading projects for overall cost optimization and process improvement for warehouse operations, demand planning, last mile delivery and reversed logistics. Sofia has also led M&A company integrations from a logistics operations workstream. Sofia has previous experience working in Latin American markets in ecommerce sales and operations planning at Mercado Libre, and in data analytics and operations within the airport industry at Pacific Airport Group.

Sofia Söderberg from Sweden is an organist, cellist, singer and composer who has established herself as a distinguished Choral Conductor. Through the years she has been awarded numerous prizes for her conducting and her interpretations has been recognized with a number of honors all over the world. She is frequently writing music and arrangements for her choirs and her music has been published by Gehrmans and Bo Ejeby in Sweden and by Walton Music in USA.

As the director of buildings at GreenBiz Group James brings his passion and expertise in sustainable buildings to the mission of accelerating the just transition to a clean economy. For 15 years James has pushed the building industry to accelerate the creation of healthy, carbon-free beautiful spaces for all people to work and live. James built the first LEED Platinum Habitat for Humanity home and has consulted on award winning sustainable buildings throughout the US. James volunteers as the Chair of the Net-Zero Energy Coalition, on the Advisory Board of DC’s Building Innovation Hub and on his local Hyattsville Environmental Committee.

Vida Rozite leads the work on digitalisation and cities in the Energy Efficiency and Inclusive Transitions Office of the International Energy Agency including the Digital Demand Driven Networks (3DEN) initiative. She is the desk officer of the IEA Technology Collaboration Programme Decarbonising Cities & Communities. She has previously worked for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordic Energy Research, and was the secretary of the Nordic Working Group on Renewable Energy.

Ben is a PhD student at UCL and ZSL, supported by the Fisheries Society of the British Isles. His research focuses on developing machine-learning techniques to monitor and support coral reef conservation. Ben collaborates closely with industry partners, including Mars, which operates the world’s largest coral reef restoration program (buildingcoral.com), and Google DeepMind’s bioacoustics team, Perch.

Jennifer Koss is a passionate advocate for environmental conservation and is a life-long ocean lover with degrees in oceanography and biology from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Marine Policy from the University of Delaware. She became director of NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program in 2015, creating an ambitious vision and strategic plan for coral conservation and management efforts at NOAA. Jennifer also holds key national and international positions as the Steering Committee Co-Chair of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, Co-Chair of the International Coral Reef Initiative and Vice-Chair of the Coral R&D Accelerator Program, which is an outcome of the G-20. Jennifer is a graduate of NOAA's Leadership Competencies Development Program and has legislative experience serving two years in Senator Daniel K. Inouye's (D-HI) Office. "

Gap-year student who worked for one year at Youth4Planet Luxembourg. He was the manager of the CreatiVelo Media Bike. Together with others, he completed the CreatiVelo Earthbeat Luxembourg Tour and various actions to capture and spread local transition projects. Now, things need to scale up, social bubbles need to be broken, and transition projects need to be multiplied.

Bill Weir is America’s leading climate reporter. His new book "Life as We Know It (Can Be)" is a celebration of our planet and human brilliance. It is a hopeful plea for communities to rally around nature, new ideas and each other, to create the kind of resilience that lasts generations.

Gaïa Febvre is Head of International Policies at the French NGO Réseau Action Climat

Sven Harmeling is the Head of Climate at CAN Europe. CAN Europe empowers civil society organisations to influence the design and development of effective climate change policy in Europe, both in the European Union as well as in its Member States and in European countries outside the EU.

Bernhard Pötter is team lead of Climate Table, one of ten teams for deep journalism at the German start up Table Media. He has covered climate policy and COPs for 20 years and worked for the daily „tageszeitung“ before. Bernhard has written several books on climate and environment issues and holds an MA in American Studies, Political Science and Law.

Julia works as a policy officer for climate & energy at the Berlin Governance Platform. Her focus in the climate delegation is on EU climate policy and international cooperation for climate protection.

Mohamed Sefiani is the Mayor of the city of Chefchaouen since 2009. He is also President of the UCLG World Forum of Intermediary Cities and co-chair of the UCLG Africa Climate Task Force. Through his work with ICLEI and other organisations, Mayor Sefiani is transforming Chefchaouen into one of Africa’s leading sustainable cities.