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.

Maria Alejandra Aguilar is a Colombian lawyer with an MSc in Sustainability from the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) and a joint diploma from the University of Tokyo. She has extensive experience in civil society organizations across Latin America and globally. In roles such as Climate Justice Coordinator and Board member at the Colombian NGO Ambiente y Sociedad, and Gender Specialist at the UN Climate Technology Centre and Network (UN CTCN). In 2022, she coordinated the Stop Financing Factory Farming Campaign (S3F), a coalition of seven NGOs led by Friends of the Earth U.S. Additionally, she served as a Resilience Fellow with the Youth Fellowship of the High-Level Climate Champions. Since April 2023, Maria has been the Race to Resilience Campaign Manager, working to mobilize non-state actors with the goal to increase the resilience of 4 billion people by 2030.

Menka is the Programme Director at the Asian- Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW). She is a feminist researcher, human rights activist and development programme specialist from Fiji currently based in Malaysia.

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.

Ariane is ORRAA’s Global Outreach & Engagement Director, spearheading global policy advancement, government engagement, and membership initiatives. Drawing on her work with innovative financial instruments under the SCIFF and her extensive background in conservation and climate change policy, she excels in fostering collaboration among stakeholders in the ocean risk and resilience space. Before joining ORRAA, Ariane held senior leadership positions at Rare as Vice President for Global Development and Executive Director for Rare Europe. Her experience also includes contributions to conservation and climate finance with The Nature Conservancy, where she played a key role in establishing conservation trust funds in the Caribbean. Additionally, Ariane has served as Senior Policy Advisor in the German Parliament and at the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation.

Catherine Stewart was appointed as Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change in 2022. She has served since 2014 in various senior executive positions at Environment and Climate Change Canada including Canada's Chief Negotiator for Climate Change, Assistant Deputy Minister of International Affairs, and Director General for Multilateral Affairs and Climate Change. She has worked in the environment and climate change space internationally, building and nurturing key strategic initiatives including the stand-up of the Powering Past Coal Alliance, the launch of the Global Carbon Pricing Challenge and the Ministerial on Climate Action. With over 27 years in the federal government, she has contributed to public policy issues ranging from international affairs, clean technology promotion and trade, defence and security and military procurement. Prior to joining government, Catherine worked on a United Nations peacekeeping and electoral mission in Mozambique.

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.

Professor Sir David King is an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. He is also the Founder and Chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG) and the Founder of the Centre for Climate Repair (CCR) at Cambridge University. Additionally, he is an Affiliate Partner of Systemiq. Previously, he served as the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser from 2000-2007 and the Foreign Secretary's Special Representative on Climate Change from 2013-2017.

Adama's professional journey is characterized by a dis8nc8ve blend of exper8se in management and cultural studies, shaping his role in designing and establishing innova8ve ins8tu8ons dedicated to catalyzing social change. As CEO, Adama has guided the Moleskine Foundation with a visionary approach, channeling efforts into crafting programs and educational experiences to support youth and marginalized communities in developing and nurturing critical thinking, creative expression, and a lifelong learning approach. Adama's leadership is characterized by his commitment to enhancing cultural and creative organizations in underserved regions worldwide. This commitment remains as he leads the Foundation forward to pioneer the space of creativity for social transformation.

With a background at the Royal Dramatic Theater where he was raised under Ingmar Bergman's wings, as well as a Hollywood career spanning three decades, Peter Stormare is undoubtedly one of Sweden's most famous actors. He played in blockbusters over the years, including Fargo, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Armageddon, The Big Lebowski, Minority Report, Bad Boys II, Constantine and 22 Jump Street to name just a handful. Stormare is also a diligent television actor with memorable roles in Prison Break, Seinfeld, Entourage, Weeds, The Blacklist and Arrow among others.

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.

Efua Nyamekye Appiah is a passionate environmental sustainability professional and climate enthusiast dedicated to accelerating the renewable energy mix and just transition in Africa. With 5 years working experience in policy analysis, Climate Justice and Coordinating the Youth Climate Council Ghana, Efua plays a pivotal role in shaping climate policies, advocating for youth inclusion and leadership. Driven by her passion for continuous learning and impact, Efua serves as the Energy and Just Transition Coordinator at the Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO), partnering and engaging critically on the EU-funded RePower project, which aims to enhance rural electrification in four off-grid communities across Africa.

I lead the global strategy and in-country implementation of the Global Shield against Climate Risk initiative. I co-design pre-arranged financial solutions with national stakeholders as a tool to addressing loss and damage.

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.

Liberal Democrat Energy Security and Net Zero Spokesperson; Member if Environment Select Committee; vice-chair of the cross-party group on climate change and the cross-part group on international conservation. Worked 20 years internationally on MPA management, including creation of the multi-use Galapagos Marine Reserve and Zanzibar MPA system and community managed LMMAs.