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E.g., 15 Jun 2024
Jennifer
MORRIS

Chief Executive Officer

The Nature Conservancy

United States of America

Jayathma
WICKRAMANAYAKE

United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth

United Nations Office of the SG's Envoy on Youth

United States of America

Virginijus
SINKEVICIUS

European Commissioner For Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

European Commission

Belgium

Patricia
DANZI

Director-General

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

Switzerland

Jose Francisco
CALI TZAY

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

United States of America

Bertrand
PICCARD

Chairman

Solar Impulse Foundation

Switzerland

Nigel
TOPPING

UN High Level Climate Action Champion, COP26

UNFCCC COP26

United Kingdom

Jean-Louis
ETIENNE

Polar Explorer

Océan Polaire

France

Laurent
FABIUS

Ancien Président de la COP21/Paris Agreement - Président du Conseil constitutionnel

Conseil constitutionnel

France

Xueqiao
ZHANG

Deputy Prosecutor General

Supreme People's Procuratorate

China

Claudia
LÓPEZ HERNÁNDEZ

Mayor of Bogotá

Bogotá Mayor´s Office

Colombia

Thomas
FRIEDMAN

Foreign Affairs Columnist

The New York Times

United States of America

Aminath
SHAUNA

Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Technology

Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology

Maldives

Thomas
SCHIRRMACHER

Secretary General and CEO

World Evangelical Alliance (WEA)

Germany

H. S. H. Prince Albert
II OF MONACO

Sovereign Prince

Fondation Prince Albert II

Monaco

Audrey
AZOULAY

Director General

UNESCO

France

Barbara
POMPILI

Ministre

France

Rémy
RIOUX

Directeur général - Agence française de développement

France

Odile
RENAUD-BASSO

President

European Bank For Reconstruction & Development

France

Jean- Yves
LE DRIAN

Ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères

France

Mari E.
PANGESTU

Managing Director for Development Policy & Partnerships

World Bank

United States of America

Carlos Manuel
RODRIGUEZ

CEO and Chairperson

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Costa Rica

Michelle I L
WEEKES

Judge of the High Court

Supreme Court of Barbados

Barbados

André
HOFFMANN

Vice Chairman

Roche ( WEF - MAVA)

Switzerland

Inger
ANDERSEN

Executive Director

UNEP

Kenya

Krista
MIKKONEN

Minister

Ministry of the Environment of Finland

Finland

Jean-Michel
BLANQUER

Minister for Education, Youth and Sport

French Government

France

Antoine
FREROT

Chairman and CEO

VEOLIA

France

Antoine
ARNAULT

Image and Environment

LVMH

France

Victoria Lucia
TAULI-CORPUZ

Executive Director

Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Res...

Philippines

Patrick
ODIER

Senior Managing Partner

Bank Lombard Odier & Co. Ltd

Switzerland

Joan
CARLING

Executive Director

Indigenous Peoples Rights International -IPRI

Philippines

Carlos
ALVARADO

President of the Republic of Costa Rica

Government of Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Lucas
JOPPA

Vice President and Chief Environmental Officer

Microsoft

United States of America

David
BOYD

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment

UN

Canada

Bård Vegar
SOLHJELL

Director General

Norad - the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

Norway

Ingrid
VAN WEES

Vice President, Finance and Risk Management

Asian Development Bank

Philippines

Patricia
ZURITA

CEO

BirdLife International

United Kingdom

Asha
SUMPUTH

Journalist

Media

France

Gustavo
MONTEZANO

President

Brazilian Development Bank – BNDES

Brazil

Ana María
HERNÁNDEZ SALGAR

Chair

IPBES

Colombia

Cardinal Peter
TURKSON

First Prefect - Dicastery for promoting Integral Human Development

Vatican

Italy

Mairead
DUNDAS

Journalist

France 24

France

Rodolphe
SAADE

Chairman and CEO

CMA CGM

France

Manuel
PULGAR VIDAL

Global Practice Leader - Climate & Energy

WWF

Peru

Paul
ROSE

Explorer. Broadcaster

National Geographic

Switzerland

Cyrille
VIGNERON

President and CEO

Cartier International

Switzerland

Olivier
LANGRAND

Executive Director

Conservation International

United States of America

Julia
MARTON-LEFEVRE

Chair of Board

Alliance Bioversity & CIAT

France

Emilie
DE LOMBARES

CEO

Onet

France

Bérangère
ABBA

Secretary of State for Biodiversity (FR)

French government

France

Teresa
RIBERA

Vicepresidenta Tercera y Ministra para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico

Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico

Spain

Magdi
BATATO

Executive Vice President, Head of Operations

Nestlé S.A.

Switzerland

Nisreen
ELSAIM

Chair

UN Secretary General Youth advisory group on Climate Change

Sudan

Geoffroy
ROUX DE BEZIEUX

Président

MEDEF

France

Rohitesh
DHAWAN

CEO

International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

United Kingdom

Frans
TIMMERMANS

Executive Vice-President, responsible for the European Green Deal

European Commission

Belgium

Christiane
LAIBACH

Member, Executive Board

KfW Bankengruppe

Germany

Elizabeth
MREMA

Executive Secretary

Convention on Biological Diversity

Canada

Peter
THOMSON

Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean

United Nations

United Kingdom

Yannick
GLEMAREC

Executive Director

Green Climate Fund

Korea (RK)

Winnie
SENGWER

Advocacy Officer

Defenders Coalition- Kenya

Kenya

Ambroise
FAYOLLE

Vice President

European Investment Bank

France

Jean-Bernard
LÉVY

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Electricité de France

France

Matthieu
RICARD

Founder, Shechen Temple

Karuna Shechen

Nepal

Jochen
FLASBARTH

State Secretary

Federal Ministry f.t. Environment

Germany

Renaud
MUSELIER

Président, Région SUD

Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

France

Andrea
MEZA MURILLO

Ministra

Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía

Costa Rica

Jean-Pierre
CLAMADIEU

Président du Conseil d'Administration

ENGIE SA

France

Martha
ROJAS URREGO

Secretary General

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Switzerland

Ingrid-Gabriela
HOVEN

Managing Director

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)Gmb...

Germany

Shaikha
SALEM AL DHAHERI

Secretary General

Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

Thomas
LOVEJOY

University Professor

George Mason University

United States of America

Sadhvi
BHAGAWATI SARASWATI

Pujya

Parmarth Niketan

India

Michelle
BACHELET

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Chile

Chadia
WANNOUS

Regional One Health Officer for Africa

World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)

Kenya

Achim
STEINER

Administrator

United Nations Development Programme

United States of America

Anne
LARIGAUDERIE

Executive Secretary

IPBES (Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem S...

Germany

Helle
KRISTOFFERSEN

President Strategy & Sustainability

TOTALENERGIES

France

Laurent
BALLESTA

Deep sea diver, Biologist and photographer

Andromede Oceanologie/ Gombessa Expeditions

France

Bruno
OBERLE

Director General

IUCN

Switzerland

Nancy
TEMBO

MInister of Forestry and Natural Resources

Government of Malawi

Malawi

Elizabeth
WATHUTI

Founder

Green Generation Initiative

Kenya

Nasser
KAMEL

Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean

Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean

Spain

Baomiavotse Vahinala
RAHARINIRINA

Ministre

Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable

Madagascar

Hindou
OUMAROU IBRAHIM

Sahel région representative

Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee

Chad

Christine
LAGARDE

President

European Central Bank

Germany

Ricardo
LORENZETTI

Justice

Supreme Court of Justice Argentina

Argentina

Marco
LAMBERTINI

Director General

World Wide Fund for Nature - International

Switzerland

Patricia
ESPINOSA

Executive Secretary

UNFCCC

Germany

Julien
DENORMANDIE

Minister of Agriculture and Food

Ministry of Agriculture and Food

France

Ivete
MAIBAZE

Minister

Ministry of Land and Environment

Mozambique

Nicolas
HULOT

Président d'Honneur

Fondation pour la Nature et l'Homme

France

Emma
STOKES

Regional Director, Central Africa & Gulf of Guinea

Wildlife Conservation Society

Rwanda

Andrej
SOVINC

Regional Vice Chair for Europe

IUCN WCPA

Slovenia

Ma. Estrella
PENUNIA

Secretary General

Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (A...

Philippines

Ying
LI

Sustainable Agriculture Director

The Nature Conservancy

China

Gabriela
LICHTENSTEIN

Independent Researcher

CONICET/National Research Council

Argentina

Ralph
KADEL

Moderator

Legacy Landscapes Fund

Germany

Emilie
BOULANGER

PhD Researcher

Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive

France

Braulio
BUENDIA

Coordinador Proyecto Regional Amazonía 2.0

IUCN

United States of America

Randall
REEVES

Chair

IUCN Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel

Canada

Hanna
PLOTNYKOVA

Environmental Affairs Officer

UNECE

Switzerland

Francesco
SINDICO

Director

Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance (SCELG)

United Kingdom

Vyacheslav
SHADRIN

research fellow

Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the N...

Russia

Mariel
CABERO UGALDE

Environmental Justice Expert

IUCN NL

The Netherlands

Rosalina
GABRIEL

Assistant Professor

University of the Azores

Portugal

Ellen
DE WOLF

Communications manager

WWF-Netherlands

The Netherlands

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