James Levelle
James Levelle’s work in the world’s wildest places, together with his extraordinary ‘impossible’ expeditions, has earned him uncommon understanding of both the beauty and power of Nature, as well as an unshakeable faith in humankind. He hitchhiked his way 6000 miles across South America with no mobile phone, no...
Sophie Handford
Sophie Handford is a Kāpiti Coast activist and councillor, working tirelessly to preserve our collective home. Sophie made waves in New Zealand politics at the age of 18, when she was elected as a councillor for the Kapiti Coast District Council. She resides in the small village of Paekākāriki,...
Ioannis Ioannou
Ioannis Ioannou is a Professor, an Advisor and a Keynote Speaker on Sustainability Leadership and Corporate Responsibility. Through his academic work, advisory roles, teaching, and engagement with executives, he focuses on understanding whether, how and the extent to which companies and capital markets can lead on the path towards...
Hannah Emde
Hannah Emde is a wildlife veterinarian who is passionate about species conservation. She works in the most remote areas and the jungles of the world are her home. Highlighting the importance of biodiversity is Hannah Emde’s matter of the heart. After graduating from high school in Bonn, Hannah Emde...
Monica Araya
Born in Costa Rica, Monica Araya has worked on sustainability issues for over 20 years with a focus on Latin America. She co-founded Costa Rica Limpia, a citizen-strategy group devoted to promote renewables and electric mobility and launched Movilidad electrica organisation, one of the first electric mobility platforms in...
Dominique Palmer
Dominique is a Youth Climate Justice Activist, global speaker, storyteller, writer and who believes in uniting people for climate action and using creative means to unite people. Named in Forbes 2020 Leading UK Environmentalists list. Featured in DAZED, the Guardian Weekend, Refinery29, Bustle, VICE, The Big Issue, Huffington Post,...
Jon Kher Kaw
Jon Kher Kaw is a senior urban development specialist with the World Bank’s Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice. He also heads the World Bank’s Urbanscapes community of practice, and brings with him technical and policy expertise in urban planning, real estate, sustainable development, urban technology,...
Jane Goodall
In July 1960, Jane Goodall began her landmark study of chimpanzee behavior in what is now Tanzania. Her work at Gombe Stream would become the foundation of future primatological research and redefine the relationship between humans and animals. In 1977, Dr. Goodall established the Jane Goodall Institute, which continues...
MICHAŁ KURTYKA
Michal Kurtyka is the Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for COP24 Presidency, a trained physicist and engineer, economist, specialist in international negotiations, expert in the field of energy and the author of the government programme for the development of electromobility in Poland. He is a graduate of the prestigious...
Tshering Tobgay
Tshering Tobgay is the former Prime Minister of Bhutan. He led the country’s government from 2013 to 2018. Tobgay remains the leader of the People’s Democratic Party and is known internationally for his environmentalism. After a career in the Bhutanese civil service, Tshering Tobgay became a co-founder of the...
