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E.g., 29 Apr 2024
Patrick
ODIER

Senior Managing Partner

Bank Lombard Odier & Co. Ltd

Switzerland

David
BOYD

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment

UN

Canada

Shaikha
SALEM AL DHAHERI

Secretary General

Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

Anne
LARIGAUDERIE

Executive Secretary

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

Germany

Thomas
LOVEJOY

University Professor

George Mason University

United States of America

Hindou
OUMAROU IBRAHIM

Sahel région representative

Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee

Chad

Asha
SUMPUTH

Journalist

Media

France

Olivier
LANGRAND

Executive Director

Conservation International

United States of America

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

Ricardo
LORENZETTI

Justice

Supreme Court of Justice Argentina

Argentina

Patricia
ESPINOSA

Executive Secretary

UNFCCC

Germany

Bérangère
ABBA

Secretary of State for Biodiversity (FR)

French government

France

Magdi
BATATO

Executive Vice President, Head of Operations

Nestlé S.A.

Switzerland

Rohitesh
DHAWAN

CEO

International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

United Kingdom

Nancy
TEMBO

MInister of Forestry and Natural Resources

Government of Malawi

Malawi

Achim
STEINER

Administrator

United Nations Development Programme

United States of America

Cyrille
VIGNERON

President and CEO

Cartier International

Switzerland

Joan
CARLING

Executive Director

Indigenous Peoples Rights International -IPRI

Philippines

Audrey
AZOULAY

Director General

UNESCO

France

Nasser
KAMEL

Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean

Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean

Spain

Jean- Yves
LE DRIAN

Ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères

France

H. S. H. Prince Albert
II OF MONACO

Sovereign Prince

Fondation Prince Albert II

Monaco

Antoine
ARNAULT

Image and Environment

LVMH

France

Aminath
SHAUNA

Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Technology

Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology

Maldives

Baomiavotse Vahinala
RAHARINIRINA

Ministre

Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable

Madagascar

Christiane
LAIBACH

Member, Executive Board

KfW Bankengruppe

Germany

Nisreen
ELSAIM

Chair

UN Secretary General Youth advisory group on Climate Change

Sudan

Bård Vegar
SOLHJELL

Director General

Norad - the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

Norway

Martha
ROJAS URREGO

Secretary General

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Switzerland

Ingrid
VAN WEES

Vice President, Finance and Risk Management

Asian Development Bank

Philippines

Thomas
SCHIRRMACHER

Secretary General and CEO

World Evangelical Alliance (WEA)

Germany

Michelle I L
WEEKES

Judge of the High Court

Supreme Court of Barbados

Barbados

Jennifer
MORRIS

Chief Executive Officer

The Nature Conservancy

United States of America

Elizabeth
MREMA

Executive Secretary

Convention on Biological Diversity

Canada

Carlos Manuel
RODRIGUEZ

CEO and Chairperson

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Costa Rica

Inger
ANDERSEN

Executive Director

UNEP

Kenya

Bruno
OBERLE

Director General

IUCN

Switzerland

Elizabeth
WATHUTI

Founder

Green Generation Initiative

Kenya

Lucas
JOPPA

Vice President and Chief Environmental Officer

Microsoft

United States of America

Laurent
BALLESTA

Deep sea diver, Biologist and photographer

Andromede Oceanologie/ Gombessa Expeditions

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

Ambroise
FAYOLLE

Vice President

European Investment Bank

France

Christine
LAGARDE

President

European Central Bank

Germany

Julia
MARTON-LEFEVRE

Chair of Board

Alliance Bioversity & CIAT

France

Jayathma
WICKRAMANAYAKE

United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth

United Nations Office of the SG's Envoy on Youth

United States of America

Laurent
FABIUS

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

Conseil constitutionnel

France

Sadhvi
BHAGAWATI SARASWATI

Pujya

Parmarth Niketan

India

Julien
DENORMANDIE

Minister of Agriculture and Food

Ministry of Agriculture and Food

France

Michelle
BACHELET

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Chile

Nicolas
HULOT

Président d'Honneur

Fondation pour la Nature et l'Homme

France

Mairead
DUNDAS

Journalist

France 24

France

Ana María
HERNÁNDEZ SALGAR

Chair

IPBES

Colombia

Jean-Louis
ETIENNE

Polar Explorer

Océan Polaire

France

Renaud
MUSELIER

Président, Région SUD

Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

France

Cardinal Peter
TURKSON

First Prefect - Dicastery for promoting Integral Human Development

Vatican

Italy

Mari E.
PANGESTU

Managing Director for Development Policy & Partnerships

World Bank

United States of America

Jean-Bernard
LÉVY

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Electricité de France

France

Frans
TIMMERMANS

Executive Vice-President, responsible for the European Green Deal

European Commission

Belgium

Bertrand
PICCARD

Chairman

Solar Impulse Foundation

Switzerland

Ingrid-Gabriela
HOVEN

Managing Director

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

Germany

Nigel
TOPPING

UN High Level Climate Action Champion, COP26

UNFCCC COP26

United Kingdom

Andrea
MEZA MURILLO

Ministra

Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía

Costa Rica

Rodolphe
SAADE

Chairman and CEO

CMA CGM

France

Jean-Michel
BLANQUER

Minister for Education, Youth and Sport

French Government

France

André
HOFFMANN

Vice Chairman

Roche ( WEF - MAVA)

Switzerland

Geoffroy
ROUX DE BEZIEUX

Président

MEDEF

France

Barbara
POMPILI

Ministre

France

Thomas
FRIEDMAN

Foreign Affairs Columnist

The New York Times

United States of America

Rémy
RIOUX

Directeur général - Agence française de développement

France

Marco
LAMBERTINI

Director General

World Wide Fund for Nature - International

Switzerland

Carlos
ALVARADO

President of the Republic of Costa Rica

Government of Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Antoine
FREROT

Chairman and CEO

VEOLIA

France

Odile
RENAUD-BASSO

President

European Bank For Reconstruction & Development

France

Matthieu
RICARD

Founder, Shechen Temple

Karuna Shechen

Nepal

Jean-Pierre
CLAMADIEU

Président du Conseil d'Administration

ENGIE SA

France

Krista
MIKKONEN

Minister

Ministry of the Environment of Finland

Finland

Yannick
GLEMAREC

Executive Director

Green Climate Fund

Korea (RK)

Manuel
PULGAR VIDAL

Global Practice Leader - Climate & Energy

WWF

Peru

Patricia
ZURITA

CEO

BirdLife International

United Kingdom

Helle
KRISTOFFERSEN

President Strategy & Sustainability

TOTALENERGIES

France

Virginijus
SINKEVICIUS

European Commissioner For Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

European Commission

Belgium

Paul
ROSE

Explorer. Broadcaster

National Geographic

Switzerland

Xueqiao
ZHANG

Deputy Prosecutor General

Supreme People's Procuratorate

China

Gustavo
MONTEZANO

President

Brazilian Development Bank – BNDES

Brazil

Jochen
FLASBARTH

State Secretary

Federal Ministry f.t. Environment

Germany

Winnie
SENGWER

Advocacy Officer

Defenders Coalition- Kenya

Kenya

Claudia
LÓPEZ HERNÁNDEZ

Mayor of Bogotá

Bogotá Mayor´s Office

Colombia

Ivete
MAIBAZE

Minister

Ministry of Land and Environment

Mozambique

Peter
THOMSON

Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean

United Nations

United Kingdom

Patricia
DANZI

Director-General

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

Switzerland

Chadia
WANNOUS

Regional One Health Officer for Africa

World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)

Kenya

Emilie
DE LOMBARES

CEO

Onet

France

Victoria Lucia
TAULI-CORPUZ

Executive Director

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

Philippines

Eddie
RICH

CEO

International Hydropower Association

United Kingdom

Melanie
GOODCHILD

Founder

Turtle Island Institute

Canada

Diego
PORTUGAL DEL PINO

Co-lead of Nature-based Solutions Thematic Group of IUCN CEM / Nature-based Solution Consultant for WWF International

Peru

Raphaël
BILLÉ

Programme Director

Tour du Valat

France

Thibaud
POULAIN

Head of temperate forests

Reforest'Action

France

Camille
ZUBER

LLM Student at UC Berkeley, Environmental Law

United States of America

Josefa
TAULI

Steering Committee Member & Policy Co-coordinator

Global Youth Biodiversity Network

Philippines

Stéphanie
OUDIN

Cheffe de projet Politiques maritimes euro-méditerranéennes et gestion des territoires côtiers

REGION SUD, PROVENCE ALPES COTE D'AZUR

France

Anders
SJÖLUND

Senior Advisor

Infrastructure & Ecology Network Europe (IENE)

Sweden

Christophe
BESACIER

Coordinator of the Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism

FAO

Italy

Emmanuelle
SARAT

IAS resource center coordinator

IUCN French Committee

France

Rhoda
DIA

Project Manager

UNDP-GEF-IAP-FS Project

Nigeria

Ilke
TILDERS

Co-Director

FOS Europe

The Netherlands

Alice
RUHWEZA

Africa Region Director

World Wide Fund for Nature

Kenya

Rebecca
RIGGS

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia

Canada

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