Speakers

Mayor, City of Makati, Philippines

Programme Officer, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD)

Mayor, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey
Mayor, City of Suwon, South Korea

Acting Governor for Spatial Planning and Environment, City of Jakarta, Indonesia

Acting Director of Urban Services Department, Seberang Perai Municipal Council, Malaysia

Vice Mayor, City of Recife, Brazil

Mayor, City of Hoboken, USA
State Secretary of Sustainable Development, State of Yucatan, Mexico

Executive Director, LSE Cities, Associate Professorial Research Fellow, LSE

State Secretary of Development, State of Pernambuco, Brazil

High-Level Climate Action Champion, Chile

Sustainable development and climate negotiator of LDCs and G-77 at UN/UNCSD/UNFCCC

Head of Knowledge Management, Head of CAEP, NDC Partnership

Lord Mayor, City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Mayor, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei

Mayor, City of Mannheim, Germany

Mayor, Quelimane Municipality, Mozambique
Leader, Glasgow City Council, United Kingdom

Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of UNDRR
Executive Director, Pan African Climate Justice Alliance

Executive Lead - Institutions, Governments and Cities, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Chair Management Board, Slum Dwellers International

Associate Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Team Lead, Urban and Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, KfW Development Bank

Co-Chair, Global Commission for BiodiverCities by 2030 (World Economic Forum)
Minister-President, State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Ambassador, Head, Federal Foreign Office Liaison Office for International Organizations

Director General, German Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development

Councillor, Bristol City Council, UK

Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Parliamentary Secretary of State, Ministry of the Environment, Germany

Deputy Mayor, New Taipei City, Chinese Taipei
UNFCCC Youth NGO Constituency (YOUNGO)

National Focal Point, ACE (Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action)
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany

Head of the Economic Analysis, Data and Statistics Division, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship

Deputy Director General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission

Chief, Urban Practices Branch, Global Solutions

Head of International Relations, Bogotà, Colombia

Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Scottish Government, United Kingdom

Minister for Federal, European and International Affairs, State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Patrizia Gragnani, Co-Focal Points of UNFCCC Youth NGO Constituency (YOUNGO)
Co-founder, CEDAMIA, Australia
Mayor, City of Dunedin, New Zealand
President, Climate Alliance, Germany
Head of Climate Data, ICLEI World Secretariat, Germany
Environmental Lawyer, Chile; Researcher, University College of London, United Kingdom
Head, International Affairs and Global Sustainability, City of Bonn, Germany
Research associate, SÜDWIND, Germany
Policy Director, Germanwatch, Germany
Farmer and mountain guide, Peru

Mayor, City of Pittsburgh, USA
Communication Officer, SÜDWIND, Germany

Head of Urban Section, DG INTPA
Coordinator, ICLEI Europe; Coordinator International Dimension, Covenant of Mayors Office
Officer, ICLEI Europe and Covenant of Mayors Office
Officer, ICLEI Europe and Covenant of Mayors Office
Climate Director, City of Turku, Finland
Chief Advisor to the Mayor on Climate Affairs, City of Budapest, Hungary
Chair of Climate Action Committee and Deputy Lord Mayor, City of Cork, Ireland
Project Coordinator, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), UK
Associate Director, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), USA
Director of ICLEI’s Bonn Center for Local Climate Action and Reporting, ICLEI WS, Germany
Strategy and Partnerships Consultant, Global Infrastructure Facility, USA
Head of the City Climate Finance Gap Fund Technical Secretariat, EIB, Luxembourg
Global Program Manager, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), USA
Head of Global Communications, ICLEI, Bonn, Germany
Director: Communications, Knowledge Management & Research Coordination, ICLEI Africa, South Africa
Senior Communications Officer, ICLEI Africa, South Africa
Senior Communications Officer, ICLEI Africa, South Africa
Communications Officer, ICLEI World Secretariat, Germany
Communications Officer, ICLEI World Secretariat, Germany
Senior Manager Partnerships and Fundraising, CDP
Officer, Climate Data, ICLEI World Secretariat
Executive Director, ICLEI USA
Senior Researcher, German Development Institute/ Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, Germany
Environmental Law Center of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Germany
PhD student, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Germany
Academic Officer, Institute for Environment and Human Security, United Nations University, Germany
Deputy Director, Institute for Hygiene and Public Health (IHPH), Bonn University, Germany
Senior Policy Officer for Sustainable Urban Development, Division 423 Environmental policy, BMZ
Junior Policy Analyst, Economic Analysis, Data and Statistics Division, OECD
Director, International Initiatives, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Director of Climate Strategies, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Secretary General, Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities (RALGA)

Mayor, Yokohama City, Japan
Deputy Secretary General and Regional Director for South Asia, ICLEI

Member of Legislative Assembly, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India; Vice President, ICLEI
Director, ICLEI Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean

Regional Director, ICLEI Europe

Head of Office, WHO European Centre for Environment and Health; 2021 Chair of UN Agencies in Bonn

Municipal Commissioner, City of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Mayor, City of Santa Fe, Argentina

Principal Officer, Implementation Support Division, UN - Convention on Biological Diversity

Secretary General, Regions4

Governor, State of Yucatan, Mexico

Head, Cities Unit, Economy Division, UN Environment Programme

Chief of External Relations, Policy and Advocacy, UNCCD Secretariat

Mayor, City of Turku, Finland; Vice President, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
Director, Technology, Innovation and Big Data, UNEP, Kenya
Executive Strategy Officer, Open Earth Foundation, USA
Senior Research Officer, ICLEI World Secretariat, Germany
Head of Research and Innovation, Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM), Belgium
Manager of "Impacts, Vulnerability, and Risks", UNFCCC, Germany
Asst Professor, Center for Cities, Cornell University, USA
Senior Director of Global Partnerships, Student Energy, Canada
Professor, Director of Center for Cities, Cornell University, USA
Cities Manager for Science-Based Targets, CDP
Chief, Environmental Law Division, New York City, USA

Director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD)
Chief Executive, GLOBE International

Chief Executive, GLOBE International
Mayor, City of Bonn, Germany

Secretary General, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
Mayor, City of Des Moines, USA; President, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
Climate Change Mitigation Expert, Ministry of Environment, Climate Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Zimbabwe
Regional Director, ICLEI Africa; Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI
Councillor, Leader of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, UK
Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Climate Finance Manager, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany