Speakers

State Secretary
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany

GLF Africa Coordinator
Greenpeace Africa

Senior Scientist
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

President and CEO
Calvert Impact Capital

Executive Director
Crop Trust

Founder and Managing Director
TMG

Managing Director
GLF

President & CEO
ONE Campaign

Head of capacity development & education
CIFOR-ICRAF

Director General
Forest Stewardship Council

Co-founder & Director
Clarmondial

Senior Vice President Global Issues
Robert Bosch Stiftung

Attorney and Environmentalist
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA)

Director
Rise St. James

Global Director
Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy, the World Bank

Founder, Young climate champion
Kisumu Environmental Champions, Wangari Maathai Foundation

LFF Central Component coordinator and regional focal point
Lao PDR and Papua New Guine

Co-founder
Silvestrum Climate Associates

REDD+ & Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) expert
Latin America Cluster REDD+/NFM, FAO

Executive Director
GROOTS Kenya

Director of the Ecosystem Lab and global change (ECG)
Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research (CECAG-IVIC)

Vice-President
European Investment Bank

Programme Coordinator
IUFRO-SPDC

Principal Scientist and Leader
CIFOR-ICRAF

Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains, International Agricultural Policy, Agriculture, Innovation
BMZ

Scientist
Woodwell Climate Research Center and Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM)

Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative
Philippines

Strategic Facilitator and Stakeholder Engagement Specialist
GLF

Storytelling Program Director
Yout4Nature

Mining Program Director
Earthworks

GLFx
GLFx Yaounde chapter member, Secondary school teacher

Chair of the Executive Board
The Crop Trust

Founder and director
ClimAct Foundation, Youth Negotiators Academy

Minister of Finance
Luxembourg

Youth in Landscapes Intern
Global landscapes Forum

Chief of Staff to CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF

Senior Forestry Officer & Team Leader Climate Change & Resilience
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Secretary
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Director
Tropenbos Ghana

Ministry of Living Environment and Sustainable Development
Benin

Founder and Director
TAYYŪN

Chief Climate Change Expert
European Investment Bank (EIB)

Senior Analyst
International Climate Finance Accelerator Luxembourg (ICFA)

President
Batani Foundation

Secondary school teacher, Member
CRADDES NGO at Porto-Novo

Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
Finland

Director, Deputy Director General
Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI), Norway’s Ministry of Climate and Environment

Agriculture Engineer
Department of Rangelands and Public Gardens Ministry of Agriculture, Lebanon

Director
Gudanji For Country

Scientist and Country Representative of CIFOR in Vietnam
CIFOR

Founder & Strategic Development Director
Fundo Casa Socio Ambiental

Vice-Chair
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Director
Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions, National University of Singapore

Founder and Director
Center for Earth Ethics

UN Decade Youth Task Force Representative

Agricultural Officer (Locust Management)
FAO Plant Protection Division

Co-Founder
Polluters Out

Head of Decarbonisation Transformation
KPMG Australia

Co-Chair
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

Senior Advisor
Luxembourg Ministry of Environment, Climate, and Sustainable Development

Founder and CEO
Trees for Birthdays Tanzania and Scotland

Coordinator
Mesoamerican Alliance of People of Forest (AMPB)

Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA)
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Head of Unit F2 (Environment, Sustainable Natural Resources) – DG INTPA
European Commission

President
Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF)

Founder, Restoration Steward 2022
Light On A Hill, The GLF

Co-Founder, Advisory Board Member
Bhumi Global, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

UN Decade Youth Task Force Representative

Program Support Assistant
UNEP

Climate Resilience Specialist
FAO

Director of Programs
Crop Trust

Investment Director
SAIL Ventures Brazil

Agricultural and natural resources economist
Zumaeta

Assistant Project Manager
ipple Heights Development Initiative

Chair of the Regional Committee
Partnerships with Indigenous Peoples and Other Traditional Populations of GCF

Director
Global Restoration Initiative, World Resources Institute

Scientist
CIFOR

Executive Director
Cultural Survival

Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)

Event Coordinator, Administrative Assistant
GLFx Yaounde Chapter, Forest Resources and People (FOREP)

Director of Sustainability and Global Affairs Program
Center for Earth Ethics

UN Decade Youth Task Force Representative

Community Media Program Coordinator
Cultural Survival

Adaptation Strategy Director
Conservation International

Secretary General
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)

Country Manager
Solidaridad Brazil

Senior Social Development Specialist
World Bank

Managing Director for Sustainability and Transitions
Citi

Indigenous politician and congresswoman
Brazil

Head of the environment mainstreaming & circular economy sector, Directorate General
European Commission, International Partnerships (INTPA)

Research Associate
TMG

Chapter Coordinator
GLFx Bawku, Ghana

Technical Secretary
Coordinator of Territorial Women Leaders of Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests (AMPB)

Policy and technical engagement specialist for the Sahel
CIFOR-ICRAF, Burkina Faso

Dryland Forestry Officer
FAO

Forest 500 Lead
Global Canopy

Member
GLFx Cape Town

Advisor
Transitioning to Low Carbon Sea Transport project, German Development Cooperation GIZ

Senior Manager
Soft Commodities Forum

Managing Director
Pollination Group