Please find below a list of speakers for our event in Kyoto and the Digital Edition livestreamed from around the world. For more information on when and where they will be speaking from, check out the agenda.
Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Environment And Forestry
Kenya
Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Republic of Ireland
Mayor of Kyoto
President and CEO
Kiko Network, attorney at Law, ＮＰＯ法人気候ネットワーク代表・弁護士
Director General
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)
Managing Director, Climate and Water
Rare
Founder
Menos 1 Lixo
Co-Chair, Climate Action Network, Sinks Working Group
Coordinator of the Forests, Climate and Biomass Energy working group of the Environmental Paper Network
Executive Director
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
Mayor of Bonn
Executive director
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Executive director
Environmental Justice Foundation
CEO
1 Million Women
Solitaire Townsend - Video address
Co-Founder
Futerra
Co-founder
Fashion Revolution
Executive Director
Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar (AYCMQA)
Matthieu Rytz - Video address
Visual Storyteller & Producer
Founder
Khetee
Co-founder
Too Good To Go
Director of external affairs
Restorasi Ekosistem Riau
Deputy, Research and Development
Peatland Restoration Agency, Republic of Indonesia
Emil Fischer - Video address
Co-Founder
Bamboo for Integrated Development Ghana
Director of the Griffith Climate Change Response Program
Griffith University
Nev Kemp
Deputy Chief of Party
USAID Lestari Project
UN Environment Deputy Executive Director
Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations
Founder
Shimei Eco-Gardens
Chairperson, Osukuru United Women’s Network (OWN)
Climate Wise Women
Chief, Terrestrial Ecosystems Unit (TEU)
UN Environment
Co-Convenor
Indigenous Peoples Major Group on Sustainable Development
Lead Coordinator
International Tropical Peatland Center
Director General
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Senior Researcher
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)
Toru Hayami
Representative director
Forest Revitalization Systems Co. Ltd. Deputy representative of FSC Japan
Agroforestry Business and Project Developer
ReNature
Professor of Psychology
Knox College
Professor, University of British Columbia and Senior Associate, CIFOR
Secretary General
Kiko Network Tokyo office
Senior Deputy Director General
Group Director for Forestry and Nature Conservation, Global Environmental Department, JICA
Scientist
CIFOR
Climate change policy analyst
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Junior researcher in the Resilience Programme
European Forest Institute
Samuel Adeyanju
MasterCard Foundation Scholar
University of British Columbia
Senior learning officer
Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)
Research Associate
University of Freiburg
Head of working group on Sustainable Resource Management and Global Change
Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
Rupesh Bhomia
Independent Consultant
India
In-Country Lead, Kenya
Women’s Climate Center’s International
In-Country Lead, Kenya
Women’s Climate Center’s International
Roopa Davé
Senior Manager, Sustainability Services
KPMG Canada
Director
Pivot Point
Peter Andrews OAM
Chair
TALS Institute
Head of Training and International Cooperation Division
Forest Inventory and Planning Institute (FIPI)
Naw Ei Ei Min
Director
POINT
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Change and Food Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability
University of British Columbia
Professor Emeritus
Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
Professor Emeritus
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Professor of Tropical Silviculture, Director of Viikki Natural Resources Institute
University of Helsinki
Funder and coordinator
Modefica
Sustainability Coordinator
C&A
Peatlands forestry officer
FAO
Marc Dumas-Johansen
Forest and Land Use Specialist
Division of Mitigation and Adaptation, Green Climate Fund
Co-founder of Extinction Rebellion Wageningen
Programme Officer
FAO/UN-REDD
Programme Manager
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Wageningen University & Research
Scientist, Climate Change, Energy and low carbon development (CCE)
CIFOR
Kosuke Mizuno
Professor of Development Studies
Kyoto University, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Komal Kumar
Youth Competition Winner
GLF Kyoto 2019
Koichi Kaizawa
Representative, Chikoronai Forest Trust, FSC PIPC member
Professor, Kyoto University Japan & CIFOR board member
United Nations University-Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)
Executive Officer
CSR & Communication, AEON Co., Ltd.
Technical Assistant
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Junior researcher
European Forest Institute
Scientist
Earth Innovation Institute
Joan Tonui
Founder
Green Towns Initiatives
Junior researcher
European Forest Institute
Trainee
European Forest Institute
Intu Boedhihartono
Associate Professor
University of British Columbia
Assistant Director-General of Forestry Department
FAO
Vice Chairman
Matsushita Gobel Foundation
In-Country Lead, Uganda
Women’s Climate Center’s International
Deputy Coordinator
Tebtebba
In-Country Lead, Uganda
Women’s Climate Center’s International
Gabrielle Kissinger
Principal
Lexeme Consulting
Wageningen University & Research
Youth in Landscapes/reNature Foundation
Farmer
Slow Food Network Netherlands
Communications Specialist
European Forest Institute/EUFORGEN
CEO & Executive Director
Ranu Welum Foundation
Forest and Climate Change portfolio manager
UN EnvironmentElsie Attafuah
Technical Advisor
UNDP/REDD
Head of Climate Change and Forestry Programme
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
Principal Scientist
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Senior Policy and Technical Advisor the Climate and Fores
UNDP
Professor
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Professor of anthropology
University of British Columbia
Regional Stakeholder Engagement Specialist and Regional Technical Advisor for REDD+ in the Asia-Pacific region
UNDP Climate and Forests
Artist, designer, writer
Research Manager
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Ben Aschenaki
East Africa Regional Manager, Partnerships for Forests
McKinsey & Co
Anita Diedrichsen - Video address
Nature Conservation Coach and Chevening Ambassador
WWF
Senior Scientist in the Climate Change, Energy & Low Carbon Development Team
CIFOR
Deputy for Construction, Operation, and Maintenance
Indonesian Peatland Restoration Agency
Representative of the government of Indonesia, ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Advisory council
The Borneo Project
Secretary
IPCC
Masters student in Land and Water Management
Wageningen University & Research
We are adding new speakers everyday, do keep checking for latest updates.
