A NEW
VISION
FOR EARTH

GLF Nairobi 2023 Hybrid Conference

This digital conference has been made possible through the generous support of:

WHEN

11–12 October 2023

WHERE

Online & Nairobi, Kenya

SOCIAL

#ThinkLandscape

The climate crisis is already impacting every corner of the Earth – and it’s taking a heavy toll on rural communities dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods. It’s time for a new vision.

This October, join us for a two-day hybrid conference to explore local solutions to the global climate and biodiversity crises.

Day 1 focuses on African Sovereign Solutions. Find out how the continent can create a prosperous and sustainable future.

Day 2 will be all about climate. Join us in crafting a Survival Guide for a Planet in Crisis and set the stage for a fairer world ahead of the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28)

This conference will amplify the voices we need the most at this critical time: leading scientists, activists, Indigenous leaders, financiers, women, youth, policymakers, private sector and more.

GLF Nairobi 2023 Event Concept

DAY 2

Are you a journalist? Please visit the conference Newsroom here

MEET SOME OF OUR PAST SPEAKERS

Jochen Flasbarth

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli

Sahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition

Catherine Nakalembe

University of Maryland, NASA Harvest

Roselyn Fosua Adjei

Country Representative UN-REDD Executive board

Andrea Meza Murillo

Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica

Youba Sokona

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Mohamed Bakarr

Global Environment Facility

Syeda Rizwana Hasan

Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA)

Joycelyn Longdon

Climate In Colour

Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli

Co-founder and Executive Chair, Sahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition

Mrs. Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli is an expert on social innovation, African agriculture and nutrition, entrepreneurship, and youth development. She has over 25 years of international development experience and is a recognized serial entrepreneur, author, public speaker, and consultant. Ndidi started her career as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, working in Chicago, New York, and Johannesburg. She returned to Nigeria in 2000 to serve as the pioneer executive director of FATE Foundation, supporting young entrepreneurs to start and scale their businesses. In 2002, she established LEAP Africa to inspire, empower, and equip a new cadre of principled, disciplined, and dynamic young leaders in Africa. The same year, she established NIA to support female university students in Nigeria to achieve their highest potential. Over the past 14 years, Ndidi has focused exclusively on transforming the African agriculture and nutrition landscape. Through her work as the co-founder and the Executive Chair of Sahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition, she has partnered with a range of private and public sector organizations to implement ecosystem solutions in the African agriculture and food landscapes. As the co-founder of AACE Foods, which produces a range of packaged spices, seasonings, and cereals for local and international markets. Ndidi has propelled the growth of a catalytic business. As the founder of Nourishing Africa, a digital home for food and agriculture entrepreneurs operating on the African Continent, she is accelerating the growth of the ecosystem and supporting entrepreneurs in 34 African countries. Her latest start-up is Changing Narratives Africa, committed to changing global mindsets about Africa by showcasing the Continent’s contributions to the global food ecosystem through the pioneering work of her dynamic people, their innovations, and products. Ndidi serves on the boards of the Rockefeller Foundation, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), AGRA, and Nigerian Breweries Plc. (Heineken), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. India, the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum, Royal DSM Sustainability Board, Netherlands, and the African Philanthropy Forum. She previously served on the Boards of Nestle Nigeria Plc., Helios Fairfax Africa, the World Vegetable Center and Cornerstone Insurance Plc. Ndidi was recognized as a Young Global Leader and a Schwab Social Innovator by the World Economic Forum and received a National Honor from the Nigerian Government. She was listed as one of the 20 Power African Women by Forbes, on the 2019 100 Most Influential Africans List by New African Magazine and received the 2021 HBS Alumni Achievement Awards. She is a TED Global speaker. Ndidi is the author of "Social Innovation in Africa: A Practical Guide for Scaling Impact" and "Food Entrepreneurs in Africa: Scaling Resilient Agriculture Businesses," published by Routledge. She is also the author of “Working for God in the Marketplace.” Ndidi holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She was a Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, an Eisenhower Fellow, an Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow and the McConnell Visiting Scholar at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University.

Syeda Rizwana Hasan

Attorney and Environmentalist, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA)

Syeda Rizwana Hasan is an enrolled lawyer with the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. In her professional life, she is working for the cause of the environment as the Chief Executive of Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA). Her main focus is to promote the notion of environmental justice in Bangladesh. Rizwana has filed PILs on various environmental issues, most of which have received favorable orders/judgments. She has fought against vehicular pollution, river pollution, industrial pollution, ship breaking, grabbing of wetlands, cutting of hills, unregulated mining, unplanned urbanization, commercial shrimp cultivation, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, etc. Her cases are redefining the current notion of development devoid of environmental consideration. Since she is an anthropocentric environmentalist, her efforts add value to the conventional human rights movement by bringing in the elements of environmental justice. She places people’s legitimate rights at the center of her activism. Rizwana has received the ‘Ananya Top Ten Award’ from a reputed journal in Bangladesh. She is among the first five South Asian women to receive the ‘Celebrating Womenhood’ award (2008) from the Creative Statement and South Asia Partnership based in Nepal. Rizwana received the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009 for her outstanding contribution to protecting and conserving the country's environment. She has also been named one of the 40 Environmental Heroes of the World by TIME magazine. Recognizing her dynamic leadership, hard-driving skill, and uncompromising courage in the campaign of judicial activism that has demonstrated that the right to the environment is nothing less than a people’s right to dignity and life, Rizwana was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012. In 2020, BELA was awarded the prestigious Tang Award from Taiwan for its contribution to the arena of Rule of Law (2020). Rizwana has been awarded the International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award 2022 by the US Department of State for her exceptional courage and leadership in her mission to protect the environment and defend the dignity and rights of marginalized people Bangladeshis.

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