Speakers

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

Author, Educator, Activist, and Founder
Third Act

CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF

Secretary General
Convention on Wetlands

CEO and Chairperson
Global Environment Facility

Director General, CIFOR; Director of Science
CIFOR-ICRAF

Indigenous musician, author, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages

Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Senior Professor
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Senior Advisor, Climate Change, Energy and Low-Emission Development
CIFOR-ICRAF

Executive Secretary
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Executive Director
Forestry and Climate Change Fund

Chief of Staff to CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF

VP, Climate Action
Salesforce

Author & Conservationist
Conservation Solutions Afrika

Project Coordinator
World Vision, Senegal

Co-director and co-producer
The Seeds of Vandana Shiva film

Ocean Editor
Pulitzer Center

GIZ Costa Rica

President & CEO
Ipage Global Inc, Bangladesh

Commercial Manager
Climate Impact Partners

Regional Director of Africa and Latam
BlueOrchard Finance

White Mountain

Head of Programmes
Graine de Vie Luxembourg

CIFOR-ICRAF

Head Climate Change and Livestock Sustainability, State Department for Livestock
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kenya

CEO
Shibuye Community Health Workers

Country Director
Fairventures Worldwide FVW Uganda

Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
Government of Brazil

Director
Agenda Propia

Director
Eco-Warriors of Africa film

Program Coordinator
TendaNET

GIZ ProSoil Madagascar

Programme Coordinator
G20 Global Initiative, UNCCD

Director and Head
Natural Resource Department of the Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana

Country Program Director, Tanzania
Landesa

WWF Africa’s Food Future Leader
WWF

Executive Director
Global Crop Diversity Trust

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Soil scientist
KALRO

Scientist/Científico
Governance, Equity & Wellbeing

Principal Scientist and Leader
CIFOR-ICRAF

Environmental Activist

Co-Founder
Polluters Out

Producer
Eco-Warriors of Africa film

2023 Ocean Reporting Fellow (Sub-saharan Africa)
Pulitzer Center

WWF Kenya

Coordinator
GLFx Banjul

Program Manager
International Bamboo and Rattan Organization(INBAR), East Africa Regional Office Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Project Manager
Stand For Her Land

Director, Global Government Partnerships
One Acre Fund

Executive Director
Sahel Eco

Regional Coordinator Central Africa
CIFOR-ICRAF

Senior Technical Specialist
UNDP Climate & Forests

Director General of the Sustainable Forest Management
Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia

GLFx Africa Hub Officer
GLF

Head of Blended Finance
BlueOrchard

Senior Director for Strategy, Planning, and Special Projects
Laudato Si’ Movement

Senior Expert on Gender and Land
G20 Global Land Initiative, UNCCD

Research Director
Genetic Resources Conservation and Utilization at National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB), Ibadan, Nigeria

Award-winning writer & journalist

National Coordinator
Climate Action Network Uganda (CAN-U)

Grassroots Land Activist

Vice President, Regional (East Africa) Deployments and Newsgathering Assistant Editor
Kenya Editors Guild, BBC World Service

Gender & Social Inclusion Officer
Tree Aid, Burkina Faso

Research Associate
TMG Research

Africa Managing Director and Global Partnerships
World Resources Institute (WRI)

Founder & Director
Ranu Welum Foundation

Founder
Indigenous Women and Girls Initiative

Head of Programmes Agriculture and Forestry Value Chains
ADA Microfinance

Programs manager, Africa
Laudato Si’ Movement

Programme Officer - Stakeholder Engagement
G20 Global Land Initiative, UNCCD

Chief Research Scientist
KALRO

Agroecology Coalition

Research Officer
CIFOR-ICRAF

Grassroots Leader
Kangalika Women Self-Help Group

Executive Director
Ubá Sustainability Institute

Artist & Film-maker

Program Coordinator
Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE)

CIFOR-ICRAF

Director for Africa & Global Coordinator
CIFOR-ICRAF

Editor at Large
Grist

Theme Leader, Climate Change, Energy and Low-Carbon Development Team
CIFOR-ICRAF

General Manager
Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI)

Head of Partnerships and Research
Africa No Filter

Journalist
Grist

Policy officer for food security in international organisations and land rights
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Agriculture Lead
Adaptation Consortium (ADA)

OFESA Team Leader
RCMRD

Coordinator
GLFx Tamale

Thika River Basin Community

Senior Research Associate
CIFOR-ICRAF

CIFOR-ICRAF

Director General
East African Development Bank

Manager of The Land Accelerator
WRI Africa

Multimedia Editor
ThinkLandscape, Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)

Political Correspondent
ICT

Founding Member and Coordinator
Center for Inclusive and Sustainable Development (CISD)