Speakers

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

Author, Educator, Activist, and Founder
Third Act

Secretary General
Convention on Wetlands

CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF

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

Senior Professor
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Director
Agenda Propia

Founder & Executive Director
Future Generations Tribunal

Director for Africa & Global Coordinator
CIFOR-ICRAF

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

Executive Director
Forestry and Climate Change Fund

Executive Secretary
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Scientific and Technical Director
Pan-African Agency of the Great Green Wall

South Africa
SouthSouthNorth/CDKN

Lead Community Engagement
Ceriops Research Organization

Founder & CEO
Mabele Agric

Climate Adaptation research officer
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT-Africa Hub in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Regional Director of Africa and Latam
BlueOrchard Finance

Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) & Senior Energy Policy Analyst, OpenExp

Indigenous activist and artist from the Tuxá people of Rodelas, Bahia, Brazil

Gender Specialist, Part-time consultant
Landesa on Women Land Right in Ethiopia

Policy and Impact Innovator
Clim-EAT

Research Associate
TMG Research

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

Poet and Writer

Writer, poet, performer and storyteller

Senior Technical Specialist
UNDP Climate & Forests

Director General
East African Development Bank

CEO
Shibuye Community Health Workers

Environmental Activist

Editor at Large
Grist

Executive Director
Initiatives for Community Development and Forest Conservation

Executive Director
National Forestry Authority, Uganda

VP, Climate Action
Salesforce

Advisor
International Forest Policy, GIZ

Climate Smart Agronomist
ADAPTA.EARTH

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

Executive Director
Global Crop Diversity Trust

Environmental journalist
Earth Journalism Network (EJN)

Founder
Viwandani Social CBO

Director of Asia
CIFOR-ICRAF

Coordinator & President
Rights and Resources Initiative

Senior Manager, Youth Leadership Program
African Wildlife Foundation

Senator

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

Executive Chair, Earth4All and Founder, System Transformation Hub

Directora Ejecutiva
Fundación Pro Eco Azuero

Manager of The Land Accelerator
WRI Africa

Producer
Between the Rains film

Oceans Restoration Steward 2023
Global Landscapes Forum

Chief of Staff to CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF

CIFOR-ICRAF

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

Founding Partner
Green Earth Agro

Research Scientist at Kenya Forestry Research Institute
Kenya Forestry Research Institute

Program Coordinator
TendaNET

Regional Coordinator Central Africa
CIFOR-ICRAF

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

Principal Scientist and Leader
CIFOR-ICRAF

Programs manager, Africa
Laudato Si’ Movement

Executive Director
Sahel Eco

Senior Environmental Specialist, FOLUR and Food Systems Programs Lead
Global Environment Facility

Lecturer, Department of Zoology
Makerere University

Political Correspondent
ICT

Country Director
Fairventures Worldwide FVW Uganda

Lead Scientist
WWF/IUFRO-WFSE

Mayor
Rural Commune of Sadjoavato

Senior Lecturer at MIT and Founding Chair of the Presencing Institute

Agroecology Coalition

CEO and founder
Afarmers Media

General Manager
Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI)

OFESA Team Leader
RCMRD

Gender & Social Inclusion Officer
Tree Aid, Burkina Faso

Head of Partnerships and Research
Africa No Filter

Project Manager
Stand For Her Land

WWF Africa’s Food Future Leader
WWF

Music-maker and Illustrator

Chairperson
Kwale County Natural Resources Network

Research Associate
TMG Research

Author & Conservationist
Conservation Solutions Afrika

Founder
Indigenous Women and Girls Initiative

Commercial Manager
Climate Impact Partners

Coordinator
GLFx Tamale

Co-founder & Managing Director
Viva Organica

Assistant Principal Research Scientist
Kenya Forestry Research Institute

Senior Project Associate
Palladium/Partnership for Forests

INUKA project Coordinator
Youth4Nature

Conservation International

Social Entrepreneur

Co-founder
Sommalife

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

President & CEO
Ipage Global Inc, Bangladesh

Executive Director
Goshen Global Vision

Programs Manager
Green Africa Foundation

Communications Coordinator
GLFx Mindanao

GIZ ProSoil Madagascar

Director Técnico
Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación (SINAC) del Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía de Costa Rica (MINAE)