Speakers and Chairs
Conference Convenors
Tim Lenton
Professor of Climate Change and Earth System Science, Global Systems Institute,
University of Exeter
Johan Rockström
Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Ricarda Winkelmann
Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology and Earth Resilience Science Unit Chair, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Speakers & Chairs
Túlio Andrade
COP30 Chief Strategy and Alignment Officer,
COP30 Presidency, Brazil
Rune Baastrup
Managing Director
Democracy X, Copenhagen
Sandrine Dixson-Declève
Co-President
The Club of Rome
Kirsten Dunlop
CEO
European Institute of Innovation & Technology Climate-KIC
Eva Gladek
Founder & CEO
Metabolic
Joyeeta Gupta
Distinguished Professor of Climate Justice, Sustainability and Global Justice
University of Amsterdam
Marina Hirota
Associate Professor of Meteorology
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Jemilah Mahmood
Executive Director
Sunway Centre for Planetary Health, Malaysia
Leslie Johnston
CEO
Laudes Foundation
Laurie Laybourn
Executive Director of the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative (SCRI)
Jean-Francois Mercure
Associate Professor in Climate Policy
University of Exeter
Manjana Milkoreit
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Oslo
George Monbiot
Author & Environmental Activist
Oliver Morton
Author & Senior Editor
The Economist
Carlos Nobre
Earth System Scientist
University of São Paulo
David Obura
Director, CORDIO East Africa
Chair, IPBES
Per Olson
Deputy Science Director
Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
Bette Otto-Bliesner
Senior Scientist
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Patricia Pinho
Deputy Director of Research
The Amazon Environmental Research Institute
Paul Polman
Business Leader, Campaigner, Co-author of Net Positive
Jonathon Porritt
Sustainability Campaigner & Author
Kate Raworth
Author of Doughnut Economics and Co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL)
Marten Scheffer
Distinguished Professor
Wageningen University
Simon Sharpe
Managing Director
S-Curve Economics
Tanya Steele
Chief Executive
World Wildlife Fund UK
Thomas Stocker
Professor
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern
Gaia Vince
Writer & Broadcaster
Durwood Zaelke
President
Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development, Washington DC
More speakers from research, policy and business will be announced in due course.