Speakers

H.E. Ms. Amina Mohammed

Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations, New York

H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis

President of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York

Mr. Li Junhua

Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations

Mr. Simon Stiell

Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Mr. Lucas Wosgrau Padilha

President of the Rio G20 Committee and Chief Secretary of the Mayor's Executive Office of the City of Rio de Janeiro

Ambassador Liliam Chagas

Director for Climate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

Ambassador Eva Bisgaard Pedersen

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Ms. Masako Ogawa

Deputy Director-General, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment of Japan

H.E. Mr. Yalchin Rafiyev

Deputy Foreign Minister, COP29 Chief Negotiator of Republic of Azerbaijan, Host Country of UNFCCC COP29

H.E. Ms. Hana AlHashimi

Chief Climate Negotiator for the United Arab Emirates for COP27 and COP28, and Head of the Office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change

Ambassador André Aranha Corrêa do Lago

Secretary for Climate, Energy and the Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Host Country of UNFCCC COP30

Ms. Sariha Belen Moya Angulo

National Secretary of Planning, Ecuador

Mr. Hans Olav Ibrekk

Climate Envoy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

Ms. Verónica Tomei

Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Germany

Ms. Anacláudia Marinheiro Centeno Rossbach

Executive Director for United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Ms. Celeste Saulo

Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Mr. Jorge Meza

Representative of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Brazil

Ms. Camila Gramkow

Chief a.i., Brasilia Office, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Mr. Juan Carlos Mendoza Casadiegos

Director of Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division, IFAD

Ms. Juliette Biao

Director, United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat, UNDESA

Mr. Laurel Patterson

Head, SDG Integration, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Ms. Astrid Schomaker

Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)

Mr. Amandeep Singh Gill

UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology

Mr. Kamal Kishore

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Ms. Ashawnté D. Russell

Inti Corporation Ltd. Youth Environmental Ambassador, Caribbean Front Coordinator of World’s Youth For Climate Justice and EarthDay.org Youth Ambassador

Mr. Parth Bhatt

Founder and Chairperson of the Board of Directors at ECB Sustainable Youth Foundation and representative of the Children and Youth Constituency of the UNFCCC (YOUNGO)

Ms. Bahareh Seyedi

Senior Sustainable Development Officer, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)

Mr. Túlio Andrade

Head for Climate Negotiations at the Climate Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

Mr. Youba Sokona

Senior Advisor for Sustainable Development, South Center; formerly Vice- Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Ms. Elisabeth Gilmore

Associate Professor, University of Carleton, Canada and Member of the Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergy

Ms. Amanda McKee

Director for Knowledge and Learning, NDC Partnership and Contributing Expert to the Seeking Synergy Solutions: The Four Thematic Reports

Mr. Daniele Violetti

Senior Director of the Programmes Coordination, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Mr. Juliano Assunção

Technical Coordinator of the Expert Group of the G20 Task Force for Global Mobilization against Climate Change (TF-CLIMA)

Mr. Eric Usher

Head, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)

Mr. Nabil Moura Kadri

Deputy Director of Socio-Environmental Division, Banco National Desenvolvimento Economic e Social (BNDES)

Mr. Jianyu Zhang

Executive Director, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Green Development Institute (BRIGDI), Beijing, China

Mr. Minoru Takada

Deputy Director, UN Forum on Forests Secretariat at UNDESA

Ms. Izabella Teixeira

Co-Chair of International Resource Panel, former Minister of Environment of Brazil

Mr. Sunimal Jayathunga

Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka

Ms. Rosa Montanez

Executive Director, Foundation Natura (NGO), Panama

Mr. Akihiro Miyazaki

Chief Representative, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Brazil Office

Ms. Maria Netto

Director, Climate and Society Institute (iCS)

Ms. Zarifa Zulfugarova

Head of International Affairs Department, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Republic of Azerbaijan

Mr. Saulo A. Ceolin

Co-Chair of G20 Task Force for the Establishment of a Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, and General Coordinator for Food and Nutrition Security (CGSAN), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

Ms. Ana Carolina Querino

Interim Representative, UN Women Brazil

Ms. Paulina Zanela

Co-Founder and CEO, Thalasso

Mr. Gustavo Alberto Fermin

Programme Head, Program for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations University (UNU-BIOLAC)

Mr. Eduardo do Couto e Silva

Director of the Brazilian National Biorenewables Laboratory of the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (LNBR/CNPEM)

Ms. Elisabetta Recine

President, Brazil National Council on Food and Nutrition Security (CONSEA)

Mr. Patrick Debels

Regional Coordinator, UNOPS, UNDP/GEF Procarribe+PMCU

Ms. Maria Augusta Arruda

Director of the Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory at the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (LNBio/CNPEM)

Mr. Paulo Artaxo

Vice President, Sociedade Brasiliera para o Progresso da Ciência (SBPC), Professor, University of Sao Paulo

Mr. Emilio Sempris

Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Coalition for Rainforest nations, and former Minister of Environment of Panama

Ms. Regine Schoenenberg

Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Office

Mr. Blutus Mbambi

Co-Founder and Programme Director at the Center for Climate Change Action and Advocacy Zambia

Mr. José Clayton Murilo Cavalcanti Gomes

Representative of the Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent

Mr. Christopher Dekki

Global Climate Cooperation, Environmental Defense Fund

Ms. Daniela Sota Valdivia

Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer (Anti-Corruption), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Ms. Laura Carvalho

Global Director of Economic and Climate Prosperity at the Open Society Foundation & Professor of Economics at University of São Paulo

Ms. Giovanna Kuele

Program Manager for International Cooperation, Igarapé Institute

Ms. Tri Mumpuni

Women Representative, Social Entrepreneur, and Founder and Executive Director, People Centered Business and Economic Initiative (IBEKA), Indonesia

Ms. Débora Castiglione

Project Coordinator at the Migration, Environment, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Unit (IOM)

Mr. Kaveh Guilanpour

Vice President for International Strategies, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, (C2ES) and member of the UN Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies

Mr. Henry Ngara

Representative of the Youth Constituency for Sustainable Production and Consumption

Ms. Glaucia Mendes Souza

Professor, Researcher, Institute of Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo (USP), FAPESP Bioenergy Programme Coordinator, IEA Task 39 Bioenergy Co-Lead (Biofuels for Decarbonization of Transportation), Brazil

Mr. Wladimir Henriques Motta

Professor and Researcher, Federal Center for Technological Education (under Ministry of Education), Brazil

Mr. Kulwant Singh

President of KSS-Institute of Spatial Planning and Environmental Research, Panchkula, India; CEO, 3R Waste Foundation, India (former Advisor UN-Habitat)