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Dominique Palmer

Dominique is a Youth Climate Justice Activist, global speaker, storyteller, writer and who believes in uniting people for climate action and using creative means to unite people. Named in Forbes 2020 Leading UK Environmentalists list. Featured in DAZED, the Guardian Weekend, Refinery29, Bustle, VICE, The Big Issue, Huffington Post,...

Jon Kher Kaw

Jon Kher Kaw is a senior urban development specialist with the World Bank’s Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice. He also heads the World Bank’s Urbanscapes community of practice, and brings with him technical and policy expertise in urban planning, real estate, sustainable development, urban technology,...

Jane Goodall

In July 1960, Jane Goodall began her landmark study of chimpanzee behavior in what is now Tanzania. Her work at Gombe Stream would become the foundation of future primatological research and redefine the relationship between humans and animals. In 1977, Dr. Goodall established the Jane Goodall Institute, which continues...

MICHAŁ KURTYKA

Michal Kurtyka is the Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for COP24 Presidency, a trained physicist and engineer, economist, specialist in international negotiations, expert in the field of energy and the author of the government programme for the development of electromobility in Poland. He is a graduate of the prestigious...

Tshering Tobgay

Tshering Tobgay is the former Prime Minister of Bhutan. He led the country’s government from 2013 to 2018. Tobgay remains the leader of the People’s Democratic Party and is known internationally for his environmentalism. After a career in the Bhutanese civil service, Tshering Tobgay became a co-founder of the...

Alejandro Aravena

Alejandro Aravena graduated in Architecture from Universidad Católica de Chile in 1992. In 1991, still as a student, he participated at the Venice Prize of the 5th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia. In 1993 he studied History and Theory at IUAV and engraving at the Accademia...

Dr. Richard Harris

Dr Richard “Harry” Harris has worked in anaesthesia, diving, wilderness and aeromedical medicine around the world. His passion for cave diving goes back to the 1980’s and has taken him to the corners of the globe in search of new adventures. Harry and his colleagues have explored caves to...

Isabel Wijsen

Isabel Wijsen is a 19 year old changemaker and co-founder of the successful NGO Bye Bye Plastic Bags, which she started with her sister Melati at the age of 10 and 12. As of June 23 2019, they championed, with many like minded organisations, the ban of plastic bags,...

Keith Weed

Keith Weed worked as an engineer after graduating university before joining Unilever in 1983 as a marketer. Throughout his career at Unilever, he has been chairman of Lever Fabergé and chairman of Unilever Export. He has worked for Unilever in the UK, France, the United States, both in global...

Danielle Krettek Cobb

Danielle Krettek Cobb founded Google Empathy Lab in 2015 out of a desire to create humane, prosocial technology informed by empathy, resilience, and wisdom of heart. The Lab is an interdisciplinary group that guides emerging technologies like AI with a heart-first approach. Its empathy-driven methods allow teams to slow...

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