CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Mr. Simon Stiell
Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
H.E. Mr. Jeppe Bruus
Minister for Green Transition, Denmark
Mr. Navid Hanif
Assistant-Secretary-General for Economic Development, United Nations
H.E. Mr. Keiichiro Asao
Minister of the Environment, Japan, Host of 2022 Climate and SDG Synergies Conference
H.R.H. Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme
Climate Envoy, The Netherlands
H.E. Mr. Maina Vakafua Talia
Minister of Home Affairs, Climate Change and Environment, Tuvalu
H.E. Mr. Ralph Regenvanu
Minister for Climate Change, Energy, Meteorology, Geohazards, Environment, and Disaster Management, Vanuatu
H.E. Mr. San Vanty
Permanent Secretary of State, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia
Mr. Hans Olav Ibrekk
Special Envoy on Climate and Security, Section for Energy, Climate and Food Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway; Co-facilitator, SDG7 TAG
Ms. Astrid Schomaker
Executive-Secretary, UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)
Ms. Celeste Saulo
Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Mr. George Gray Molina
Chief Economist and Director of Inclusive Growth, UNDP
Ms. Anne Olhoff
Director a.i., UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre
Ms. Ana Toni
National Secretary for Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil
Ms. Bahareh Seyedi
Senior Sustainable Development Officer, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Ms. Isabel Raya
Sustainable Energy Expert, Division for Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Mr. Babatunde Abidoye
Global Policy Advisor on SDG Integration, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Ms. Ra?da El Elj
Director of Support and Implementation Mechanisms, National Climate Change Coordination Unit, Ministry of Environment, Tunisia
Mr. Farrukh Sattarov
Director, National Climate Change Center, Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, Uzbekistan
Mr. Sebastian Groh
Co-Founder and CEO, SOLshare International Pte, Bangladesh
Ms. Nobue Amanuma
Fellow, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Ms. Lykke Leonardsen
Program Director, Resilient and Sustainable City Solutions, City of Copenhagen
Mr. Faisal Alfadl
Secretary-General, Saudi Green Building Forum
Ms. Lakshmi Bhamidipati
Senior Advisor, Section for Technology – Transitions and System Innovation, UNEP-CCC
Mr. Geronimo Gussmann
Advisor, Nature-based Solutions, Section for Impact assessment and Adaptation Analysis, UNEP-CCC
Mr. Tom Mitchell
Director, International Institute for Environment and Development
Ms. Florence Shako
Founder and Executive Director, Centre for Education Policy and Climate Justice
Mr. Christopher Bartlett
Special Climate Adviser, Government of Vanuatu
Ms. Iva Detelinova
Senior Advisor, Climate Adaptation and Resilience, African Climate Foundation
Ms. Sung-Ah Kyun
Associate Director, Head of Policy, Research and Partnership team, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Mr. Dreli Solomon
First Secretary, Vanuatu Embassy in Brussels
Ms. Ebony Holland
Principal Researcher, International Institute for Environment and Development
Ms. Anaa Hassan
Researcher, International Institute for Environment and Development
Mr. Sam Mugume Koojo
Assistant Commissioner, Ministry of Fi/en/climate-sdgs-conference-2025/page/speakers/nance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda
Mr. Morten Blomqvist
Chief Consultant / Office for Green Diplomacy and Climate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
Ms. Aleena Majeed
Second Secretary-II, Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations
Ms. Gloria Alvarenga
Director of Integration, Access and Energy Security, OLADE
Mr.Bas Berends
Chief Partnership Officer, OffGridBox
Mr. Gonzalo Saenz de Miera
Director of Climate Change and Alliances, Iberdrola
Ms. Norma Salomé Munguía Aldaraca
Director General for Global Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
Ms. Satu Santala
Director, Nordic Development Fund
Ms. Dewi Dylander
Senior Director, IMCA
Mr. Nick Godfrey
Distinguished Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE
Mr. M?ns Nilsson
Executive Director, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI); Member of the Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies
Ms. Meagan Fallone
Founder, Step Up Advisers, Ltd.; Executive Adviser, Climate Justice, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, CARE; Member of the Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies
Mr. Xiaohua Zhang
Senior Director, China Program, ClimateWorks Foundation
Ms. Daniela Sota Valdivia
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, UNODC
Mr. Ma Jun
Director, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE); Member of the Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies
Ms. Zarifa Zulfugarova
Head of the International Relations Department, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Azerbaijan
Mr. Rodion Sulyandziga
Chair, Indigenous Peoples Global Coordinating Committee; Director, Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North / Russian Indigenous Training Center
Ms. Dipti Vaghela
Network Facilitator and Manager, HPNET
Ms. Jacqueline Hazbun
Executive Director, Association of Independent Cogenerators of Guatemala (ACI)
Mr. Hama Ichiro
Assistant Director, International Strategy Division, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Mr. Ali Mohamed
Special Envoy for Climate Change, Kenya
Mr. Daniele Violetti
Senior Director, Programmes Coordination, UNFCCC
Mr. Pablo Vieira
Global Director, NDC Partnership Support Unit
Mr. Kaveh Guilanpour
Vice President for International Strategies, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, (C2ES); Member of the Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies
Ms. ?zlem Gülay
Climate Change Expert at the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change, Türkiye
Ms. Mercedes Bustamante
Professor, University of Brasilia; Member, Brazil Academy of Sciences; Member, Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies
Ms. Diana Urge-Vorsatz
Vice-Chair, IPCC; Director, Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Policy (3CSEP); Member, Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies
Mr. Luis Gomez Echeverri
Emeritus Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Co-lead, Expert Group on Climate and SDGs Synergies
Mr. Felix Creutzig
Professor for Sustainability Economic and Human Settlements, Technical University of Berlin; Member, Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies
Mr. Sainivalati S. Navoti
Chief, SIDS Unit, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
H.E. Ms. Janine Coye Felson
Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Belize to the UN; Lead Negotiator, Climate Fi/en/climate-sdgs-conference-2025/page/speakers/nance, Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
H.E. Mr. Ali Naseer Mohamed
Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Maldives to the United Nations
Ms. Rania Sharshr
Director of Climate Action, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Mr. Edvard Hviding
Professor, University of Bergen, Norway
Ms. Riham Helmy
Founder, EnviroX, Egypt; Youth Policy Board Member, World Food Forum
Mr. Francis Boafo Asamoah
Member of the IFSA; Member of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Youth Task Force; Member of the UNCCD Youth Caucus; Representative of the Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY)
Mr. Yannick Glemarec
Director of Research, CIRED; Member, Expert Group on Climate and SDGs Synergies