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Julia Carabias Lillo
Former Environment Minister of MexicoJulia Carabias Lillo coordinated a research and rural development programme in extremely impoverished peasant communities in the four regions of Mexico called the 'Integrated Use of Natural Resources' (PAIR the acronym in Spanish).
She was a member of the Commission for Developing Countries and Global Change, which published the report…
Kevin M. Conrad
Director of the Coalition for Rainforest NationsKevin M. Conrad is a Papua New Guinean lawyer and environmentalist, whose efforts have centered on reducing deforestation, strengthening forest conservation and recognizing the value of tropical forest ecosystems. He has made a significant contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) especially…
Leyla Acaroglu
Sustainability InnovatorLeyla Acaroglu instigates positive environmental and social change through innovation. A New York-based Australian designer, social scientist, and sustainability expert, she is internationally recognized as a leader in the use of disruptive design across sustainability and educational initiatives. Her mainstage TED Talk has collected over one…
Louis Palmer
SwitzerlandProviding a green twist on Jules Vernes’ famous voyage, adventurer Louis Palmer successfully led a fleet of electric vehicles around the world last year. The “Zero Race” teams crossed the globe in eighty days, highlighting two of the major environmental challenges facing the world today- the need for more sustainable transport and cleaner…
Lu Qi
ScientistAmid the rolling sand dunes and jagged stone pillars of China’s Ulan Buh Desert, hundreds of scientists are gathered at the Desert Forestry Experimental Centre.
Located in Inner Mongolia’s Bayannur City, they pore over data and prepare drought-resistant saplings under the watchful guidance of Lu Qi, Chief Scientist of the Chinese Academy…
Madhav Gadgil
EcologistIndian ecologist Madhav Gadgil learned from a young age the importance of respecting the rights of the least fortunate.
One of Gadgil’s most formative early memories was accompanying his father – an economist and statesman – on a visit to a hydroelectric project in India’s Maharashtra state. Deforestation was rampant in the surrounding…
Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition of the European Commission, on the life and legacy of Manfredi Caltagirone, honouring his leadership on one of the most urgent climate battles of our time.
“Manfredi dedicated his career to one of the…
Maria Kolesnikova
Director, MoveGreenIf a picture is worth a thousand words, for Maria Kolesnikova, this year’s Champion of the Earth for Entrepreneurial Vision, a picture was worth starting a movement.
It was 2016 and Kolesnikova, a public relations professional, then aged 28, was volunteering for MoveGreen, a youth-led…
Angélique Kidjo, Singer-Songwriter, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and 2011 UNEP Champion of the Earth reflects on Mariam Issoufou’s work and the deep cultural wisdom that shapes her architectural vision.
“I have always believed that Africa holds the answers within her soil, her people, her history, her customs. Mariam…
Mario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez
Nobel Prize Laureate and Renowned Ozone ScientistIt is hard to believe now, but when the first science pointing to the link between chlorofluorocarbon gases (CFCs) and the degradation of the Earth’s ozone layer was revealed in 1974, it was met with widespread scepticism.
That we now have behind us decades of action under the Montreal Protocol, which has reversed the growth of the hole…
