The Climate Governance Commission (CGC) aims to address a crucial gap in confronting the global climate emergency by developing, proposing, and building partnerships that promote feasible, high-impact global governance solutions for urgent and effective climate action to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C or less.
Welcoming Remarks
Richard Ponzio, Director and Senior Fellow, Global Governance, Justice & Security Program, Stimson Center; Steering Committee Member & Contributing Expert, the Climate Governance Commission
Keynote Speakers
Mary Robinson, Lead Co-Chair of the Climate Governance Commission and Chair of The Elders, Former President of Ireland
Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Co-Chair of the Climate Governance Commission and Executive Director of Global Women Leaders Voices, 73rd President of the UN General Assembly
Johan Rockström, Scientific Co-Chair of the Climate Governance Commission and Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Maja Groff, Convenor, Climate Governance Commission
Speakers
Adriana Abdenur, Brazilian policy expert and co-founder of Plataforma CIPÓ and Climate Governance Commissioner
Wanjira Mathai, Vice President and Regional Director for Africa at WRI and Climate Governance Commissioner
Sandrine Dixson-Declève, President of the Club of Rome and Climate Governance Commissioner
Nobuo Tanaka, Former Executive Director, The International Energy Agency and Climate Governance Commissioner
Sophia Kianni, Commissioner of the Climate Governance Commission, Founder and Executive Director of Climate Cardinals; Member UN Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
Discussants
- Veena Balakrishnan and Marie-Claire Graf, Climate Youth Negotiator Programme
- Neshan Gunasekera, MEGA and Earth Trusteeship Working Group
- Johan Falk, Exponential Roadmap Initative
- Bhadra Kanaiya, Sunways Global
- Marcello Palazzi, B for Good Leaders Network
- Ingmar Rentzhog, CEO & Founder, We Don’t Have Time
Full Agenda
- Brief welcome and introduction of the report
- Presentation of the report from Commission Co-Chairs
- Interventions from Commissioners of the Climate Governance Commission
- Discussant and partner remarks
- Q&A and discussion with the audience
- Closing remarks