The Climate Diplomats of the Future
This session will address how the success of climate diplomacy depends on a wider constellation of new leadership, public trust and organised support. We will explore where the true power resides and who are today’s new climate diplomats who effectively counter the powerful interests resisting climate ambition? The purpose is not simply to bring more voices into the room. It is to cultivate a new generation of diplomats who can tap into new constituencies, knowledge and influence in order to help elevate high ambition to ensure that action on the ground responds to lived realities and aspirations.
This session will convene emerging thought leaders, social media personalities and cultural voices, Indigenous and frontline communities who can reach new audiences and build change from the ground up. We will explore what would actually give these new diplomats meaningful influence over decisions, rather than another platform on the sidelines?
Host: Earth4All
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS
Sage Lenier, Founder, Sustainable and Just Future
Sharan Burrow, Chair, Climateworks Centre; former General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation
Tzeporah Berman, Founder and Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, President, Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad
Youssef Nassef, Director, Adaptation Division, UNFCCC Secretariat
Kumi Naidoo, Co-founder Artivism
Ingmar Rentzhog, Founder, We Don't Have Time
Kirsten Dunlop, CEO, Climate KIC
Rich Wilson, CEO, Iswe Foundation
Prasiddhi Singh, UNICEF India Youth Advocate and Founder, Prasiddhi Forest Foundation
Elizabeth Wathuti, Founder and CEO, Green Generation Initiative
Adélaïde Charlier, Youth Climate Leader
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