Networking & Collaboration

a) 20 years of progressive international experience with 'Product Environmental Compliance', 'Sustainable Production', Food Traceability, and Technical Due-Diligence for "Impact/Green Finance" across 15 countries while living in India, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, UAE.

b) Leading a multidisciplinary & multi-cultural team spread across 11 timezones for Sustainability Campaigns.

c) Qualified for ESG planning and disclosure framework (GRI, IFRS SASB, and TCFD).

d) Mentor at HKSTP – Incubation and Acceleration Programmes.

Renata Koch Alvarenga, from Brazil, is a leading voice on gender and climate justice in the global youth movement, and has been involved for almost a decade in the gender and climate space as an expert and speaker in global conferences in 10+ countries. She founded the youth-led and Brazil-based organization EmpoderaClima at 22 years old, to raise awareness of the need for women’s empowerment in climate decision-making spaces, and advocate for girl’s education and climate action in the Global South – more specifically in Latin America and the Caribbean.

I am a data scientist with over 15 years of experience in the field of social justice and international development. I am inspired by an internal mission to facilitate meaningful research at the intersection of environmental science and human development and by the use of state-of-the-art information technology to inform evidence-based policy and decision-making.

There is no better window-opportunity for CTCN to strategically support the Academy, the Public and Private sectors and Civil Society Organizations in developing economies and accelerate the energy transitions pathways while effectively meeting Agenda 2030, Paris Agreement and New Urban Agenda goals. In the short term, it is fairly evident that the enabling conditions that renewables-dependent systems offer to accelerate sustainable development are way more reliable over fossil-fuel based systems with high volatility.

Dastan is a multidisciplinary researcher and a professor (Assistant) in socioeconomics, environmental and regional economics at Mendel University in Brno. He obtained a PhD in economics and management of renewable resources from the Department of Forestry and Wood Economics and Policy, Mendel University in Brno, the Czech Republic. More so, he obtained a master's degree in Regional Development at Mendel University in Brno in 2016. Dastan obtained a Bachelor of Social Work and Social Administration (B.A. Honors) from Kyambogo University in Uganda in 2011.

Cathy Yitong Li has been focusing on multilateral climate processes and civil society advocacy since she was a teenager, including serving advisory and governance roles across 7 UN bodies and various international organisations.

Passionate about the synergies between climate and nature, Cathy is the IUCN Climate Commission Deputy Chair and by profession, the Nature Programme Manager of the High Level Climate Champions Team.

Johana Kunin holds a PhD in Social Anthropology (EHESS, France & IDAES/UNSAM, Argentina). She isa Tenured Researcher at Argentine National Center for Scientific Research CONICET (Strategic Issues: Environment Commission). She holds a Master's in International Studies (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) and a Social Anthropology Bachelor's Degree (Licence en Ethnologie, Université Paris 8, France). She is an Associate Professor in Anthropology at UNSAM. She has published and presented her work in several national and international publications and conferences.

Nancy is passionate to advocate for climate and disability mainstreaming. Nancy has played a pivotal role in driving inclusive and sustainable solutions at the nexus of gender equality and climate resilience within rural households in Kenya. Nancy is keen to implement strategies that harness technology to empower marginalized groups, particularly women, in the face of climate challenges.

My name is Jessica Rakotoarisoa, I am originally from Madagascar but based in Canada. I am a former International Youth Climate Delegate at COP28 and currently finishing my Ph.D in social communication at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières.

Anne Barre coordinates Gender and Climate Programmes at WECF - Women Engage for a Common Future, an ecofeminist network NGO, which advocates at local and global levels for women's rights and gender justice in all climate and sustainable development policies. Anne Barre has been involved with WECF for 22 years, contributing to the successful implementation of numerous field projects in the areas of access to water, sustainable agriculture and energy, climate policy, environmental health. In 2008, she founded the French office of WECF, which she chaired for 8 years.