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2 | 7/28/2014 19:56:07 | World Association of Former United Nations Internes and Fellows (WAFUNIF) | Pincas Jawetz; Dr. Ibne Hassan | PJawetz@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Pincas Jawetz | World Association of Former United Nations Internes and Fellows (WAFUNIF) | www.wafunif.org | Austria | Austria | Male | 78 | English, German, Rumanian, Spanish, French | #1: Was involved in aspects of Environment and an Economy open to Alternate Energy Sources. At the UN was Special Fellow for above topics at UNITAR and for three years tried to open the UN to such matters. #2: Considering the practical aspects of the UN Secretary-General's Climate Summit and the location of the SE4AII Headquarters in Vienna, we think Pincas Jawetz is an ideal participant for civil society involvement in the proceedings- because of experience and location. Mr. Jawetz worked planning for agricultural crops to answer the need for octane, when moving to unleaded gasoline. This was an interdisciplinary task that called for the investigation of farm policy and petroleum technology debunking negative myths in both areas. His work showed inter-linkages that help the economy at large. He is a strong believer that a Watt saved is worth more than a Watt produced and talks of Nega-Watts and Nega-Barrels. He believes the greatest yet uncovered source of energy is the energy of the sea, and that leapfrogging with new technologies help communities that otherwise would be chained to old and dying technologies. He found wisdom with old traditional knowledge in yet underdeveloped counties. | #1. Born in Chernivtsi in what is now the Ukraine. Came to the US in 1962 - has degrees in Physical Chemistry International Management and an MBA. Was Consultant on Energy Policy active in Biofuels - in many countries and eventually volunteered on a one dollar/year basis to try to introduce aspects of the economics of alternate energy to the UN. Is ready to re-involve himself in these topics now again. He is a resident of Vienna, Austria now. Would like to be one of the 20 non-funded participants at the Summit. #2: Pincas Jawetz, an Austrian, born in Romania in an area that is now Chernivtsi in the Ukraine, is an Applied Physical Chemist with degrees also in International Management and an MBA. He moved to the US in 1962, and since 1972 worked on energy policy in the US and overseas. When his wife retired as well they made Vienna the main residence. In the 1970s worked on the potential supply of alternate fuels replacing petroleum, and was on the Hudson Institute team that recommended the creation of the Synfuels Corporation in the US, but then, with Brazil helped the introduction of Biofuels. Realizing the impact of the fuel economy on the environment, he moved early on to a Green approach to the subject. From the 1992 Rio Conference on he tried to figure out energy policies that take into account the potential of energy from renewable sources as the main theme of Sustainability and the potential of Sustainable Development. At the UN, Mr. Jawetz was a special fellow at UNITAR dealing with Renewable Energy. At UNIDO he participated as the policy person on Ethanol, and at IIASA he enlarged on the Gas study by including biogas. For the UN Energy Study he helped change the traditional energy triangle by putting gas on top of the triangle and talking of oil and coal as the energies of the past thus debunking the myth that there was an oil and gas industry at the time the oil industry had no interest in gas. | 1. Wrote "A Promptbook on Sustainable Development For The World Summit In Johannesburg" August 2002, on behalf of The Center For UN Reform Education (CURE). 2. Wrote the policy parts in "Fuel From Farms" February 1980 for The Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) of the US Department of Energy. 3. Wrote "The Potential Of A Desert Economy" April 1986 on behalf of UNITAR, as contribution to the UN Conference on Africa. 4. Wrote the chapter on Arid Lands for the Club of Rome volume - "Africa Beyond The Famine". 5. Organized the Symposium on "Global Potentialities of Gas Fuels and Feedstocks" at the 1985 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 6. Organized the "First InterAmerican Conference on Renewable Sources of Energy, November 1979. New Orleans, Louisiana. Introduced the main topic as "The Economic Realities of Alcohol Fuels." | ||||||||
3 | 7/28/2014 20:00:30 | Friends of the earth sierra leone. | Abubakar Sesay | pksesaybakar@yahoo.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | Abubakar sesay | Friends of the earth sierra leone | www.foei.org/sierra leone | Sierra Leone | sierra leone | male | 40 | English | He has represented the organization in similar meetings. | He was born in southern sierra Leone.with a degree in forestry and the environment. | not available | 2 presentations in the 4th conference on LDCs in lstanbul in 2011 | |||||||
4 | 7/28/2014 20:19:21 | SHED Foundation | Sanjoy Barai | foundationshed@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Jakir Hossain Bhuiyan Masud | SHED Foundation | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Male | 33 | English | He is an academician,program manager and researcher in the field of public health for 9 years. He worked in several high impact international collaborative projects like Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2009 Bangladesh that a project of CDC, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and World Health Organization; P4P that a project of UNICEF & Population Council. He worked in World Health Organization in 2011. | Dr. Jakir has more than 9 years Research and Teaching experience at NYDASA, ICDDR’B, NIPSOM, BIRDEM, BIHS, MOHFW, WHO, Planning Commission, TIB from 2005 to till now. He has article and poster presentation in national and international arena.He is specialized in Evaluation, Advocacy, Leadership and Management, Performance Monitoring and Improvement. He developed and maintained website. He got scholarship and trained on Graduate Program on Leadership program of Tobacco Control from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHBSPH), USA in 2012. He also trained on Tobacco Economics, Capacity Building on Tobacco Control, Health Informatics,DHIS2,HL7. He facilitated a workshop on e-Learning (Wiki and Moodle) at BIHS in 2011.He was a course teacher of Moodle (eLearning web). He worked as Consultant at UNICEF.He is working as Regional Representative of Global Youth Action on Tobacco for Asia.He nominated as Member of Board of Director of The Union in 2012. He also nominated as Vice-Chair of Tobacco Control of The Union in 2013. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/rx7ioaym6lwy8w6/Jakir_Hossain_SHED_Foundation_CV.doc | https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ez4syu4s1upg09/Jakir_Hossain_SHED_Foundation_Writing.pdf | ||||||||
5 | 7/28/2014 21:26:07 | Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) | Shahid Uddin Akbar | shahid.akbar@biid.org.bd | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Md Shahid Uddin Akbar | Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) | www.biid.org.bd | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Male | 44 | English | Mr. Akbar is a leading entrepreneurs and development practitioner in the field of Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) in Bangladesh and serving in various countries in Africa. His long term commitment to empower the poor communities through entrepreneurship and by using ICT tools like mobile phone is already been recognized by various local and international organizations. He is working with different UN organizations like FAO, ITU. Mr. Akbar's strategy to integrate climate change issues through mass communication and integration in agricultural practices positioned his most innovative initiative e-Krishok (Electronic Farmer, www.ekrishok.com) is now the leading e-Agriculture initiative in Bangladesh as well as rest of the world. | Md Shahid Uddin Akbar is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID), an inclusive business initiative to promote the use of ICT as a tool for sustainable development. BIID covers research and development (R&D), Project Design & Development, Implementation, Impact Assessment on telecentres, e-Agriculture, e-Health, e-Health, e-Governance, entrepreneurship development, capacity building and content development. The flagship initiative e-Krishok (Electronic Farmer) is one Mr. Akbar’s effort to innovate & demonstrate the scopes of ICT to serve the rural farmers and develop a business model. e-Krishok won various national and international recognition for its contribution to food security. BIID successfully implemented projects in Tanzania and initiated new project in Myanmar under the leadership of Mr. Akbar. Md Shahid Uddin Akbar, born on August 4, 1970 at Chittagong, Bangladesh completed his Masters in Finance and Banking, Mr. Akbar joined a private commercial bank and served as Credit Officer for 8 eight years. During working in Bank, Mr. Akbar volunteered in various ICT4D initiatives. In 2000, Mr. Akbar established a voluntary organization titled ICT for Development Program Bangladesh (ICTDP’B) to bring the benefits of ICT in the rural areas. He contributed in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) at national and international level. Mr. Akbar worked as ICT Consultant in SwissContact/Katalyst, Bangladesh from July 2004 to June 2008. Katalyst, a multi donor funded project promoting competitiveness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and to address the ‘information failure’ exists in rural areas in different sectors including health. Under this project, new business model for establishing Telecenter (Rural ICT Center) in rural areas has been developed to serve the rural communities in a sustainable and commercially viable model. Mr. Akbar is now serving as a Member of the Executive Committee of the Asia Pacific Telecentre Network (APTN) and Member of the Expert Panel of Telecentre.org Foundation. He also involved with Junior Chamber International (JCI), Internet Society and Rotary International. He is now serving as the Director, Service Projects for Rotary Club of Dhaka Mahanagar under Rotary District 3281 (Bangladesh) | |||||||||
6 | 7/28/2014 23:25:22 | women initiative for development and enviromental protection (widep) | prof olufunke egunjobi | funkeegunjobi@yahoo.co.uk | Attend Summit only | Yes | prof olufunke egunjobi | widep | nigerian | Nigeria | female | 74 | english | This candidate was an invited participant as a co-chairman at the 1992 United Nations Methyl Bromide Workshop to find ways of finding substitutes to the Ozone Layer depleting substances being the major causes of the climate change. She was invited by IFAD in 2010 as the environment and climate change specialist for IFADs Detail Mission on Marketing Infrastructure [ Contract No 62276-0001] . She is the Founder and Executive Director of Women Initiative for Development and Environmental Protection in her efforts to involve the women as change agents in our efforts to redeem our environment . She is the Founder of the WIDEP Environmental School Clubs designed to cash them young for the Environment starting with Ekiti State in Nigeria. She is a member of the National Conservation Foundation among other environmental projects. | Prof. Olufunke Egunjobi was born some seven decades ago in a small ancient town called Iddo - Ajinnare now known as Ido - Ile in Ekiti State of Nigeria. She retired from the University service after some 36 years of meritorious service to the system. She retired as the Acting Vice - Chancellor of the University of Ado -Ekiti. She joined the University in 1987 as Proffessor of Zoology. She became the Head of the Dept and rose through the administrative ladder to become Dean of Science, Deputy Vice - Chancellor by a Senate vote of 30 to 2, and became Acting Vice -Chancellor after which she retired. She served her State as Commissioner for Education and later Commissioner for Information, Youths, Sports and Culture in the old Ondo State of Nigeria before Ekiti State was created. She had a BSc Honours Zoology [London], MSc [Massey] and PhD [Ibadan]' She commenced her Academic career Jan. 1968 in the University of Ibadan where she introduced the new subject of Plant Nematology into the University curriculum for the first time in Nigeria. She worked in several other Universities and Institutes including Iowa State University in Ames USA, and University of Agriculture, Makurdi [Nigeria] on sabbatical leave, Agric. Research Management Institute, Ilorin, and the Agric. Research Station, Moor Plantation, Ibadan where I understudied the American Nematologist in 1964 -65. Today, am a retiree, working for my NGO [WIDEP] and other NGOs and as a Consultant to several Organizations including UN, FAO, UNDP, IFAD, UNESCO, WADAR etc . Am recognised for my vision for working for environmentally friendly pesticides and introducing natural pesticides studies at a time when chemical pesticides were the in thing that gave researchers much money | ||||||||||
7 | 7/28/2014 23:31:38 | Corporación Red Nacional de Mujeres Comunales, Comunitarias, Indígenas y Campesinas de la República de Colombia | Mercedes Vergara de Perdomo | mujercolombia2006@yahoo.es | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Alba Lucía Castañeda Vélez | Corporación Red Nacional de Mujeres Comunales, Comunitarias, Indígenas y Campesinas de Colombia | Colombiana | Colombia | Femenino | 63 | Español | Es una mujer rural con amplia experiencia en trabajo con comunidades, estudios especializados, Promotora de los Derechos Humanos participante en Talleres de Creación de Capacidad sobre el Convenio de Diversidad Biológica y Estrategias Nacionales de Acción sobre las Estrategias de Planes de Acción Nacionales para la Biodiversidad EPANDB. Tallerista sobre temas de Biodiversidad, Cambio Climático, Derechos Humanos y organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro. Panelista en la Universidad Peruana los Andes UPLA de Huancayo Perú, en el Primer Congreso sobre Salud, Ciencia y Desarrollo Social, Panelista en Primer Congreso sobre Economía Social y Solidaria y Empresas Comunitarias. Participante Conferencia WIN Red Mundial Indígena, en Darwin Territorio del Norte Australia. Por lo anterior considero que tiene una buena experiencia y puede cumplir con los criterios indicados. | Mujer Rural, Profesional Especializada. Seis veces becaria de la Cooperación Internacional Española para el Desarrollo AECID. representante por Colombia en Voces y Visiones de América Latina para la Justicia Social y de Género, Revista WIDE Bruselas Bélgica, Directora Ejecutiva y Representante Legal de la Corporación Red Nacional de Mujeres Comunales, Comunitarias, Indígenas y Campesinas de la República de Colombia, Directora Ejecutiva de la Corporación Ambientalista HOJAS DE HIERBA con la que trabaja en comunidades sobre los temas de la Biodiversidad y el Cambio Climático desde hace 12 años. Asesora de Comunidades en los temas del Agua, Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/4d2c42wch73x3jn/Alba_Lucia_CV.docx | |||||||||
8 | 7/28/2014 23:47:23 | Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute | Zhou Yubin | ipec.tjupdi@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Sheng Ying | Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute | Chinese | China | Male | 31 | Chinese & English | Mr. Sheng Ying has been an urban planner in our Institute since De. 2006. He has been proactively studying and promoting green city planning, monitoring and development for many cities in China. He is familiar with the Chinese circumstance in climate change from an urban planning perspective. He has been invited by many international organisations and projects as an expert in dealing with climate change issues, such as UN World Climate Conference 3 held by World Meteorological Organisation in 2009, which makes him good at communicating with international colleagues. He can provide a view from Chinese urban planners. He is also fluent in English. If he is chosen to attend this summit, the Institute will approve his leave for attendance in the summit. He also holds a US visa now, which makes him available to participate the summit. Since he is promoting UN-Habitat Green and Sustainable Cities Programme in China, his participation to the summit will also help to bring back new ideas back to China and support the future work in the vast number of cities in China to build climate resilient cities. | Mr. Sheng Ying has been Urban Planner of Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute, Tongji University, China since Dec. 2006. A graduate in urban planning, Sheng Ying holds a Master’s degree of Master of Civic Design from the University of Liverpool, UK and a Bachelor’s degree of BSc of Environmental Resources and Urban-rural Planning Management from Chongqing Jiaotong University, China. Mr. Sheng Ying is a member of Royal Town Planning Institute, UK and International Society of City and Regional Planners. His research interest covers green city planning, green city indicators and climate change adaptation planning. Since enrolled to work in Dec. 2006, he has joined in a number of planning projects in China, covering urban design, master planning and detailed planning. Moreover, he has been invited by international organisations such as UN-Habitat, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and Cities Initiative for Asia as an urban planning expert. In 2009, he was invited by World Meteorological Organisation to give a presentation at World Climate Change Conference 3 on Chinese urban planning’s response to climate change in Geneva, Switzerland. At the same year, he was also invited by International Society of City and Regional Planners to be as one of the 28 Young Planning Professionals from worldwide to formulate the Low Carbon Development Strategy for Douro Valley Region in Portugal to address the climate change issue locally. In 2010, he was also invited by Global Planners Network (GPN) to attend GPN congress in Montreal, Canada and deliver a presentation on A Study on Shanghai’s Strategy for Sea Level Rise. Since 2010, he joined World Bank Guizhou Province Cultural and Natural Heritage Conservation and Development Project to provide community based climate change adaption plans for minority communities. And since 2012, he has been joining UN-Habitat Green and Sustainable Cities Programme to promote green city planning, monitoring, evaluating and development in China. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/970t5pvu7uz2evl/Sheng_Ying_Shanhai_Institute.pdf | https://www.dropbox.com/s/2vzldn1s34kjwsd/Sheng_Ying_Shanghai_Institute_Writing.pdf | ||||||||
9 | 7/29/2014 0:10:55 | COMITE ECUATORIANO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS Y SINDICALES | LUCY PAREDES GARCIA | derechoshumanosecuador@hotmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | FRANCISCO DIOGENES ZAMBRANO CAMPUZANO | Comite Ecuatoriano de Derechos Humanos y Sindicales CEDHUS | www.cedhus.org | ECUADOR | ECUADOR | MASCULINO | 57 | ESPAÑOL | Es una persona con una gran experiencia en la defensa y promocion de los derechos humanos. A sido Secretario Ejecutivo y actualmente Presidente reelecto del Comite Ecuatoriano de Derechos Humanos y Sindicales CEDHUS, desde su fundacion hace ya 25 años. A participado como Observador Electoral Internacional, en las Elecciones Presidenciales ultimas de PERU, ARGENTINA, MEXICO, COSTA RICA Y PANAMA Es una persona con una gran experiencia y oratoria locuas. | FRANCISCO ZAMBRANO CAMPUZANO, Nacio el 20 de Agosto del año 1957 en Guayaquil Ecuador America del Sur. Desde su epoca de estudiante, se destaco como Dirigente de la Federacion de Estudintes Secundarios del Ecuador FESE. En sus Estudios Universitarios fue Miembro del Secretariado Ejecutivo de la Federacion de Estudiantes Univeritarios del Ecuador FEUE. Trabajo durante mas de 20 años en el M. I. Municipio de Guayaquil - Ecuador, donde Fundo el Sindicato General de Trabajadores del M. I. Municipio de Guayaquil, con mas de 900 afiliados, siendo su Secretario General Reelecto durante 13 años en forma consecutiva. Fue Presidente de la Juventud Trabajadora Ecuatoriana J.T.E. Fue Miembro del Comite Ejecutivo Nacional de la Confederacion de Trabajadores del Ecuador CTE, siendo el mas joven de los Dirigentes. Fue Secretario de Defensa Juridica de la Federacion de Trabajadores Libres Municipales del Ecuador FETRALME, y como tal, participo en el Congreso Mundial de la Internacional de Servidores Publicos ISP - CIOLS, realizado en Caracas Venezuela. Mayor informacion de nuestro compañero y amigo FRANCISCO ZAMBRANO CAMPUZANO, en gooble, es un luchador social de reconocida trayectoria nacional e internacional, de humilde presentacion y con un gran corazon humano, siempre solidario | no entiendo | no entiendo | |||||||
10 | 7/29/2014 1:21:31 | Consumers Association | Surendran.PA | surendranpdca@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Surendran Padiyangattil Ayyappan | Consumers Association | www.consumersindia.org | Indian | India | Male | 55 | English | The environmental pollution is a serious threat to the existence and survival of human-race. Unpolluted air to breath,uncontaminated water to drink,nutritious food to eat and hygienic condition to live are unavoidable essentials for survival of human race. Land surface, water resources, atmosphere,forests,and wildlife are part and parcel of the environment. | Surendran.PA, a senior Consumer activist and environmentalist in India having 23 years of experience in social service. He is the General Secretary of an NGO named the Consumers Association one of the NGO having the United Nations ECOSOC Special Consultative Status Accreditation . Spreading Environmental and Consumer Education among students and youth community and Use of novel ways towards eradication of illiteracy , corruption and unethical practices in all walks of life , Exemplary work ensuring justice to the poor, through public awareness and national campaigns , Taking up the cause of the Civil Society or the public interest in general at executives , judicial, political and legislative levels and Creating sense of responsibility amongst public servants.. He has participated 5 International Conferences and a number of National and State level conferences. He has been nominated many National level policy making committees by the Government of India. | www.consumersindia.org | www.consumersindia.org | |||||||
11 | 7/29/2014 1:31:32 | NGO "Terra-1530" | Botnaru Petru | terra1530@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | Semeniuc Anna | NGO "Terra-1530" | http://terra1530.md | Moldova | Moldova | Female | 27 | English | Anna Semeniuc, expert NGO "Terra-1530" (project "Square Vorniceni): The development of the project is going to be done in several steps: creating of a project (already done), building of small architectural forms (pergolas, pavilions, benches, and fountain) and walk roads; planting of trees, and creating of " owerbeds, providing of wireless Internet. e main customers who will bene# t of the solution are villagers and of course every person coming to visit the place for having a rest. Another pro# t is further appearance of similar green zones all other the world. An indirect pro# t of such places is providing of a new way of thinking and perception of the world by the youth. From the very start more partners were committed to ! nding a solution for a community problem of global importance. Over a period of free years a$ er planting of square the representatives of Forest Research Institute will control the plantation and its quality. Also there will be supplied the necessary care of all the planted trees and shrubs. For providing of this care we will involve people from the village (new work places). Creation of a square will also provide the exchange of experience with other countries, which allows us to involve new # nancial resources at an international level. | 2010 – 2011 Landscape designer, Institute of Forest Researches and Arrangements (IFRA), Chisinau, Republic of Moldova 04.2011 – 04.2012 LOGO Practice in ecological agriculture, Stuttgart, Germany 05.2012 – 01.2013: Engineer, department of forest projects and observation, IFRA, Republic of Moldova 01. 2013-present - Chief department Projects and Forest research, IFRA, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova; May 2013-today – chief editor, magazine “Gradina mea”. 2012 – present: expert NGO “Terra-1530” | https://www.dropbox.com/s/wbffrd7jx12yft9/Anna_Semeniuc_Terra1530_CV.doc | https://www.dropbox.com/s/0a8oovvdkveydup/Anna_Semeniuc_Terra1530_Writing.pdf | |||||||
12 | 7/29/2014 1:51:23 | United Nations Association Nigeria Chapter | Mr. Ganiyu Owolabi | una-nigeria@hotmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Yinusa Rex Razaq Ajenifuja | Hope for HIV/AIDS Life Supports International | www.hopeforhivaids.org | Nigeria | Nigeria | Male | 46 | English | The nominee has huge influence among youth leaders across the country and around west Africa Sub region, he is a leading voice in advocacy on varying community development matters and has enormous impacts. | He is an Executive member of national Youth Council the hub of all youth related activities for the nation. He is the promoter of Nigerian Youth & Climate change Initiative that was founded in 2012 and it active in promoting climate change and eco-friendly attitude among youths in the nation. An Executive Member of United nation Association Nigeria Chapter (UNA-Nigeria) and the chairman Climate Change Project Commettee The founder and Executive Director of Hope for HIV/AIDS Life Supports International, a leading Home-based Care and HIV NGO that has contributed in integrating interfaith approach in reducing stigma and discrimination of People living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria and Ghana. A memeber of British Council project on MDGs and youth development. He hold B.Sc in Economics and M.B.A in Management from University of Nigeria Nsukka and has written many youths and development relating to climate change articles published in many national dailies with strong online presence | |||||||||
13 | 7/29/2014 2:55:13 | IB of Legal Service for Human Rights Commission (Major working group) | Mr Gur Amar Singh Sidhu | ibhr@india.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | Gur Amar Singh Sidhu | IB of Legal Service for Human Rights commission | www.ggsnetwork.com | Indian | India | 62 | English | He has already submitted the Climate Change and environment report near about 12 pages in the COP was held at Campahegon in 2009 | It is submitted that I am working with the United nations in the field of Environments Climate Change, UNPFII OECD ICT, NGO Branch DESA etcs at least 30 years. | being nsend you | being send you | ||||||||
14 | 7/29/2014 3:00:23 | Shamsher Tour & Travels International Organization | Mr Shamsher Singh Khakh | sttio@india.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | SHAMSHER SINGH KHAKH | SHAMSHER TOUR & TRAVELS INTERNATION ORGANIZATION | WWW.STTIO.COM (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) | INDIA | INDIA | 56 | ENGLISH | ASIA A DETAIL REPORTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTS | I AM WORKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION SYSTEMS | BEING SEND TO YOU | BEING SEND TO YOU | ||||||||
15 | 7/29/2014 3:03:12 | Peace and Life Enhancement Initiative International (PLEII) and Community Development Initiative | Olajide Osode & Olumide Igbodipe | osode.olajide@pleii.org, comdevelop@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Odukoya Olugbenga Olatunji | Peace and Life Enhancement Initiative Internatioanal | www.pleii.org | Nigerian | Nigeria | Male | 38 | English | Mr. Odukoya Olugbenga Olatunji is an International Development Analyst, I have at the different occasions as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, witness and see him advocating and implementing climate change activities in the communities. Mr. Odukoya Olatunji Olugbenga is the Executive Director of Peace and Life Enhancement Initiative International, (PLEII), I have known him for over 7 years in the developiment industry, He is a strong advocate in his immediate communities and local governments on human rights, health related issues, good government, environment and climate protections.He uses his resources to fund the organization ensuring that the right messages are passed across the line of those who have direct authority or control and also those who are directly or indirectly affected. | He is a young dynamic man, with 3years of work experience as a Development Worker, and about 15years in the corporate industry. He has Master Degree (MA) in International Development Management from the University of Manchester , MBA in Marketing Management from Lagos State University, Nigeria and Professional qualification in Corporate Administration from the Chartered Institute of Administration, Nigeria. Within his short time in the development work, Mr. Olugbenga Odukoya has been able to turn various networks in Ogun State, Nigeria into a formidable network. I am aware he is working on starting a network of Civil Society on Climate Change and Environment Protection in Ogun State Nigeria. He is a responsible, reliable and well respected person in the communities and among his colleagues because of his outstanding and uncompromising dedication to good governance, human rights and environment protection. He is happily married with 3 children. He is an International Development Analyst, studied International Development Management at post graduate level in Univeritys of Manchester, has MBA in Marketing Management and also advance diploma in Corporate Managerial Administration. He experiences cut across corporate and development industry. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-yjj2KbYPENbmtnY1JtaU1EbFE/edit?usp=sharing | n/a | |||||||
16 | 7/29/2014 3:03:24 | EquityBD/COAST | M Rezaul Karim Chowdhury | reza@coastbd.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | M Rezaul Karim Chowdhury | EquityBD / COAST | www.equitybd.org / www.coastbd.org | Bangladeshi | Bangladesh | Male | 58 | English | I am from a disappearing island called Kutubdia, my family has to migrate due to climate change, sea water raise. I have been interviewed by BBC Bangla, Aljazeera and Roiters on the issue several time. I have been participating in UNFCCC CoP Bali, Copenhagen, Cancun, Durban and Doha and organized seminars on climate migrant's rights, and press conferences on on on going negotiation, which has also been published in international media. I am also active in advocacy in national level on climate fund, climate adaptation planning, and climate budgeting with positive engagement with our government. My organization COAST (www.coasatbd.org) is working for coastal poor in Bangladesh and my network organization EquityBD (www.equitybd.org) is doing campaign at national and international level. I am also part of the international network Social Watch, LDC Watch, APRN, SAAPE, People's SAARC, GATJ and JSAPMDD. So I feel that I can better speak as one of the climate victim and as climate advocate as well. | I have post graduation on Sociology and Management from Bangladesh and Denmark. I have started job in a development project as a Coordinator for mobilization for education in remote and famine prone areas of Bangladesh. Then I have gone to Bhola island in taking a job to manage a project (started since 1982) by an international NGO (Action Aid) and also to transform the project in to a local NGO, which is COAST (since 1998). At present COAST is directing supporting around 120 thousand families of Bhola, Kutubdia, Moheskhali, 14 sandbar chars, in 9 coastal districts of Bangladesh. I realize without advocacy in national and international level there will be little on policy changes and if there will be no policy changes there will be little on sustainable development and poverty eradication. And advocacy require alliance building and networking, then since 2001 we have formed Equity and Justice Working Group Bangladesh (EquityBD), we have alliance membership with Social Watch, LDC Watch, GATJ (Global Alliance on Tax Justice), SAAPE (South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradication), People's SAARC, Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN), Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement for Debt and Development (JSAPMDD), I have participated, speaks as panel members in several international conferences, especially organized by UNESCAP on Post 2015 issues.. Since 2007 in UNFCCC CoP I have been organizing seminar on Climate Migrant's Right in Copenhagen, Cancun, Durban, Warsaw, and Doha along with other organization and networks. I have also organized press conferences in those CoPs providing views from the perspective of climate vulnerable countries. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/14feo43xgo52r2y/Rezaul_Chowdhury_EquityBD-COAST_CV.doc | http://www.equitybd.org/campaigns/campaign-on-cop-18/no-doha-deal-means-accepting-climate-genocide-in-poor-countries | |||||||
17 | 7/29/2014 3:04:36 | Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS | Mr. Olowu Joseph | spaidorg2001@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Okene John Sunday | Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS FCT | www.nepwhan.org | Nigeria | Nigeria | Male | 36 | English | Mr. John he is the Head of Nigeria delegation to World Assembly Youth he has been very active in the mobilization and sensitization he also a member of National Youth Council of Nigeria he has been representing the Organization in the USA and other Country we are very sure that he will contribute his quota to the International Development. | Mr. John was born in Okene Local Government Area Area of Kogi State he attended L S M North Primary School Okene he Obtain his Business Administration from Nasarawa State Polytechnic. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/7dj1ltps6m29p3l/JOHN%20OKENE%20CV.docx | ||||||||
18 | 7/29/2014 3:05:21 | international council for human rights | rajkumar yadav | rajkumaryadav@gmx.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | rajkumar yadav | international council for human rights | indian | India | male | 34 | english | the candidate is dedicated his life to society and committed for human beings with up liftment of child and human bieng.worked a lot for environment and have the active and presence in various countries.being to make aware for social cause everywhere with hard effort and great concept. nominee is lead various delegation in different countries, devoted for social cause, widely travelled and a prominent speaker with ground knowledge of organising the events and seminars. | i started my student life with student leader for the cause of up liftment of youth as well as students with environment issues.later i fight for environment,socialism and peace throughout the world by delegation and seminars.i lead my group from india at 17th festival of youth and students ,pretoria (south africa) and many more places i conducted seminar and conferences for global warming, world peace and socialism. i dedicated my life to society for social cause. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/74d374o4x018bj6/Rajkumar_Yadak_Intl_Council_for_HR_CV.docx | |||||||||
19 | 7/29/2014 3:35:53 | Change Planet Partners Climate Innovation Foundation | Mr. A.M.Rao | boftrustee@cppcif.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Suman Kalyani Apparusu | Change Planet Partners Climate Innovation Foundation | wp.me/P1XaQ4-2 | Indian | India | Female | 42 | English, Hindi, Telugu | Ms Suman Apparusu represents Change Planet Partners Climate Innovation Foundation (CPPCIF) in the "Managing Trustee" capacity; and has broad responsibilities for running the trust affairs, managing the trust operations, advocacy, financials and for board co-ordination functions.Under her leadership, the trust , in three years to its inception, has garnered attention and strategic networking relations with both national and international climate stakeholders, led the foundation's participation in global climate innovation challenges and contributed to strong gender-climate constituency advocacy efforts through the GGCA forum and facilitated the formation of the UN-FAO led AAHM India's national CSO led alliance for combating hunger /malnutrition. Ms Apparusu's potential presence at the Summit, we strongly believe, can enhance the impact of her relentless advocacy efforts for the causes of climate change, innovation as well as gender. | Ms Apparusu, founded CPPCIF with a vision and mission to enable and to catalyze climate innovation in India with specific foci on the food-water-energy sectors in India. She holds an MBA in Strategic Carbon Management from the UEA, the U.K, two advanced diplomas in Systems Management and Management Consultancy along with a formal technology bachelors qualification B.Tech(Chem Engg). Prior to embarking on mid-career change in 2008, to acquire MBA qualification, she led $5-60 mio USD IT SCM technology consulting assignments globally cutting across manufacturing, healthcare, EPC verticals. Her key accomplishments include leading the foundation's participation in the global climate innovation challenges, expert presence on and contribution to key climate stakeholder networks/deliberations, initiating the CSO led NAAHM India formation and getting the foundation's women grass-root innovators cookstove support programme for evaluation to the UNFCCC - Momentum for Change, Women for Results - track among others. | |||||||||
20 | 7/29/2014 4:24:40 | United Force For Development | Yussif Abdul Mumin | kaabarah@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Abdallah Mohammed Awal | United Force For Development | http://www.uffd.org/ | Ghanaian | Ghana | Male | 30 | English | Abdallah Mohammed Awal is a member of United Force For Development- a civil society organization. He is currently a deputy secretary of the Northern Region Environmental Civil Society Organisations Coalition (NRECSOC) in Ghana. He has been very effective and instrumental in speaking out, advocating and leading campaigns in the Northern Region of Ghana on Environment and climate change issues. He is always available to participate in any cause related to Climate change to contribute his knowledge and expertise towards on the topic.I therefore believe he meets the criteria and hereby nominate and recommend him as an attendee and a participant of the Climate Summit 2014. | Abdallah Mohammed Awal is an Activist with over six years experience in advocating for causes and campaigns for positive change in northern Ghana. He is the Projects Office of United Force for Development - an NGO that uses innovative drama-based workshops and performances to empower young people with knowledge and skills to stand up to the challenges confronting our communities. he is very outspoken in environment and climate change issues and has presented speeches on several fora to educate people good environmental practices.This has opened him up to understand the environmental and development challenges confronting the communities in northern Ghana. He has a passion for development work and for that matter; he is a volunteer for many causes and network organizations aimed at reducing the plight of human suffering in many communities across Ghana. Awal has sound administrative and management skills, fundraising skills and strategic planning. He holds a Diploma in Basic Education Certificate from the University Of Cape Coast and a BA. Integrated Development Studies (Development Communication Option) degree, from the University for Development Studies in Ghana. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/tpyjraqzyor71tq/MOHAMMED%20AWAL%20ABDALLAH.docx | ||||||||
21 | 7/29/2014 4:38:16 | UDYAMA | Mr. Pradeep Mahapatra | udyama.pradeep@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Pradeep Mahapatra | UDYAMA | www.udyama.org | INDIAN | INDIA | Male | 52 | English | UDYAMA( www.udyama.org ) is engaged in implementing and involved in advocacy, facilitating & promoting community development process to enhance socio economic empowerment as part of Community Resilience Process. UDYAMA has intervened empowering community institutions to ascertain their access and management rights over natural resources and deepening governance leading to resilient processes. Considering this pragmatic opportunity, UDYAMA has begun efforts to build capacities of various stakeholders, community institutions, NGOs and CBOs for undertaking economic development and resilience planning and management activities to foster good resource governance. Thus tools for model building, strategic planning and sustainable management of development process and resource plan aspects are supportive of community and governance processes. This gives me a chance to undertake the responsibility of motivating my colleagues and co-partners for this global conference | Am a Development Catalyst with 28 years of experience in managing human relationships, environmental and development initiatives in rural, urban and tribal areas. I have Worked with community, NGOs, International NGOs CARE-India responsible for Rehabilitation of super cyclone (2000-2005), shouldered responsibility in undertaking massive livelihoods restoration. Now I am spearheading UDYAMA, (www.udyama.org ) as founder and chief functionary undertaking citizen action on END-WATER-POVERTY-campaign, Deepening-Governance & Capitalizing Mainstream resources impact towards livelihoods of poor, Community Disaster Resilient process & Climate Justice and human rights , undertaking social entrepreneurships and . UDYAMA is one of the participating organizations with UNECOSOC, UN-Global Compact, GNDRR, UNCONGO, UNFCCC,UNEP- SCP, Major stakeholder,UNCCD, UNFCCC, UN-Climate Caucus, Global End-Water Poverty, NGO-gateway, WASH-forum NAADRR, CDRN, SPHERE-India, WSSCCC, WSP, SusanA, stakeholders’ forum and Water and Climate Coalition. Very Recently UDYAMA awarded International Award for Environment at Seoul from Kyobo Foundation , A cash prize of 18800 USD with A Momento http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=pradeep+mohapatra,+udyama&start=10&sa=N I am a team player working in tough & challenging conditions & managing major conflicts are my strength , undertake Next Development Challenge | Sending CV in mail | ||||||||
22 | 7/29/2014 4:51:22 | AFARD/AAWORD | Hela Kochbati | hela.kochbati@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Hela Kochbati | Association for African Women for Research and Development | www.afard.org | Tunisian | Tunisia | Female | 42 | English/Frensh/Arabic/Italian | I'm sensitive to the potentialities of the natture and the impact of human, as creative and operating for a creative evolution, to the successful strategies of consolidation of the common efforts of prevention and the effective restructurings of the humanitarian support, to the attachment in the universal values as well as in the sustainable development. Therefore, this is an important work in the intensification of the programs of preservation and the enrichment of the world heritage. My first contribution was in this summit : www.ccc2006.ca | Born in 1972 in Tunis. Hela Kochbati is researcher, French and English speaker, citizen of the world without borders, is interested in the questions bound to the women (social and educational advancement, the protection of environment and the nature), climate change and sustainable development. Interested by the organic farming, the arts and the culture, travels and the poetry. | Climate change impact | ||||||||
23 | 7/29/2014 4:56:54 | AFRICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION | Mme MANGA Marie Mathilde | awa21@hotmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Mme MANGA Marie Mathilde née ONANA NGASSIMI | AFRICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION | africanwomenassociation.org | CAMEROUNAISE | Cameroon | FEMININ | 67 | FRANCAIS | Leader d'ONG ayant Statut Consultatif Spécial avec l'ECOSOC, l'African Women's Association est une OSC engagée dans tous les combats menés par les Nations Unies pour les Droits de l'Homme. Nous avons reçu le message dans notre boîte pour répondre à ce grand message. | - Technicienne en Développement - Ancienne Secrétaire de Direction - Participation à la IV CONFERENCE Beijing 1995 - Participation au Sommet Beijing+5 à New York 2000 - Participation au Sommet Beijing+10 à New York 2005 - Speaker Cameroun au General Assembly Hearing Civil Society New York 2005 - Participation au Sommet de Luxembourg en 2000 - Participation à plusieurs CSW à New York - Leader d'ONG depuis 1990 - | https://www.dropbox.com/s/80rqq4ztgiyepef/Cv%20Mme.%20Manga%20Marie%20Mathilde%20%28AWA%29%20modifi%C3%A9.doc | ||||||||
24 | 7/29/2014 5:04:37 | CAMEROUN TERRE NOUVELLE/ECOSOC NGO | ASSILA EDMOND PATRICK CHRISTIAN | assilapat@yahoo.fr | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | ASSILA EDMOND PATRICK CHRISTIAN | CAMEROUN TERRE NOUVELLE / ECOSOC NGO | www.camerounterrenouvelle.org | camerounaise | Cameroon | Male | 31 | français | Je suis Président fondateur de l'ONG internationale CAMEROUN TERRE NOUVELLE ayant le statut consultatif spécial ECOSOC auprès des Nations Unies pour la défense des droits de l'homme, la lutte contre la pauvreté, la protection de l'environnement, nous organisons des conférences et campagnes de sensibilisation auprès des populations et communautés pour la protection de l'environnement | Président - fondateur de CAMEROUN TERRE NOUVELLE depuis plus de 10 ans, j'oeuvres pour la défense des droits de l'homme , la protection de l'envirronnement, de la faune, la lutte contre la pauvreté pour les communautés et les populations les plus démunies . | assilapat@yahoo.fr | assilapat@yahoo.fr | |||||||
25 | 7/29/2014 5:06:34 | volta Institute of Development Studies | Millicent Gbede | voltainstitute@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | No | Courage Ephraim Dei-Zanga | Courage Foundation International | nill | Ghanaian | Ghana | male | 38 | English | Courage Ephraim Dei-Zanga has engaged in Community Development initiatives in Ghana as a whole. The initiatives through volunteerism that contributed to development in communities and was given leadership positions in various areas and has proven track record of effective advocacy or implementation of community based solutions for climate change adaptation .Almost every week he receive invitation to facilitate at a program. He become a resource person to civil society organizations including Government Institution eg National Commission for Civic Education, National Youth Authority etc he design programs based on the UN Millennium Development Goals and that attract the attention of the Central Government of Ghana as a whole since this goals was captured in the policy strategies of the Government in achieving 2015 Millennium Development Goals. The main unique of his program that attracted the authorities are the volunteer platform for educating the public to understand the UN Millennium Goal why everybody must be involved committees from all sectors to manage its affairs for sustainability. Most of these committee members are Community Leaders, Heads of Department, Chiefs, Assemblymen, Pastors, Teachers, Doctors, Lawyers and most of the Professionals that can contribute to the development of the Nation without financial commitment. | Courage Dei-Zanga is a seasoned and experienced professional social worker and development practitioner. He is a trainer and capacity building specialist in both community development and organization development. He has participated in several informal training programs and workshops to keep in tune with current approaches and techniques in both community development and organization development. Courage has worked with a number of governmental and non-governmental organizations. Very humble, cooperative, duty-conscious, willing to extra smile and innovative His background enables him to cooperate or deal with the most difficult person to achieve a goal. And his conscientious and personality makes him favorably disposed to anyone he associate with. All these made him to be widely recognized with awards both national and international He do facilitate and do presentations on radio and other community programs | https://www.dropbox.com/s/en47415qykwg9b9/Courage%20Ephraim_volta%20Institute%20of%20DevStudies_CV.doc | https://www.dropbox.com/s/ugs37eyjvpwgkyz/Courage%20Ephraim_volta%20Institute%20of%20DevStudies_Writing.doc https://www.dropbox.com/s/lx4tz18fyl7fbxw/Courage%20Ephraim_volta%20Institute%20of%20DevStudies_Writing2.ppt https://www.dropbox.com/s/pwmpqk4kxtfc87b/Courage%20Ephraim_volta%20Institute%20of%20DevStudies_Writing3.doc | |||||||
26 | 7/29/2014 5:17:01 | NETWORK FOR PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | MARY BOATENG | pohar41@hotmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | KWASI OHENE DWUMFOUR | NETWORK FOR PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | GHANA | GHANA | MALE | 51 | ENGLISH | He is executive director of the our organisation . with his team of expertises are working hard to solved most of the climate change problems which is one of the most urgent challenging facing our global scale..He was among the international experts who were nominated to participate the just ended the CLIMATE INVESTMENT FUND forum held in JAMAICA on 20-26 JUNE 2014 organised by the WORLD BANK.Having grown in line with FOREST development and related field,he is working with Civil societies organisations on ADAPTATION to solved problems on perennial FLOODS in our cities and BIODIVERSTY management to enhance and sustained the ECOSYSTEM which are being destroyed by dessertification .Despite having environmental threats to human health,he is pressing other communities to plant TREES to fight against the GLOBAL WARMING. | He is Executive Director of our civil society organisation since 2004.Having grown in line with FOREST MANAGEMENT and it related field,Mr KWASI OHENE DWUMFOUR,joined and formed with our other experts both in national and international level to render services and dedicated work towards forest management and biodiversity Development.he has champion the course of planting tress to protect our WATER bodies and WETLANDS in GHANA | ||||||||||
27 | 7/29/2014 5:42:04 | mukund aassociates | mukund purohit | mukundp41@yahoo.co.in | Attend Summit only | Yes | mukund m purohit | mukund aassociates | indian | india | male | 73 | english | is life member international society of philosophers uk has been honored by international peace cities ohayo usa as representative for Baroda india peace city believes and practiser of simple living & high thinking live 7 let live others | am registered independent director with 53 years varied practical experience and connected various organization n g o | mukundp41@yahoo.co.in | mukund | ||||||||
28 | 7/29/2014 6:00:07 | SMEFUNDS | Femi Oye | coachxx@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | Femi Oye | SMEFUNDS | www.smefunds.com | Nigeria | Nigeria | Male | 37 | English | Femi Oye is a Designate Contact Focal Point (DCP) and holds an Observer seat with the UNFCCC. Have Spoken and served as observer towards all ADP and COP preparation meetings over the years; Bonn, Germany. FemiOye formed Carbon Credit Network in 2011, a fastest growing grassroots movement of green champions/advocates across Africa and a network of some 50,000 individual, business and Governments that promote and educate others on the effect of climate change, protection of our ecosystem and the benefits of clean technology in accelerating low carbon economy thereby Increasing access to energy to the low income households in Africa. Presented at a plenary session at the Vienna Energy Summit in Austral in 2013 and Some of the Governments Femi already consulted with widely include; - Federal Ministry for Environment; Road to Rio +20 - Lagos State Government; Carbon Credit Train - Emission reduction Strategy - Delta State Government: Clean Cook Stoves, Improved Indoor Air Pollution - Represent more than 15 LGAs on fighting indoor air pollution Some of the conferences and Workshop Spoken; - Earth Summit 2012 - Rio Brazil - COP 17, Durban - COP 18, Doha - COP 19, Climate Change Conference, Warsaw Poland - Civil Society delegation, Leaders Summit, New York - Observer, R20, Governors Pavilion, Rio Brasil - Presented at the World Energy Future Award, Abu Dhabi - Energy Summit, Addis Ababa, 2013 - Joined WHO, DFID, GACC and Other organization to deepen fighting Climate change from the Health perspective. | Femi Oye, a Renewable Energy Senator, recipient of World Youth Leader’s Award, UNDP/BOI Renewable Energy facility Award winner, African Social Enterprise Award, Conference speaker, IT visionary, Business and Social Entrepreneur. For over 15 years, Femi has committed his strengths and resources toward evolving visionary entrepreneurs ending poverty in Africa through the creation of job opportunities, increasing productivity and providing mentorship. Femi is the Co-Founder/CEO of SMEFUNDS, an International NGO fighting to end poverty through the promotion of sustainable enterprise development in Africa. The platform, SMEFUNDS accelerates the flow of finance to SMEs in Africa using social investments and ethical financial inter mediation solutions. Formed GEBiofuels to respond to the second generation need for Clean and affordable Ethanol fuel for Africa in a bid to end food –for – oil rush in the world. His goSolarAfrica’ energy and environmental program promotes clean and green energy to support household at the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP), combats Climate change, and increases Youth employment in the green sector in Nigeria. The ongoing projects of SMEFUNDS include Green Collar Job Fellowship, Access to Finance and Go Green Nigeria. Prior to co-founding SMEFUNDS, Femi was a Faculty Board member of Innerveil Business Institute (IBI) where he trained and successfully graduated over 2000 entrepreneurs, these entrepreneurs now run thriving businesses in the Oil and gas, Telecommunications, Agro allied, Manufacturing, etc, sectors of the economy, increasing employment opportunities, and actively contributing to the economic base of Nigeria. With the organization’s recently launched Carbon Credit Network, he attempt to offer the 1st Carbon trading platform in Africa that seek to place Free Solar Home System on millions of residential apartments with a 10 year locked-in contract which removes the barrier to solar home system adoption while earning million tons in carbon credit through the biofuel ethanol and other green products from the organization. He said, Climate Change Problem is a good business! Femi is a graduate of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Management from the KTH University, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from Harvard Business School and also holds a graduate degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, a member of many professional institutions ranging from technology to finance. His motivation is to continue to engage enterprise solutions to attempt new approaches; not just help transform businesses, but ultimately empower individuals to aspire to their inspiration! www.smefunds.com www.gosolarAfrica.org www.gebiofuels.com www.carboncreditnetwork.org | https://www.linkedin.com/pub/femi-oye/19/538/1a | ||||||||
29 | 7/29/2014 6:08:25 | THEENVIRONMENTAL AMELIORATORSTAL AME | Dr. ademola Alli | ademola.aderemi@yahoo.co.uk | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | Adisa-balogun Mutiat Folashade | The Environmental Ameliorators | www.eang.org | Nigeria | Nigeria | Female | 39 | English | Mrs Adisa-balogun is a project officer with the Environmental Ameliorators,an envionmental research and advocacy non profit oriented , non governmental ngo based in a developing country ,Nigeria,Since Mrs Adisa-balogun was employed 12 years ago she as contribute positively to the development of this organistion and achievement of some of goals on sustainable environmental development issues . She has represented this organisation international,regionally and locally participate and delivering papers in relevant environmental fora,i believe if sponsored to participate in this forum it will provide her the opportunity to learn more,exchange ideas with others and establish possible cooperation with other participants to the benefit of global sustainable environmental development. | Mrs adisa-balogun was a graduate of Food science and technology from the Federal Polytechnic of Offa,Kwara States Nigeria. she joins this organisation 12 years ago as Filed officer and due to her ability to learn everyday ,share Knowledge with others and courageous to meet new challenges she rose to become a project officer in this organisation. She as perform creditably well in advocacy program and have shown great skill in bring communication gap that exists between policy maker and grassroots community in the Country. She as attended many local and international conferences such Gender and Forestry conference in Noway 2004 , women,forestry and environment conference , Tanzania 2005, to mention but few | |||||||||
30 | 7/29/2014 6:20:17 | Arab Union for Sustainable Development&Environment(AUSDE) | Prof. ALI ABDALRAHMAN | ali_aa22@ymail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | ALI ABDALRAHMAN ALI | AUSDE | www.ausde.org | Egyptian | Egypt | Male | 61 | Arabic | We are the Arab Union for Sustainable Development & Environment (AUSDE), the Union of two types of care in all aspects of the environment and sustainable development in the Arab States and the Union recorded the Economic unanimous Council of the United Nations, and is also listed in the Arab League, and also registered in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with headquarters in the Arab Republic of Egypt, and we have branches in many Arab countries. | http://www.un-ngls.org/IMG/docx/ALI_ABDALRAHMAN_-_Arab_Union_for_Sustainable_Development_and_Environment_AUSDE.docx | ali_aa22@ymail.com | what the future of clamite change | candidate does not meet criteria for this speaking role | ||||||
31 | 7/29/2014 6:41:29 | Sustainable Environmental Development Watch (SUSWATCH) Kenya | Susy Wandera | susywandera@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Susy Wagabi Wandera | Sustainable Environmental Development Watch (SUSWATCH) Kenya | www.easuswatch.org | Kenyan | Kenya | Female | 48 | English | Susy Wandera is the Climate Change focal point for Suswatch Kenya.She on our behalf convenes the Road to COP (Conference of the Parties) taskforce in the Kenya Climate Change Working Group (KCCWG) and works closely with young people. The African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) Kenya, Kenya Youth Climate Network (KYCN), Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Kenya are among members of the Road to COP. In addition to ensuring that the civil society members in the KCCWG network are informed of the negotiation issues, Susy leads in providing input in Kenya's country position papers for COPs and SBs. Also as a co-opted member of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (MEWNR) gazetted taskforce on the Climate Change Bill and Policy, Susy has contributed significantly in the text of both documents. In 2011 for COP17, Susy provided technical support and was part of the organising committee for the We Have Faith! Act Now for Climate Justice campaign. The bottomline she is very qualified to participate in this Summit. | Susy Wandera is a climate change practitioner focusing on climate change, sustainable environment and youth engagement. She received her M.A in International Studies from the Claremont Graduate University following which she did a stint of internships and work at the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Washington , then the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) before returning home to her country Kenya. While coming from an Economics and International Studies background, Susy has engaged in the climate change and sustainable development fora, paying particular attention to the inclusion of young people. Also as a member of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) first in the United States and now Kenya, Susy strives to realise her mission as inspired by her spiritual mentor President Daisaku Ikeda. She can be contacted at susywandera@gmail.com, susywandera@hotmail.com | https://www.dropbox.com/s/qzrzrdzr1ifjs4c/Susy%20Wandera_SUSWatch_Kenya_CV.doc | https://www.dropbox.com/s/zx9lmsxkp18y6t9/Susy%20Wandera_SUSWatch_Kenya_Writing.pdf https://www.dropbox.com/s/famm1ajrah57gas/Susy%20Wandera_SUSWatch_Kenya_Writing2.pdf http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/comment/Why-involve-the-youth-in-climate-change-/-/434750/2085322/-/sm3lpqz/-/index.html | |||||||
32 | 7/29/2014 7:22:52 | Solidarité Agissante pour le Developpement Familial (SADF) | Jean KABONGO | jean_kab2005@yahoo.fr | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Jean KABONGO | Solidarité Agissante pour le Developpement Familial (SADF ) ONG | DR.CONGO | Cameroon | M | 43 | French | Jean KABONGO is a trainer in development for 15 years. Jean KABONGO is a Environmentalist worked with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo through the Ministry of the Environment, he organized many protective structures forests unarmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon. where he work with people indigenous pygmies and MBORORO on the issue of Climate change and promote the balance of ecosystems. We are proud to recommend Jean KABONGO friend of all young Africans who know, an activist human rights. Jean KABONGO is Expert in environmental conservation and forests, in fact it is contriving experience in this field. We are looking forward to receiving the invitation of Jean KABONGO, President of the SADF NGOs including Group Manager CIOA RD.CONGO (www.cioa-rdc.com) | Jean KABONGO is recognized among those who mobilized the community in the Democratic Republic of Congo to understand and well controlled the United Nations system. Since 2005 he has worked with MONUC, the UN representation in RD.CONGO known today on behalf of MONUSCO. In 2007, he organized each city forums based on climate change and the economy; in 2009, he purchased an exclusive license in France to be among the 1,600 dealers, 41 licentious and 300,000 companies in 140 countries around the world regulate the CIOA France group. I think you'll find his CV in annex, see the email address specified by you. Mr. KABONGO was among those who accompanied the Ministry of Environment of the RD.CONGO Qatar in Doha, the 2012-2013 year based on climate change. Consultant and trainer FOLECO / CONGO and the Belgian Cooperation project PAIDECO 2003 2006. Consultant of the Ministry of Tourism in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2004-2006. Secretary General of the Cameroon SADV International Consultant WAA Cameroon 2014. Evaluator of the 6th African Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Cameroon, February 2014; Jean KABONGO is a child of a poor Old Military KABISEKELE Tshisungu Daniel and his mother Commerçante Madame Helene MUTANGA all of Congolese nationality DRC. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/e70n2gnv97muuji/Jean_Kabongo_CV.rtf | Education environment | ||||||||
33 | 7/29/2014 7:56:22 | Prestige Capital Plus | Prosper Mensah | peemensahgh@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Prosper Mensah | Prestige Capital Plus | Ghanaian | Ghana | Male | 27 | English,Twi, Ga, Ewe | My name is Prosper Mensah, 27 years of age. Intelligent and a graduate currently working as a Marketer at Prestige Capital Plus. I find interest in social matters aiding development. Last year i participated in a development project funded by UNAID in rural communities in the Western part of Ghana. I love to learn and take part in developing activities to help my motherland Ghana . | My name is Prosper Mensah born on the 1st of August, 1986 in Accra- Ghana My parents Mr. and Mrs Mensah are a teacher and a Trader respectively . I am not only a good communicator but I love to think and practice. I believe in making hay while the sun shines, as young as I am in my small way i love to lead to develop my community by organizing environmental clean up on weekends and the need to do that. I have been nominated and will be contesting for the office of an Assembly man for my community. I am also a youth organizer representing the ruling party in my area. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/sw41iydshtln8kl/Prosper%20Mensah_Prestige%20Capital%20Plus_CV.docx | peemensahgh@gmail.com | ||||||||
34 | 7/29/2014 8:22:57 | CSR EYE International | Nana Kow Acquaye | nanakowacquaye@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Nana Kow Acquaye | CSR EYE International | Ghanaian | France | Male | 37 | English and French | Nana Kow Acquaye has over the years advocated for ChandeClimate across Africa, Asia and Europe. He actively engaged actors of environmental protection, stakeholders and government in 2009 during the Climate Change "Seal the Deal" with over 100,000 participation signing the petition for the week long awareness. Nana Kow has run several CSR academies for young people to imbibe the importance of protecting the environment, Nana Kow championed the one of the important and successful world cleaning campaign Lets Do It in Accra, Ghana in 2011. He love and passion for advocating for a better environment has lead him started CSR EYE International to train young people to be active citizens. | Mr. Nana Kow Acquaye is currently Training Commissioner for the Junior Chamber International and founding member of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) EYE International. Prior to this he served as a board member of the Junior Chamber International, Where he assisted countries in identifying, analysing and implementing projects to address the UN MDGs. He previously served as the Executive Assistant to the Junior Chamber International President responsible for Africa and Middle East and served on many climate and environmental associations and clubs. He completed his Bachelors in Human Resource Management at Central University in 2004. He has many Diploma and Certificates in International Networks, Corporate Social Responsibility, Adult Training and many others. | http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=218594 http://allafrica.com/stories/201303140420.html http://atelier.rfi.fr/profiles/blogs/leadership-un-jeune-leader-mondial-ghan-en-en-visite-au-cameroun http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/xoduster/jci-zim-q12013-nletter | |||||||||
35 | 7/29/2014 8:39:10 | Huqooq-ul-Ebad development Foundation | Syed Muhammad Ashfaq | ashfaq_9000@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Syed Muhammad Ashfaq | Huqooq-ul-Ebad Development Foundation | www.hedfpk.com | Pakistani | Pakistan | Male | 45 | English | The history of climate change has risen from being an environmental issue to a major development issues in the world. The development sectors are already playing an important role in advocating for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions or adaption but some change is now inevitable. Attention must also focus on how society and nature can adapt in a changing climate. This aim is to improve understanding about emissions or adaptation to climate change within the development community. In particular, it is designed to stimulate broader engagement and debate on key issues around development and climate change adaptation, which have been mostly restricted to the ‘climate change community’. Emissions or Adaptation is a broad concept covering actions by individuals, communities, private companies and public bodies such as governments. Successful adaptation can reduce vulnerability by building on and strengthening existing coping mechanisms and assets, targeting climate change vulnerability with specific measures, and integrating vulnerability reduction into wider policies.Working with partners and communities at grassroots level also puts development agencies in a position to raise levels of awareness about climate change and stimulate discussion on climate change issues. Many poor communities, and particularly those with limited education and access to information, do not connect the climatic changes they are already experiencing with a global phenomenon, nor are they aware of potential future changes. Raising basic awareness of the causes and impacts of climate change is crucial to efforts to empower households and communities so they can adapt and increase their resilience to current and future climates.The development NGOs and their partners play a central role in supporting poverty reduction of vulnerable households and communities at the grassroots level. The experiences of these groups in adapting to variations in climate are crucial for informing climate change adaptation efforts at national and international levels. The development agencies can help to bring such knowledge to inform policy-making and planning. | http://www.un-ngls.org/IMG/docx/SYED_MUHAMMAD_ASHFAQ_-_Huqooq-ul-Ebad_Development_Foundation.docx | https://www.dropbox.com/s/prmnqx2ge2yyoob/CV%20Ashfaq.doc | Syed Muhammad Ashfaq- Huqooq-ul-Ebad Development Foundation | |||||||
36 | 7/29/2014 8:56:56 | Groupe de Recherche-Action pour le Développement Intégral | BULEMBI DILUKA | papybulembi@yahoo.fr | Attend Summit only | Yes | Papy BULEMBI-DILUKA | GROUPE DE RECHERCHE-ACTION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT INTEGRAL | CONGOLESE | Congo | MALE | 42 | Français | Je dispose d’une excellente expertise sur les questions concernant les changements climatiques, de l’expérience pour présenter ces questions dans les colloques publics et la capacité avérée de collaborer d’une manière constructive avec une large gamme d’acteurs concernés, du fait avoir travaillé et collaboré dans grands projets de développement durable, dont Projet d’appui au développement agricole de périurbain de Kinshasa, et le Projet d’appui au développement des périmètres maraichers de Kimwenza, ces deux projets en République Démocratique financé respectivement par l’Union européenne et la coopération française. Ces projets consistaient au transfert des bonnes pratiques agricoles aux agriculteurs, tout en mettant un accent sur le respect et la protection de l’environnement, et le renouvellement des écosystèmes | - Né le 31/08/1972 - Marié - Ingénieur Technicien en Agriculture et Elevage - Attestation en HACCP et Programmes préalables (Hygiène Alimentaire et bonne pratique de fabrication); - Coordonnateur l'ONG GRADI - Acteur de Développement et défense de droits de l'homme; - Conseiller agricole et formateur des communautés paysannes sur le développement durables et impact sur le changement climatique; - Formation en identification des projets communautaires suivant l'approche cadre logique; - Formation en Gestion Axée sur le Résultat; | gradi_rdc@yahoo.fr | |||||||||
37 | 7/29/2014 9:15:21 | Abiodun Adebayo Welfare Foundation | Mrs. Helen Omolabake Olaitan | helenomolabake@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Musiliu Adebayo Ojo | Abiodun Adebayo Welfare Foundation | www.abiodunadebayowelfare-foundation.org | Nigeria | Nigeria | Male | 35 | English | Because, our nominee has been doing a wonderful initiative since inspection of our Organization and he has take our Organization to the greater height both locally and internationally and he has been represent our organization in international conference at the United Nations headquarter in New-York since last year, which he has attended series of meeting at the UN headquarters in New-York till date. We really much count on him to be among of the candidate to be selected for the forum and it will be delivered creditability. | Mr. Musiliu Adebayo Ojo, Is a native of Abeokuta in Ogun- state, Nigeria, He graduated From University of Lagos in the year 2002, and he had his Master program at Boston Web College Malaysia in year 2008. His among of the foundation member of the Organization (Abiodun Adebayo Welfare Foundation) which is name Adebayo combine with name Abiodun to form the organization name called 'Abiodun Adebayo Welfare Foundation'. I cant not count all he has been doing, unless you tested him. You can go to the organization web site and read more about his profile for the goods initiative he has contributed to the community and the organization to globally. The web site: www.abiodunadebayowelfare-foundation.org | https://www.dropbox.com/s/axeorg22ced69lh/Musiliu%20Adebayo%20Ojo_CV.pdf | https://www.dropbox.com/s/5yg3rn8wfpkrdni/Musiliu%20Adebayo%20Ojo_Writing.pdf | |||||||
38 | 7/29/2014 9:36:41 | NAADUTARO (PASTORALISTS' SURVIVAL OPTIONS) | SARAH LOOSURUTIA | naadutaro_pso@yahoo.co.uk | Attend Summit only | Yes | Lembulung Mepukori Ole Kosyando | NAADUTARO | - | Tanzanian | Tanzania | Male | 60 | English, Swahili, Maasai | Mr. Ole Kosyando is the Coordinator of a local NGO working in the Kiteto district of Manyara region, Tanzania. He is the force behind two running Climate Change projects within the organization, namely, 1) The Kiteto Pastoralism and Climate Change Awareness (KIPACCA) Project with funding from CARE international in Tanzania, and ii) the Accountable Climate Action Initiative partnering with the Tanzania NGO Forum on Climate Change (ForumCC), through financing from AcT. Both projects focus on awareness and adaptation interventions with mainly pastoralists but also small farmers and local government authorities at the district, ward and village levels. The projects help the stakeholders to understand the concept of climate change and general national CC policy, strategy and sectoral strategies, critically assess their situation and contemplate and finally develop some mitigation and mostly adaptation strategies that are effective in their environment and contexts. Mr. Ole Kosyando has the overall responsibility to ensure that the projects, which are mostly complementary to each other, do succeed and contribute to implementation of the national CC policy and Strategy, and the global CC strategies. It is strategically important that this local work somehow links with the global, and this is a chance to have this organization have a feel of things on CC at that international level. | Mr Ole Kosyando is a Tanzanian, sixty years old and teacher by profession, working for the Ministry of Education of Tanzania (1973 - 1987), later turning to Community Development (from 1987 to date), the role he maintains to the moment. He also practices as a freelance development consultant, working with a number of local and international organizations working in Tanzania. He had his education in Tanzania, Kenya, the US, Sweden and Zambia, mostly in various aspects of community development, from gender, resources management, development approaches to management of local infrastructure initiatives. Over the years, Mr. Ole Kosyando has been very active in international activities, mainly from the perspective of indigenous people, mostly around the CBD processes, and lately, on issues of nutrition (in the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement), an important aspect that strategically links with CC activities. Mr Ole Kosyando has worked with many organizations, local and international, in various projects and capacities. these include organizations such as KINNAPA, TAPHGO and now NAADUTARO (all local), to World Vision International, WaterAid and FARM Africa, all international organizations but working in Tanzania. In consultancy roles also include Cordaid, Norwegian Peoples Aid (NPA) and the World Bank. | |||||||||
39 | 7/29/2014 9:53:07 | Association Congolaise pour le Développement Agricole ACDA | YOUBOU BIAGHA Daldy Rustichel | info.acda2008@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | YOUBOU BIAGHA Daldy Rustichel | Association Congolaise pour le Développement Agricole ACDA | Congolaise | Congo | Homme | 34 | Français/Anglais | I am Mr Daldy Rustichel Youbou BIAGHA, National Coordinator of the Congolese Association for Agricultural Development ACDA, Focal Point Congolese NGOs accredited to the Economic and Social Council ECOSOC / UN Special Consultative Status with the. ACDA has initiated a partnership with agencies of the United Nations including UNIC, UNDP including the Ministry of Environment, Embassies and development partners in the Republic of Congo to make broad awareness and involvement stakeholders initiatrives UN. This initiative of His Excellency Mr the Secretary General of the UN aims to boost ambitious action to reduce emissions of greenhouse gas emissions and enhance the capacity to adapt to climate change; and mobilize the necessary political will for an international legally binding and ambitious agreement on climate change by 2015. ACDA has made outreach to the Summit September 23, 2014 in several rural areas to States to collect contributions to local communities in order to support the vision of the UN Secretary General in the fight against climate change. Finally, a large national awareness activity is expected in a few days in the Republic of Congo with all development partners under the initiative of the CCSA in partnership with the Information Centre of the United Nations and UNDP Congo. Je suis Mr Daldy Rustichel YOUBOU BIAGHA, Coordonnateur National de l'Association Congolaise pour le Développement Agricole ACDA, Point Focal des ONG congolaises accréditées au Conseil Economique et Social ECOSOC/ONU, dotée du Statut Consultatif Spécial. L'ACDA a initié un partenariat avec les Institutions du Systeme des Nations Unies notamment l'UNIC, le PNUD y compris le Ministère de l'Environnement, les Ambassades et les partenaires au développement en République du Congo afin de faire large sensibilisation et implication des parties prenantes aux initiatives de l'ONU en général et en particulier le Sommet du 23 Septembre 2014. Cette initiative de Son Excellence Mr le Secretaire Général de l'ONU vise à dynamiser l’action ambitieuse visant à réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre et à renforcer les capacités d’adaptation aux changements climatiques, et de mobiliser la volonté politique nécessaire en faveur d’un accord international juridiquement contraignant et ambitieux sur les changements climatiques d’ici 2015. L'ACDA a réalisé des activités de sensibilisation sur le Sommet du 23 Septembre 2014 dans plusieurs zones rurales afin de recueilir les contributions des communautés locales dans le but de soutenir la vision du SG de l'ONU dans la lutte contre le changement climatique. Une grande activité de sensibilisation nationale prévue dans quelques jours au Congo avec tous les partenaires au développement sous l'initiative de l'ACDA en partenariat avec le Centre d'Information des Nations Unies UNIC et le PNUD. | Daldy Rustichel YOUBOU BIAGHA, Né le 03/05/1980 à Brazzaville Adresse: Case 17 Camp ASECNA, Quartier Bacongo, BP/ 14196 Brazzaville, République du Congo, Tél: +242 05 588 90 25/ 06 665 59 91 Email: info.acda2008@gmail.com, info.acda@yahoo.fr Je suis universitaire et diplômé d'Etat. Après l'Université, j'ai travaillé dans la Campanie Minière du Chaillu M2C qui avait pour champ d'action l'extraction des mines de Mayoko et j'ai occupé les fonctions de Responsables à la Coopération chargé des relations avec les institutions et le gouvernement. J'ai une formation en management des ONGs et gestion des organisations. En 2008 nous avions créer l'ACDA pour répondre aux besoins des communautés locales congolaises et faire entendre leurs voix vers les pouvoirs publics et au niveau des institutions internationales dans le but d'apporter des améliorations tangibles à leurs conditions de vie. En effet, de 2008 jusqu'à aujourd'hui, plusieurs activités se sont réalisées au profit des communautés locales à travers l'appui de l'ACDA et ses partenaires. L'ACDA est une Organisation accréditée au Conseil Économique et Social ECOSOC/ONU dotée du Statut Consultatif Spécial, Point Focal des OSC congolaises ayant le statut consultatif et bien d'autres OSC n'ayant pas ce statut. Nous mettons à la disposition des ONG et parties prenantes toutes les informations du Secrétariat Général de l'ONU et celles de l'ECOSOC ainsi que les programmes de réunions. L'ACDA est le Point Focal ICLEI, Point Focal des OSC du Fonds pour l'Environnement Mondial FEM, Secretaire Général du Réseau des Organisations de la Société Civile pour l'Economie Verte en Afrique Centrale ROSCEVAC, membre du Cadre de Concertation des organisations de la Société Civile et des peuples autochtones unis pour la REDD+ au Congo CACO REDD+, Coordonnateur National du Programme Electrification Durable pour Tous en République du Congo (plusieurs villages ont été électrifié et les rapports ont été rendus disponible aux partenaires), Observateur international au Comité Intergouvernemental des négociations sur le mercure PNUE/ONU, observateur international à la Plateforme Intergouvernementale pour la Protection de la Biodiversité et les Services Écosystémiques IPBES PNUE/ONU, membre de UN Global Compact sur les dix principes, accréditée à plusieurs institutions du Système des Nations-Unies et bien d'autres Organisations nationales et internationales... C'est donc par conviction que nous sommes au service des populations et à la gestion des organisations de la société civile. I am a university graduate and state. After University, I worked in the Campania Mining Chaillu M2C had scope for extracting mines Mayoko and I served as Responsible for Cooperation in charge of relations with the institutions and government. I have a background in management of NGOs and organizational management. In 2008 we created the ACDA to meet the needs of local Congolese communities and make their voices heard to the government and in international institutions in order to bring tangible improvements to their living conditions. Indeed, from 2008 until today, several activities were carried out for the benefit of local communities through the support of the ACDA and its partners. ACDA is an organization accredited to the Economic and Social / UN Council ECOSOC Special Consultative Status with the Focal Point Congolese CSOs with consultative status and other CSOs do not have this status. We're providing NGOs and stakeholders all the information of the General Secretariat of the UN ECOSOC and those programs and meetings. ACDA is the ICLEI Focal Point Focal Point CSO Global Environment Fund GEF, Secretary General of the Network of Civil Society Organisations for the Green Economy in Central Africa ROSCEVAC, the Cadre de Concertation organizations Civil Society and the United indigenous peoples REDD + in the Congo CACO REDD + National Coordinator for Sustainable Electrification Program for All in the Republic of Congo (several villages have been electrified and reports were made available to partners), International Observer at the Intergovernmental Committee negotiations on mercury UNEP / UN, international observer at the Intergovernmental platform for the Protection of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services IPBES UNEP / UN member UN Global Compact's ten principles on accredited to several institutions of the UN system and many other national and international organizations ... So conviction that we are serving people and managing organizations of civil society. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/jw56l3qpogjz2oh/Daldy_Rustichel_YOUBOU_BIAGHA_Writing.pdf https://www.dropbox.com/s/kal9d7bavi41uaz/Daldy_Rustichel_YOUBOU_BIAGHA_Writing2.pdf https://www.dropbox.com/s/mc9lpki48k1942t/Daldy_Rustichel_YOUBOU_BIAGHA_Writing3.pdf https://www.dropbox.com/s/rza1iez5tj64z69/Daldy_Rustichel_YOUBOU_BIAGHA_Writing4.pdf | |||||||||
40 | 7/29/2014 10:03:10 | COGECLIMA MUSONET | Mme MAMA KOITE DOUMBIA | dmamakoite@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Mme MAMA KOITE DOUMBIA | FEMNET/MALI | www.femnet.or.ke | MALI | Mali | FEMALE | 63 | FRANCAIS | JE SUIS LA PRESIDENTE DE COGECLIMA /COALITION GENRE ET CLIMAT AU MALI QUI REGROUPE LES ORGANISATIONS MALIENNES TRAVAILLANT SUR LE CLIMAT . NOTRE ROLE EST DE FAIRE LE PLAIDOYER POUR LA PRISE EN COMPTE DU GENRE DANS LES POLITIQUES T PROGRAMMES CLIMATIQUES ET ENVIRONNEMENTALES NOS TRAVAILLONS AUSSI A RENFORCER LES CAPACITES DES ORGANISATIONS MEMBRES DANS L'ADAPTATION ET LA RESILIENCE . | • Secretary for External Relations at the Coordination of the Women’s Associations and NGOs in Mali (CAFO – MALI) Participation to several National high level Forums. • Elected Chairperson for FEMNET, the African Women’s Development and Communication Network based in Nairobi. (2 terms)2003-2010 • Member of the Executive Committee of the NGO Conference which has a consultative status with the United Nations (CONGO). 2003 -2007 • Deputy chair of the African Union’s Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC).2011-2014 • Vice- President of the International Association Gender in Action / Francophone Space 2010-2014 • Member of the Global Women’s Committee tasked with following up on the recommendations from the Funding for Development Forums/Women’s Working Group on FfD /WWG/FfD • Member of the United Nations Task Force for the June 2010 Civil Society and Private Sector Hearings prior to the Millennium Summit in September 2010 in New York • Member of Experts group on Effeteness Aid :Accra , Busan ,Mexico • Présidente de la Coalition Malienne Genre et Climat • Membre de Franclimat France, Membre de Reso Climat Mali • Participation to the COP15 Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen in December 2009, COP16 in Cancun, Mexico, in December 2010, Participation to the COP17 in Doha Qatar 26 novembre au 7 décembre 2012, Participation to the COP18 in Varsovie Pologne, 2013 Member of Gender CC International | https://www.dropbox.com/s/4p5r9w0l54rajiv/Koite_Doumbia_CV.doc | Je suis trés engagée sur les questions climatiques surtout sur les questions des droits des femmes et filles en Afrique . La voix des femems est incontournable sur les questions climatiques et environnementales .Je fais beaucoup de plaiodyer au niveaux national et international sur la prise en compte de la situation des femmes et filles.Le changement climatique est une question de developpement .Il faut que les besoins des femems soient pris en compte c'est pourquoi nous cherchons à influencer les decisions . | |||||||
41 | 7/29/2014 10:14:42 | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Jacqueline Patterson | jpatterson@naacpnet.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Katherine Tatum Egland | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | www.naacp.org | USA | United States | Female | 62 | English | Katherine Egland will represent the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and, as a Member of the National Board of Directors and the Chair of the Environmental and Climate Justice Committee, she has the authority to represent the NAACP at the Climate Summit. Ms. Egland has been the chair of the Environmental and Climate Justice Committee for the past 3 years and has represented the Association at a Women's Day Event on Environment at the White House, at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties in Warsaw, most recently at a forum on Energy and Environment in Port Hartcourt, Nigeria, and many more events As a survivor of Hurricane Katrina and as a resident of the Gulf Coast which is in the US hurricane zone as well as being under threat of imminent sea level rise impacts, Ms. Egland is on the front lines of the effects of climate change. For the past two years, she has led local efforts on both mitigation and adaptation sides of climate change with a robust clean air campaign focused on the coal fired power plant that sits less than 3 miles from her home, as well as extensive work on disaster preparedness and response Furthermore, she sits at the leadership helm of a climate change adaptation/resilience building initiative in Gulfport, MS which was launched in December of 2013 and includes projects on green schools, local food, equity based disaster management, community owned solar, and more! Ms. Egland is available to participate in the UN Climate Summit on September 23rd starting at 8:30am and the NAACP will sponsor her travel to attend. | Ms. Egland faced segregation with defiance at a young age in her birthplace in the Deep South of Mississippi. Her NAACP involvement began at an early age with her active role in the Hattiesburg (Forrest County) Youth NAACP. Shattered by the senseless murders of Medgar Evers and Vernon Dahmer as a young teen, she vowed to never forget that they gave their lives for her freedom. Marching, picketing, boycott monitoring and fielding deadly threats were routine throughout her youth and young adulthood. In 1967, Katherine was one of the first Black students to desegregate the Hattiesburg Public High School under the Federal School Choice Act. She and others carefully documented the overwhelming inequalities of the school system, which eventually led to a federal court desegregation order. She has held almost every position at NAACP Youth Council, Branch and State levels. During her presidency of the Gulfport, Mississippi Branch, membership and fundraising increased ten-fold. Her branch was also awarded two first places and one second place coveted Thalheimer Awards under her leadership. Kathy was elected to the NAACP Special Contribution Fund (SCF) in 1988. After the untimely 1997 death of Dr. Aaron Henry, the Mississippi State Conference voted unanimously to support her bid to fill his vacant at-large seat. She was nominated by the National Nominating Committee in 1997 and elected to National Board in 1998. She is the first and only residing female of the state to hold this honor. NAACP Board/SCF committee assignments are Environmental and Climate Justice, Chair; Personnel, Chair; Image Awards, Co-Chair; Convention Planning and Resolutions. Past committees include the Executive Committee, Budget Committee (Investment Subcommittee), Election Supervisory, Criminal Justice and Economic Development. She was among the named plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Mississippi’s official sanction of the Confederate flag and continues to denounce it as well as other racial injustices in frequently published commentaries. An avid advocate for educational parity and business ownership, Egland researched, developed and founded Special Programs for Advancing Children’s Education (SPACE) Learning Academy of Gulfport, MS in 1980. SPACE is a widely acclaimed early educational curriculum which challenges students of all backgrounds to achieve their highest level of excellence. She holds Bachelors of Science degrees from William Carey College and the University of Southern Mississippi. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/oha5e4ijd6fvonv/Katherine%20Egland_CV.docx | https://www.dropbox.com/s/zkon8wb03r98p9k/Katherine%20Egland%20ECJ%20SPEAKING%20ENGAGEMENTS.docx https://www.dropbox.com/s/jtqhqy8qvi5mfwd/Katherine%20Egland%20OP%20ED%20CLIMATE%20NEXUS%2005-01-2014.docx https://www.dropbox.com/s/hwbso5mqtnq80l0/Katherine%20Egland%20Op-Ed%20BP%20Anniversary.doc https://www.dropbox.com/s/wgo8bstp2g7hdfy/Katherine%20Egland%20OP-ED%20FINAL%20UNFCCC.docx | |||||||
42 | 7/29/2014 11:06:35 | National Lawyers Guild | Andrew B. Reid | lawyerreid@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Andrew B. Reid | National Lawyers Guild | www.nlg.org | American | United States | male | 64 | English | Mr. Reid is an expert on environmental ethics, justice, and human rights, and the related areas of Earth jurisprudence and indigenous peoples, and can significantly contribute to the discussions regarding the development of existing and future legal regimes addressing climate change and resiliency particularly in the areas of true sustainability and resource consumption in the 21st Century. His organization, the National Lawyers Guild, is the largest and oldest human rights legal organization in the United States, was the first integrated bar association, participated in the creation of the United Nations, and has participated in climate change and environmental human rights issues domestically and internationally over the past two decades. As an active participant in numerous international and domestic organizations on climate change issues, Mr. Reid would be an effective link between the Climate Summit and those organizations. | Andrew Reid possesses multiple degrees in law and socials sciences and teaches environmental ethics and justice, environmental human rights, earth jurisprudence, and the international and human rights law of indigenous peoples at the Sturm College of Law in Denver, Colorado. http://www.law.du.edu/index.php/profile/andrew-reid He has 4 decades of legal experience representing grassroots environmental and indigenous organizations and peoples in various groundbreaking legal matters. He is the founder / chair / former chair / member of various environmental and indigenous committees within domestic and international legal organizations including the International Law Association and the American Society of International Law. He was the representative of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers and the National Lawyers Guild at the Rio+20 Earth and People's Summits and at the World People's Conference on Climate Change in Cochabamba and has presented numerous times at domestic and international conferences on climate change and sustainability. | http://www.law.du.edu/documents/directory/adjuncts/andrew-reid.pdf | http://www.law.du.edu/index.php/sutton-colloquium/past-colloquia/2012-sutton-colloquium | |||||||
43 | 7/29/2014 11:17:08 | Green Cameroon | Masango Sone | info@greencameroon.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Masango Solomon Sone | Green Cameroon | www.greencameroon.org | Cameroonian | Cameroon | Male | 38 | English and French | Masango Sone is Founder and Executive Director of Green Cameroon which is an environmental NGO based in Cameroon that works for the conservation of nature and Biodiversity. Masango has more than 10 years experience on community development and conservation issues. He is also the Director of the UN Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development(RCE Buea) he has organize climate change talks, demonstrations and other mitigation projects such as tree planting exercises and adaptation campaigns such as fuel efficient stoves projects. His range of activism ranges from public talks to presentations at conferences. He has also for the past years been among those who formulate Cameroon’s recommendations to the UN Climate Change talks. Under him, Green Cameroon won the National Energy Globe Award for Sustainability in 2012 for its climate change related project the fuel efficient stoves. Since 2007 Green Cameroon has been active in the fight against climate change through advocacy and on the ground mitigation and adaptation projects. Masango was also one of those who attended the UNESCO sponsored training on Climate Change Mitigation in and out of the class room for small Island states in Cape Verde 2013 where he studied about the Sand Watch beach observation techniques and he is presently working on projects in Cameroon for the monitoring and conservation of beaches in Cameroon against the effects of climate change. Masango is the Regional Coordinator of CEECAM which is the Network of Environmental Education NGOs in Cameroon. | Masango was born on the 15th of October 1975 in Buea. He hold a BSc. in Environmental Science. He is a Cameroonian by nationalist and an environmentalist to the core. He has been instrumental in the development and implementation of several conservation project in Cameroon including demonstrations, talks and clean up campaigns. More on his activities can be seen at www.globalclimatecampaign.org under Cameroon. Together with his wife and two daughters, Masango Sone lives in the city of Buea in eastern Cameroon near Mount Cameroon National Park. Masango is director of the Green Cameroon NGO, founded in 2003, as well as director of the Regional Center of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCE Buea). He holds university degrees in agriculture and forestry. He is also an expert on renewable energies and an environmentalist with all his heart. Masango is especially concerned about reforesting Mount Cameroon. Where dense forests once used to provide an animal and plant habitat, today there are only barren mountainsides because 90 per cent of the local population need wood for cooking several times a day and in great quantities. Masango knows that there is only one possible solution to this problem: Providing local communities with more efficient cooking stoves that use 50 per cent less wood. More at http://www.energyglobe.info/awards/national/awdid/4529/#English | http://www.energyglobe.info/awards/national/awdid/4529/#English | ||||||||
44 | 7/29/2014 11:27:06 | Law and Development Associates | Dr. Raymond Atuguba | atugubaratuguba@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Mawuse Hor Vormawor | Strategy Africa | Ghanaian | Ghana | Male | 27 | English, French | Within the last four years, I have developed a close working relationship with Mawuse Hor Vormawor who has continuously distinguished himself as a budding leader whose interest lies in using the law to address problems of the society. In 2010, Mawuse joined the Constitution Review Commission of Ghana which was inaugurated by the President of the Republic of Ghana. I acted as Executive Secretary/Principal Researcher to the Commission. As one of the few researchers to join the extremely competitive research unit of the Commission, Mawuse brought to bear on the work of the Commission his invaluable experience first as a human rights activist with considerable understanding of community advocacy and developmental issues and second as a fine legal researcher. In January 2013 I was appointed as Executive Secretary to the President of the Republic of Ghana, I invited Mawuse to join the Office as Senior Policy and Legal Researcher. In that role, Mawuse provided policy research support to the Office of the President and made insignificant input into crafting environmental objectives and integrating same into development policy making. In January 2014, Mawuse resigned his office to give full time commitment to a civil society organisation he co-founded called Strategy Africa. As Senior Fellow at Strategy Africa, he has shown tremendous leadership in engaging government as well as collaborating with other civil society partners to mainstream environmental ccommunity based solutions for climate change adaptation into policy making. It is without that hesitation that I nominate Mawuse to participate in this summit | I am the Executive Secretary to the President of the Republic of Ghana. I also act as Team Leader for Law and Development Associates, a Human Rights CSO in Ghana. A Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana, I hold a Doctor of Juridical Sciences with distinction from Harvard Law School, and a Masters in Laws Degree from the Harvard Law School. With a number of publications to my name and over 160 papers presented at international fora, I have consulted for various governments including Liberia and Ghana, government agencies and international organizations like the UNDP, UN-OHCHR, UNODC, the World Bank, ECOWAS, DFID, EU, USAID, GTZ (GIS), DANIDA, ILO, IOM, FES, British Council, IIED, CHRI, OSIWA, IBIS, Action Aid International, Plan International, and Oxfam. Between 2008 and 2010 I was a member of the United Nations High Level Task Force on the Implementation of the Right to Development. In 2010, I was appointed Executive Secretary of the Constitution Review Commission, which was set up by the President of Ghana to review the 1992 Constitution of Ghana. Until my appointment as Executive Secretary to the President, Dr. Atuguba was a Senior Lecturer in Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana. I have also had stints with the Harvard University and Monash University where I taught Human Rights and Law & Development and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Nottingham. In addition to a First Class Honour in Bachelor of Laws from the University of Ghana, Dr. Atuguba has just completed an Executive Masters in Business Administration from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). | http://www.mwengo.org.zw/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mwengo-book-final_with-cover_web.pdf | |||||||||
45 | 7/29/2014 11:29:28 | AFRICT Empowerment Initiative | Ahassan Mughal | ahassan@africt.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Ahassan Ifzal Mughal | AFRICT Empowerment Initiative | www.africt.org | Pakistani / Nigerian | Nigeria | Male | 29 | English, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi & Ibo | He is the Founder on an NGO in Nigeria engaged in bridging the digital divide and actualizing the MDGs. | My name is Ahassan Ifzal Mughal and I am of Pakistani decent but born, brought up, educated and resident in Nigeria. I currently work in Abuja - Nigeria as the Legal Manager for an Italian multinational construction company; managing the entire legal portfolio of the company. I equally run my own NGO named AFRICT which I founded in 2010 and whose primary objectives are bridging the digital divided / ICT empowerment in rural areas of Africa and actualization of the MDGs. I hold Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Engineering, an LLB degree in Law and Bar-at-Law. I am equally running an MBA program at the University of Roehampton, London and a Doctorate in Diplomacy & International Affairs from EUCLID University. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/qphpr76z2v85242/ASAN%20CV.doc | https://www.dropbox.com/s/v97z11rkai3dd5q/7.%29%20Paper.pdf | |||||||
46 | 7/29/2014 11:31:02 | Defence Against AIDS,Poverty & Underdevelopment (DAAPU) | Samuel Annan | ffcwi@yahoo.co.hk | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Eric Kwabena Agbozo | Foundation for Future Christian Workers International | Ghanaian | Ghana | Male | 41 | English | 1. Member ,GEF CSO, C.E.O. for an NGO, Defence Against AIDS,Poverty and Underdevelopment (DAAPU)From 2003 Till Now ,where projects have been executed with Community Based Volunteers in areas such as Environment and Climate Change i.e. one of the main brains in the development and final drafting of the Ghana National Climate Change and Environment Policies, a.Malaria prevention ,management and cure .Distribution of ITNs for expectant mothers and children under 5 years 10 mining communities. 2. Elikem Welfare Association,Scouted for local disadvantaged farmers ,grouped them ,trained and qualified over 800 farmers into Fair Trade Labeling Organization Certificate(FLO CERT) having successfully gone through Surveillance Auditing,Farmer groups Auditing,Farms and Farmland Auditing including Child Labour.Four products were eventually certified: Cocoa,Pepper,Pineapple and Cane Sugar. | Has held national, regional and local positions and remained a Board Member of the Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health.Chairman of the Greater Accra branch of the Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health, positions held until November 2011. A Steering Committee Member for Fair-Trade Ghana Network and an Administrator to Elikem Welfare Association Farmers’ Group , on part-time basis, the C.E.O. for DAAPU,NGO and had attended several international and local workshops in project development and implementation , monitoring and evaluation ,organizational management,Climate Change ,Environment ,water and Sanitation, community capacity enhancement, project financing, organizational development, Board Management Trainings ,Social Accountability Initiatives etc. Has successfully established and sustained community pressure groups Have influence national policies in Health, Food Security, PLWHIV and LGBT issues Environment, Human Rights through series of national engagements at Parliament ,Cabinet and Ministerial levels . Demonstrated need to turn solid waste into cash using creative and evidenced based approaches. Demonstrated deep sense of understanding Climate Change issues during the development and drafting of Ghana National Climate Change and Environment Policies Initiated , facilitated and nurtured public private partnership between NGOs and Ghana Health Services in Ghana Trained on virtual Board management, running, policy development and analysis by USAID. Certified Trainer of Trainer’s by The AIDS Support Organization in Uganda as a Care and Support specialist. Trained by The Friends of African in Procurement, Organization / project development / management, proposal writing etc. Helped develop the current 5 year medium plan for the Ghana Health Services and was the only CSO representative who was part of the independent Joint Assessment of National Strategic Team that submitted the Health Sector Medium Term Plan to scrutiny and measure the feasibility and reality of achievement of set objectives. A regular participant in the Ministry of Health / Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology Summits. Trained and equipped with Social Accountability Initiatives by the World Bank ,Ghana Country Office. Debated public office holders including Members of Parliament, Ministers ,Opinion Leaders and Traditional Authorities on several national platforms and fora. Administers and nurtured over 400 Civil Society Organizations including NGOs, CBOs, FBOs and farmer groups Trained in Communication Channels by Oxfam GB Has successfully passed two Surveillance Audit process by Fair-trade Labeling Organization ,FLO Cert. and qualified 28 communities with 2000 membership into Fair-trade as Small Producer Organization- SPOs | http://www.un-ngls.org/IMG/docx/CV_-_Samuel_Annan_-_Defence_Against_AIDS_Poverty_Underdevelopment_DAAPU.docx | Ghana News Agency and Ghana Broadcasting Corporation | ||||||||
47 | 7/29/2014 12:05:48 | bariq21 | Nakib Hocine | bariq21@yahoo.fr | Attend Summit only | Yes | TABBOUCHE MOHAMED | bariq21 | bariq21.overblog.com | Algeria | Algeria | Male | 47 | Arabic and French | The candidate TABBOUCHE has a high intellectual ability and outstanding potential, and demonstrated commitment to public service in SKIKDA (ALGERIA) ,particularly with regard to environmental issues, and safeguarding the life of future générations. Convinced that his profile will attract attention, he deserves to be selected to take part United Nations 2014 climate summit because he has already demonstrated it commitment to protect environment and climate change, safeguard the health of children and his activism for the general interest. Mohamed should be chosen to participate with you in relation with his activism since 2006 to anchor environmental culture disruptive effects on health of the ecosystem and reduce emissions of greenhouse gas emissions, waste toxic and other harmful factors in the nature and the human race in the minds of our children. These actions are to teach environmental education to primary school students on the basis that these embryos represent the levers of a campaign to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and global warming at the same time and developer of renewable energy and energy concervation. Around the world, practical action is working in different ways to tackle both the causes and effects of climate change, including Working with communities to reduce their vulnerability to the disasters made worse and more numerous by climate change, and to help them adapt to the longer term challenges which a changing climate pose. Working with other organisations to share our learning of what works well and what can be done to make programmes of work with poor communities even more effective. Working with national and international bodies around the world to create and strengthen policies which reduce emissions and encourage funding and focus on adaptation to climate change. Working with schools and teachers to encourage the delivery of effective, exciting climate change lessons which engage today's young people in the issues of climate change, creating a generation of global citizens who understand the impact of their actions on the environment and people around the world. Launching and supporting campaigns designed to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities, and enabling them to take tangible action to support strong and urgent change at the local, national and international level | Aware of the threat the world That and future generations must confront, and in order to fully Ensure our citizenship, do not allow all Difficulties us To Remain indifferent. Since create the Association Bariq 21 in 2006 in which MOHAMED found perfect for what he want to advocate and make a difference in the city is to safeguard the quality of life for future generations through environmental and participatory democracy. In our hometown there are two kinds of person , those who watch the environmental condition of our city as it is and say why? And those watching the environmental state of our city how it should be and say why not. he is one of those who seek to make a difference and instill environmental culture to our children through education , raise awareness and why not convince decision makers to take appropriate measures to support the needs of future generations protection of the environment,climate change, alternative energy , social equity , sustainable development . confident and willing to make a change today in the positive direction for a better life for our children tomorrow. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/vkkwlinhcc2xx2h/Mohamed_Tabbouche_CV.doc | https://www.dropbox.com/s/ib5nmh6amojhphj/Mohamed_Tabbouche_Writing.pdf | |||||||
48 | 7/29/2014 12:09:17 | Barefoot College | Bunker Roy | contact@barefootcollege.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Meagan Fallone | Barefoot College | www.barefootcollege.org | UK/USA | India | Female | 51 | English/French | Meagan Fallone has been responsible for implementing the scale-up of the Women's Barefoot Solar engineering initiative into 64 countries around the world. She has crafted partnerships and implementation on behalf of the college with GEF/ SGP UNDP, UNWOMEN, WWF, numerous Governments and several large private sector partners to establish a sustainable model designed for delivering maximum impact. She has spoken throughout the world to champion the courageous and extraordinary illiterate grandmothers whose empowerment is transforming ideas about knowledge transfer and the power of women to augment the quality of life for the poorest of poor remote rural villages throughout the developing world. She dynamically champions the Barefoot College paradigm of decentralised community based bottom up development recognising the wisdom and skills of those left out of the usual development process and advocates strongly for the economic imperative of empowering women with technology and livelihood skills that are transferred outside a traditional education system. | Working alongside Founder, Bunker Roy, to manage an aggressive scale-up of the Barefoot Approach, Interna>onally. Specifically to implement the “barefoot model” of community owned and managed, sustainable, grass roots development; in all the 43 Least developed countries (LDCs) by 2015. Meagan manages Global Strategy and Development for the Barefoot College. Responsible for Interna>onal coordina>on of the Women’s Barefoot Solar Engineering program, she has been a field presence in more than 26 countries since joining Barefoot College in 2011. Barefoot College is the only fully solar electrified college built by the rural poor and managed by the rural poor. For 40 years the College has demonstrated the power and impact of demys>fying and introducing modern technologies into rural seXngs focusing on mee>ng basic minimum needs; The provision of drinking water (rainwater harves>ng), basic ligh>ng (solar electrifica>on), livelihood development (handicraZs, health communica>ons) and Educa>on (Rural Solar Night Schools). A strong commitment to developing women as agents of sustainable change and helping communi>es to develop their own capacity to meet the challenges within the developing world is at the heart of every Barefoot Solu>on. Championing women in the developing world, she speaks regularly on the power of women as agents of sustainable change and poverty reduc>on. She has been a donor to many projects through Asia and Africa targeted at capacity building of women and girls educa>on ini>a>ves. She has been a strong advocate for philanthropy; by, for, and about women and has consulted directly to Private Founda>ons and Social Enterprises to help heighten their impact at both ends of the Philanthropic spectrum. Commi]ed to transforming beliefs into concrete ac>on, she is an entrepreneur who has created and restructured a series of companies since 2005 in both the for-profit and non- profit sectors. Her company MFC Art Consul>ng Ltd in 2006 launched her deep commitment to the social sector by mentoring women ar>sans to gain unprecedented livelihood access in the luxury hotel sector. Born in New Zealand, educated in the US and the United Kingdom, holding BA & MFA degrees, Meagan is a mother of 3 and a passionate mountaineer; she lives between Switzerland, Tanzania and India. | http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Learning-Re-Learning-The-Barefo | ||||||||
49 | 7/29/2014 12:09:53 | Global Vision Over Haiti Today | Syprien Jules Selireste | info@gvoht.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Daniel Joseph | Global Vision Over Haiti Today | www.gvoht.org | Haitian | Haiti | Male | 44 | English | We are seeking partner supporter to help implementing development in undeserved area in Haiti | How much People diseases and starvation killed or illiteracy? And those could be Physicians, Nurses, Educators, Entrepreneurs or else to serve their community or the World. Imagine if those are alived to care, bring them together and train them in the development field or workshop .They could be creative or invented products to strengthen a community development or contribute to solve the World Pressure. | http://www.facebook.com/globalhaiti | www.gvoht.org | |||||||
50 | 7/29/2014 12:34:32 | Network of Individuals Concerned for Education (NICE) | Dr.Remi Ajayi | maria27ng@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Olasunkanmi Peter Ewuyemi | Network of Individuals Concerned For Education (NICE) | Nigerian | Nigeria | Male | 43 | English | Olasunkanmi Peter Ewuyemi is the Program Coordinator of Network of Individuals Concerned for Education (NICE) and he has been a civil society activist since 2004,having engaged in designing and implementing public enlightenment programs and projects. He is a strong voice on civic education ,climate change and renewable energy for community development .He is a communication strategist. He has participated in high profile advocacies. He was an active participant in the UN General Assembly hearings on Strengthening the UN cluster and freedom from Want in 2005. www.un-ngls.org/orf/GA-Want-speakers and active participants And also strong voice in ICOPA X see : www.justiceaction.org.au/oldWebsite/actNow/Briefs_PDF/ICOPA X.pdf/Ewuyemi P.Olasunkanmi | Sunkanmi Ewuyemi was born in Lagos,Nigeria, in 1971. He got his B.Sc degree from University of Lagos in Political Science in 2002 and also received the Masters of International Law and Diplomacy (MILD) degree from the same University in 2011. He studied Enterprise Leadership from the Pan-Atlantic University,Lagos,Nigeria in 2011. In 2003 ,he joined African Centre for Democratic Governance (AFRIGOV) as Field Researcher and later moved to National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control(NAFDAC Green Pages) as Client service and communication Officer in 2004.He achieved wider market growth for the organization via advocacy,streamlining and strict enforcement of product registration guidelines.He was voted the best client communication of the year in 2007 through increasing corporate image by 75.3% in less than 6 months. He became the Program Coordinator of Network of Individuals Concerned for Education in 2010. He received the Federal Government of Nigeria Awards to study Enterprise Leadership at the prestigious Pan-Atlantic University ,(formerly Pan-African University )Lagos. His current research interests includes Treaties in Africa:Reinterpretation ,Reconstitution and Reconstruction , Patients/child healthcare e-registration system,solar lights and alternative renewable energies. He is the President of All Churches BluePages ecumenical Publication . | olasunkanmie@yahoo.com | |||||||||
51 | 7/29/2014 12:37:58 | A38 Foundation, The Red Elephant Foundation | Karthik Jayakumar | karthik@athirtyeight.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Kirthi Jayakumar | A38 Foundation; The Red Elephant Foundation | www.athirtyeight.com www.redelephantfoundation.org | Indian | India | Female | 26 | English, Hindi, Spanish | Kirthi Jayakumar is a Lawyer, a policy analyst, a peace and conflict researcher and an activist. She has worked extensively on research related issues concerning public international law, focusing on issues such as gender, climate change, armed conflict and peacekeeping. One of the core issues Kirthi has addressed in her research and writing involves the global development future, and this has also involved an angle concerning environmental issues - particularly climate change, environmental refugees and related gender connotations. Kirthi Jayakumar is an activist with a legal and policy analysis background. She has excellent competency with climate change issues, experience with presenting climate change issues in public fora, and demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders. She has worked on several global issues connected with climate change, one of the most important being the issue of environmental refugees. | Kirthi is a legal researcher and lawyer. A Peace and Conflict studies enthusiast, Kirthi is a volunteer with the UN. She is presently a Commissioning Editor with e-IR, an online International Relations portal, the Logistics and Constituents Head at The Channel Initiative, working for post-conflict reconstruction in the DR Congo, specifically targeting women. Kirthi works with DeltaWomen, as a writer and with CAAGLOP, as a Managing Editor and writer on African Policy. Recently, Kirthi was part of the UNICEF-UN Women Global Thematic Consultation on Addressing Inequalities through her paper titled The Rule of Law to combat Sexual Violence in a Conflict Environment. Kirthi dabbles with Intelligence and Security Analysis with Open Briefing, as an Associate Researcher, at the Asia-Pacific Desk, and runs an International Law Consultancy and Academic Journal called A38. Kirthi has written ad-hoc features for forums that include TransConflict, WorldPulse and PeaceXPeace and is a member of the TrustLaw Network. | www.kirthijayakumar.blogspot.com | www.kirthijayakumar.blogspot.com | |||||||
52 | 7/29/2014 12:48:34 | Delta Women | Kirthi Jayakumar | kirthi.jayakumar15@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Elsie Ijorogu-Reed | Delta Women | www.deltawomen.org | USA | United States | Female | 45 | English | Elsie has been instrumental in creating paradigm shifts in Nigerian society - through the opening of the first school in Okoijorogu, the creation of health care and eye care camps for several people in Delta State, and through sexual harassment awareness drives. Elsie has been awarded by several international forums including the United Nations' Volunteering system through her NGO's efforts, for two years in a row, and most recently in Ireland by WOL, for 2013 | Motivated by the desire to reach out and give back to the community, Elsie Ijorogu-Reed sought to empower the indigenous women of Delta State and support their needs and basic human rights, thus forming Delta Women. She took Delta Women into the blogosphere with the present Blogging endeavour. Under Elsie's aegis, the entire Delta Women team comes together from different parts of the world. Elsie is the Founder and CEO of Delta Women, an NGO based out of Houston, Texas, for women. With campaigns using the Internet and Social Media to focus on global issues challenging women world over, Delta Women has credentials that speak volumes of its work on Women’s rights. She holds a Master’s degree in information systems management, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. Among her many IT certificates, she holds the IBM Expert and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer besides also being a Microsoft Certified Database Administrator. She also has 16 years of experience with IT-consulting as a Database Administrator, Project management and now Business intelligence consultancy. Elsie has worked with the FDIC America, the American Federation of teachers, and Accenture. Armed with an MBA and also several IT certifications, Elsie has worked as an IT consultant for companies like Citibank, American Red Cross, the US Department of Health, Verizon and Alcon/Novadis in USA. besides also Boots and NHS in the UK, TDIC Abu Dhabi and GBM Qatar. | www.deltawomen.org | www.deltawomen.org | |||||||
53 | 7/29/2014 14:00:35 | manadisaster organization | musengamana jean de Dieu | manadisa16@hotmail.fr | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | musengamana jean deDieu | manadisaster organization | www.manaorg.rw | rwandese | Rwanda | male | 33 | english and french | This candidate meets the criteria as indicated at the top considering his records in the last four years in climate change especially in disaster risk reduction strategies where he has worked with ministry of disaster management in their projects of making community resilient in the whole country with the focus in northern province where disasters hit several times, more over he has been a member and making daily online partnership with global network of civil society for disaster risk reduction(GNDR) with offices in London, GNDR have a very close partnership with UNSDR, he has been a member of steering committee for disaster risk and climate change in Rwanda since 2010 till now | 2005 president AJOR(association des jeunes orphelins du Rwanda) 2008 vice president ASSORENA shirimpumpu(young enterpreneurs) 2009 Member of steering committee in disaster risk and climate change 2010 Legal representative of Manadisaster organization......now | https://www.dropbox.com/s/aeqg1paove025tr/MUSENGAMANA.docx | ||||||||
54 | 7/29/2014 14:23:30 | AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT RECONSTRUCTION AND HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION (ADRAHO) | jAMES T MARTIN | adraho_2004@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | James T Martin | ADRAHO-LIBERIA | N/A | LIBERIA | Liberia | MALE | 46 | ENGLISH | Mr James T Martin is experienced in climatic , project management, and donor reporting requirement I have excellent interpersonal skills gained through his education and work experience he have keen power mapping skills that enable him identify different stakeholders and program objectives, while maintaining cultural, religious and technical sensitivities. he have excellent Research and Knowledge Management skills acquired from his work experience and supported by his education he is highly motivated individual with high ethical standards, able to work under pressure as individually or with a team. he have the required competency to represent the organization/ Network in relevant fora and program. | Mr James T Martin is a graduate of university of Nigeria Nssukka Martin is a professional Climatic experts, humanitarian, research and International Development. devote his working experience in saving live through climatic advocacy, restore dignity and hope of vulnerable people .his people accountability approach to communities enhance him to contribute meaningfully for implementation in the overall strategic climatic changes and its effects in Liberia and other west African Countries while developing, guiding and directing staff in all aspects of program responsibility. | adraho_2004@yahoo.com | adraho_2004@yahoo.com | |||||||
55 | 7/29/2014 16:16:28 | Tanzania Citizen's Information Bureau | Deus Kibamba | info@tcib.or.tz | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Deus Msipotwa Kibamba | Tanzania Citizen's Information Bureau | www.tcib.or.tz | TANZANIA | Tanzania | MALE | 42 | English, French and Kiswahili | Trained in Political Science and Economy, Deus is a holder of a Masters degree in International Politics from the University of Sheffield, UK and a Postgraduate Diploma in Democratization, Governance and Public Policy from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague. He is best placed in attending a Summit on Climate change due to his high level analytical skills on the global causes of and implications for Climate Change. His experience in working on and advocating for Climate Change issues since his graduation from the University of Dar es Salaam in 1998 is an asset in him. | Deus Kibamba graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzaia in 1998. He then worked with a number of Civil Society organizations and campaigns in the areas of land rights research and advocacy; small scale farmer and peasant rights protection; promoting gender equality and advocacy on human Rights and constitutionally guaranteed as well as universally agreed entitlements such as the right to life in view of deteriorating climatic conditions in Tanzania, East Africa and the African continent in general. His Masters degree and Postgraduate Diploma have given him the necessary skills to effectively engage with governmental circles to call for accountability in protecting the environment. Deus has been part of major global processes for the advocacy of respect for environment. His chairmanship of the Tanzania Constitutional Forum, a broad Forum of 184 member CSOs campaigning for the making of Tanzania's first participatory Constitution places him far above average Civil Society activists. He will have a huge contribution to the Climate Change Summit later in September 2014. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/udcr76zhdvjfmuo/Deus%20Kibamba_CV.docx | www.google.com/Deus Kibamba | |||||||
56 | 7/29/2014 16:37:01 | International-Lawyers.Org | Tomas Solfaro | tomassolfaro@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Curtis F. Doebbler | International-Lawyers.Org | International-Lawyers.Org | Palestinian, American, Dutch | Palestine | male | 53 | English, Dutch, Arabic | Dr. Curtis Doebbler is a member of International-Lawyers.Org, a civil society organization in UNDPI association. He is also a practicing lawyer and visiting professor at Webster University in Geneva and the Geneva School of Diplomacy who has participated actively in the COPs and climate change meetings since 2007. He is authorized to speak on behalf of International-Lawyers.Org, which has been important in the work of the UN Human Rights Council on human rights and climate change and in relation to the human rights approach in the UNFCCC context. He has been a advocate for implementation of community based climate change mitigation and adaptation through cooperation with Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, which sponsors one of the world's largest solar energy farms, and through his advice and assistance to the governments of small island and other developing States on national climate change policies. He is a compelling public speaker having spoke in dozens of times at the UN Human Rights Council and to international media in addition to his regular advocacy as an international lawyer and teaching international law. His work and writing exhibits has competence on a wide range of climate change issues, significant experience presenting these issues in public, and demonstrated ability to engage with a variety of stakeholders. He has attended the High Level Segment of the UN General Assembly most of the past thirty years, including assisting a past General Assembly President. He is Palestinian, Dutch, and American. He will be in New York from 19-27 September. | Dr. Doebbler is an expert in international human rights law and the adverse effects of climate change on human rights. His work in this field includes advising governments and non-governmental organizations as well as the victims of human rights violations due to the adverse effects of climate change. He also lectures on climate change law and policy and has taught courses on international climate change law and policy and has written widely on the subject. Since 2007, many of his activities have been carried out in the context of the UNFCCC's COPs and Bonn climate meeting. He has also represented and advised individuals before international human rights instances in Africa, Europe, the Americas and before United Nations bodies, including in matters concerning climate change related human rights interferences. He has made representations before the UN Human Rights Council and the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization on the issue of human rights and climate change. He holds has a Ph.D. in International Law from London School of Economics (supervised by Dame Rosalyn Higgins), a Degree of Masters of Law (LL.M./meesterstitel) from Radboud University Nijmegen, a J.D. from New York Law School, and a Bachelors of Arts in English literature and of Fine Arts in Journalism from Southern Methodist University. In 2000, he was awarded the diploma in Public International Law of the of the Hague Academy. He has received several other awards for his work, including a Certificate of Recognition of the Academy of Graduate Studies in Tripoli (2007), an Award for Work for International Justice from An-Najah National University in Nablus (2007), and First Prize at the Helsinki Summer Session of International and European Law (1988). He has taught law at London School of Economics, Khartoum University, Pristina University, Tuzla University, The American University in Cairo, Webster University Geneva, Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Tashkent State Institute of Law, and An-Najah National University. He has also lectured at numerous universities and made presentations at numerous legal conference. He is a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia, the Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court of the United States. His clients have included governments, sitting and former heads of States, an estimated 2.5 million internally displaced persons in Sudan, an estimated 15,000 Ethiopian refugees, members of parliaments, and numerous other individuals and groups. His publications include The Principle of Non-Discrimination under International Law (2007), International Human Rights Law: Cases and Materials (2004), ИЗУЧЕНИЕ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫХ ПРАВ ЧЕЛОВЕКА (2004), An Introduction to International Humanitarian Law (2006), An Introduction to International Human Rights Law (2006), and An Introduction to International Criminal Law (2007), as well as numerous articles in in academic journals and popular newspapers. He was born in 1961 in Buffalo, New York, and has American, Palestinian, and Dutch nationality. | http://doebbler.net/about/ | http://intlawyers.org/climate-change/ | |||||||
57 | 7/29/2014 17:41:21 | Indus Consortium | Iram Asif | bz_mind@hotmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Khurram Javed Kazi | Indus Consortium | http://www.indusconsortium.pk | Pakistan | Pakistan | Male | 27 | English, Urdu, and Hindi | Khurram is an eloquent speaker, having won various Model United Nations (MUNs) Conferences, debates and declamations. He is an eager student and a gifted teacher always willing to learn and improve. Khurram strongly feels about the climate change resulting into global warming and changing weather patterns. Khurram has witnessed flash floods in Pakistan and he is clearly moved by the devastation of natural disasters resulting from climate change. Khurram is currently running the advocacy campaign on climate change and food security in the Indus area in Pakistan. He would be the best choice as a penallist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Climate Frontlines." | Scholar Practitioner with over 8 years of diverse experience encompassing Development Sector, Academia, and Military Service. Over four years of experience in training and facilitation; Trained over 300 people and managed projects up to $ 5 million; successfully wrote grant proposal of Euros 1.2 million from Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khurram has participated in a number of courses and trainings in various countries. He is a graduate of Geneva Centre for Security Policy Switzerland, Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center Japan, Central European University Hungary, Hiroshima City University Japan, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, National Defence University Pakistan, Thammasat University Thailand, and Payap University, Thailand. Khurram is a Visiting Faculty Member at Bahria University Islamabad teaching courses on Conflict Management and Negotiation Skills. He is also a trainer and a mediator, certified from American Bar Association. Khurram is a regular contributor to various International and local publications. Specialties: Advocacy; Communication for Development (C4D); Program Management; Alternate Dispute Resoluton (ADR); Security Policy; and Peace Education | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByM3UlwHnotrcDk2Mmc1b3NCajQ/edit?usp=sharing | http://khurramkazi.blogspot.com/2012/08/azerbaijan-and-challenges-to-global.html | |||||||
58 | 7/29/2014 18:31:43 | societe civile /kasumbalesa | jean luc kayamba | complexescolairelemerite@yahoo.fr | Attend Summit only | Yes | kamin tshiloz solange | deogracias international ongd | en construction | CONGOLAISE | Congo | FEMALE | 40 | FRENCH | elle milite pour la population rurale depuis 2005,c'est une femme dynamique, sur les questions de changement climatique elle a fait son cheval de bataille,car cette population est concernée directement par ce thématique, il ya des actions d'informations et sensibilisation qui sont menées en milieu rural par la radio et des clubs d’écoute ,il ya aussi | elle est née au Congo a Lubumbashi en 1974 ,en 2006 licencié en droit économique, et après elle est coordinatrice de l'ongd deogracias international, directrice de la radio communautaire et présidente de cadre de concertation a kasumbalesa | https://drive.google.com/ob?page=thanks&usp=web_ww_dl_sync# | ||||||||
59 | 7/29/2014 19:26:36 | ASFE | MANDENG Marc Richepin | asfe09@yahoo.fr | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | MANDENG Marc Richepin | ASFE | Cameroonian | Cameroon | Male | 39 | french | I think our organisation is working daily on climate matter, and due the major role that our country plays to central africa, with the leadershiph of climate matter | Teacher at the Ecole des Consevation des Foreets du Cameroun Forester- Environnementalist | https://drive.google.com | |||||||||
60 | 7/29/2014 20:45:11 | Polytechnic university of the philippines | Simplicia 'Jojie" Camacho | jojiecamacho@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Joey Salceda | Governor of Albay, Bicol | Filipino | Philippines | Male | 53 | english | at present albay casualty in last typoon glenda is zero, for the past year Albay City is a well known disaster risk reduction city. He walk the talks. | First UISDR Senior Global Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation, 2010 to present * United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Advis, UNFCCC Transitional Committee of the Green Climate Fund, 2011 Advisor for International Economic Affairs,Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic ofKorea (2009-2011; 2011-2013) | joeyssalceda.files.wordpress.com/ | |||||||||
61 | 7/29/2014 20:50:51 | NIGERIA-TOGO ASSOCIATION | Boniface Kwassi KASSEGNE & Maxime Kodjo KASSEGNE | nigeria_togoass@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Boniface Kwassi KASSEGNE | NIGERIA-TOGO ASSOCIATION | Togolese Passport | Nigeria | Male | 60 | French & English | Candidate is the Preisdent/hief Executive Officer. He has represented the Organization in several seminars, workshops and conferences organized by United Nations and its statutory bodies and other organizations all over the world. He has 3 years multiple re-entry into the United States of America. He could write and speak French and English Laguages Fluently. Our Organization hold him high due to its outstanding abilities. During the organization's seminar on climate change held in Lome, Togo, the paper he presented was selected model academic master piece to be consulted by similar NGOs in the region. The candidate is highly knowledgeable in climate change issues. He chairs all meetings hosted by the organization and he is often invited to priside over seminars, worksops and onferences organized by other organizations with similar objectives like our own NGO. He has represented the organization in the UN Conference on Indigenous People in New-York, 2008, ICAO General Assembly in Montreal, Canada, 2009, IMO General Assembly; London; 2010 and in other international fora. He successfully initiated and organized the meeting on Climate change whichwas held in Lome, Togo from the 15th to 17h September 2013 in which delegates from Benin, Gabon, Guinea Konakry, Congo Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo participated.The report of the meeting is attahed. | Mr. KASSEGNE Kwassi Donkor Boniface was born on 31 December 1952. He is an Administrator and a Linguist. He is a seasoned Togolese Diplomat. After a career in the Diplomatic and International Cercle, he founded the Nigeria-Togo Association which he heads. He is a Professional to the core and a community leader. He is the immediate past Chairman of the Togolese Community in Nigeria. He is a friend of people from the grassroots and fights against injustice done to the underprileged in the society. He has created youth development centre to train young boys and girls from poor homes. He is a philantropist. | http://www.un-ngls.org/IMG/docx/Boniface_Kwassi_KASSEGNE_-_NIGERIA-TOGO_ASSOCIATION.docx | |||||||||
62 | 7/29/2014 22:03:27 | Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, Inc. | Marvelous L. Misolas | marvie.misolas@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Marvelous L. Misolas | Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, Inc. | http://www.maryknollsisters.org/ | Filipino | Philippines | Female | 48 | English | Sister Marvie L. Misolas, MM is a member of the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, a religious missionary organization based in New York. Sister Marvie is currently assigned in the Philippines and working in Climate Change related advocacy. Sr. Marvie studied Masters in Environment, Peace and Security with specialization in Climate Change at the United Nations mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica. She was a representative at the 2012 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Sister is now serving in the Philippines and is based in Manila, where she works in climate change consultancy to different NGOs such as Green Convergence, Environmental Studies Institute, Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan, and other Church and non-Church based institutions. | Sister Marvelous L. Misolas, MM (Marvie) worked in Taiwan since 1998, and is fluent in Taiwanese and Mandarin languages. She has vast experience in women's issues and gender related work for 13 years, and established a women advocacy center in Taichung, Taiwan. Realizing the connection of between women's poverty and oppress, and studied in Costa Rica where she focused on Climate Change and Human Security. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ML0xbVlmhD-UgwGQQ7y0DvTNnGvzfC6WARpooQ0EpCM/edit | ||||||||
63 | 7/29/2014 23:43:46 | Fundación Hábitat Verde | Martha Banzer Castedo | fundacion.habitat.verde@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Julio Cesar Aguilera Hurtado | Fundación Hábitat Verde | http://fundacinhbitatverde.blogspot.com/ | Boliviano | Bolivia | Masculino | 37 | Espanol | Es el líder de la Fundación Hábitat Verde: Una organización de jóvenes ambientalista que desarrollamos estrategia y programas de protección al medio ambiente en el ámbito social, político, económico y cultural. Es una organización sin fines de lucro, opción religiosa y política partidista. A nivel municipal de Bolivia, esta liderando los procesos de incidencia política para la promulgación de ordenanzas sobre la reducción del uso de Bolsas Plásticas y la gestión de residuos como las Pilas, acciones que ayudan a para el problema del cambio climático. Con buena capacidad sobre educación ambiental y defensa de los derechos humanos, presentado el caso de Bolivia, un país en vía de desarrollo y con parte del pulmón del mundo (Región Amazónica) y no cuenta con acciones para proteger dicho pulmón. este candidato cuenta con la predisposición para participar y presentar la realidad de Santa Cruz - Bolivia, como un ejemplo de protección del cambio climático. | De nacionalidad boliviana, y con residencia en Bolivia, de formación académica Licenciado en Psicología y Magister en Salud Pública con Mención en Gerencia por la Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno. Con relación a mi formación académica puedo señalar que realice dos diplomados uno sobre Gestión de Políticas Públicas, Género, DSR – VIH. El primero en la Universidad de Puebla – México y el otro en Educación con un enfoque de Medio Ambiente. Éste Segundo en la Universidad de León – España, de igual forma realice una especialidad en Liderazgo de la Salud Internacional, en la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS/OMS) en Washington – USA. En la gestión 2013 realice los diplomados en Educación Superior y de Gestión en Tecnología Educativa por la Universidad de Aquino de Bolivia (UDABOL). Actual director de la Fundación Hábitat Verde la cual esta liderando los procesos de incidencia política para la promulgación de ordenanzas sobre la reducción del uso de Bolsas Plásticas y la gestión de residuos como las Pilas, acciones que ayudan a para el problema del cambio climático. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B59XlXEExIr_akZ6VmpEZnVRYjQ/edit?usp=sharing | https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=757530764289616&set=pcb.757531880956171&type=1&theater | |||||||
64 | 7/30/2014 2:31:11 | Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche pour une Population Dynamique : CERPD | KOLIKOU Lodéwa | cerpdong@yahoo.fr | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | TOSSOU Aho Richard | CERPD | www.cerpdong.org | Béninoise | Benin | male | 43 | Frensh | Je suis TOSSOU Aho Richard, Économiste, Démographe planificateur Spécialiste des questions de Populations et Développement et Sociologue du développment. Je suis candidat pour deux raisons principales: 1- Partager mes expériences avec mes pairs sur les questions du développement. 2- Souligner la nécessaire importance de la prévoyance sociale les populations des PMA en Afrique dans le développement durable. | Mémoire de maîtrise en Gestion Thème de mémoire : Comportement des PME/PMI face à la gestion comptable et financière : Cas des Départements du Mono/Couffo. Janvier 2006 Mémoire de fin de formation DESS ‘’Population et Dynamiques Urbaines. Thème mémoire : Comportement des populations en matière de planification familiale dans l’Arrondissement urbain de Lokossa. Décembre 2008. Mémoire de fin de formation DEA ‘’Sociologie du Développement’’. Sujet : Problématique du faible taux d’adhésion aux mutuelles de santé 2014 Projet de thèse en sociologie du Développement ‘’De la prévoyance sociale : quel lendemain meilleur aux acteurs en Afrique de l’Ouest. Exemple du Bénin. | link | ||||||||
65 | 7/30/2014 2:59:02 | Society for Human Advancement and Disadvantaged Empowerment (SHADE) | Ms. Rasheeda | rasheeda@shade.org.pk | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Sajad Ahmed | Society for Human Advancement and Disadvantaged Empowerment (SHADE) | www.shade.org.pk | Pakistani | Pakistan | Male | 45 | English | We at our organization have started working on Climate change issues with our community. Mr. Sajad has sound experience of working with our communities on climate mitigation. We have formed village groups and sensitize women and men how to mitigate climate hazards. Participation of Mr. Sajad on behalf of our organization will help build our capacity to work in a better way with our communities we are pleased to work voluntarily with the UN committees. | SHADE is a not for profit, non-government organization. We have been working on sustainable development as well since our inception in 2003. Mr. Sajad has been working in the field of development for more than 15 years. He has sound experience of working with our communities. He has attended two conferences of UN at UN headquarters in New York on behalf of our organization. | Not applicable for attendees | ||||||||
66 | 7/30/2014 5:24:20 | Motivational Power Project | Keziah Christine | kkchristeen@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Meshack Kinyua Ndiritu | Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development | http://rcmrd.org/ | Kenyan | Kenya | Male | 26 | English | the nominee is a representative of Motivational Power Project Kenya; which is registered under the UN's ECOSOC Civil Society Organization. He is therefore authorized to speak on behalf of this organization. He is the founding chair of the organization and has been advocating for climate change mitigation; especially in elementary schools here in Kenya. He has also been lobbying youths to take part in climate change projects through tree planting and environment conservation. He is competent in Climate change issues especially the technical ways of carbon mapping and emission trading schemes. He will be available on 23rd September to take part in this forum; as the US consulate here is able to process the visa within 3 weeks. He is an excellent public speaker and has presented several papers in international conferences | Meshack Kinyua Ndiritu completed his Bachelor of Science course in Space Science from the University of Nairobi Kenya last year. He went on to work with the Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development; which is a 20-member state intergovernmental organization whose mission is to promote sustainable development through generation, application and dissemination of Geo-Information and allied ICT services and products in the Member States and beyond. He works in the Disaster Management Unit of the SERVIR Africa project; assisting in technical analysis of natural disasters such as droughts; using Remote Sensing and Geo-Information Systems tools for analysis. He also uses predictive models that can be of great input to climate change mitigation. He has done additional courses in Disaster Management, Emission Trading Schemes; and Safe Resilient cities from the World Bank Institute. He is also involved in various projects aimed to offer solutions in climate change. He is soon transiting to join the African Union Commission Department of Human Resource Science and Technology; as a volunteer in Space Science and Technology; and he will be assisting in formulating policies for African governments to create space agencies and start applying space Technology in mitigating hazards/disasters; which climate change is part. He is also a co-lead in the Space Technology Advisory Council's (SGAC) Space Technology for Disaster Management project; in Support of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2UVla4DDTNrT3FMaHF1eVB3dlU/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2UVla4DDTNrSk12NHNTRkh0TkU/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2UVla4DDTNrZFF3Nmg5WnN0cUU/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
67 | 7/30/2014 5:29:33 | Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Centre (BDPC) | Saeed Ahmed Siddiquee | shaikatbangla@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Saeed Ahmed Siddiquee | Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Centre (BDPC) | www.bdpc.org.bd | Bangladeshi | Bangladesh | Male | 29 | English, Bengali, Hindi | Everyone on Earth has a goal in the life. For me, my country’s community peoples have been the inspiration behind framing my future goals and thoughts. The upcoming global climate summit 2014 is very much momentous for me and my country aspect as well. I think few expected benefits are listed below or would be gained as per my presence in the summit- To know about the different culture, economy and livelihood patterns; Benefit for climate change, adaptation research and policy approaches in Bangladesh; Future global scope for climate change coping and policy research; Developing opportunities for collaborations and partnerships with networking; Acquire global knowledge about climate change with anthropocene; Help building a team, providing a forum for team members to discuss tools, technologies, and processes; Improve indigenous knowledge after disseminating information in Bangladesh; Self improvement as a researcher. | Mr. Siddiquee acquired M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences from Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. As being a nationality of Bangladesh, he has more than three years rigid experiences in the field of environment, governance, sustainable development, health, livelihood, climate change adaptation and disaster management. Adding, he also has operational experience in the domain of research, implementation, training, and monitoring. Beside these, he has few international journal publications and articles which addressing the issues of climate change, wetland, food security, livelihood and urban agriculture. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B58XqWUKpzULSU5HWEcycWNGOU0/edit?usp=sharing | https://juinv.academia.edu/SaeedAhmedSiddiqueeShaikat | |||||||
68 | 7/30/2014 5:44:07 | Global Network of Civil society Organization for Disaster Reduction | Vuyisile Mlanga | johnson71uk@yahoo.co.uk | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Johnson Akpase Ojo | Christian International swaziland | www.globalnetwork-dr.org | Nigerian | Swaziland | Male | 42 | English | Johnson Ojo has been working on climate change issues and disaster risk reduction in Africa since 2004. He is a member of Global network of Civil society organization on Disaster Reduction. He has been working on climate change adaptaion for community in Africa. He directed the views from the frontline projects in Swaziland in 2007, 2009, and 2011. He has done community profiling for communities in swaziland. currently he is the project director for action from the Frontline. | Born in Ondo state of Nigeria in 1971, Johnson Attended the university of Nigeria before joining Christian International. In 2007 he was appointed as the country Director of Christian International Swaziland. Since 2007 He has been collaborating with UN systems in Swaziland, Government departments and civil society organizations on climate change mitigation and adaptation. | I did not understand this | ||||||||
69 | 7/30/2014 5:46:45 | Brot für die Welt/ Bread for the World | Dr. Klaus Seitz | Klaus.Seitz@brot-fuer-die-welt.de | Attend Summit only | No | Sabine Minninger | Bread for the World | http://www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de | German | Germany | Female | 38 | English, German | Sabine Minninger is officially authorized by Bread for the World – the German Protestant aid agency to speak on behalf of the organization, which is a full member of the ACT Alliance (Action by Churches Together) and the Climate Action Network. She has experience of effective lobby and advocacy of community-based solutions for climate change mitigation and overcoming energy poverty in the Global South, e.g. in Tanzania, Vietnam, Kazakhstan and Peru. While attending the Executive Committee meetings of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage, she advocates for community-based, climate resilient solutions using the experience of field, project and partner visits mainly in Bangladesh and Fiji. | Sabine Minninger is a Policy Advisor with the German Protestant aid agency ‘Bread for the World’ dealing with global warming, energy and development issues. While her main focus is low carbon development, adaptation and climate finance, she is currently intensely involved in work on addressing climate induced loss and damages together with partners from Bangladesh. She graduated from the University of Trier in 2004 with a “Diplom” degree (equivalent to a Masters-Degree). Her Master's thesis on the implementation of the Code of Conduct to Protect Children from Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Tourism was compiled in close collaboration with the international children’s rights organization ECPAT and published by the German Church Development Service (EED). She worked for both organizations as a consultant on combating commercial sexual exploitation of children in tourism until the 2004 tsunami hit Southeast Asia. In 2005 she moved to Thailand to support partner organizations of EED in developing a community-based Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Management Program in the tsunami affected areas in Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Learning from the 2004 tsunami and the impacts of disasters on the poor and most vulnerable, she became involved in lobby and advocacy on climate change and development issues having similar impacts. Since 2008 she has been following the UNFCCC process together with partner organizations in the Global South calling for climate justice. In 2012 the aid agency EED merged with Bread for the World and Sabine became the head of the Climate Change and Energy Desk as a Policy Advisor. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/q1w4nhhlq0goo4d/Sabine_Minninger_BreadForTheWorld_CV.pdf | http://climatechange-tv.rtcc.org/2011/12/02/sabine-minninger-eed-tourism-watch/ http://info.brot-fuer-die-welt.de/blog/warsaw-international-mechanism-loss-and-damage http://www.climatenetwork.org/category/tags/ipcc%E2%80%99s-fifth-assessment-report http://www.fes-sustainability.org/sites/default/files/u43/minninger.pdf | |||||||
70 | 7/30/2014 5:52:48 | Gulf Research Center | Dr. Mohamed Abdel Raouf | raouf@grc.net | Attend Summit only | Yes | Mohamed Abdel Raouf Abdel Hamid Aly | Gulf Research Center | www.grc.net | Egyptian | Egypt | Male | 44 | Englisg - Arabic | The nominee works in a regional organization for the MENA Region. the nominee worked in some research projects related to climate change policy in the MENA region the Nominee is currently the global representative of the science and Tech. Major Group of UNEP the Nominee participated in preCOP and COP of CC the nominee is a writer in many newspapers around the MENA region in English, Arabic and French | Dr. Mohammed Abdel Raouf is currently a Research Fellow, Environment Research Program, Gulf Research Centre in Jeddah (based in Cairo) and currently the global focal point of Science and Tech. Major Group of UNEP. Dr. Raouf was the lead author for UNEP GEO-5 Report, West Asia chapter on Environmental governance section. Dr. Raouf has a doctorate degree in Environmental Sciences (Environmental Economics) from the Ain-Shams University in Egypt and has undergone advanced training in Environmental Management at the Augsburg University, Germany. Dr. Raouf is also a part time lecturer of Environmental Accounting and Economics. He published various policy papers on environmental issues in MENA Region and authored three books: - "Environment in the Age of Revolution", Dar El-Maaref, July 2013, Cairo. - "Green Policy to Balance Energy And Environment Needs- the Case of UAE", The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR, May 2013, Abu Dhabi. - “Economic Instruments and Environmental Policy in the GCC Countries”, GRC, Sept. 2007, Dubai | examples: - Dr. Mohammad Abdel Raouf - Columnist at gulf Newspaper link: http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/dr-mohammad-abdel-raouf - SESSION ON UNEA HIGH-LEVEL THEMATIC DISCUSSIONS at UNEA June 2014: http://www.iisd.ca/unep/unea/unea1/gmgsf/ - Dr. Mohamed Raouf moderating session at 45th GEF council: http://www.iisd.ca/gef/council45/ - Dr. Raouf Speaking to RTCC TV on sideline of 5th GEF assembly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WchV5Dm3OWU | ||||||||
71 | 7/30/2014 6:34:04 | African European Young People Initiaitves | IDOWU ADEDAYO | info@afroeurogroup.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | IDOWU ADEDAYO | AFRICAN-EUROPEAN YOUNG PEOPLE INITIATIVES | www.afroeurogroup.org | Nigerian | Nigeria | Male | 41 | Englsih | He is an exemplary youth advocate in the community, with vast experience and involvement in the filed of environmental issues | A graduate of History at the University of Ibadan. Involve with building civil societies | na | ||||||||
72 | 7/30/2014 6:59:56 | HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTER | DR KINGSLEY EZEH | humanrightsresearchdc@hotmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | IKECHUKWU CELESTINE ONYIA | HRRDC | NIGERIA | Nigeria | MALE | 43 | ENGLISH | The nominee candidate has an advanced knowledge techniques/skills on development/ways of reducing (GHG) emission/energy efficient/achieving clean air. And adhere to the principles of identifies intelligent application on resolving critical variable in developmental technology/input model techniques on discoveries in sustainable development and economic policy. | Ikechukwu Celestine Onyia has advanced degree on environmental science,an engineer has a proven track record on engagement both national and international assignment to study climate change/elements of sustainable development,the environment is the necessary basis for sustainable development • the economy is the tool to achieve sustainable development • the good life for all (the social dimension) is the target of sustainable development. Limiting global warming • Halting loss of biodiversity • Controlling and limiting emission of persistent chemical pollutants • Returning to natural nutrient cycles. Worked with the HRRDC as director,married.From a christian family.He is a researcher.Member TWG3 with the UNEPFI. | Ikechukwu Celestine Onyia has represented the Human Rights Research & Development Center at conference both local,national and international representative on the issue of resolving critical variables as it affects climates and how it changes monitoring and evaluation and have advanced skills in writing and speaking engagement. | |||||||||
73 | 7/30/2014 7:10:18 | Self Employed | Paul Provakar Saha | sweet.paulsaha@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Paul Provakar Saha | Professional Consultant to NGOs | Bangladeshi | Bangladesh | Male | 59 | English and Bengali | I have succeeded to work among more than 300 Government registered NGOs in Bangladesh Many NGOs have established in Bangladesh with my continuous consultancy and still I have been providing many NGOs and their socioeconomic development approach, poverty alleviation, rights based development , women empowerment and prevention of domestic violence against women, disaster mitigation, disaster relief & rehabilitation, adaptation to climate change affects, child education, water, sanitation and hygiene ( WASH) program etc. | a) Name : PAUL PROVAKAR SAHA b) Father’s Name : Late Prodyut Kumar Saha c) Mother’s Name : Late Manoda Saha d) Date of birth : 28th February 1956 e) Permanent Address : SAHA Bari, Baptist Mission Road, Barisal-8200, Country : Bangladesh Email : sweet.paulsaha@gmail.com Mobile : 0088-01731588298 SKTPE: paul.saha3 f) Nationality : Bangladeshi by birth g) Marital Status : Unmarried h) Church Affiliation : Barisal Baptist Church | Now the position of sexual abuse or silent prostitution among girls in garments factories has been changed abruptly and it is very very hard to identify it because girls will totally reluctant to express because they prefer it of their personal concern and easy way way to get money or other facilities. The other reality is some experts and specialists especially of international donors, national government agencies or UN who are much well informed of law, legislation, workers' interest & protection but the problem is they focus the girls involvement in sex affairs mainly like police inspector or sub inspectors or in traditional and ethical outlook, that most of the time beyond the actual position of the girls, I am in favor of the girl emotion, reality, interest, love them but I will never accept to victimize that wonderful girl restricting a girl from enjoying her personal rights and freedom. | Candidate does not meet the criteria; must be an authorized representative of a civil society organization | ||||||||
74 | 7/30/2014 9:30:22 | ABESCAM | SOPPI NDOCK LOUISE & kwedi cecile | louisesoppi@yahoo.fr, ndediaa@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Alain Aime Ndedi | ISA-EMT & UNIVERSITE DE L'ENTREPRENEURIAT | CAMEROON | Cameroon | MALE | 45 | ENGLISH AND FRENCH | Pr Ndedi Alain is activist on issues to environment management. I met him while attending a course on environmental management; He shared information regarding what he has been doing on climate change from his attendance at the Johannesburg 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development to various researches, papers on climate change mitigation. I strongly believe that he can add value to the event. J'ai connu Pr Ndedi Alain au salon camerounais de l'environnement. Pr Ndedi est un passionné de l'environnement et des changements climatiques. Je reste persuadé que sa présence à ce sommet sur les changements climatiques apporteront un plus à cette rencontre. Le lien ci-dessous est une illustration: http://www.illimytikservices.com/societe/index.php/societe/4263-salon-camerounais-de-lenvironnement-et-du-developpement-durable-scedd | Pr. Alain Ndedi Tel: 237 9872 7474 Email: ndediaa@gmail.com Institutions in Cameroon: ISTG-AC /Université de l’Entrepreneuriat /Institute for Management and Entrepreneurship http://ssrn.com/author=576563 Alain A. Ndedi is a Professor of Entrepreneurship, Organisation, public finance, economy, Environment and Evaluation. Advisory board member of the Bioinfo Publications; Dr Ndedi is Director of the Think Tank CABAC, and Past President of Young Entrepreneurs for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (YENEPAD). Author of 17 academic books, and more than 50 peer reviewed articles in accredited journals, Dr Ndedi has lectured in many universities and higher learning institutions for the past ten years. He has consulted for the UNDP, the South African and Gabonese governments, the World Bank, the United Nations, etc… He has been involved on monitoring and evaluation research and training both in Africa and across the world since 2002 with the focus on environment and agriculture. He is member of many networks including, AfrEA, SAMEA, CaDEA, 3ie and NONIE. Since 2011, Dr Ndedi is lecturing in many tertiary institutions in Cameroon, and currently heading the department of commerce at the Institut Supérieur de Technologie et de Gestion d’Afrique Centrale (ISTG-AC). He is lead professor for entrepreneurship training at (ISA-EMET) also known as Université de l’Entrepreneuriat. Before coming to Cameroon, Dr Ndedi lectured entrepreneurship at the University of Johannesburg. To this teaching experience, Dr Ndedi was assistant lecturer / researcher within many institutions in South Africa. A graduate from Pretoria University, Dr Ndedi holds many certificates in public finance, ethics, in audit and management control. | http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lg4UjvMAAAAJ&hl=en | https://drive.google.com/?usp=web_ww_after_dl#my-drive http://www.illimytikservices.com/societe/index.php/societe/4263-salon-camerounais-de-lenvironnement-et-du-developpement-durable-scedd http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1799182 | ||||||||
75 | 7/30/2014 12:16:55 | Occupy Regina | Daniel Johnson | danieljohnson@onadeadplanet.org | Attend Summit only | No | Mike Roselle | Climate Ground Zero | http://climategroundzero.org/ | American | United States | Male | 60 | English | Mike Roselle has been a long time direct action campaigner, and one of the pioneers of the modern environmental movement. Climate change has been one of the dominant themes of his work for many years. | Mike Roselle is a very well known direct action campaigner and has been drawing attetnion to climate and pollution related issues since the 1970s as one of the original co-founders of Earth First, and later the Ruckus Society, Rainforest Action Network as well as Climate Ground Zero. At the moment, Roselle has been working with Climate Ground Zero and various local groups in support of a bill to end mountain top removal mining in West Virginia. | http://www.amazon.com/Tree-Spiker-Lowbagging-Struggles-Environmental/dp/B005Q6V32C www.climategroundzero.org http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/mike-roselle/ http://www.statejournal.com/story/26024644/press-conference-held-july-16-to-advocate-for-west-virginians-health | ||||||||
76 | 7/30/2014 12:46:36 | Environmental Management for Livelihood Improvement Bwaise Facility (EMLI) | Ms. Sydah Naigaga | emli.uganda@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Robert Bakiika | Environmental Management for Livelihood Improvement Bwaise Facility (EMLI) | www.bwaisefacility.org | UGANDA | Uganda | Male | 30 | English | Robert is the Deputy Executive Director at EMLI and head the Environmental Governance and Climate change Programme. Robert has negotiated the under the COPs of UNFCCC for 6 years now. He has also served as the African Regional Representative to UNEP and was instrumental in developing of the Africa Climate Change Programme. At National level, Robert is in charge of implementing a climate change response strategies in Uganda. Currently, EMLI is implementing a GEF SGP project on "Reducing Greenhouse Gases through Dissemination of Improved Efficient Technologies" in partnership with UNDP Uganda. He was influential in the formulation of the National Climate Change Policy in 2013. He is the official representative of the Climate Action Network Uganda (a local network for civil society actors on climate change issues) to the National Negotiating Group on Mitigation. | Robert Bakiika is the Deputy Executive Director of Environmental Management for Livelihood Improvement Bwaise Facility (EMLI) and the New York Main Representative to United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) . Robert is a Scientist at the School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Sciences at Makerere University and the GEF CSO Network Regional Focal Point for Eastern Africa. He is a member to a number of reputable international organisations such as; UNEP's Africa Adaptation Knowledge Network and UNCCD's CSO Land Management Network. He has written various educative and informative scholarly materials on climate change, environment and natural resources at national, regional and international level. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw9s3XAL8lOyMUtrMlhSWTJubHc/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw9s3XAL8lOySjU4Ul9odWFnZmM/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw9s3XAL8lOyQmVsYUZTWmtTcE0/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
77 | 7/30/2014 14:22:10 | New Future Foundation Inc. | Ruth Brinkley | infiniteenterprizes@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Queenmother Dr. Delois Blakely | New Future Foundation Inc. | www.newfuturefoundation.org | African American | United States | Female | 73 | English | Queenmother Dr. Blakely is Goodwill Ambassador to Africa as well as Community Mayor of Harlem. She has attended Rio+20 in 2012 as well as High Level Ministerial working group conferences up to present. | New Future Foundation was founded in 1969 by Miss Delois Blakely, a nun of ten years who left the convent so she could relate more directly to the problems of less fortunate children. New Future Foundation offers an opportunity for its youths from multi-ethnic and multi-economic backgrounds to understand and share their own backgrounds and explore the backgrounds of others. Today New Future Foundation is a NGO, Private Volunteer Organization/Non Government Organization with consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw-eGyxsk5ijMWdKNEdRXzNoUDZFN3NlN0gwajlERFVWU3Q0/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
78 | 7/30/2014 15:59:53 | kathak academy bangladesh(KAB)UNCSOs | abul kashem sheikh | kashemakashem@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Abul kashem sheikh | kathak academy bangladesh(KAB)UNCSOs | www.kabbd.org | bangladeshi | Bangladesh | male | 45 | english | , for your kind information, we are working for the MDGs sustainable climate change development for developing country community youth in Bangladesh. There is lot of issue we like to shear our experience, education, health, poor community youth for future economical, risk deserter redaction evaluation.. we know un secretary general tack Action for climate change in the world community people 2015 ,we like to say adaptation for climate change & challenge ,we need to taken from the grassroots level youth action progressive program for youth becoming a economical & social because we believe youth empowerment can be change & challenge . if we like to make this goal ,we need honesty not only paper work we need strong practical education skilled training to the people. | We also work on different social programs highlighting youth entrepreneurship in local & national medias and in rural areas ..Most recent curriculum vitae and a brief biographical note We have gather experience in youth agricultural response an international or regional and local level. Few examples are: 1.Attending Millennium Development Goals for youth 2015 summit on 11-14 September 2006 at Batam in Indonesia representative youth organization from Bangladesh . 2. Attending self-employment youth development recommendation for MDGs on 10-16 August, 2006 in Malaysia. 3. Attending youth Deplo leadership Programmed in Thailand July 14-15. Attending youth leadership Program (JICA)-representative youth org. win’s Mother trachea, gold Medal ,2009 4.to attend the cop17 2010 Durban south Africa 5. To attend the United Nations general assembly in September 2011, 6. To attend the World Bank Mandatory Fund Annual Meeting in Japan ,October 2012, 7. Also attend the 11th youth assembly of United Nations in New York Jan 31 Feb. 2nd 2013, 8. ADB 46 meeting in delli ,Noida in india 2-5 may 2013. | Young people are the parents, decision-makers, business people and leaders of tomorrow. Investment in today's young men and women is actually an investment in the future of our nation. National development largely depends on the enthusiasm and energy of the youth community. They consist of one third of our total population .The youth community, imbued with endless creativity, innovation and zeal for production, is the most inspired productive force of a nation. As a precondition for development of a state and society the participation of the youth community is acclaimed and accepted by all. | ||||||||
79 | 7/30/2014 16:38:16 | Global Gender and Climate Alliance | Cara Beasley | cara@gender-climate.org | Attend Summit only | No | Cara Elaine Beasley | Global Gender and Climate Alliance | www.gender-climate.org | American | United States | Female | 38 | English | Ms. Cara Beasley is the Coordinator for the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA), a collective of over 90 UN agencies, Intergovernmental Organizations, and Civil Society Organizations. The primary goal of the GGCA is to ensure that climate change policies, decision-making, and initiatives at the global, regional, and national levels are gender responsive. As a representative of GGCA and actively involved in the UNFCCC process, as well as holding a Masters Degree focused on Social Justice, Ms. Beasley strongly advocates and can significantly contribute to discussions that incorporating a gender perspective in all climate change policies and initiatives is critical to solving the climate crisis. | Cara Beasley is a social justice advocate focusing on climate change and gender equality. She received her M.S. in Nonprofit Management from Regis University and shortly thereafter joined the Global Gender and Climate Alliance as a Communications Officer bringing forward her background in Business Information Technology. Recently, Ms. Beasley's skills and contributions were recognized in a promotion as Coordinator of the GGCA Secretariat. Cara engages in the UNFCCC fora, supports GGCA members' activities, all while raising awareness that incorporating a gender perspective in all climate change policies and initiatives is critical to solving the climate crisis. | http://www.linkedin.com/pub/cara-beasley/51/9aa/b8a | Not intending to speak as a panelist during the Summit. You can view GGCA activity examples from our most recent newsletters: June 2014: GGCA in Action - http://eepurl.com/X90Pr May 2014: GGCA in Action - http://goo.gl/e0xFFt December 2013: GGCA after COP19 - http://eepurl.com/JaWPD | |||||||
80 | 7/30/2014 19:18:40 | ACSIS | Lucien Dossous | luciendo@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Volcy Gérald | ACSIS | Haitian | Haiti | Male | 29 | french and creole | Mr Gerald Volcy is an engaged citizen that get involved in several activities related to civil society interest such as protection(GBV), climate change(DRR), Democracy. As ACSIS always receive invitation from UN to join conferences and meetings at UNHQ at New York. This time, ACSIS has decided to join this conference for the first time through its representative, Gerald Volcy, Secretary General to participate this time because he has a great interest in climate change. His interes to attend the conference on climate change is the most appropriate space to share his comprehension on this thematic. He is in charge of training on DRR at ACSIS. | I'm Volcy Gerald, I have 29 years, I have 5 years of marriage, I have a daughter 5 years it will be the third (3) year kind of house I live with my wife, I'm a computer operator, graphic designer, photographer and videograph, I'm Sanhedrin in pious of Croix-des-Missions, the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I'm Secretary General at ACSIS. I have been working with Oxfam UK as Community Mobilization on Gender Based Violence to let ACSIS project to have much impact in the community. I am in charge of training of DRR at ACSIS. The trainings is in the benefit of other grassroots that do not have the knowledge on disaster. | We must be realistic. The consequences of global warming are already visible, catastrophic and tend to increase. Adapt to new climatic conditions proves imperious. My commitment will be to encourage people to "protect the environment" to "deprivation" moderate use of washing machines, water heats, cars. also a special attention will be given to youth ecological activists. The method adopted to achieve this is that advocacy with private and public institutions etc.. | |||||||||
81 | 7/30/2014 20:16:43 | Youth Diplomacy | Amine Abdelmadjid | amine.abdelmadjid@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Abdelmadjid | Youth Diplomacy | https://www.facebook.com/youthdiplomacy | French/Algerian | France | Male | 28 | French and english | Besides finishing my Public law Phd at Sorbonne University, and besides being a teacher assitant in Public law at the Paris 12 University, two information that prove specific abilities, I have three experiences, in the international area and especially in the NGO's area and mostly concerning environemental issues, that show that I meet the criteria indicated at the top of this form. The first one was in Rio+20, where I was the head of my delegation, where I wrote an article about the specific problem of the negociations between Northern countries and Southern countries on the green economy issue. The second one was in Rhodes, where I assisted to the Rhodes Youth Forum that is organized once a year to enable young professionnals to discuss about projects that could improve the role of civil society. The third one was in Budapest, where I moderated a panel for the Budapest Water Summit, panel that focused on youth involvment in water issues. | I'm Amine Abdelmadjid, a young Franco-algerian that lives in Paris; 28 year-old. I'm a Public law Phd candidate at the Sorbonne University; my research theme is about the regulation concept applied to the public service of water supply. I try to combine local, national, regional and international approaches to create a new regulation paradigme, that is compulsory given the specificities of the service. I'm a teacher assistant also at the Paris 12 university; I teach constitutionnal law and administrative law. I had the chance to travel some times in the US and so I can say that my english level is not that bad thanks to that and, of course, thanks to the education system here. I have been head of the Youth Diplomacy delegation at the Rio+20 summit, in 2012. This experience was my first one in this matter, and I can easily that it was life changing: I coordinated young people so they can assist to conferences, write about them after on the website, I wrote my first article there also published in a website specifically interested in climate change issues and more generally in the "green" area. Then I have been the Director for international development for Youth Diplomacy for one year. As a Director, I had the chance to give conferences in French universities, and that developed my abilities to speak in public. This experience led me to Budapest where I participated to a panel focused on Youth involvment in water issues. Now I'm a simple volunteer because of academic obligations, but I know that I can bring something interesting to this event. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B72npZdT9pPeclQ1dG42eFd0aTA/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.greenetvert.fr/2012/06/21/serie-en-direct-du-sommet-de-la-terre-rio20/60911 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B72npZdT9pPeVE1lMkZ6Z0lJMGM/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
82 | 7/30/2014 22:38:04 | Port of Spain Sister Cities Network | Rea George-Smaith | president@posatlscn.org | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | GIA GASPARD TAYLOR | NETWORK OF RURAL WOMEN PRODUCERS TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | http://www.nrwptt.net | TRINIDADIAN | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | FEMALE | 64 | ENGLISH | Mrs Gaspard Taylor, have been an advocate for Natural Disasters and Climate Change for rural communities, coastal communities and agricultural areas over more than 12 years. having led youth delegations to the Natural Disasters Youth Summit in Japan, Senegal, Taiwan, and Holland, and hosted the Natural Disasters Youth Summit in Trinidad and Tobago in 2008. She also joined with Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) to host a Climate Change Conference in Granada in 2012. and a advocate for rural women in agriculture who suffer annually from broken bridges, floods, landslides, loss of lives, loss of land not only in Trinidad by the Caribbean. | Gia Gaspard Taylor is a national of Trinidad and Tobago, who continues to devote herself tirelessly to national service particularly working with young people, women and the disadvantaged. She holds a BSc in Social Work from the School of Continuing Studies University of the West Indies; and has had many years of experience in working in both the public and private sector in Trinidad and Tobago, regionally, as well as within the diplomatic corps. Gia’s wealth of experience in the areas of education, entrepreneurship, the advancement of women, opportunities for youth development and climate change, bring to bear fruitfully on the numerous committees and associations on which she serves.Unique about her is the fact that she was born in the rural community of Penal, and grew up in the rural community of Sangre Grande, move into the capital city of Port of Spain married the City Mayor, to become city first lady (or Mayoress) during the years walk among Kings and Queens, Prince and Princesses, Presidents, Governors, Prime Ministers and more but never lost the common touch She currently serves as Director: Rural Development Company, Trinidad and Tobago President of the Network of Rural Women Producers Trinidad and Tobago (NRWPTT) Vice President: The Federation of UNESCO Clubs Trinidad and Tobago President: Port of Spain/Atlanta Sister Cities Network and Coordinator Port of Spain Sister Cities UNESCO Club Introduced the City Ambassador’s Programme to the City of Port of Spain and Tourism Development Company, adaptation of the Project successfully established in Atlanta, Georgia National Coordinator of the International Educational and Resource Network Trinidad and Tobago, (iEARNTnT) Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Toco Foundation and Rural Community Radio Toco: (only rural community radio in the country) Eminent Expert for the United Nations -UNESCO WSIS, World Summit Award since 2008, and over seers the World Summit Youth Award, held by World Summit Youth Award; Ambassador Abe Fergusson AWARDS RECEIVED: Friends of the Commonwealth “Women as Change Agents” Award 2011 | She presented in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women CSW56, oral presentation. Organization of American States (OAS) Sustainable Development presented on Climate Change. Commonwealth Government Women Ministers Meeting 10, in Dakar, Bangladesh on the use of fruits found in the environment to earn a viable income, producing value added products. | ||||||||
83 | 7/31/2014 3:10:54 | African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) | Ibrahim Ceesay | ceesaydigital@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Hamzat Bala Lawal | African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) | www.ayicc.net | Nigerian | Nigeria | Male | 24 | English | Hamzat has effectively engaged over 30,000 members of our network, mostly young people in 42 African countries and contributed towards climate change advocacy in over 40 African countries. He has strengthen their capacity facilitating workshops and community outreach engagements using local knowledge and contents. He was instrumental using social media to inspire the passage of the Climate Change Commission Bill by parliament in Nigeria currently awaiting Presidential ascent. He has represented young people and Civil Societies interest at Local, National, Regional and International level leading discussions during UNFCCC COP meetings with an African perspective on mitigation and adaptation to combat the effects of climatic threats. He is a Fellow of the Global Call for Climate Action's Adopt A Negotiator, helping to break the UN languages used during the COP meetings and adding a human face to the discussions. | Ibrahim Ceesay is a social justice activist, UNESCO Youth Ambassador and independent film‐maker from Gambia. He holds leadership positions with several youth led regional and international organizations and currently serves as the Board Chairman & Executive Coordinator of the African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC), the biggest youth climate movement in Africa and Chair of the African Youth Alliance on Post 2015 (AYAP). He was former Chairperson of the African Youth Panel (AYP), advisory body to the Danish Africa Commission. He works full time as Executive Director of the Children and Community Initiative for Development (CAID). Prior to his current position, he worked with the Gambia National Commission for UNESCO as Administrator/Secretary General of the National Federation for UNESCO Clubs and Centres. He has facilitated and was involved in several youth led processes at the African Union, UN and other International Organizations, as a youth expert. He was nominated in 2012 by Youth Hub Africa an online platform for youth engagement in Africa, as one of the 12 most influential youth leaders in Africa. He is also a campaigner and strong advocate of the African Youth Charter. He is a steering committee member of the Gender is My Agenda Campaign (GIMAC) and Vice-President of The Copyrights and Collecting Society of The Gambia. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzeEHnwRpDmhcFRONlpBVkJMQVk/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QIwbvGMyIqnW7FppGX91M8Y1FIttA54ER1reMLM7PMU/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
84 | 7/31/2014 4:38:50 | ministère e l'intérieur,sécurité,décentralisation et affaires coutumières | BANYWESIZE BAHIZIRE WILBRORD | banywes@yahoo.fr | Attend Summit only | Yes | BANYWESIZE BAHIZIRE WILBRORD | Ministère de l'intérieur ,sécurité écentralisation et affaires coutumières, | CONGOLAISE | Congo | Male | 50 | Français | En participant;nous aurons à acquérir les expériences es autres nations en matières de gestion de problèmes liés aux changements climatiques;avoir une connaissance parfaite pour partager avec nos paysans destructeurs de la nature en défrichant les réserves. | Né le 25/09/1964;licencié en pédagogie appliquée;administrateur e territoire;encadreur des paysans pour la participation citoyenne et gestion quotidienne;actuellement chargé es études,analyses et élaboration des projets à la décentralisation. Si nous avons 4 invitations nous serions avantageux à savoir: 1.BANYWESIZE BAHIZIRE WILBRORD. 2.KANDOLO ROSE COLETTE. 3.KOBAPILI MOKE NANCY. 4.NZAMBA TE MOPELE JOSE. | Nous nous engageons à participer à ce séminaire et revenir vulgariser ces connaissances ans notre pays par le 4 pools que nous nous fixerons et évaluer ce processus 6 mois après. Comptant sur votre collaboration,nous vous remercions. | |||||||||
85 | 7/31/2014 5:19:32 | Slum Women's Initiative for Development | John Paul Adyel | adyelpaul@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Joyce Rosemary Nangobi | Slum Women's Initiative for Development | https://sites.google.com/site/swiduganda/ | Ugandan | Uganda | Female | 55 | English | Joyce Rosemary Nangobi is an experienced grassroots woman leader who is a strong advocate for the women but most especially the grass root woman. She has a proven record in leading communities in achieving it goal especially in areas of land and housing, food security, climate change, and disaster resilience. She has been engaged in several international and local conventions concerning climate change, disaster resilience, land and housing and the grass root woman. I strongly believe that her participation in this summit will create a great benefit to the organization and the community we serve. | Joyce Nangobi is a founding member and the Director/Project Manager of SWID. She has a Bachelors Degree in Social Work and Social Administration from Busoga University. Through local to local mechanisms, she is devoted to advocating for women’s rights to access and own land, housing and property, mobilizing and training women, youth and other leaders in areas of disaster and climate change and home based care giving. She has served as the Communication Focal Point Person for Women Land Link Africa (WLLA)-Uganda, the Regional Hub for Africa on matters concerning disasters and climate change. She has been at the forefront of spear heading the campaigning of empowering and enabling grassroots women access and own land titles, very instrumental in plating and protecting the only forest in her community at Masese Co Education primary school and encouraging the community in joining efforts to support the food security campaign in the country. She has participated in the drafting of WLLA 2011-2013 Strategic Plan, attended a number of international meetings like the International Land Coalition Meeting in Malawi (2011), consultative meeting with civil societies and other experts to develop the UNDP Africa Human Development Report in Johannesburg (2011), the UN Governing Council meetings in 2007, 2009 and 2011, World Urban Forum in Rio de Janairo, the 55th and 56th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, and AWID in Istanbul (2012). In addition, Joyce was also part of the Women’s Major Group 3rd Preparatory Committee which organized activities for Rio+20 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=wise&passive=1209600&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2F%3Furp%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2F1CAZt7XxW5Z8GtrKEP%23&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2F%3Furp%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2F1CAZt7XxW5Z8GtrKEP<mpl=drive&emr=1 | ||||||||
86 | 7/31/2014 8:21:12 | APEDD | NGAKOLA CELESTIN | ngakolaalpha@yahoo.fr | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | NGAKOLA CELESTIN | APEDD | NON | CENTRAFRICAINE | Central African Republic | MASCULIN | 42 | Français | Le candidat répond au critère énuméré ci-dessus : Je suis membre du réseau FEM pour la zone de l’Afrique Centrale, le point focal du REPAR qui est un Réseau des Parlementaires pour la Gestion Durable des Ecosystèmes Forestiers d’Afrique Centrale et Président de la plate forme du Conseil Inter ONG en Centrafrique (CIONGCA) en République Centrafricaine qui est le membre du Réseau des plates formes des ONG de l’Afrique Centrale (REPONGAC). Ma participation dans ce réseau est d’amener les partenaires Nationaux et Internationaux à contribuer aux enjeux planétaires sur le Changement climatique, la désertification, la préservation de la biodiversité et la lutte contre la pauvreté afin de promouvoir : des méthodes durables de gestion forestière et de reboisement. Promouvoir une agriculture durable tenant compte des considérations relatives aux changements climatiques pour asseoir les politiques et mesures ayant pour effet de limiter ou de réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre. | De 2013 à 2014: Point focal du REPAR qui est un Réseau des Parlementaires pour une Gestion Durable des Ecosystèmes Forestiers d’Afrique Centrale, Président de la plate forme du Conseil Inter ONG en Centrafrique (CIONGCA) qui est membre du réseau des plates formes des ONG de l’Afrique Centrale (REPONGAC), l’Honorable Conseiller National de Transition et membre du réseau FEM. De 2012-2013 :Coordonnateur de l’ONG APEDD, membre du réseau thématique Environnement et le Developpement Durable du CIONGCA. De 2010-2011: Directeur général de la société Appui aux Initiatives Locales (AIL) De 2008-2010: Charger de programme/ Géomaticien/gestionnaire de données statistiques du projet CEMAC-REMAP-GTZ De 2003-2008: Assistant à la Coordination National de l’Agence Internationale pour le Développement des Informations Environnementales (ADIE). | De 2013 à 2014 : Point focal du REPAR qui est un Réseau des Parlementaires pour une Gestion Durable des Ecosystèmes Forestiers d’Afrique Centrale, Président de la plate forme du Conseil Inter ONG en Centrafrique (CIONGCA) qui est membre du réseau des plates formes des ONG de l’Afrique Centrale (REPONGAC), l’Honorable Conseiller National de Transition et membre du réseau FEM. De 2012-2013 : Coordonnateur de l’ONG APEDD, membre du réseau thématique Environnement et le Developpement Durable du CIONGCA. De 2010-2011 Directeur général de la société Appui aux Initiatives Locales (AIL) De 2008-2010 Charger de programme/ Géomaticien/gestionnaire de données statistiques du projet CEMAC-REMAP-GTZ De 2003-2008 Assistant à la Coordination National de l’Agence Internationale pour le Développement des Informations Environnementales (ADIE). | ||||||||
87 | 7/31/2014 8:49:36 | International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges (IAAI) | Miroslav Polzer | office@glocha.info | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Miroslav Polzer | International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges (IAAI) | www.glocha.info | Austria | Austria | male | 47 | English, German, Slovenian | The nominee is a thought leader in the field of youth engagement and resource mobilization related to UN. In the run-up to Rio+20 conference he was facilitator of Rio+20 Issues Cluster on Innovation and organizer of Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest. Currently he is involved with a number of private and public partners – in development of "The GloCha post2015 Campaign: Global Challenges Youth Engagement & Resource Mobilization Innovation", an extremely ambitious resource mobilization effort (see link below) which includes also a "Global Challenges Youth Engagement Award" Scheme as a multistakeholder action in support of youth engagement in climate change action in the context of post2015 sustainable development agenda. "Global Challenges Youth Engagement Award" will inspire involvement and mobilization of private actors – and in particular young people - in climate change and could therefore generate positive momentum for and with Climate Summit 2014. | Miroslav Polzer is an entrepreneurial global civil society leader who loves science, innovation and multistakeholder action in support of the United Nations system with a particular focus on youth engagement. Being a Carinthian Slovene (Austrian citizen with Slovene mother tongue) he has an ethnic minority background and thus a particular understanding and sesitivity for inter-ethnic and inter-cultural issues. His educational background spans from telecommunication and electornics, business administration (with a specialization on information science), economics and technical environmental protection. He is member of Academic Council on the UNited Nations System www.acuns.org and founder and secretary general of International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges (IAAI), an ECOSOC accredited CSO based in Klagenfurt/Austria, since 2007. In this capacity he was i.a. responsible for implementation of Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest, facilitator of Rio+20 Issues Cluster on Innovation and organizer of several campaigns and events in support of UN goals and programs. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx6Y_m1IHZsDUHd2R3J1eWFoTTQ/edit?usp=sharing | "The GloCha post2015 Campaign: Global Challenges Youth Engagement & Resource Mobilization Innovation", July 2014, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx6Y_m1IHZsDbWZtZ2Vma0d6UEU/edit?usp=sharing https://www.academia.edu/2401920/The_Rio_20_Global_Youth_Music_Contest_Journey_Towards_The_Future_We_Want_-_Photo_documentary_presented_in_the_context_of_International_Day_of_Youth_12_August_2012 http://webtv.un.org/watch/united-nations-system-partnering-with-civil-society-on-resource-mobilization-for-sustainable-development/2932024976001/ | |||||||
88 | 7/31/2014 10:00:22 | CENTRE FOR TRANSFORMATION OF THE UNDERPRIVILEGED | EBERE-OKOYE, NGOZIKA | ngozi_ebere@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | EBERE-OKOYE, NGOZIKA FLORENCE | CENTRE FOR TRANSFORMATION OF THE UNDERPRIVILEGED | NONE | NIGERIAN | Nigeria | FEMALE | 55 | ENGLISH, IGBO & FRENCH | Ebere-Okoye, Ngozika Florence is the Executive Director of Centre for Transformation of the Underprivileged, an NGO whose Mission is Africa free from ignorance, poverty and environmental degradation. We promote healthy living and preservation of the environment through advocacy, education and service delivery. We organize workshops to help farmers adapt to climate change and increase agricultural productivity. Presently, she is undertaking a project titled: "Promoting Fish Farm Production for Biodiversity Preservation in Itu Community in Imo State, Nigeria". She intends to scale up this project to other rural communities along the coastal regions of the country where the effect of climate change has grossly affected the livelihood of the rural people, leading to extreme poverty. She organizes Skills Acquisition and Economic Empowerment programs to mitigate the impact of climate change on rural community people. | Mrs Ngozika Florence Ebere-Okoye is the Executive Director of Centre for Transformation of the Underprivileged. She has a Masters degree in Educational Planning and Administration from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. She attended many training and workshops locally and internationally where her capacity as an agent of change in the Development circle was built. Some of her International Trainers include International Training Centre of ILO, Italy; MDF Training & Consultancy, Ede, the Netherlands. Currently, she is assidously undertaking a project titled: " Promoting Fish Farm Production for Biodiversity Preservation in Itu Community in Imo State, Nigeria". She plans to carry out this same project to other rural communities along coastal region where climate change has affected their aquatic diversity. She organizes Skills Acquisition & Economic Empowerment programs, particularly for indigent widows to mitigate the impact of climate change. She mobilizes unemployed youths and engage them in farming to reduce social ills, and create jobs for them. She is a widow with three children. She is 55 years old. | I am not applying as a speaker or a panelist at the Event. This Section according to the Instruction is for speaking engagement. | ||||||||
89 | 7/31/2014 11:01:02 | LEAD Tunisia | Mustapha Chouikha | muce28@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Mustapha Chouikha | LEAD Tunisia | www.lead.org | Tunisian | Tunisia | male | 46 | English, French | Mustapha Chouikha has been involved in the International Arena since the early 90's. AS UNCED Youth Ambassador for Africa and Europe he has been working as a capacity builder for several youth groups on Environment and Development. He stayed committed to sustainability working for several NGO's on different development topics and sitting from 1995 to 2000 on The UNCSD NGO Steering Committee. It is in 2006 after his graduation as a LEAD fellow that he specialized on climate change issues and participated to various International activities and projects in the field. | Mustapha Chouikha has graduated in 1993 from the Carthage HEC Business school and obtained in 1998 a Master in Rural Development from the Agronomic Mediterranean Institute of Montpellier. He has been involved very young in civil society subjects as youth representative. In 1991 he was appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development as Youth Ambassador for Africa and Europe. He participated at the Earth Summit with a Summit Level Pass. He represented Youth Ending Hunger at several networks and activities among them the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development as Member of the NGO Steering Committee from 1995 to 2000. He was subsequently appointed as Country director of Hunger Free World a Japanese NGO and elected as Chairman of its United Nations Contacting Team. He represented HFW at the United Nations Conference on Finance for Development prepcoms and attended the Monterrey Summit in 2002. In 2003, he was selected as LEAD associate, followed the two years training and graduated in 2005 as LEAD fellow. He has been elected as Chairman of LEAD Tunisia in 2005 and 2008. His main areas of interests are: Rural Development, Climate Change, Food Security and Youth Empowerment. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2nQlLVdrdxyUE5hSmNzbjN5VEU/edit | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vsKFMfowWik91hvCXeaIsuUTm_-YOGIFXmH5b0c3ZrA/edit https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2nQlLVdrdxyOWdzT2g2RTdUT0U/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2nQlLVdrdxyamVNQTNZNjhhcms/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2nQlLVdrdxyNzhJc19DRWpvdWs/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
90 | 7/31/2014 12:23:03 | IDEAS For Us, Inc. | Chris Castro | Chris.Castro@ideasforus.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Mahugnon Serge Djohy | IDEAS For Us, Inc. | http://www.ideasforus.org/ | Benin | Cape Verde | Male | 25 | English; French; Portuguese | He is Cape Verde Country Director for IDEAS For Us, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, accredited by the United Nations, advancing sustainability and environmental awareness through campus and community action. The mission of IDEAS is to educate, engage and empower people of all ages with sustainable solutions through research, action and awareness. The IDEAS Movement will advance sustainability across communities and educational institutions throughout the world by providing people of all ages with the opportunity to address the issues they find most pressing. | Mr. Serge Djohy has four years experience in climate change policy and sustainable development in Africa. He is Holder of a two Master degree in “International Economics and Finance" at the University of Parakou in Benin and a Master Research in "Environmental Management and International Relations" in the University Jean Piaget of Praia in Cape Verde. Young Expert and Consultant in Climate Change and Sustainable Development, he has previously worked from 2012 to 2013 as a Research-Fellow of the African Climate Change Fellowship Program, based in Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania), and leading successfully the project: "Climate Change and Meningitis in Northern Benin". By this project, he works with the local communities of the Northern Benin for the Community Based Adaptation (CBA) to Climate Change in Western Africa. Co-founder of the Non-Government Organization "Better Life NGO", he worked from 2010 to 2013 to raise awareness solutions for adaptation to climate change. He also worked from October 2010 to October 2013, as a Research Assistant in the Laboratory of Regional Analysis and Social Expertise, regional branch of Parakou. Presently, He is Focal Point and Country Director of “IDEAS For Us” in Cape Verde. He assists in facilitating the environmental movement throughout Cape Verde by helping to educate, engage, and empower others in the sustainability movement. Trough your diverse experiential learning activities, focusing on the 5 Pillars of Sustainability (Energy, Water, Food, Waste and Ecology), and the triple bottom line (Social, Economic and Environmental), he work to mobilize students and community members around the country in awareness initiatives and action projects which promote sustainability. He is Consultant of West Africa Institute for the Sustainable Regional Integration of Africa. In the post-2015 agenda process of the development, he participates in various consultations at regional and international level to represented youth of French speaking countries. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7tHkU4GZS4WMnRuMnlzbzY0ZTA/edit | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7tHkU4GZS4WQ21rV1czUE5KX0U/edit https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7tHkU4GZS4WbEFTYkFiZF9LbkE/edit https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7tHkU4GZS4WZDF2U0RPZU9RcDg/edit https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7tHkU4GZS4WRlVQRzVieVlibDA/edit?usp=drive_web https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7tHkU4GZS4Wdjk5LWxvNG9TOXc/edit https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7tHkU4GZS4WUkU5WWZnb3pySUE/edit https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7tHkU4GZS4WNkx4MUZGRVZ1Y1k/edit?usp=drive_web https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7tHkU4GZS4WX2pwRzZIczVrcHM/edit https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7tHkU4GZS4WME4tajBlTGJvbkE/edit https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7tHkU4GZS4WZURRYTVvR0lpN3c/edit https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7tHkU4GZS4WSWp0THpFM2hvc00/edit | |||||||
91 | 7/31/2014 12:38:44 | Sindh Community Foundation | Javed Hussain | sindhfoundation@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Javed Hussain | Sindh Community Foundation | www.scfngo.org | Pakistani | Pakistan | Male | 36 | English , Sindhi, Urdu | Mr. Javed Hussain is the development practitioner have 14years experience in development sector dealing projects of environment justice, climate change, DRR, human rights water and sanitation and community development. He is currently he is managing project Climate change and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights project . The project supported by ARROW and is being implemented in Pakistan. The proposed summit is very closely link with the work of organization and currency research and advocacy project. The learning of the summit will help out to share the community voices and experience at international forums. The learning will help out organization to design and implement new projects on climate change; the organization will have extended networking with others organizations and even with new donors to work on new programs on climate change. | Mr. Javed Hussain born on 1st March 1978, in small town Hala Old of Sindh province of Pakistan. He did his master degree in sociology and doing M Phil in development studies. He has been engaged with different local, provincial and national organizations on various development projects. He has 14 years experience in development sector and worked on various positions. He has been engaged in research, advocacy and program delivery projects on Climate change, DRR, community development, Human rights, water and sanitation and youth development in Pakistan . He has attended international and national trainings on various key themes including DRR, human rights, peace and environment. He has written and manged research and advocacy projects. He has written articles on socio- economic and environmental issues of Pakistan. He is founder of Sindh Community Foundation , an NGO working for sustainable development and he is working as Executive Director. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/o58ai16fo86ndy1/CV%20Javed%20Hussain.docx | https://www.dropbox.com/s/ntnaj3z45grqpv0/Javed_Hussain_Writing.docx | |||||||
92 | 7/31/2014 12:47:29 | IAAI | maxwell Adew | maxwell@glocha.info | Attend Summit only | Yes | maxwell Adew | IAAI | www.glocha.info | Ghanaian | Ghana | male | 30 | English | With 7 years of experience as a social entrepreneur and youth activist. He has been a well-known speaker at several world class events such as the Cable and wireless Childnet Awards ceremony at the Science Museum 2003, World Summit on Information Society in Geneva 2003, The Hague International Model United Nations conference Netherlands 2004, International Corporation days hosted by CIDA in Ottawa 2004, he is experience in Climate issue and has participated as a youth delegate to numerous among other which include the Rio+20 conference in Rio de Janeiro op 17 in Durban, cop 18 in Doha and cop 19 in Warsaw Poland | Maxwell Adew born on 22nd October 1983 with 9 years of experience as a social entrepreneur and youth activist. He has been a well-known speaker at several world class events such as the Cable and wireless Childnet Awards ceremony at the Science Museum 2003, World Summit on Information Society in Geneva 2003, The Hague International Model United Nations conference Netherlands 2004, International Corporation days hosted by CIDA in Ottawa 2004, Building a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World in Washington DC, 2005, African Now Untold Stories Conference 2005, The 1st World Ethics Forum for leadership and Integrity at Keble College, Oxford University England 2006, and the Lecture series Children of the Crossfire, Kenyon College Ohio 2007. He is experienced in the non-profit sector, youth and children in wars as well as the issue of child soldiers. He has helped extensively in national and international research for ICT's for human rights of children used in armed conflict. Information communication Technology, Development and innovation, entrepreneuralship, reading and creative writing. Maxwell is a true trailblazer. It’s not just that he is “moldbreaking.” What’s most important is that he is a powerful model for other young African leaders. Maxwell is a youth Partner to United Nations Alliance of Civilization, Member of United State Institute of Peace, and presently the Secretary General of Africa Rise international. He study computer science at the University of Gothenburg and completed an online course organized by Educational Educa USA and City University New York and, Human Rights Education Associates HREA and supervised by Frank Elbers PhD. Cambridge University Massachusetts | https://drive.google.com/#my-drive | www.maxwelladeoy.moonfruit.com http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=246523 TIGed Educator http://nusrathighsc.tiged.org/ https://www.vizify.com/maxwell-adew http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHZa32QnwlBes0d4mD7paeg https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152025547825262&set=vb.360559460261&type=2&theater http://voices-against-corruption.ning.com/profile/MaxwellAdew?xg_source=msg_wel_network | |||||||
93 | 8/1/2014 4:36:48 | GEADIRR | Chuo Chu Marvis | geadirr@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Chuo Chu Marvis | GEADIRR | http://geadirr.blogspot.nl/ | Cameroonian | Cameroon | Female | 26 | English | Chu Marvis is a young lady who has been very instrumental in fostering frontline advocacy for DRR in the city of Limbe southwest region of Cameroon. She has been working with the municipal counselors to chart the way with the state and situation of flood and Landslide within the city that has devastated the population over the past decades. She has been part of a team of GEADIRR working on an activity carried out by the Global Network for DRR (GNDR) on Action Reflection and Learning. Working with community members to address everyday disaster through a Vulnerability and capacity assessment approach and jointly developing possible action plans. | Marvis was born in September 1988 and went through primary and secondary studies in Limbe. I am the program officer for GEADIRR and a scholar in education at the University of Buea, Cameroon. Buea is located just 8km away from Limbe. I have developed advocacy skills through my activities at GEADDIRR and other practical work carried out with trying to let the voices of the less privilege in our local community be heard. Inequality is playing an untold impact on the lives of the local community that need to be address and stamped out from our society. | to send | ||||||||
94 | 8/1/2014 6:06:59 | Isiziba Community Based Organizations of South Africa | Norman Mapela | normanmapela@webmail.co.za | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | Norman Mlindeli Mapela | Isiziba Community Based Organizations of South Africa | N/A | South African | South Africa | Male | 58 | English | Isiziba strives for the advancement of human rights for the promotion of community based projects, self-help, empowerment, capacity building, skills development and anti-poverty, enables communities involvement in their own development through the application of legal framework for communities SMMEs working in partnership with the Municipal Infrastructure Grant Project Management Unit for participation on new market of South Renewable Energy projects. Isiziba’s resources in South Africa are limited, and that though the organization meets the Auditor-General Constitutional requirements for eligibility of revenue funding, the government is not funding supportive. Isiziba approaches local university for legal representation to test the legal framework for SMMEs participation in government Renewable Energy. | The “local community” is frustrated with the blind refusal of Municipal neglect of legislation for the “Local community” to work in partnership on Municipal Infrastructure Grant Project Management Unit, whilst our resources are limited, though it qualifies for the Auditor-General eligibility for revenue funding, and due to Isiziba lack of funding approaches university for legal representation assistance to test the legal framework for SMMEs participation in government Renewable Energy, and further requests financial intervention to legally enforce the legal framework of enabling SMMEs to participate on REI4P. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B84hdGHrrGvgdEhxTjdzbmtfS28/edit?usp=sharing | Mr Gandhi teaches that, “ends accomplished through unprincipled means destroy us. The Standard Bank Group provides BEE Fund Structure, has underwritten R16 Billion debt for South Africa renewable energy programme, in partnership with EIB for sustainable development. We facilitation the participation of SMMEs in the RE value chain that focuses in private sector and communities. Isiziba facilitates BEE fund ED, SED budget for the SMMEs participation on REI4P, | |||||||
95 | 8/1/2014 6:17:34 | Creative Spirit Welfare Organization | Changez Khan Khalil | cswo.welfare@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | CHangez Khan Khalil | Creative Spirit Welfare Organization | www.cswo.org.pk | Pakistani | Pakistan | Male | 41 | English,Urdu | Changez Khan Khalil is very talented man in Creative Spirit Welfare Organization,he is working since 2003 in the social sector. He is Graduate person & very experience in the climate Change sector, | CHANGEZ KHAN KHALIL OBJECTIVES I want to be a part of a dynamic organization where I can contribute to the growth of the organization with my experience and be a useful part of the organization, to work in an active and ethnically diverse environment, on a challenging position that would enable me to apply my skills for the betterment of the organization and society and gain further valuable practical experience SUMMARY: My previous working experience includes social Mobilization/Organization, Oversee Creative Spirit Welfare Organization Operation and programs, Implementation of the projects, for arrangement of the blood collection camps, Developing linkages with National & International NGO’S and government line agencies, Facilitate workshops seminars and conferences, Support administrative, Logistic and Fiscal Management of the office, Seeking Funding and logistic sources, Registration of Anemic persons especially Thalassamia patients , Raising Awareness against Thalassamia Hepatitis “B” “C”, HIV/AIDS at community level , Submission of monthly progress report. | No | ||||||||
96 | 8/1/2014 6:46:19 | Islamic Relief Worldwide, Anglican Alliance, Bangladesh Islamic Relief | Atallah Fitzgibbon, Muhtari Aminu-Kano, Syed Shahnawaz Ali, Rachel Carnegie | atallah.fitzgibbon@irworldwide.org | Attend Summit only | No | Helen Stawski | Islamic Relief Worldwide | www.islamic-relief.org/ | British | United Kingdom | female | 33 | English | https://www.dropbox.com/s/4p3tounfh0out0i/Helen%20Stawski_Rationale%20for%20nomination.docx | Helen Stawski is the Senior Policy Advisor on Post 2015, leading Islamic Relief’s advocacy at the United Nations to influence the new Sustainable Development Goals that will replace the Millennium Development Goals after 2015. She holds two MA degrees; one in International Development from Sussex University and one in Christian Spirituality from Heythrop College, University College London. Helen is also on the Steering Group of a global interfaith research initiative called the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities, which seeks to generate new research into the impact of local religious communities on community health, resilience and wellbeing. Helen started her career working with community based organisations in South Sudan, supporting their peace-building advocacy and development activities in health and education. Before coming to Islamic Relief Helen worked for the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams; advising on policy, conducting research, facilitating inter-faith dialogue and building programme and advocacy capacity with national faith leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa. Helen has worked with both Christian and Muslim leaders to support their development of theologically grounded climate change resources, in order to engage religious communities in climate justice and promote good stewardship of the environment. She was also a senior consultant for the UN High Commission for Refugees High Level Dialogue with Religious Leaders in 2012. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7T2Mc-bHSVaejk0SG1YNlk5UUU/edit?usp=sharing | https://www.linkedin.com/pub/helen-stawski/13/471/166 | |||||||
97 | 8/1/2014 11:11:13 | Intituto Tecnológico Ambiental do Paraná | Acef Said | said@itapar.org.br | Attend Summit only | Yes | Acef Antônio Said | Intituto Tecnológico Ambiental do Paraná | http://www.itapar.org.br/ | Brazilian | Brazil | Male | 53 | Portuguese | The candidate has a master's degree in environmental resource management and is extremely capable in the subject. He graduated in economics with a minor in sociology, politics, administration and also graduated in social studies. Defended in his dissertation and master's and continues to defend when submitting his doctoral thesis that there can be economic growth and development with sustainability and harmony with the environment.He has won several awards for recognition in the environmental field for his vast knowledge and his ideology of work. | The candidate has a master's degree in environmental resource management and is extremely capable on the subject, participating in numerous lectures on the climate theme. His specialty is that of carbon credits (CDM) projects, being one of the greatest experts on the subject in Brazil. He graduated in economics with a minor in sociology, politics, and administration and also graduated in social studies, becoming teacher and the chair of political science and lecturer on issues of environmental conservation and the search for alternative clean energy science. Defended in his dissertation and master's and continues to defend when submitting his doctoral thesis that there can be economic growth and development with sustainability and harmony with the environment. It is the coordinator of one of the boldest projects involving a different continent, Africa, which has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. He is developing a project with the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Angola in the training of people in this country (MA and PhD. in environmental management). He has won several awards for recognition in the environmental area by his vast competence and work ideology, that is, completely voluntary towards the environment. Has immediate availability to be in New York and his visa is current. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8QtAmO6bd3aLTA2Rkk1SEt5Nmc/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
98 | 8/1/2014 11:59:34 | Mbororo Social and Cultural Development Organization (MBOSCUDA) | Musa Usman Ndamba | musandamba@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Joro HAMIDOU IBRAHIM | Mbororo Social and Cultural Development Association (MBOSCUDA) | www.mboscuda.org | Cameroonian | Cameroon | Male | 36 | English | He is a young dynamic person and has served us in conferences in Europe, Africa and Asia and has a track record of success in the field of climate change. He has carried research on climate change NW region tittled "Agro-silvo pastoral development project, supporting indigenous Mbororo pastoralists adapts to climate change, mitigate climate change and buffer the influence of climate change in the NW Region of Cameroon" funded by ALCOA Foundation-USA (www.alcoafoundation/fellows 2009). He has represented us in UN workshops in Geneva where in presented papers. He has also drafted and submitted a joint shadow report on behalf of three organizations prior to the UN universal periodic review for Cameroon in 2012. He holds Bsc. in Geography and Education and attestations in climate change and advocacy. He is fluent in English and French. I do not have any reservation in nominating him. | MBOSCUDA is a non profit socio-cultural association founded in 1992. The vision is to empower the Mbororo pastoralist to achieve a sustainable and equitable development on their terms and to secure their human, social, cultural and economic rights as valued active citizens of Cameroon. OBJECTIVES: - To promote the economic, social, and cultural development of the Mbororo pastoralist with a view to improve their standard of living; to promote the education standard of the Mbororo youths - To improve upon the agro-pastoral practices, ensure maximum protection of the environment and a better management of grazing lands and the environment. DOMAIN OF INTERVENTION: The complex socio-economic and political problems faced by the Mbororo pastoralist require a complex multi-facet approach to handle these problems. Women Empowerment Program - Identification of groups and registering them into Common Initiatives Groups - Training on leadership and group dynamics and Gender issues - Provision of micro credit to women groups/needy individuals as well as training them on business management - Liaising groups with other developmental agencies Education - Institution of functional Adult Literacy classes to women groups - Provision of sponsorship to youths in primary, secondary and universities - Provision of didactic materials to primary schools - Construction of schools in enclave communities where schools are not available Access to Justice program - Provision of legal representation in Law courts for victims of Human Rights Violations, services of a Law Firm provided. - Provision of functional Community Legal Advice and Assistance Bureau in the 7 Divisions of the North West Region (Paralegal offices) to monitor human rights situations and provide advice and assistance to victims. Agro-pastoral program - protection and management of water catchments and also the improvement of green vegetation through pasture improvement and tree planting - Provision of trainings on land tenure, amicable resolution of farmer/grazer conflicts - Sensitization of pastoralist on the adverse effects of climate change and promotion of tradition knowledge in mitigating climate change, Capacity Building - MBOSCUDA carries out institutional capacity building for its staff and it grass root members. This component also acts an overseer of all MBOSCUDA activities. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/ujsk17tfcarzfq3/Joro%20HAMIDOU%20IBRAHIM.docx | https://www.dropbox.com/s/lofkixdwgtvxoq3/Joro%20HAMIDOU%20IBRAHIM_writing.pdf | |||||||
99 | 8/1/2014 14:57:47 | Pakistan Community Peace Foundation | Salamat Bhatti | info@pcpfi.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | salamat Masih Bhatti | Pakistan Community Peace Foundation | www.pcpfi.org | Pakistan | Pakistan | Male | 41 | English | no | no | no | ||||||||
100 | 8/1/2014 20:33:45 | Ministerio del Ambiente(INAMEH)/ UNEFA | ALICIA HERNANDEZ | aligeo55@hotmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | ALICIA HERNANDEZ | UNEFA /MINISTERIO DEL AMBIENTE | VENEZOLANA | Venezuela | FEMENINO | 58 | ESPAÑOL | PROFESIONAL DE GRAN EXPERIENCIA EN EL ÁREA DE GESTIÓN DE RIESGOS Y TRABAJA ACTUALMENTE EN EL MINISTERIO DEL AMBIENTE DE VENEZUELA EN EL INSTITUTO DE HIDROLÓGICA Y METEOROLOGÍA . ACTUALMENTE CURSANDO ESTUDIO DE PHD EN GERENCIA AMBIENTAL DE LA UNEFA ( UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS DE VENEZUELA) Y PARTICIPANDO EN LA CREANDO LINEA DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO EN LA UNEFA . | 1. Apellidos: HERNÁNDEZ TELLERIA 2. Nombre: ALICIA COROMOTO 3. DireccióN: Urbanización Urdaneta- Vereda 2 Casa N° 7 – Catia /CARACAS 4. CI: 4.849.770 5. Teléfono: 0412 6054954 - 0212-870-73-02 6. Correo electrónico: aligeo55@hotmail.com, aliciachernandezt@gmail.com 7. Nacionalidad: Venezolana 8. Estado civil: Soltera 9. Ciudad de nacimiento : Cabimas estado Zulia /Venezuela 13 -Función actual: Especialista III INAMEH Y Consultor Independiente. 14-Años de experiencia profesional: 25 AÑOS de experiencia Profesional. 15-Líneas de especialización e investigación. • Investigación aplicada a la Gestión Integral de Riesgos Urbanos en Venezuela. • Planificador Urbano- Regional y del desarrollo sustentable . • Planes Estratégicos de desarrollo (diseño de políticas y estrategias de intervención). • Creación de sistemas de monitoreo; identificación y formulación de proyectos y programas; así como de planificación y puesta en marcha, monitoreo y evaluación. • Gerencia y supervisor de Proyectos Multilaterales e Internacionales. • Gestión Ambiental e Inspectoría Ambiental. • Ordenación del Territorio y Planes de manejo de áreas bajo régimen de administración especial y de Cuencas • Cooperación Técnica Nacional e Internacional. • Profesional Dedicado Al Estudio Del Cambio Climático en el Doctorado y En INAMEH ( actual). Profesional con mucho interés por mas de 20 años por los problemas del medio ambiente a nivel nacional y local . | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8mPa03zemQnR1psMWNYS1J2aDhkcU50WXpad2tuYmhmVVBF/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8mPa03zemQnR1psMWNYS1J2aDhkcU50WXpad2tuYmhmVVBF/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
101 | 8/2/2014 3:37:25 | Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Welfare Society | Danish Channa | salbws@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Danish Channa | Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Welfare Society | www.salbwspk.org | Pakistani | Pakistan | Male | 45 | English / Urdu / Sindhi/ Siraiqi | There is a high incidence of HIV within injecting drug users in the Sindh province. Majority is street based and they don`t have access to treatment until or unless they are drug-free | The strategy resulted to reduce relapse rate within the community, because SALBWS with the collaboration of concerned NGOs facilitate families to create enabling environment. SALBWS has started to link those IDU PLHIVs to the treatment centers because of their responsible behavior while the families and the NGOs also take responsibility to sustain their responsible behavior with their support. | Access to treatment has been made possible through collective efforts by all the stakeholders. This strategy is also helpful to reduce incidence of HIV and AIDS | ||||||||
102 | 8/2/2014 5:32:58 | ONG ULANGA-Ngazidja | Hachime ABDEREMANE | hachimeabder@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | DJAMAL-DINE SAID | ONG ULANGA-Ngazidja | http://facebook.com/ulanga.wangazidja | comorienne | Comores | homme | 26 | français | Monsieur DJAMAL-DINE SAID a une expérience avérée sur les questions de plaidoyer portant aux changements climatique et des capacités dans la mise en oeuvre des programmes axés aux communautés vulnérables face aux changements climatiques. C'est un membre actif de l'ONG-ULANGA très impliqué au niveau des communautés locales et plus particulièrement au niveau des jeunes dans un milieu insulaire. Sa participation à un tel événement lui permettrait d'appréhender les questions traités dans un contexte plus global. | Né le 14 mars 1988 au Comores, a obtenu une licence 3 en science de la vie à l'Université des Comores. Enseignant de sciences naturelles à l'école avenir d'Itsandra, A suivi une formation sur l'adaptation aux changements climatiques organisé à Lomé du 18 au 22 mars 2013 par le groupe d'experts des pays les moins avancés francophones. Il a aussi assisté à plusieurs assises sur les questions d'adaptation et d'atténuation organisées sous l'égide du ministère de l'Environnement et de la Commission de l'Océan Indien. Il a joué un rôle animateur de plusieurs ateliers relatif aux changements climatiques. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/80ut2oo94pxf4x4/Cv%20Djamal-Dine%20SAID.docx | http://www.linkedin.com/pub/said-djamal-dine/69/398/3b2 | |||||||
103 | 8/2/2014 5:56:34 | GROUPE D'ACTION AUX NECESSITEUX (GAN) | MUBUTO MASASA ALFRED | gan_rdc@yahoo.fr | Attend Summit only | Yes | MAKE-KYANZILA JEREMIE | GAN | CONGOLESE | Congo | MALE | 35 | FRENCH, ENGLISH,SWAHILI | Our organization works in the climate issue and this one is the key member of our organization. is founder member of this organization from 2006 till now, he began as a project manager in the organization and now is the coordinator of this organization.Please is the one who makes the organization to move ahead in the climate change. | The nominee is the one who lives in The Africa continent,Country:Democratic Republic of Congo, City:Goma, Province:North Kivu, Eastern The country where is based. He is married with one wife, father of 3 children. | If you select me I provide to follow all your instructions of the organization. | |||||||||
104 | 8/2/2014 9:55:32 | Rural Empowerment and Institutional Development REPID | shah Jehan | shah@repid.org.pk | Attend Summit only | No | Shah Jehan | Rural Empowerment and Institutional Development REPID | www.repid.org.pk | Pakistani | Pakistan | Male | 27 | English | I am leading a humanitarian Organization REPID working for the most deserving communities of Pakistan especially in FATA and KP to build their capacity through networking, linkages, seminars, conferences, training's, mobilization and to aware them from the legislative policies and procedures and give them right to Information with the support of UN agencies and International Donors. The main objective of our organization is Advocacy, Community based solution for climate change mitigation, Environmental protection, child protection, women empowerment; health and covering the gap on need based through Education, developmental activities and raised the voice for Violence against women from grassroots level to the Parliament. I am the member of FATA Reforms and speaker from FATA to the Parliament have sound experience of presenting climate change issues in different national and international forums. | Chief Executive Officer, Rural Empowerment and Institutional Development REPID, Project Completed Under Donor: UNOCHA, UNHCR, Gov of Pakistan, Gov of Japan, FATA CBP, NATPOW, PIHRO, IRC. • Improvement Education Initiatives: In collaboration with UNOCHA we are providing education facilities to the internally displaced person of FATA and also raised fund from sources for the sustainability of the project in this project so far we have been enrolled 9000 children’s for Education and form a network of 1000 Youth from the rural areas. • Project PANAHGA (UNHCR,s). • Provision of Community Services for the IDPs of New Durrani Camp(UNHCR) • Sight Developments (UNHCR). • Transitional Shelters for Flood Affected Families (UNHCR). • Establishment of Community Based Organizations (USAID). • The Skilled Youth Program (NATPOW) • LHVs Empowerment through Computer Literacy (Ministry of Health) • Poverty Alleviation and IT Awareness ( PIHRO) • Non-Formal Education (Ministry of Education) • Community Led-Total Sanitation (USAID) • Youth Entrepreneurship • Environmental Protection Responsibilities: • Overall management of the projects/programs • Strategic planning for the organization • Management, implementation and coordination of projects • Streamlining different project operational guidelines • Regular field visit to conduct regular participatory monitoring of the project activities, analysis progress and draw conclusions for improvement. • Coach and facilitate staff in drafting and finalization of quarterly reports. • Identify and implement new opportunities for NGO strengthening • Liaison with different donors and other stakeholders on regular basis • Meetings and reviews with BoD on regular basis for improvement • Coordination’s meetings with Government departments. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9-_uP8eyd-HS3N0ZXc3QmhyU1k/edit?usp=sharing | N/A | |||||||
105 | 8/3/2014 3:12:57 | Social And Human Development Consultative Group | al-Haj Hamad M.K Haj Hamad | sahdcg@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | ELHAGHAMED MOHAMED KHEIR HAGHAMED | Social And Human Development Consultative Group | www.sahdcg.org | Sudanese | Sudan | Male | 64 | Arabic- English | Attended Rio+20 as representative of CSOs in the national delegation. Member, rep CSOs in the national climate change UNFCCC and attended June SBSTA and SBI round negotiation in Nairobi. Represented Sudanese CSOs in the Arab countries water strategy review by CSOs in Amman – Jordon 2013 Now project coordinator for climate change enduced displacement adaptation in two states in Sudan. Ph.D in historical demography 1981 Ex. Secretary General National Population Committee and coordinator for the desk on population and environment. | * Executive Director, Social And Human Development Consultative Group (SAHDCG) , 1995 * Project Director, 1991-95, Development Of National Population Policy. National Population Committee * Project director, 1989-91 rural women development- UNFPA sponsored project. * Secretary General,(Professor Of Research) 1989-95, National Population Committee. * Programme Coordinator,(Senior Research Fellow), 1987-89, National Population Committee. * Senior Lecturer , (1985-87), Department Of History, Addis Ababa University. * Publications Officer, 1985, Development Studies And Research Center (DSRC), Faculty Of Economics, University Of Khartoum. * Associate Professor, 1979-84, Department Of History, University Of Khartoum . * Research Assistant, 1976-78, Department Of History, University Of Khartoum * Assistant Personnel Officer, 1975 – April 1976, Personnel Establishment, Ministry Of Public Service. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5vS2UzW1FZgXzBTUG9OdkViNUE/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5vS2UzW1FZgQnhJVE4zdnRVdEk/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
106 | 8/3/2014 16:59:47 | Uganda Environmental Education Foundation (UEEF) | Margaret Balikagala | ugandaenvironmental@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Senyonjo Nicholas | Uganda Coalition for Sustaianable Development (UCSD) | www.ugandacoalition.or.ug | Ugandan | Uganda | Male | 45 | English,Luganda | The candidate meets the criteria because he as been an active member effective advocacy and community based climate change mitigation and climate change. He has participated and led advocacy campaings in Uganda among which is the Save Mabira crusade. This was mainly targeting Government of Uganda, when they wanted degazzete this forests for sugarcane growing being invested by the metha Group. He stood firmly with CSO and let a crusade of demostrators against Mabira Forest Reserve and Government abondened the give away. He as also carried our Community level projects on climate change adaption and mitigations. The documentaries for these community climate change are available. | Senyonjo Nicholas was born in 1967 and has 15 years of Professional experience in Environmental advocacy, Social and Community Development in Uganda working directly with National and local policy Makers, National and International NGOS, Community Organizations, Small Scale farmers, Institutions of learning, business community and grassroots Communities. This has enabled him to identify and analysis the Challenges of Environmental Education and Policy Development and how to overcome them. Nicholas is also the founder and Director of National NGO called Uganda Environmental Education Foundation which focuses on Environment Education and advocacy, Sustainable Agriculture and renewable Energy, Water and sanitation and rural development programs. He has been elected on many International and national NGO Boards as a Board member but also Chair of the Board of Directors in Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development (UCSD), Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM a Regional Network in 15 African Countries) ,Uganda Land Alliance(ULA),Climate Action Network, Uganda National NGO Forum and Uganda Water and Sanitation Network(UWASNET),Global Environment Facility(GEF),International Union of Forest Research Organization(IUFRO)and International Pest Network(IPEN).Nicholas having chaired many of those NGOs and Networks has had an Opportunity to Collaborate with Government Agencies, Development Partners and Private Sector, therefore has a wider experience working with Government and Development partners. He has participated in United nations negotiations including Rio+10 and subsequent meetings. He is Skilled in Leadership and management, Resource Mobilization, Human resource management, Community participatory, Interpersonal Skills, Conflict and Counseling and monitoring and project evaluations. Nicholas holds a bachelor’s Degree in Social work and Social Development, a Higher Diploma in Environmental Science, a Diploma in leadership management and various professional certificates. | www.ugandacoalition.or.ug, www.easuswatch.org | ||||||||
107 | 8/4/2014 0:23:47 | Behram khan | javid khan | sywodir_u_pk@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Behram khan | SYWO-Pk | nil | pkistani | Pakistan | male | 30 | english | the naminee is very hord social worker in the area .they work aganist the pandamintlast element in the area to promote the peace around the world. | the naminee is MA socialoge and got different traning inthe field of NGO | https://behram.google.com | see our ngo | |||||||
108 | 8/4/2014 1:38:29 | Servicio y Desarrollo Integral SEDERIAC AC | Carlos Moises Alonso Vazquez | servicioydesarrollointegral@hotmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Carlos Moisés Alonso Vázquez | Servicio y Desarrollo Integral SEDERIAC AC | Mexicano | México | Masculino | 45 | english | Carlos Alonso es Biólogo, cuenta con veinte años de experiencia en trabajo con organizaciones. Como socio fundador (2010) de Servicio y Desarrollo Integral SEDERIAC AC, está plenamente autorizado por nuestra organización para representarla en cualquier foro, reunión y/o evento, nacional e internacional. Ha desarrollado diversos proyectos de aprovechamiento y conservación de recursos naturales y socioculturales, en diferentes regiones indígenas de México. En SEDERIAC tiene a su cargo la planeación para la gestión, elaboración y ejecución de diversos proyectos de Desarrollo Sustentable íntimamente relacionados con el Cambio Climático como: Diagnósticos Ambientales y Socioculturales, Agricultura Ecológica, Ecoturismo, así como procesos organizativos para la producción de especies de plantas y animales nativas. Además está dispuesto a viajar cuando sea necesario o a presentarse en la sede de la ONU en Nueva York el 23 de septiembre a 8:30am y cuenta con Visa recientemente renovada. | Carlos Alonso: Nacido en la Ciudad de México el 25 de noviembre de 1968, cuenta con 20 años de experiencia en campo desarrollando e impulsando procesos de Desarrollo Rural Sustentable, procesos organizativos de producción agropecuaria ecológica, así como de investigación, principalmente en el área de la Etnobotánica, Restauración Ecológica y Agrobiología. Planes de Desarrollo Local y Regional con enfoque Sustentable. Algunos de los ejemplos de este trabajo que ha realizado son: el Centro Ecoturístico “Collares Verdes”, en Coxcatlán, en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Tehuacán, Puebla y El Centro Ecoturístico Kakiwin Tutunaku (Monte de Tres Corazones), en la región de Huehuetla, Sierra Norte de Puebla. Asesor permanente desde 1998, a la fecha, del Instituto Internacional para la Cooperación entre los Pueblos, así como de la red Siglo XXIII y de la Red de Cooperación Sur-Sur, en El Salvador Centroamérica, en donde se han desarrollado diversos proyectos como la creación de la Casa Ecológica en Nahuizalco, diversos eventos con jóvenes para el rescate del conocimiento tradicional de los pueblos indígenas, el intercambio entre campesinos de México y Centroamerica de técnicas ecológicas para la producción sustentable. Así como también contribuyó a la creación del “MUSEO AJA”, de culturas populares no solo de El Salvador, sino de diferentes partes del mundo. De 2010 a la fecha es socio fundador de Servicio y Desarrollo Integral SEDERIAC AC; desarrollando diferentes procesos organizativos con productores de la región de Colima. Tiene a su cargo la planeación para la gestión, elaboración y ejecución de diversos proyectos de Desarrollo Sustentable íntimamente relacionados con el Cambio Climático como: Diagnósticos Ambientales y Socioculturales, Agricultura Ecológica, Ecoturismo, así como procesos organizativos para la producción de especies de plantas y animales nativas. | http://www.minube.com.mx/rincon/collares-verdes-en-coxcatlanpueblamexico-a35245 ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9j860pVWpw; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-b90yzYZ2s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFr0kdw9Oy0 https://es-es.facebook.com/pages/Centro-Ecotur%C3%ADstico-Kakiwin-Tutunaku/417000948367705 http://kakiwintutunaku.tripod.com/ ; http://www.museoaja.org http://es-es.facebook.com/pages/Museo-AJA/458009504268967 | |||||||||
109 | 8/4/2014 5:49:38 | Miriam College | Pacita D. Fortin, Chair, Department of Social Work | pfortin@mc.edu.ph | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Merlie B. Mendoza | Department of Social Work, College of International, Humanitarian and Development Studies, Miriam College | http://www.mc.edu.ph/AcademicPrograms/HigherEducation/CollegeofIntlHumanitarianandDevtStudies.aspx | Filipino | Philippines | Female | 50 | English and Pilipino | I am pleased to nominate Merlie Mendoza either as a panellist or participant. As a humanitarian practitioner, and peace and development worker, she brings valuable inputs to Miriam College’s Social Work program. She has successfully organized our annual executive humanitarian course on linking global and local humanitarian systems for the past four years. Merlie’s 25 years’ wealth of experience – from government to non-government, and the grassroots – makes her a favorite resource speaker. Her competence as a public speaker springs from her passion and dedication as a humanitarian and development worker. She continues to extend voluntary technical assistance in/for communities and organizations. She was in Haiyan-affected areas for four months working closely with frontline religious congregations and parishes. She strongly values participatory processes believing that community presence and facilitation are critical gaps in building the peoples’ knowledge base and organization. | Merlie has ten years experience (1989–1998) as a peace and development worker at the Office of the President’s peace agency. As Executive Coordinator of Tabang Mindanaw (Help Mindanao) in the next nine years, she coordinated the efforts of this multi-sectoral coalition of business foundations, church-based social action networks and civil society groups for peace and human security programs for the marginalized sectors in Mindanao including the indigenous peoples and Muslim communities caught in situations of chronic conflict. Since 2007, Merlie continues to be an independent humanitarian, peace advocate, and development worker. She extends voluntary technical assistance in humanitarian operations and disaster risk reduction and management to frontline mechanisms and institutional Church partners (Catholic dioceses and religious organizations). Her humanitarian engagements include, among others, Infanta (Quezon 2004) mudslides, Typhoons Durian (2006), Fengshen (2008), Ketsana (2009), Parma (2009), Washi (2011), Bopha (2012), and Haiyan (2013). Merlie was also deeply engaged in humanitarian operations during the all-out-war in Central Mindanao (2000-2003) as well as in peace and development efforts in the conflict-affected communities in the Sulu Archipelago (2003 to 2008). She was a founding member of the Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN) in 2002 and was Executive Committee member until 2013. She has co-authored its first publication entitled “Challenges to Human Security in Complex Situations: The Case of Conflict in the Southern Philippines.” She completed research projects on the humanitarian situation and internal security issues in conflict zones in the Sulu Archipelago for the Asia Foundation and Consuelo Foundation. She runs an annual Executive Humanitarian Course on Global and Local Humanitarian Systems, and is on call faculty/resource person of Miriam College’s Social Work Department. Merlie is currently undertaking a research on resiliency in Bopha-affected communities in Mindanao under the Manila Observatory, a private scientific research institution. She has had opportunities to share her insights on her humanitarian and community development engagement at various for a, locally and internationally, including at the UN General Assembly (2005 and 2010). She has also facilitated and organized trainings related to conflict management, disaster risk reduction and management. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-iepPp9NzKGME1od3NoVy1pWkk/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-iepPp9NzKGbzBVTjFZRFRSbHM/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-iepPp9NzKGZWg1YTNBQ3BzSEU/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-iepPp9NzKGNmcwUVdWdEJPSW8/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-iepPp9NzKGSlB0NVEzdjlic1E/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
110 | 8/4/2014 5:51:49 | Chuch World Services Pakistan/Afghanistan | Huma Ali | huma.ali@cwspa.org.pk | Attend Summit only | Yes | Huma Ali | Church World Serrvices Pakistan/Afghanistan | www.cwspa.org | Pakistani | Pakistan | Female | 28 | English, urdu, sindhi, punjabi | As I am working in my country as Assistant project officer (DRR) Disaster Risk reduction, I am enhancing the capacity of communities on climate change adaptation and DRR. rural and urban both categories are highly responsible for changing climate. individually and collectively we can reduce the bad impact of climate, and as it is not the issue of only one country its effect globally. • Agriculture, livelihoods, deforestation are the main factors of climate change and melting of glaciers. . I call it an interface between science and society. we can adapt the community based solutions by The Adaptation - Capacity Development interface, Climate Change Preparedness workshops and much mire. Learning by shock is neither an empowering nor an ethically defensible pathway.” | I am Huma Ali working in one of the non government organization named Church World Services Pakistan/Afghanistan. I am 28 years old. Here I am working as Disaster Risk Reduction Assistant Officer. I Completed my masters in (organic chemistry) which directly linked with the climate change effect, i.e. green house gas emission, use of polyethen in urbanization, use of nitrogen chemical in fertilizer by farmers, automobiles, CFC gases, and other many human activities which effect on climate change. I got DRR complete training from iMMAP US-aid, www.iMMAp.org. Capacity building of community on DRR and climate change adaptation. we involve Govt officials and community and other stake holders for implementation and advocacy on climate change and its adaptation and DRR. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2_NlmCwI9K6a2xMOUJkLXlhbkk/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2_NlmCwI9K6UmY0dkNoTkpqcWc/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
111 | 8/4/2014 7:01:49 | Centre for Development Communication | Prashant Sharma | prashant.sharma@cdcindia.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Vivek Agarwal | Centre for Development Coummunication | http://www.cdcindia.org/ | Indian | India | Male | 50 | English, Hindi | Vivek Agarwal through his non profit venture-"Centre for Development Communication (CDC)" is involved in management of Solid Waste in Urban and Rural areas through scientifically designed and effective methodologies for almost two decades. Headquartered at Jaipur, Rajasthan, CDC has a pan-India presence, with on-going projects in more than sixteen cities. The key operational areas including Waste Management in Urban and Rural areas, Urban and Rural Health, Professional Internships, Training & Research, Micro-finance, Social Security of waste workers and street vendors. His extensive engagement in waste management is based on the principle to reduce its affect on the climate. | Dr. Agrawal has specialized in Solid Waste Management, Communication & Urban Health. His major contribution in SWM is the concept of micro planning. Formerly, he was assistant Director Health Services, Government of Rajasthan from year 1991 to 1996. He also served as assistant Faculty Member, Indian Institute of Health Management & Research. Jaipur Currently, he is Managing Director of Kanak Resources Management Ltd, Managing Director of Greentech Infra Pvt Ltd and Trustee Secretary of Centre for Development Communication. Academic Achievements: • Vice Chairperson and Member, Technical Working Group on Collection and Transportation of Waste, constituted by International Solid Waste Association • Member, Curriculum Committee, Central University, Rajasthan • Published Research Articles in 20 International & National Journals. • Guided 25 students to pursue M.Tech, MBA degree in Environmental Engineering/ Management. • Presentations at International Forums- over 25 • Member, Editorial Committee, International Journal of Urban Health. • Resource Person, HCM-Rajasthan Institute of Public Administration. • Authored chapter on Solid Waste Management in India Infrastructure Report 2008 (Oxford Publication). • Designed, developed, edited, compiled and published several documents for health communication. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w1oYGHF20_CKKS_Ur1NAhXTUkTvuGU7O4VMx0Slz6_I/edit?usp=sharing&invite=CI2cku8F | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3VlSiP8qU5-RXhrRFYtal9EWjg/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3VlSiP8qU5-TFFGZnluRVgtSms/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3VlSiP8qU5-NXdmLXhxcmhLYVU/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
112 | 8/4/2014 8:19:48 | Association Carré Géo & Environnement | Ibrahim Mfondoun Mbamoko | carregeo@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Ibrahim Mfondoun Mbamoko | Association Carré Géo & Environnement | www.carregeoenvironnement.jimdo.com | Cameroonian | Cameroon | Male | 30 | French | During 2013, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development of Cameroon (MINEPDED) I coordinated , an advocacy campaign for the integration of climate change into policies, programs and strategies in Cameroon in general and in local development programs in particular.This advocacy campaign helped contribute to national post 2015 consultation conducted by the UN System in Cameroon and included in its report entitled "National consultations post 2015 Cameroon: National Report" on page 63 a memory aid integration aspects related to climate change in the design, development, implementation and monitoring of plans, community development has been designed and developed. I coordinate this year (2014) an Advocacy Campaign for the creation and implementation of a law on energy efficiency and renewable Energy in Cameroon | 1997 to 2002: Engineering Diploma in Agro Socio Economy in Rural Economy and Sociology, Accountability and analysis of entreprenial projects, plannification of communal projects at the University of Dschang, Cameroon. 2006 to 2008: Professional masters in international relations, Exchange Bank and International Finance at the Institute of International Relations in Yaounde Cameroon. 2008: DESS Bac+5 in international relations , Exchange Bank and International Finance at the Institute of International Relations in Yaounde Cameroon Presently, i’m the Executive Secretary of the Association CARRE GEO & ENVIRONMENT. Created in 2004 and based in Douala- Cameroon, the Association CARRE GEO & ENVIRONMENT is a non profitable organization which functions in the protection and preservation of the environment and also the promotion of sustainable development in Cameroon. www.carregeoenvironnement.jimdo.com. My work is: • Organization and moderation of Conferences as well as debates. • Supervision of the activities of the association. • Conception and coordination of sustainable development projects. • Representing the Organization in national, sub regional and international meeting Below are some links of public fora, where i presenting climate change issues: http://www.ucac-icy.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=244%3Aconference-sur-le-developpement-durable&catid=15%3Aevenements&Itemid=87 http://ifcameroun.com/activites-debat/fr/activites/programmation/1295,la-contrainte-climatique-dans-les-projets-de-developpement-au-cameroun.html Currently I’m The national Focal Point of the African Network for Environmental Rights.(RADE) www.lerade.com and member of such networks: - Climate Action Network International: http://www.climatenetwork.org/ - climate & Development Network: www.climatdeveloppement.org - Adaptation fund NGO Network: www.af-network.org - Global Network Disaster Reduction: www.globalnetwork-dr.org | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B17zzWUULh-gYU5zOVFCZFVGUk0/edit?usp=sharing https://www.dropbox.com/s/0f08eezt8dubof6/Ibrahim_Mbamoko_About%20submission.docx | link to writing sample: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B17zzWUULh-gRmhkcTJTMjhDazQ/edit https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rn74lgS0YA5nlDsTwf17QNG-PcI46QsR9piY5TP_gms/edit#slide=id.p14 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rn74lgS0YA5nlDsTwf17QNG-PcI46QsR9piY5TP_gms/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B17zzWUULh-gRkVqajhadVFuTTg/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B17zzWUULh-gRkVqajhadVFuTTg/edit links of public fora, where i presenting climate change issues http://www.ucac-icy.net/index.phpoption=com_content&view=article&id=244%3Aconference-sur-le-developpement-durable&catid=15%3Aevenements&Itemid=87 http://ifcameroun.com/activites-debat/fr/activites/programmation/1295,la-contrainte-climatique-dans-les-projets-de-developpement-au-cameroun.html links to refered press articles http://sanentech.wordpress.com/2013/11/03/changement-climatique-le-carbone-comme-solution-alternative-au-rechauffement/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xdsa538YY6LyoH7APXKLc7zOiwYHrEiHKpAVRUsIdpM/edit | |||||||
113 | 8/4/2014 11:37:17 | Global Network of Civil Society for Disaster Reduction | Stu SOLOMON | stu.solomon@globalnetwork-dr.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | ADESSOU Kossivi Nevaeme | Global Network of Civil Society for Disaster Reduction | www.globalnetwork-dr.org | Togolese | Togo | Male | 33 | French and English | M. Kossivi Adessou is the Regional Development Coordinator in West Africa. M. ADESSOU was recruted for that post because of his former experience in Advocacy. He has several times worked on Climate Change issues and was involved in the process of negociations on climate change. M. ADESSOU during our collaboration has shown a strong capacity to deal with people as a manager and as a communicator. | Mr Adessou is basically specialist of criticism as he studied litterature. But passionnated with Environment and Sustainable Development, he was involved in activities of protection with NGO Jeunes Volontaires pour l'Environnement in Togo. Concinved of his choices he followed some parallel training that offers him the capacities to be a good leader in this sector and being relevant. He was trained by Francophonie on environment and sustainable development and by UNITAR on Introduction of International Environmental Law. Adessou plays a very important role in JVE for several year before being appointed for an International Program where he supports an Energy Program in Mozambique for a year. Back from Mozambique Adessou is the Western Africa Regional Development Coordinator of Global Network of Civil Society for Disaster Reduction. Adessou has made some presentations on Climate Change at high level. To UNFPA meeting on SRHR in Berlin, on Greens General Assembly in Dakar etc... | https://docs.google.com/a/globalnetwork-dr.org/file/d/0B7erVv0AhT_YXzJxV01rd0lxOWs/edit?usp=drive_web | http://www.mediaterre.org/membres/Patrick/actualites.html, http://www.mediaterre.org/afrique/actu,20130404161207.html, http://www.mediaterre.org/afrique/actu,,20130211110317.html, http://www.mediaterre.org/jeunes/actu,20101018175333.html | |||||||
114 | 8/4/2014 11:53:47 | Universal Versatile Society | Pralhadsingh T. Bayas | uvsoindia@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Narayan Vitthalrao Solanke | Universal Versatile Society | Indian | India | Male | 37 | English, Hindi, Marathi | Narayan Solanke is President of NGO, leading an activity called ‘CAP for Schools’ having strong network of schools and teachers. Through which, we are reaching up to the masses, facilitating the implementation of various community based programs. Under his administration, we have ‘Go Green’ project which ensures the plantation and survival of donated trees by the students. Students are cast-off as media to facilitate the awareness campaigns, rallies, etc. on climate change mitigations. Two students were awarded as finalist in International Essay Competition on environment by ‘The Living Rainforest, UK’. Solanke has been called for UNEP TUNZA Environmental Conference for his contribution in environmental issue. He is Editor in Chief of newspaper ‘Rajput Rang ‘making him to reach outside of state. Being Media professional with devoted social worker, his attendance to conference makes thousands of students & hundreds of teachers to implement the solution on climate change mitigation. | Mr. Narayan Vitthalrao Solanke is founder and President of NGO called Universal Versatile Society and Editor in Chief of Weekly Rajput Rang. He is leading our NGO in that part of rural India which is unfortunately popular for farmer’s suicide plight. We are active in Education, Environment and poverty alleviation. We had undertaken the activity called ‘CAP for SCHOOL’. Under this activity we have strong network of school and teachers. For his efforts in implementing project based learning in school, iEARN-India (International Education and Resource Network) offer him the Regional Coordinatorship. In 2004 he represented India in 11th iEARN International Conference at Slovakia; there he presented the project on Village- i.e ‘Village- Appeals for Whiz Age’. After coming back he devoted himself fully in Rural Development Campaign and Women’s Empowerment. He made research on Maharashtra Government’s ‘Sant Gadgebaba Rural Development Campaign’ under which he gathered the information about all the ideal villages in Maharashtra state and prepared a book called ‘Swachhatetun Samruddhikade’. Our government appreciates the project and Amravati University publishes his book. He has been awarded as ‘Man of the year 2004’ Award of Washim district for his contribution in social work. Later, his online volunteering service for United Nations Volunteering and International poverty Center has been remarked and offer him the appreciation certificate for working as poverty alleviation in various states in India. For his exceptional efforts in ‘Go Green’ project (in collaboration with Red Cross Society) and for making the students aware of global warming and climate change mitigation, he has been called by UNEP on Tunza Conference at Indonesia. For his contribution in education Bahrain Government sponsor him with Education Conference Project Conference. Leipzig University of Germany called him twice for capacity building and training. GTZ Germany and PLAN International sponsor him for further training and capacity building. For economic backing of farmers he is working on Women empowerment through Self Help Group project. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4U_zszHSAM3QzNfQ2JQeGQ1ZHM/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4U_zszHSAM3cm1GbnZ4WDNNUU0/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4U_zszHSAM3N3hMSlhScnc2UmM/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4U_zszHSAM3bTk4Q2FnVHBScVU/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4U_zszHSAM3bjJLWURBa01ZSGs/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
115 | 8/4/2014 16:40:30 | Diverse Voices and Action for Equality; Also DAWN; Also PPGCCSD | Gigi Francisco (DAWN); Shirley Tagi (DIVA for Equality) -Joint nomination | shirleytagi@gmail.com ; gigi.francisco@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Noelene Frances Nabulivou | Diverse Voices and Action for Equality; DAWN, Women's Major Group on SD | www.dawnnet.org | Fijian | Fiji | Woman | 46 | English | Noelene is a seasoned advocate and campaigner for gender equality, human rights, climate justice and social justice in its broadest sense, from local to global, and has a capacity to make useful connections between all the various issues on which she campaigns, thereby strengthening partnerships between actors working to affect change in different areas who collectively can work together to achieve more. As well as her national and regional work, she works actively to input across several UN multilateral tracks. Noelene is a catalyst and founder of the 'Pacific Partnerships to Strengthen Gender, Climate Change Responses and Sustainable Development' that already includes many state and non-state partners, and also accompanies and supports the work of many youth and women's groups in all regions. Noelene was one of 100 women from around the world invited to be part of the WECAN Women Climate Change Leaders meeting in the USA last year. | Noelene F. Nabulivou (Fiji) is the Women’s Major Group on Sustainable Development (WMG) SIDs Focal Point. She is an adviser and member of Diverse Voices and Action for Equality (DIVA for Equality Fiji) and an Associate of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN). Noelene is a co-founder, with SPC and Pacific Youth Council and many others, of a major new regional initiative, ‘Pacific Partnerships to Strengthen Gender, Climate Change Response and Sustainable Development’. This work brings together High level government representatives and National women’s machineries, civil society and social movements and networks in the Pacific for mapping, discussion and shared strategies. Noelene focuses on links between gender equality and women’s human rights, human rights, climate justice, environmental justice and sustainable development for almost 30 years, including community-based and wider multilateral work. She works across local and national (Fiji), Pacific, Asia-Pacific, SIDS, and global multilateral spaces including the Commission on the Status of Women and Beijing@20, SIDS, the Post-2015 Development Agenda, UNFCCC (Focus on Social Pre-COP/LDCs and SIDS input), and ICPD Beyond 2014. She is on the inaugural Asia-Pacific CSO Advisory Group to UNWomen, and the Beijing+20 Asia-Pacific Steering group, as well as the Pacific Gender and CROP (Broader) Working Group. Noelene lives in Caubati, Fiji. | See some links below that refer to some of Noelene's contributions: http://www.awid.org/News-Analysis/Issues-and-Analysis/UN-NGLS-interviews-Noelene-Nabulivou-Diverse-Voices-and-Action-for-Equality-Fiji http://www.sids2014.org/index.php?page=view&type=1006&nr=2607&menu=1507 http://www.divafiji.com/apps/blog/entries/show/42454539-new-new-pacific-partnerships-to-strengthen-gender-climate-change-response-and-sustainable-development http://www.dawnnet.org/feminist-resources/content/major-group-statement-women-indigenous-people-trade-unions-delivered-noelene-nabulivou http://www.dawnnet.org/feminist-resources/content/statement-noelene-nabulivou-unescap-regional-commission http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEgmgT1yCrg | ||||||||
116 | 8/4/2014 18:03:46 | Africa Clean Energy Summit(ACES) | Juddie Passion | jpassion@africacleanenergysummit.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Olawale Akinwumi | Africa Clean Energy Summit(ACES) | http://africacleanenergysummit.com/ | Nigeria | Nigeria | Male | 42 | English | Mr Olawale Akinwumi is the first convener to initiate climate change awareness in Nigeria and was given the title; Mr Environment by the Honourable Minister of Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria(2004). He is the originator of the National Carbon Credit Train in Nigeria | OLAWALE AKINWUMI, a STRATEGIC COMMUNICATOR, CLIMATE ADVOCATE, ENVIRONMENTALIST, SPEAKER, WRITER, AUTHOR, EDITOR, PUBLISHER, MEDIA SPECIALIST, SEASONED COUNSELOR, CAREGIVER AND MINISTER OF GOD is a member of various international and local professional organizations, with over Twenty years of experience in communications, journalism, writing, research, study, environmental / climate advocacy and sustainable development. He has attended, participated and organized several local and international conferences on climate change, carbon credit, environmental education, awareness, communications and sustainable development. He has at different times coordinated and provided environmental consultancy / support services to the Federal Ministry of Environment and a number of states and agencies in the following key areas: climate change, pollution control, desertification, erosion control, waste management, conservation, clean development mechanism, carbon credit, pre and post environmental assessments, environmental sensitivity / responsibility, relationship management, and environmental education. AKINWUMI is the GROUP CHAIRMAN of The Environment Communications Limited, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of The Environment Publications, COORDINATING CHAIR / CHIEF OPERATING DIRECTOR; Africa Clean Energy Summit & Africa Climate Solutions Centre, FOUNDER; The Wale Akinwumi Foundation and PRESIDENT; Caregivers Christian Ministry International. He is happily married and lives in Lagos, Nigeria with his wife and their two children. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7GmrpB9R5MgQzB6NUlybWlxSkE/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7GmrpB9R5MgUVlfaWJKaVpxems/edit?usp=sharing http://nigeriannationalcarboncredittrain.blogspot.com/ | |||||||
117 | 8/4/2014 18:14:29 | Global Alert For Defence of Youth and the Less Privileged(GADYLP) | Timi Gabriel | kennedyezedinbu@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | OBI Goodluck Odimegwu | United Nations of Youth Network Nigeria(UNOY) | www.unoynigeria.org | Nigeria | Nigeria | Male | 47 | English | Prince Good luck Obi is the founder and President Global Alert for Defence of Youth and the Less Privileged(GADYLP)as well as the President of a Youth network known as United Nations of Youth Network Nigeria(UNOY)Through the track record of Prince Obi both NGOs had Observer Status with UNFCCC as well as Special Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC.Prince Obi has initiated regular tree planting among the youths as a means of reducing the effect of climate change.He formed UNOY Green Club which is responsible for planting and nurturing the trees to maturity.He formed and sustained Climate Change Clubs in Primary and Secondary Schools in Lagos,Nigeria.The members of this club plant trees periodically and step down the training on the importance of tree planting as they were taught by Prince Obi and his working team. | Prince Goodluck Obi had his first degree B.A.(Hons)in 1992 from the first University in Nigeria,the University of Ibadan.Prince Obi has been a Speaker in the following fields at one time or the other Thus:Climate Change,Peace and Conflict Resolution,Social Work and Volunteerism,Youth Development and Empowerment,HIV/AIDS,Public Health among others.Through his hard work, he had three Honors Award during his National Youth Service Corps in 1993 in Kwara State,North Central of Nigeria.One of these Awards was the MOST OUTSTANDING CORPS MEMBER.Through the track record of the NGO he founded(Global Alert for Defence of Youth and the Less Privileged) on Volunteerism,he was nominated by United Nations Volunteers Office in Bonn,Germany to coordinate the UN International Year of Volunteers in Nigeria.IYV 2001.After the official inauguration of IYV 2001 in Nigeria,he was democratically elected as the Focal Point/Coordinator of IYV 2001 in Imo State.Imo State is one of the 36 States of Nigeria.He had work in Civil Society as a Project Coordinator/Manager,Executive Director,President.Head of Organization etc at various times for over twenty Years of devoted service to humanity.Prince Obi is a known Human/Environmental Rights Activist.He was sponsored by the UN as a delegate from Nigeria to attend the Review Conference on Racism,racial discrimination,Xenophobia and related intolerance in April 2009,UN Office,in Geneva,Switzerland.He is a seasoned speaker in various fields of human endeavor not limited to Climate Change,Human Rights,Youth Development etc.He is the Designated Contact Person of UNOY in UNFCCC.He was a Speaker and Moderator in COP 18,Qatar in 2012,COP 19,Warsaw,Poland,UN Climate Change Conference,June 2014(SD40)Prince Obi has granted many national,regional and international interviews on Climate Change but not limited to the following:Interview with UN Climate Change Studio during COP18,in Qatar,also during COP 19,Warsaw,Poland.The interview could be seen in UNFCCC Website.Prince Obi was a Speaker to the 2013 international Day in memory of the victims of the Holocaust organized by United Nations Information Center,Lagos,Nigeria.This year,June 13th,2014, in Bonn,Germany,Prince Obi was a Speaker to a Side Event organized by GADYLP and Brama Kumaris during the UN Conference on Climate Change(SB40).It is pertinent to mention hear that the Executive Secretary of UNFCCC,Ms Christiana Figuress attended as a Special Guest. | https//seors.unfccc.int/seors/reports/archive.html The above website is where my various presentation as Speaker,Moderator and Arthur of Various UNFCCC Side Events could be seen. eg:COP 18 in 2012,Doha,Qatar Title:"African Youth forum on Climate Change:Mobilizing African Youth on reasons for planting Trees"COP 19 in Warsaw,Poland The theme:"Tree planting,Global warming and Young People" UN Climate Change Conference,June 2014(SB40)Theme:"UNOY Nigeria Youth mark 2014 International Day of Forests and contribute to REDD+"Another presentation as a Speaker thus:"Global Justice,Equity and sustainability."The Executive Secretary of UNFCCC,Ms Christiana Figuress was also a Special Guest of Honor at the Event.IOn the same website above,one can also see the Exhibition as presented by Prince Goodluck Obi | ||||||||
118 | 8/4/2014 18:42:50 | Niger Delta Women's movement for Peace and Development (NDWPD) | Mrs. Akpodiete Grace | nigerdeltawomen@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Caroline Usikpedo | Niger Delta Women's movement for Peace and Development (NDWPD) | NOT APPLICABLE | Nigeria | Nigeria | Female | 39 | English | Caroline Usikpedo is the founder / current National President of the Niger Delta Women’s Movement for Peace & Development, and has reached out internationally to initiate local-to-global links with other women’s, anti-poverty and environmental organizations and networks. she actively engaged with Women’ Major Group for sustainable Development, Feminist Task Force of GCAP and Initiative For Equality programs. She is presently the co-chair for the Women Major Group of UNEP. Caroline and the NDWPD facilitated three climate justice tribunals and poverty hearings ahead of the Copenhagen Climate summit 2009 and Durban 2011 TO STRENGHTEN VOICES, SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS IN THE NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA . and presented the outcomes of the Climates Justices Hearing as a Climate witness from the Niger Delta, Nigeria at the UNFCCC Copenhagen Summit in December 2009, Durban South Africa 2011 and to RIO+20 Conference in Brazil 2012. | Caroline Usikpedo is the founder and current National President of the Niger Delta Women’s Movement for Peace & Development (NDWPD). She founded this NGO in 2005 with the vision to empower the Niger Delta women and the most vulnerable people in the region. She has 9 years working experience in Non-Governmental Organisation as Women’s / Human Rights activist. She has actively fought for Gender Equality, Women Inclusion in Decision making and Women’s Rights and Empowerment at rural areas, in Nigeria. Through the Niger Delta Women Resource Centre, Caroline has trained over 350 women and girls in skills and vocations of choice in 2010 and 2013. As part of the NDWPD capacity building project, the organization has been in partnership with various international organizations and as a result, Ms. Caroline Usikpedo, the National President has reached out internationally to initiate local-to-global links with other women’s, anti-poverty and environmental organizations and networks. Caroline and NDWPD have been actively engaged with Women’ Major Group for sustainable Development, Feminist Task Force of GCAP and the Initiative For Equality programs and activities and was part of the field hearing for sustainable development partners. She considers community peace and Gender Equality as critical for sustainable development, particularly for more vulnerable groups like women and children. Hence, her persisting advocacy for an effective sustainable livelihood in Nigeria and across the globe. She is also an international speaker, and has presented several papers on the Niger Delta and made interventions on behalf of rural women at global conferences and discussions, including the Rio+20 conference in Brazil , the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development (OWG 6) , the Post 2015 Development Framework processes with the United Nations High Level Panel members, United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and the 2nd Meeting of the High Level Political Forum. Caroline is recognized as a Women Leader in her community and across the globe, she is currently appointed as the Co-chair for the Women Major Group of United Nations Environment programme (WMG), a Global Facilitation Team Member for the Feminist Task Force of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty. Due to her achievement on campaigning on the MDG’s, Caroline was awarded with Special Recognition Award by the United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC). | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wNSz6ZdTz36nJViX8uG361OohQ00fNBHu6fG6xavc2w/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SB98ofx0ik7Yi9uGF95BvoQL_NUZzjPX7GvV4NJohcQ/edit?usp=sharing www.iisd.ca/vol33/enb3303e.html www.fes-globalization.org/.../1pg-GenderJusticeForSustainableDevelop... www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/women-make-case-for-climate-change/ es.tcktcktck.org/2011/11/hearings-innovative-women-in...up/20 841 www.gender-climate.org/.../Panel-Event-Leaders-Forum-on-the-Future- | |||||||
119 | 8/4/2014 18:49:29 | Climate Change Network Nigeria | Surveyor Efik | info@ccnnigeria.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Surveyor Udo John Efik | Climate Change Network Nigeria | www.ccnnigeria.org | Nigerian | Nigeria | Male | 45 | English | Surveyor Efik, whose book - Understanding Climate Change - would have been published before the conference date, has an eloquent knowledge of climate change issues, good networking capacity and long years of experience that makes him fit for the Panel debate. He has been following up the issues of the conference at UNFCCC COP19 and from the Climate Action Network (CAN) International, where he is an active member. His participation will add value to the conference by way of representing Africa in the Panel and contributing useful information on the African perspective in the "Voices from the frontlines of climate change" | Surveyor Efik (not a Surveyor by profession) is an Environmentalist and the National Coordinator of Climate Change Network Nigeria (CCN-Nigeria) - the largest civil society coalition on climate change in Nigeria and the Founder/Executive Director of Human Orientation Movement for Environment (HOME) - an environmental and sustainable development focused NGO. He is serving as Member/Civil Society Representative in the Nigeria’s National Technical Committee on REDD+ and has served in the same capacity in the National Inter-Ministerial Committee on Climate Change (2009 - 2011). He is a renowned international Speaker on various issues of climate change, including green economy, ecocities and REDD+. He was one of the Guest Speakers on green economy at the 64th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference, Bonn, Germany, September 2011. Efik is presently a visiting scholar on Climate Change Governance at the Wageningen University, Netherlands. In addition to his academic laurels, he bagged a Certificate in Climate Change Diplomacy (2011) from Diplo Foundation Institute, Malta and the acquired knowledge has been helping him immensely in the UNFCCC Negotiation processes, which he is involved since 2009. He is a member of Climate Action Network International (CAN-I) and the Coordinator of its West African Chapter Working Group on REDD+; UN-Habitat’s World Urban Campaign; UNEP’s Climate Neutral Network (CN-Net); World Bioenergy Association (WBA) and Coalitions for Global Commons (CGC). | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6E4PsgFqX_ZOTJvZlgxQ2tVaTg/edit?usp=sharing | N/A | |||||||
120 | 8/4/2014 19:43:31 | Imo Youth Network Programme | Chris Amaechi | iynp93@yahoo.co.uk | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Felicia Iheaka | Imo Youth Network Programme | Nigerian | Nigeria | Female | 67 | English, Ibo and Yoruba | Nominee has been an activist in the promotion of environmental preservation, human rights and peace-building. Currently, she works with women the youth, men and other vulnerable members of the society- to work on issues that address serious challenges, posed by climatic changes. Nominee is the Executive Director of a non-governmental organization known as Imo Youth Network Programme(IYNP). Over the years, IYNP has continued to work relentlessly, under the supervision of the nominee- to sensitize the citizenry and create awareness on environmental issues. Impact created by such moves, motivated women to form vanguard agric groups- the group encourages one another and builds the capacity of rural/urban dwellers to practice environmentally friendly farming. | Felicia Iheaka is married with grown up children. She is very passionate and actively involved in voluntary work- aimed to encourage, both women, the youth and me toward having a voice to issues/ challenges, that affect them, their families and society at large. She was in Lagos Nigeria, but grew up and live in Imo State and its rural environs. Though she has an immigrant (US) visa, she ensures her time is divided towards her voluntary work in both rural/urban communities in Nigeria. The nominee equally worked as an administrator in a state-owned TV/Radio media- this gave her ample opportunity to engage in discussions and press events, on human rights, environment and socio-economic issues. | The nominee, Felicia has continued to engage/participate in speaking event at various levels- both locally and otherwise. In 1994 for instance, she was one of the speakers that contributed toward papers presented during the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), in Cairo, Egypt. Nominee also contributes immensely, during conferences, networking meetings and media events. | |||||||||
121 | 8/4/2014 22:08:26 | Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal (FECOFUN) | Ganesh Karki | fecofun@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Dil Raj Khanal | Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal (FECOFUN) | www.fecofun.org.np | Nepali | Nepal | Male | 43 | English and Nepali | The candidate has been following the climate change related issues since last 8 years and regularly participating in COP and intersession of UNFCCC since 2007. Therefore, he has good knowledge on this issue. As a member of Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN) Mr. Khanal has widely contributed for the capacity building of forest communities on climate change mitigation and adaptation in Nepal. In the context of Nepal, the community forestry is highly contributing for both mitigation and adaptation which are really important for local communities. Mr. Khanal can share his experience on contribution of community forestry for mitigation and adaptation as well tools for community-based capacity building on climate change in Nepal, which will be useful for the participants of other countries. | Dil Raj Khanal (dilcommon@gmail.com) is a natural resource management and common property lawyer working in Nepal with Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN) as a member and other national associations related to community-based natural resource management as a policy facilitator. He works on policy, legal and institutional issues on forestry, land and water since 1990 and climate change including REDD+ from last eight years. As a policy facilitator, he has expertise on advocacy and stakeholders facilitation on natural resource management laws as well as legal research on this sector. He has written resource books and extension materials on climate change and REDD+ in Nepali language for the capacity building of local communities which are published by government and civil societies in Nepal. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByGcOafFacDPbDVmM21TZGpZcXM/edit?usp=sharing | Books 1. The context of REDD+ in Nepal 2. Safeguards system of REDD+ in Nepal Presentation: COP 11 of UNFCCC Integrating multiple safeguards system | |||||||
122 | 8/4/2014 22:09:35 | Na Koa Ikaika o ka Lahui Hawaii | Mililani Trask | mililani.trask@icllchawaii.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Gina Malia Nobrega-Olivera | Waikiki Hawaiian Civic Club/ LAMA | islandclimate.net | Kanaka Maoli | Hawaii | Female | 43 | English, Hawaiian | Ms. Nobrega-Olivera is an indigenous representative and leader in Hawaii that is committed to the Native Hawaiian community and she currently manages a climate change program at the University of Hawai’i. Malia and her family continue the traditional and cultural practice of making Hawaiian salt on the island of Kauai, the last place in all of Hawaii that continues this tradition. Climate change is having an impact on this cultural practice that provides for medicinal, cultural, and spiritual practices. As the recent international coordinator of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB), the indigenous caucus at the UN CBD, Malia was designated by the caucus to speak at the high-level ministerial segment- multi-stakeholder panel in Japan. Malia is very capable and able to work with a variety of stakeholders and has proven this in her work at a local, national, regional, and global level. | Malia Nobrega-Olivera, is the President of Waikiki Hawaiian Civic Club and LAMA’s Director of Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaiinuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge. She is a Native Hawaiian educator, cultural practitioner, community organizer, and advocate of indigenous rights at all levels– locally, regionally, and internationally. Her experiences demonstrate her commitment to her people, language, and culture and to indigenous peoples worldwide. She received a bachelor’s degree in Hawaiian Language and a master’s degree in Educational Technology from the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa. Ms. Nobrega-Olivera’s advocacy work has taken her to United Nations meetings, such as the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, UN World Summit on the Information Society, the UN Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). She works closely with the indigenous caucus at these meetings and is currently the international coordinator for the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB), as well as the coordinator of Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific who participate at the CBD and UNFCCC meetings. At a local level, Malia is very passionate about traditional knowledge projects and ensuring that the next generation has the opportunity to learn from our elders. She has also led policy work in Hawaii relating to bioprospecting, traditional knowledge, and intellectual property rights. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B63IMGK_Byq6WWtBRE9iNXh0LUk/edit?usp=sharing | http://iifb.indigenousportal.com/2010/10/28/iifb-high-level-statement-october-28-2010/ http://www.hawaiiconservation.org/images/uploads/conference/HCC_Plenary_Panel_on_Climate_Leadership_v4.0.pdf | |||||||
123 | 8/5/2014 6:09:14 | CARE International & Global Gender and Climate Alliance | Sven Harmeling & Cara Beasley | sharmeling@careclimatechange.org, cara@gender-climate.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Robert Glasser | CARE International | www.careclimatechange.org; www.care-international.org | Australian | Switzerland | Male | 55 | English, some Spanish | Dr Robert Glasser is CARE International’s Secretary General. CARE's response to CC is growing, with over 70 projects in ca. 30 countries recently. Gender Equality/Women’s Empowerment is at the centre of this. Dr Glasser has been guiding the development of CARE’s first Climate Change Strategy 2013-2015 and actively advocates on climate issues at global and community levels. He has been a member of the Advisory Panel of the Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2012, of the board of the Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA), and of the Steering Group for World Economic Forum project on The Future Role of Civil Society. He has worked with vulnerable poor communities in remote locations and witnessed first-hand the impacts of climate change and natural disasters (incl. as CEO of CARE Australia leading adaptation projects in Cambodia, Vietnam, PNG). Robert Glasser is a compelling speaker (e.g. at the launch of the 2008 Global Humanitarian Appeal, UN ECOSOC in NY, World Humanitarian Day COP15). As Secretary General of CARE International, Dr Robert Glasser has been leading an organisation at the forefront of the climate change-development link in practice, in particular through CARE’s response to CC expanding to over 70 projects in ca. 30 countries in recent years. Poverty reduction, social justice and gender equality/women’s empowerment have been at the centre of this, with CARE forming part of the strategic leadership of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) over the past two years. Dr Glasser has been a champion of CARE’s first Climate Change Strategy 2013-2015 and has been a committed advocate since the early days of CC advocacy in development contexts. He has been a member of the Advisory Panel of the Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2012 and of the board of the Global Call for Climate Action. He has witnessed first-hand the impacts of climate change and natural disasters on poor communities (incl. in Cambodia, Vietnam, PNG). | Dr Robert Glasser is the Secretary General of CARE International, one of the world’s largest non-governmental humanitarian organizations, based in Geneva, Switzerland and active in over 80 countries. Dr. Glasser leads the work of the Confederation, which is engaged in emergency relief and long term development work across the globe. He was formerly the Chair of the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR), comprised of the Chief Executives of the largest international Non-Government Organisations involved in humanitarian relief (World Vision, Oxfam, Caritas, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Federation of the Red Cross, ACT Alliance and Lutheran World Federation), and a Principal of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) an inter-agency forum for coordination, policy development and decision-making on humanitarian issues involving the key United Nations (UN) and non-UN humanitarian partners, which includes the Executive Directors of UNICEF, the World Food Programme, UNDP, and The World Health Organisation, among others. Dr Glasser is a member of the Strategic Board for the CEMS Alliance, an international strategic alliance of some of the world’s leading business schools and multinational corporations; a member of the Advisory Panel of the Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2012, a global report on the impacts of climate change for communities around the world; a member of the board of the Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA), a global alliance of more than 450 national and international organizations focussing on climate change advocacy; a member of the Principals Steering Group of the United Nations Transformative Agenda for Humanitarian Action; and member of Project Steering Group for World Economic Forum project on The Future Role of Civil Society. From 2003-2007, Dr Glasser was the Chief Executive of CARE Australia overseeing aid programmes in countries including Cambodia, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, and Jordan. Prior to coming to CARE he was Assistant Director General at the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). At AusAID Dr Glasser held responsibilities in a variety of areas including the Papua New Guinea and Mekong programmes, Corporate Policy and Infrastructure and Environment. Dr Glasser has also worked on international energy and environmental policy for the US Department of Energy. Dr Glasser has published on a number of topics, including environment, and humanitarian policy. | https://www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-glasser/a/3b9/394 | Selected speaking engagements: Introduction of CARE Climate Change Strategy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c4dYOGUiiQ&feature=youtu.be World Humanitarian Day at COP19 (starting at 0.28) http://vimeo.com/8199116 | |||||||
124 | 8/5/2014 6:24:39 | Civil society organization network for development (RESOCIDE) | Siaka Coulibaly | siaka.coulibaly@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Coulibaly Siaka | Civil society organization network for development (RESOCIDE) | www.cdcap.org | Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso | Male | 50 | French, English | Siaka Coulibaly is an activist engaged in major society and world issues like democracy, human rights and environment. He has many records in the feeld of citizen participation at community level in Burkina Faso. Web activist with his blog doxatory. | 50 years old, Five children, law and polical science academic background, independent consultant in political governance and development topics, trainer, Project development and management, Independent observation of elections, Political advocacy within Policy Dialogue Frameworks on governance and development issues (poverty, climate change, renewable energy...) | www.siaka-coulibaly.org | ||||||||
125 | 8/5/2014 12:17:35 | Population Action International | A.Tianna Scozzaro | ascozzaro@popact.org | Attend Summit only | No | A.Tianna Scozzaro | Population Action International | www.populationaction.org | USA | United States | female | 28 | English, Spanish | As the population & climate associate at Population Action International and a steering committee member for the Global Gender & Climate Alliance, A.Tianna brings a unique vantage point to the discussion as a youth focused on gender, population dynamics, resilience, sustainable development and climate adaptation. She also leads the advocacy around the post-2015 process for the global Population & Sustainable Development Alliance. | A. Tianna manages PAI’s international climate advocacy and technical assistance strategy and provides partners with logistical, organizational, and communications support. She also advocates on integrated women’s health and environment funding and policy issues before the U.S. government. Prior to joining PAI, A. Tianna served as a program manager at Rachel’s Network, a national network of women environment philanthropists. She also worked for the U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming as a Public Policy Fellow. She earned a master’s of public administration in environmental science and policy from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and holds an undergraduate degree in international relations from University of California at Davis. - See more at: http://www.populationaction.org/blog/author/ats/#sthash.QP40mPLs.dpuf | http://www.populationaction.org/blog/author/ats/ | ||||||||
126 | 8/5/2014 13:56:33 | ONG ASED | Kanta Ibrahim Moussa | moussakanta@yahoo.fr | Attend Summit only | Yes | Kanta Ibrahim Moussa | ONG ASED | _ | Nigérienne | Niger | Masculin | 39 | Français | Il est indispensable à la vie sur Terre et assure une température moyenne de +15°C environ au lieu de -18 °C. En effet, la Terre reçoit la majeure partie de son énergie du soleil (principalement sous forme de lumière visible), une partie est directement réfléchie par l’atmosphère et la terre, une autre absorbée par la terre et une dernière partie rayonnée sous forme d'infrarouges par notre planète. Le rayonnement infrarouge émis par la Terre est en partie intercepté par les gaz à effet de serre de l'atmosphère terrestre tandis que le reste est diffusé vers l'espace. | Pays continental, enclavé sans littoral (le plus proche est le golfe de Guinée à 600 km), le Niger compte une superficie de 1 267 000 km² pour une population estimée à 17 millions d’habitants en 2012 caractérisée par un revenu de moins d’un dollar par habitant, un taux de croissance le plus élevé de la sous-région (3,3%), un taux d’analphabétisation de 70%, une faible couverture sanitaire qui fait apparaitre 1 médecin pour 36.000 habitants et une pharmacie pour 148.000 personnes. Inégalement répartie sur le territoire, cette population présente une densité disparate qui varie de 1 habitant par km² dans la zone nord (saharienne) couvrant 77% de la superficie totale du pays à 49 hbts/km² dans la zone Sahélo-Soudanienne plus au sud (agricole) représentant 1% du pays. Pendant la période du BOOM de l’Uranium (1975-1980), l’économie nigérienne a enregistré une croissance de l’ordre de 21%. A partir de 1981, le marché de l’uranium plonge dans une crise sans précédent qui crée des perturbations dans tous les secteurs de l’économie nationale. Le Niger ne disposant pas d’autres ressources minières significatives, ne peut alors compter que sur le secteur rural déjà malade. La part du sous-secteur agricole qui emploie 85% de la population totale passe de 70% en 1960 à 37% en 1997 du (PIB). La baisse intermittente de la performance du sous-secteur agricole constatée à partir de 1970 est la conséquence d’une série de perturbation climatiques persistantes caractérisées par une irrégularité des pluies et leur mauvaise répartition dans l’espace et dans le temps. Cette situation se trouve renforcée par une exploitation extensive (par manque de moyens) des terres cultivables et un système inapproprié d’utilisation de l’ensemble des ressources naturelles ayant entrainé çà et là une dégradation des terres, des forêts et des eaux (taux de surface que souterraines). | Face à cette situation économique, le gouvernement du Niger a engagé, à partir des années 70, des réflexions tendant à rechercher les moyens organisationnels et matériels de sortir le pays de la crise. Ainsi, du Conseil National de Développement (CND) durant la période 70-80 à la loi n° 98/56 du 29 Décembre 1998 relative à la gestion de l’environnement, le Niger, avec l’appui des pays et organismes internationaux amis, a mis au point plusieurs stratégies et alternatives de restauration de l’environnement et du développement de l’économie nationale. | ||||||||
127 | 8/5/2014 19:06:09 | Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA) | Floretta Louis Hinds | cafra@candw.lc | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Flavia Cherry | Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA) | cafra.org | St. Lucian | Saint Lucia | Female | 50 | English, French, Creole | This candidate is head of the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action and she is also an executive member of the Caribbean Association for Small and Medium Enterprises. During the SIDS conference held in Barbados, she participated in a high-level panel discussion as a representative of the regional private sector. She is very active in the Caribbean feminist movement and her work on climate change, SIDS and the Environment are done through CAFRA, where she served as the Caribbean representative for UNEP and attended the UNEP Conference in Nairobi in 2012. She participated in the regional civil society conference in preparation for the Samoa Conference and has always advocated for greater consideration for climate change issues and how it affects small islands developing states of the Caribbean. Because of her passion for the environment, we are confident that she will be a great speaker at the Climate Change Conference. | Link to Bio - sta.uwi.edu/igds/20thanniversary/flaviacherry.asp | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69mNJLSgd-5WlZuQWlONlFRV3M/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69mNJLSgd-5c1NiZkMyS2NLSEE/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69mNJLSgd-5ZjJnMTNlNWlKX1k/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
128 | 8/5/2014 20:30:50 | Asesores en Conservación y Desarrollo AC | Marisol Violeta Sanchez | marisol@acd.org.mx | Attend Summit only | Yes | Hugo Alfredo Contreras Benítez | Asesores en Conservación y Desarrollo AC | www.acd.org.mx | Mexican | Mexico | Male | 42 | Spanish, english | Hugo Contreras has participated in projects of sustainable development and environmental conservation, supporting indigenous and rural communities address development challenges successfully managing natural resources, in recent times, has focused on environmental economics, climate change and REDD+ activities. | Hugo Contreras was born in 1972 in Puebla, Mexico. From age 17, he has worked with rural communities and indigenous peoples for integral development actions. Study Economics at the Autonomous University of Chiapas and has taken various specialization courses in several countries. He has worked for the government of Mexico and has served as a consultant and project leader for agencies such as UNDP, FAO, GIZ, Finland and German embassies in Mexico, among others. Eight years ago, founded and coordinates a nonprofit organization, to link development projects in marginalized areas and indigenous people in Mexico. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Ylq6Mxmh1QelM3UW1JTVJIUlU/edit?usp=sharing | no files | |||||||
129 | 8/5/2014 22:16:51 | Moravian College | Diane Husic | husicd@moravian.edu | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Diane White Husic | Moravian College | www.moravian.edu | USA | United States | female | 54 | English | Dr. Husic is a faculty member at Moravian College and is Co-director of the Center of Investigation for Sustainability. The college has been accredited as an official observer under the UNFCCC since 2009. Dr. Husic has attended the past 5 COPs and is a steering committee member of the Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs) constituency group. She participated in the Open Working Group sessions 7 for the post-2015 SDGs through the Women’s Major Group (through WEDO) because of her expertise in climate change, chemicals, and contaminated sites. She is involved in a number of projects aimed at increasing climate literacy and building resiliency within communities and ecosystems. Her research includes ecological restoration of contaminated sites, ecological monitoring, and phenology and she has an extensive publication record for both scholarly journals and lay audiences. She lives 70 miles from the U.N. headquarters. | Dr. Husic, a member of the Department of Biological Sciences, teaches courses in climate change, conservation biology, environmental science, and sustainability. She is a frequent public speaker and works with 2 nature centers to help facilitate community dialog on climate change by linking art, science, and dialog to address local environmental risk and disaster-readiness. Dr. Husic has presented at national conferences on lessons learned from the international stage on linking science and climate change policy. She serves on the National Geographic Geo-education Steering Committee, an initiative aimed at helping young people gain a stronger understanding of how the human and natural worlds work at local, regional, and global scales. She is a member of the Global Women Scholars Network and the Rocky Mountain Science and Sustainability Network board that works with the National Park Service and youth of color to develop leadership in science and conservation. In advance of the 2014 Committee on the Status of Women meetings, she was a contributing author for the NGO CSW outcome document for the North America and European region: An open discussion paper on the priority themes for CSW 58 “Challenges and Achievements in the Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for Women and Girls." Dr. Husic serves on the Pennsylvania Climate Change Adaptation Working Group for Natural Resources, which developed a series of recommendations for the state and a white paper to guide the revision of the State Wildlife Action Plan. She leads a regional citizen science phenology project (working with school groups, gardeners, farmers, local naturalists, and watershed groups). More formally, she leads a grant-funded research group that conducts ecological monitoring along the Appalachian Mountain landscape to better understand the impacts of climate change on forest habitat, bird populations, and invasive species. She has over 50 publications. The most recent is entitled “Undergraduates, Faculty Mentors, and Professional Disciplinary Societies Address Climate Change as a Global Human Rights Issue.” At the 5 COP meetings she has attended, she mentors student attendees and young researchers in RINGOs. She blogs from the COP meetings and maintains two other blogs (on redefining prosperity and on phenology). | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz-LjaobrPmRbGlrVEYwMERmMDg/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz-LjaobrPmRRV8tdl9MRVJrV3c/edit?usp=sharing http://moraviancollegeatunfccc.blogspot.com/2014_01_01_archive.html http://moraviancollegeatunfccc.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html http://moraviancollegeatunfccc.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-cost-of-inaction.html http://moraviancollegeatunfccc.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-question-to-campus-community-why.html http://www.cur.org/assets/1/23/Pages_from_spring2014web_v34.3_web_vignette_Husic.pdf | |||||||
130 | 8/6/2014 0:31:33 | Pacific Youth Council | Tarusila Bradburgh | tarusilab@spc.int | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Christina Ora | Pacific youth Council | www.pacificyouthcouncil.com | Solomon Islander | Solomon Islands | Female | 22 | English | Christina is an active youth volunteer with the Honiara Youth Council( HYC) which is affiliated to the Solomon Islands National Youth Congress and the Pacific Youth Council. The mission of HYC mission is to advocate on behalf of young people in Honiara City to the Honiara City Council and other stakeholders operating in Honiara City. The council is designed to be a youth-led initiative backed by our national and regional stakeholders and represents a firm obligation to provide opportunities for young people so that they will be inspired to realize their potential and contribute to the social, economic and cultural welfare of the society. Her involvement into the council came as recognition for her role as a climate change youth activist which she she took on since she was 17 years old. What she wants to do is build a generation-wide movement to be the solution to the climate crisis and a force to challenge the way we currently do business. | Christina has attended climate change gatherings, gave talks, delivered speeches, mentored youth girls, did peer to peer education, participated in workshops relating to Climate Change, youth and leadership and executed a lot of activities targeted at empowering youth people to be part of the solution to Climate Change. These activities were in close collaboration with both local and foreign partners such as local women’s groups, the Honiara City Council, the Commonwealth Youth Program, the Red Cross, Oxfam, Young Women’s Parliamentary Group (Solomon Islands), SPC, Pacific Youth Council, relevant government miniseries, faith based groups, 350.org, Live and Learn and local youth groups in and around Honiara. Being a creative artist fanatic, her volunteerism work is to educate, empower and prioritize youth inclusiveness within the Climate Change debate. This meant doing advocacy awareness on a new creative youth-friendly ‘level’. The activities included action days, flash mob dances, media campaigns from one end of the capital city to the other, and using creative warrior images in our campaigns. She recognises that they doing what every other NGO in town were doing, and that was awareness on Climate Change. What was differently was the methods and tactics her group used to engage young people. With Honiara Youth Council (HFC), she is confident that as they progress forward, Climate Change awareness will become a key objective. HYC played a crucial role in the assessment phase during the aftermath of the April flooding that struck the Honiara recently. Seeing the devastation firsthand gave her an insight into how young people can be proactive in these circumstances. She recently participated in the Pacific Partnerships for Gender Climate Change and Sustainable Development and this has enhanced her knowledge and also her networks within the women’s movement on the issue in the Pacific. As a young woman Pacific climate change activist I hope to see how we can better enhance civil society partnership with Member States to better shape the Pacific’s position in global gender, sustainable development and climate change agendas. | http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/as-climate-talks-drag-on-lowlying-atolls-are-already-being-flooded-20091210-km57.html | ||||||||
131 | 8/6/2014 0:38:16 | World Youth Foundation | Varsha Ajmera | wyf@po.jaring.my | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | KEHKASHAN MAUSHUM BASU | World Youth Foundation | www.wyf.org.my | Indian | United Arab Emirates | Female | 14 | English , Bengali , French , Arabic | Kehkashan is from a developing part of the world- Asia & the Middle East. At very early age she realized that youth constitute amongst the largest stakeholders of civil society yet they have limited opportunities of representation. This bothers her terribly & gives her the power & will to be an Agent of Change. Her organization, World Youth Foundation, has over 20 years empowered young people to engage and contribute towards climate change adaptation, health, education, environment, disaster risk, gender equality etc working closely with several UN agencies, governments and civil society organisations across the region & supports the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond, the MDGs & is a civil society member of the Beyond 2015 process. Kehkashan is also the Global Coordinator for Children & youth at UNEP being the youngest person to ever hold this position. | Kehkashan is a eco-warrior who has worked tirelessly to on environment issues . She is the Global Coordinator for Children & Youth at UNEP being the youngest person to be elected into this position. A Volunteer with World Youth Foundation among others. She is a member of the Commission on Ending Violence Against Women & Girl, World Future Council, Germany. A prolific public speaker, spoken at various UN summits attending over 40 international conferences. Among her speeches are the Press conference at Rio+20 on the World Day to Combat Dissertification,Panelist at the People’s Summit in Rio+20,Interventions at UNEP’s 2013 Global Major Groups and Stakeholder’s Forum, Panelist at UNESCO’s thematic debate on Youth , Session of the Committee Sep 201, Interventions at 2013 UN ESCAPBangkok ,UN ESCWA in Dubai'13, the 2014 Global Youth Gathering and GMGSF2014 & the 2014 July HLPF session, Youngest speaker as a panelist on post 2015 agenda at the 12th United Nations Youth Assembly, New York 2013,Panelist at COP18 , Doha Qatar at an event titled “Engaging & Empowering Children & Young People for Resilience & Green Development”. She is the Founder President of a youth organisation, Green Hope UAE, which seeks to provide a platform to children & youth in the region to engage in ground level projects on various sustainable causes. She is the recipient of awards from UNCCD, Korea Green Foundation, The Living Rainforest-UK, Action for Nature & most recently Dubai Municipality's First Ambassador of Sustainability. | https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-56eRILr7xMU3Etakc2Y3ZHRUk&usp=sharing | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kehkashan-basu/sustainable-future_b_4110123.html http://www.livingrainforest.org/explore/schools-debate/2011-12-2/prize-winning-essays/primary-schools/ http://www.unccd.int/Lists/SiteDocumentLibrary/Rio+20/LET_US_GO_LAND_DEGRADATION_NEUTRAL_KehkashanBasu.pdf Speaking http://youtu.be/NmEoQT0zE_Q Interventions during HLPF 2014 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKUobtBGl0o http://youtu.be/eJVqoTVpnhk http://www.unep.org/civil-society/GetInvolved/DevelopingNewModalitiesforMajorGroupsandSta/tabid/128498/Default.aspx http://www.futurejustice.org/blog/blog/our-youth-advisor-kehkashan-basus-speech-at-the-unep-gc-closing-ceremony/ http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/2014/07/young-people-should-get-involved-in-environmental-issues/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5DsLR34as0 http://wcy2014.com/blog/?p=207 Connect4Climate http://vimeo.com/101874077 | UAE is not a developing country | ||||||
132 | 8/6/2014 2:05:31 | Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society (CECOEDECON) | Sharad Joshi | cecoedecon@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Ajay Kumar Jha | Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society (CECOEDECON) | www.cecoedecon.org.in | India | India | Male | 41 | English | The nominee Ajay Kumar Jha, a lawyer by education and training, has worked extensively on human rights and development in both the national and global context. He has good exposure and understanding of global and national (countries in North and South Americas, Africa, Asia etc. besides India) legal and institutional frameworks on sustainable development, biodiversity and climate change. He has participated in and led many side events on a range of issues related to climate change, human rights, human rights based approach to development, gaps in environmental jurisprudence, state liability and responsibility, legal protection to biological diversity and benefit access regime on many platforms. He has also been following and participating in post 2015 process. He has also participated and represented civil society in many forums like the UNCSD, the UNFCCC, the UNCBD, the UNHRC, the WTO, the UNCTAD etc. | Ajay Kumar Jha is based in Delhi has experience of more than 12 years in the development sector. Since 2007 he is Director with CECOEDECON (Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society), India. He is also Director of PAIRVI (Public Advocacy Initiatives for Rights and Values in India) since 2005. He also coordinates Beyond Copenhagen, a pan India Coalition for sustainable development, environmental and climate justice. It works closely with other campaigns, social movements and organizations on sustainable development policies and practices. The Coalition works with CSOs, farmers, academic, media, judiciary and policymakers to improve understanding and response to sustainable development and climate challenges. The Coalition also engages discussions with respect to international policy framework on sustainable development and climate change. Ajay K Jha leads the international engagement of the Coalition. The Coalition has engaged closely with many fora of the United Nations namely CSD, OWG, HLPF, UNFCCC, WTO and the UNCTAD. He has closely followed and contributed to human rights based approach to development, sustainable food systems in climate change, climate change and disaster, legal framework for sustainable development, developing jurisprudence on climate change, global partnership for sustainable development etc. Ajay also writes regularly in national newspapers and has many publications to his credit. He also conducts programme in All India Radio. He has led, organized, and conducted a number of consultations, workshops, and campaigns on issues of national and global relevance. His skills include policy analysis, research, advocacy and lobbying, organizational development, networking and campaign development etc. Ajay K Jha worked previously with Navjyoti, a Delhi Police Foundation as Research Associate and in a Law Firm in Delhi. He is married to a development practitioner and has a daughter. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQDhP1_JVrhNVk5T0xnT2F5bmM/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQDhP1_JVrhNXBfSWg5bC1pWEU/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
133 | 8/6/2014 6:14:11 | Campaign for Peoples Goals for Sustainable Development | Paul L. Quintos | pquintos@iboninternational.org | Attend Summit only | No | Maria Theresa Nera-Lauron | IBON International | www.iboninternational.org | Filipino | Philippines | Female | 45 | Filipino, English | Ms. Lauron is a staunch human rights and climate justice activist. She has proven track record of effective advocacy linking with grassroots movements globally thru the Peoples’ Movement on Climate Change. PMCC is a network of individuals and organizations around the globe asserting that the solutions to the climate crisis lie in the hands of the people. She is actively engaged in official processes and international climate negotiations such as the UNFCCC and COP. She is a member of the official Philippine Delegation to the COP 17, 18, and 19 - serving as CSO adviser to the Philippine government. She is the official representative of IBON international in various climate justice movements such as the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice and Climate Justice Network. She is an excellent public speaker able to engage a variety of stakeholders. She has been invited to numerous speaking engagements about climate change issues representing the marginalized peoples. | She is currently the Programme Manager of IBON International's Climate Justice Programme; Coordinator of the Peoples' Movement on Climate Change (PMCC); CSO representative to the Building Block on Climate Finance; and facilitation group member of Climate Justice Now and the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B14DxFeDgS_2ZV90aHQwd0hkbGc/edit?usp=sharing | http://iboninternational.org/page/programs/86 http://www.csopartnership.org/blogs/the-promise-of-shared-prosperity-leave-no-one-behind-let-no-one-get-away/ Write-ups https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B14DxFeDgS_2WDgxNGFuZ3lkMTA/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B14DxFeDgS_2OVlxeW5iQVcwWms/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B14DxFeDgS_2OVlxeW5iQVcwWms/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
134 | 8/6/2014 6:44:01 | Forum for the Development of Young People | Victor Moinina | moninavicky@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Umu Angella Kakay | Forum for the Development of Young People | www.forum4development.webs.com | Sierra Leonean | Sierra Leone | Female | 21 | English | Umu Angella Kakay has been a pivotal part of our campign on Climate Change in Sierra Leone and is playing an active advocacy role in the present outbreak of Ebola in Sierra Leone. She has the ability to discuss and dialogue beyond measures on key messages of climate change and will be a suitable candidate for the summit and therefore i am putting my nomination for her. | Umu Angella Kakay was born on the 3rd April, 1993 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Since her Childhood, she has been an active speaker and child activists participating in various school plays and sessions. She attended the st. Joseph's primary school in Freetown and later proceeded to the St. Joseph's Secondary where she completed her high school education in 2013 and is awaiting her results to the university. She has been a very popular public orator for her school which has earned her enormous opportunities to represent her school in various public speaking events and was spotted by Forum when she came to do their competition. She is a leader in many things and has grown from a shy individual to an erodite figure through the hands of Mr. Victor Moinina, the CEO and Founder of Forum for the Development of Young People. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3TGBa-EzxUDMEF4dU8ycnk4RmM/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3TGBa-EzxUDNVF2WTFndGREYzA/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3TGBa-EzxUDNVF2WTFndGREYzA/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3TGBa-EzxUDVDRHVWlnOU9laWc/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
135 | 8/6/2014 6:48:52 | Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development | Leanne Sajor | leanne@apwld.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Agnes Kinaka | Carterets Catholic Parish/Leitana Nehan Women's Development Agency (LNWDA)/Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development | None/ www.apwld.org | Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | Female | 36 | Halia, PNG Pidgin, English (prefers assistance) | Agnes was selected by women of the Cateret Islands to relay the experiences of the world's 1st environmental refugees. Cateret atolls have been inundated by rising tides a result of climate change, deep sea mining and the atolls topography, forcing them to migrate to Bougainville. A community struggling to integrate into a new place with its own challenges, she is working to increase women’s voice in shaping development plans. With the atolls government, they record the impact of the loss and damage on their lives and future; charting the adaptation strategy for environmental refugees. They bring their message that over consumption and irresponsible carbon emissions ruin communities that contribute the least to global warming. This will be the 1st time Agnes has left Bougainville, the 1st woman from Carteret Islands to address the UN. We also request Bianca Carwinn, young researcher from Bougainville, also be allowed to attend. For more info http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cukuOLC9C50 | Agnes Kinaka was born in the Carteret Islands of PNG. She attended primary school on the island and was selected to attend high school at St. Mary's Girls High School in Bougainville. However after only 6 months at school the civil war in Bougainville began. This meant she had to be moved to another Island and was unable to complete her education after the 10th grade. She returned to the Caterets, was married and had 4 children. She became active in her community church with a particular focus on working with women. She held several positions including secretary of the women's association and treasurer of the church funds. Agnes first recognised the dangers of rising tides and climate change in 2003. She was terrified to see huge waves destroying the island and causing long term damage. Other women and children panicked. There was no where to hide as the island is so flat. She could not do anything, everyone was helpless and terrified. As a single mother with four children and a community leader she realised that she had to understand what was damaging their community and plan for a future. She decided to move with others to Buka Island but felt deeply saddened by the loss of the Island culture, community and their matrilineal rights. She pledged to continue working with women to secure a better future. She now works with other women through a Feminist Participatory Action Research project to ensure women have an active role in determining their own development path. They have established constructive, gender sensitive processes with the Atolls local government and works to empower the first environmental refugees. | From email: Please be informed that we do not have a writing sample for Agnes Kinaka. As you may know from the profile, Agnes is a grassroots woman leader from Carteret Islands who has the first hand experience of displacement due to climate issues. She is a compelling speaker and strong organizer but her primary language is not English. Agnes Kinaka’s presentation to the Climate Summit will be drafted with the support of her organization and represent the voice of the women from Carteret Islands, the world’s first environmental refugees. | Video for nomination: https://www.dropbox.com/s/m14azv0upvap8kt/Agnes%20Kinaka%20%28Bougainville%2C%20Papua%20New%20Guinea%29%20%281%29.avi?dl=0 | |||||||
136 | 8/6/2014 6:58:34 | Forum for the Development of Young People | Victor Moinina | moninavicky@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Miriam Dumbuya | Forum for the Development of Young People | www.forum4development.webs.com | Sierra Leonean | Sierra Leone | Female | 18 | English | Miriam Dumbuya is the Public relations Director of Forum for the Development of Young People. She is quite eloquent in presentations, a fast learner and will be able to work within the ambits of the summit. she has been a aprt of our campaign as an Eco-generation team in Sierra Leone and will be an excellent addition to the team. She can make a good panelist with her level of exposure at high level summits and platforms. I am quite sure of her potentials | There are some people that are born with flair for words and expressions and Miriam Dumbuya is one of such. Born on the 18th October, 1996, Miriam hails from the western area in Sierra Leone. She attended the St. Joseph's Primary school and later proceeded to the St. Joseph's Secondary School where she has taken her West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations awaiting it to proceed to the University. At her age, she started working with Forum last year as public relations officer and was a part of the Mamaye Campaign in which she inspired her colleagues to be a part of the drive to save women from the problems of maternal mortality in Sierra Leone. She has travelled extensively in the country, raising awareness against the ugly realitis that the African child is going through and no doubt, she will be an excellent addition to the team | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3TGBa-EzxUDUUxUUnBQbndvSFE/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3TGBa-EzxUDUUxUUnBQbndvSFE/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
137 | 8/6/2014 7:16:59 | Forum for the Development of Young People | Victor Moinina | moninavicky@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Victor Moinina | Forum for the Development of Young People | www.forum4development.webs.com | Sierra Leonean | Sierra Leone | Female | 25 | English | Victor Edmond Moinina is the current Tunza Eco-generation ambassador to Sierra Leone and an international public orator with many titles to his credit. He is a graduate from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone where he obtained a Second division in History and Political Science and is presently pursuing his Msc. In Governance and Regional Integration from the Pan African University Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences in Cameroun. He will make an excellent delegate because of his vast experience in climate issues. | Born on the 5th July 1989, Victor Edmond Moinina is the new vista of Civil society Activism in Sierra Leone. He is the CEO and Founder of Forum for the Development of Young People, a youth volunteer for the African union Commission, Youth for Change Ambassador in Sierra Leone, 11th and 12th Tunza Eco-generation Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Volunteer Teacher at St. Joseph's Secondary School, Movie Editor and sound producer at Yomrah Enterprises and many other things. He has been the lead presenter at the Accelerating Youth Employment summit in Addis Ababa, lead presenter in the road of Education, Science and Technology in Hammamet, Tunisia and has been a part of the African youth and governance suumit in Accra, Ghana. Quite recently, he has been made the Youth for change ambassador in Sierra Leone after attending the Girls Summit on ending FGM and early child marriage in London, England and is also a Global youth Ambassador for a world at school in Freetown Sierra Leone. He loves reading, writing and working with young people. He is single and a christian. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3TGBa-EzxUDNEZ2UmJXSjh0dnM/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3TGBa-EzxUDUUxUUnBQbndvSFE/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
138 | 8/6/2014 8:42:42 | Pan African Climate Justice Alliance | Samson Samuel Ogallah | ogalahs7@yahoo.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | Ann Makena Kobia | Pan African Climate Justice Alliance | www.pacja.org | Kenyan | Kenya | Female | 29 | English and Kiswahili | She has been active in following gender issue and specifically led a project on Mainstreaming Gender, Reproductive Health and Climate Change in the International Dialogue Process a project which brought civil society organizations together in developing strategies to enhance women’s capacity for resilience in the changing climate and result to greater involvement and participation of women, and gender mainstreaming, in climate change processes and action. It was aimed in reduction of poverty, protection of the environmental resources, and ensure that women and poor communities can better cope with climate change. Ann has also worked together with young people in several projects and voiced the role of the young people in issues of climate change. Vocal ,versatile and someone we feel will deliver the voice of the civil society the right way. | She is 29 years old,married and a mother of two year old daughter. She was born on July 09 1985 in Meru county. she thrives with a strong back ground of communication with a a degree BA in Communication (Public Relations) and a Minor in Marketing from Daystar University and a project management Diploma From the Kenya Institute of Management. Well versed with issues of Gender linking them with Climate change and reproductive healthy in Africa. | https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=68849763&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile | http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/03/16/climate-change-kenya-womens-lives/ http://www.africasciencenews.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=714:wind-project-to-help-reduce-time-rural-kenyan-women-spend-in-search-of-water&catid=52:environment&Itemid=115 http://youtu.be/_bcjx8Oi8qo | |||||||
139 | 8/6/2014 9:58:30 | FAMEDEV-Inter Africa Network for Women, Media , Gender and Development. Le Réseau Inter Africain Des Femmes, Médias, Genre et Développement.. | Amie Joof | joofamie@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Yeama Sarah Thompson | Initiatives for Media Development | Sierra Leonean | Sierra Leone | Female | 38 | English, Krio, Temne | Yeama Thompson is a young dynamic woman leader representing a civil society organization, and she can officially speak on behalf of civil society and other networks in Sierra Leone with a lot of competence, confidence and commitment not just to all aspects of human development. She is versatile and knowledgeable and has has proven track record of effective advocacy and implementation of community based solutions for change in Sierra Leone and the Mano river Union. She is a compelling public speaker and has high competency with climate change issues, experience with presenting issues in public fora, and demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders. | Yeama Thompson is a Sierra Leonean media development professional who rose through the ranks from a cub-reporter at the Sierra Leone Daily Mail to an Editor of The Chronicle newspaper in war time Sierra Leone. During that period she also conceptualised and produced community radio programs for women and children. During the 2011 Liberian General Elections, as senior trainer for Journalists for Human Rights (JHR), Yeama travelled extensively in Liberia, working with community radio and Monrovia-based journalists to foster a rights media approach to reporting. She conducted country-wide workshops as well as seminars and editors and owners’ forums designed to engage both senior members of the Liberian media sector and policymakers on public discussion of major issues of concern to Liberian citizens through that time. As an IREX consultant in Liberia, she also led gender sensitive reporting training for Liberian journalists. Her desire to contribute to the empowerment of the marginalised, underprivileged and the less abled from different works of life motivated her to return home in March 2012. As Country Director of Journalists for Human Rights in Sierra Leone where she served from 2012 to 2014, she conceptualised and implemented a human rights reporting strategy during the 2012 elections which contributed to a peaceful elections. She also work closely with the Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL) and with support from the BBC Media Action and Journalists for Human Rights launched a leadership training initiative for media executives, which has in turn contributed to the development of a strategic action plan for female Sierra Leonean journalists from 2013 to 2015. Yeama is the co founder and current Executive Director of the Initiatives for Media Development, Owner of the Spectrum Newspaper and board member of the Innovations for Governance Reform in Sierra Leone. She is now serving as Communication Strategist Consultant with the Open Government Partnership in Sierra Leone. Yeama is married with two children, Mercy and Livingstone. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4-0QXZ0ef4FV2ZGQlRCLTVMNTQ/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.opengovpartnership.org/blog/yeama-thompson/2014/06/17/strengthened-media-strategy-ensured-citizens-engagement http://www.bestoftoronto.net/recap-of-night-for-rights-2013/ http://www.jhr.ca/success/2013/05/protecting-female-journalists-jhr-sierra-leone-shines-at-world-press-freedom-conference/ http://www.bestoftoronto.net/recap-of-night-for-rights-2013/ | ||||||||
140 | 8/6/2014 11:27:58 | Youth Environment Network (YEN) Zambia | Dennis Mubangalala | yenzambia@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Billy Mwansa Lombe | Youth Environment Network (YEN) Zambia | www.yeninternational.org | Zambian | Zambia | Male | 32 | English | Billy Lombe has been quite active since 2006 engaging youth around Africa in issues of Climate Change awareness and also his work at Youth Environment Network (YEN) Zambia has helped him to work towards coordinating programmes in Zambia that helps to helps in building resilient communities that have been affected by some of the devastating effects of climate change. Billy now serves as a regional coordinator (Southern Africa) for African Youth Initiative on Climate Change www.ayicc.net which is the biggest youth climate change network in Africa. His work at work at AYICC has been quite outstanding even earned him a number of TV and radio interviews with famous TV stations like eNCA News of South Africa eTV and also with Zambians both print and exectronic media. Billy has been on the ministerial delegation for Zambia to both the UNFCCC and UNCBD COP's, the experience gave him ultmost negotiation skills. It is against this that Billy meets the criteria. | Billy M. Lombe grew up with the passion of taking care of the environment. He is now CEO of an organization called Youth Environment Network (YEN) Zambia, which he founded in 2007. In 2013 Billy spent some time in the US as part of 56 exceptional Leaders selected from around the world to participate in a 4 month Community Solutions Program (CSP), sponsored by the US Department of State and administered by International Research Exchanges Board (IREX) as a Visiting Fellow in order to work on environmental policy issues in Washington DC. Throughout the last 11 years Billy has dedicated himself to the issues surrounding international development and environmental sustainability from the perspective of youth empowerment and community development. His academic background is based extensively in Community Development, Environmental Conservation, Youth, and Leadership development. He is now a trained expert in Urban Agriculture and Composting by the Eco-City Farms and Prince George Community College in Washington DC, USA. Billy has worked for various youth, environmental, policy and research - oriented organizations in Zambia, USA, Kenya and also at continental level in Africa…ranging from the YMCA to Habitat for Humanity to Cosmos Educ to Green Warriors Movement (GWM) Kenya and in USA for Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR) Washington, DC and Eco-Diva TV in Los Angeles, California. Currently he is serving as a Southern Africa Regional Coordinator on biggest youth climate change networks, known as African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) www.ayicc.net. Billy has experience training communities, teachers and youth to become peer educators and active participants in the fight against environmental degradation and climate change. Since 2011, Billy has had an opportunity to be part of the Zambian delegation attending the UN high level meetings both on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Biological diversity (UN-CBD) in 2012. During these meetings he has contributed in drafting the position papers for Zambia and also assisting in coming up with ministerial statements. This experience has also served him to gain utmost Conference of Parties (COP) Negotiation Skills. Recently in 2014, Billy got featured on afternoon news with Gareth Edwards on eNCA news Tv in South Africa which has viewers across Africa to talk about the role of African youth in climate change issues and Post 2015 agenda. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YQm0cKkZNeSHKLGVvtm9BXCOzYNanb5NxIwmEOEoMuA/mobilebasic | https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&srcid=0B1zeWK0R6SY7bXZ1VExNMVdkeU0 https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&srcid=0B1zeWK0R6SY7MXJBRlFhdGJaRE0 https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/mgtDVTOvK4GOmLk5oN3piwrMdc6780nsdmtgBJuW5MBwima990LelyHZjZMFeiwrEXClY0rRPYemuCJZXqoKDN9ktHU=s400 | |||||||
141 | 8/6/2014 13:46:50 | Global Unification Gambia | Sutura Sowe | sutboy23@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Madiba Sillah | Global Unification Gambia | glbgambi.wordpress.gm | Gambian | Gambia | Male | 30 | English | Mr Madiba Sillah has been an ardent environmental activist and advocate against climate change for the past 8 years. He has successfully coordinated the implementation of the Coastal Communities’ Climate Change Resilience Enhancing (Coastal CARE) project, aimed to replenish damaged mangrove eco-systems in three seriously hampered coastal communities in the Gambia through mangrove regeneration and environment education. He also successfully coordinated phase one of the organisation’s Women’s Initiative for Education and economic Empowerment (WIFE) project aimed to support rural women generate income without damaging the environment. | Mr Madiba Sillah is 30-year-old Gambian from an extended family of 8. He was born in the village of Jurunku in the Upper Niumi District of the North Bank Region of the Gambia.He is married and has one child. He grew up and educated under the guardianship of a cousin brother who was a school teacher – now a veteran educationist – in the town of Sukuta, West Coast Region. After his secondary education from Nusrat Senior Secondary School, he got admission into the University of The Gambia in October 2004 and graduated with a four-year undergraduate degree (BA) in Development Studies and English language (combined majors). In 2009 he got attached at the Department of Information Services as Information Officer. As Information Officer, he served as supervisor of the Publication unit of the Department, and as environmental communication strategist/ analyst responsible of all environment-related programs and projects implemented by the Department. Since 2006 he has been volunteering for Global Unification the Gambia, a registered civil society organization that focuses on environment, climate change and community development. He rose through the executive ranks to becoming Networking and Partnership Coordinator. He has since then initiated, coordinated and jointly implemented numerous activities, programmes and projects mainly related to environment and climate change and represented the organization in many fora both within and outside the country. Mr Sillah remains an ardent advocate of environmental conservation and protection and for committed and concerted national and global actions against climate change. He is running a sustainable environment education programme in five piloted schools in urban Gambia. In this programme, students are sensitised and trained to become environmental educators and stewards. He is the Energy Globe ambassador for Gambia, see this link:(http://www.energyglobe.info/awards/ambassador/) and run through the list to find Madiba Sillah. He is also One Young World ambassador. He has ever demonstrated a strong will, passion, motivation to fight against environmental destruction and climate change and to become a highly skilled non-profit organizational leader capable of transforming lives of my many underprivileged people. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PKT8T5cGJ8_mJHJMtE4L4X1nP01_eVWjzw5svSZbmTw/edit | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B65Eo26fcIGKRm5obW1xVFl0Vm8/edit | |||||||
142 | 8/6/2014 15:30:30 | Our Horizon | Robert Shirkey | robert@ourhorizon.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Robert James Shirkey | Our Horizon | http://ourhorizon.org | Canadian | Canada | Male | 34 | English | Rob Shirkey is the founder of Our Horizon, a non-profit climate change organization based in Canada that's lobbying cities to pass laws that would require climate change information labels on gas pumps. He launched the campaign in early 2013 and the concept has already attracted international attention. A colleague brought his gas pump nozzle to COP19 in Warsaw where a delegate said “I’ve been to all 19 COP meetings and I’ve never seen an idea so simple yet so powerful.” Rob gathers insights from psychology, sociology, economic theory, behavioural economics, business, law and municipal politics to build the case for demand-side, local action on climate change. His trial experience as a lawyer and his playful sense of humour makes him a compelling and entertaining speaker. He has given talks to students, citizens groups and politicians across Canada. | Rob Shirkey is a lawyer from Toronto, Canada. Prior to launching Our Horizon, Rob operated a private practice in downtown Toronto. He also has experience as an Assistant City Solicitor and Prosecutor. Before completing his law degree, Rob studied business, economics, and psychology at the undergraduate level. He graduated with distinction and was the university valedictorian. Rob’s goal in life is simple: when a kid asks him, “What did you do to stop climate change?” he just wants to be able to look that kid in the eye and honestly say he did everything he could. | Rob's TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA4e7y-4Pak Rob's lecture at the Centre for International Governance Innovation: http://ourhorizon.org/CIGI "Want to Stop Climate Change, Tar Sands, and Pipelines? Throw an Intervention" (Huffington Post) http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/rob-shirkey/breaking-our-climate-change-habits_b_3751061.html "Warning Labels and the Psychology of Climate Change" (Huffington Post) http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/rob-shirkey/climate-change_b_3856423.html "Adam Smith Called: He Wants Warning Labels on Gas Pumps" (Huffington Post) http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/rob-shirkey/why-adam-smith-would-want_b_3792028.html | ||||||||
143 | 8/6/2014 15:56:14 | Gender and Energy Network, GHana | Dr. Sabina Anokye Mensah | sabinamensah@hotmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Faustina Araba Boakye | Ghana Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GHACCO) | www.ghacco.org | Ghanaian | Ghana | Female | 58 | English & French | Faustina forefront of educating, sensitizing, creating awareness on the effects of indoor air, the use of improved cookstoves, environmental degradation, climate issues, assessing and mainstreaming gender into energy projects. Effectively contributed to the Practitioner Energy Network of Sustainable Energy for All, UN Foundation, Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA); Member Gender and Empowerment COP of Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves; Speaker, World Water Day 2012: Water, Sanitation, and Health (WASH) and women, lobbying US House of Representatives and Senate, Capitol Hill; Member, Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD); Member, Ghana SE4ALL Finance Working group and UN SE4ALL NGO CSO team;, participated in ECOWAS High Level Energy Forum, the Ghana Country Plan for UN Sustainable Energy for All, Global Energy Status Report, Energy Access; Stakeholder consultations for Strategic and Social Assessment of the REDD+ Preparedness Plan in Ghana | Gender and Communications Specialist with 25 years of experience. and current Chairperson of the Ghana Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GHACCO), Masters of Professional Studies (MPS) degree in International Development from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA, post graduate diploma in Communications and a B.A. in English from the University of Ghana and certificates in Community Development Leadership by Women, Advocacy and Citizen Engagement from the Coady International Institute in Canada and Local Governance and Rural Decentralization from the Centre for Development Innovations of the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands, Networking and Photography. Member of the Women's Major Group of Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) preparation on Rio +20 Summit, member of the IUCN Gender Expert Network, and a Member, Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN), SE4ALL Ghana Finance Working Group, SE4ALL UN CSO Team | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw-F9fHeD7xVWXJ3S25zbXRPZXM/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.washadvocates.org/events/world-water-day/2012 http://video.foxnews.com/v/1524855736001/ | |||||||
144 | 8/6/2014 15:57:45 | Biodevelopment - Belgrade (Serbia) | Zorana Gajic | gajic.zorana@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Djordje Samardzija | One Degree Serbia - Belgrade, Serbia | www.jedanstepen.org | Serbian | Serbia | Male | 35 | English | I’ve been working in civil sector for two decades and I rarely met people with similar passion as Djordje. Although he had just started civil sector career as a director of One Degree Serbia he has proven himself as a tireless activist who makes contacts with various stakeholders. Djordje has been dealing with climate change for five years. He is familiar with different aspects of climate crisis and has in-depth knowledge of transportation emissions, energy production from fossil fuel and renewable energy sources. His excellent competency with climate and energy issues, his project design and management skills, as well as presentation proficiency, make him great advocacy leader who is able to transfer the message to various groups, implement campaign and deliver results. He considers climate change as social rather than environmental issue. His opinion is that if we want to protect climate system we have to redesign our whole society (business, health care, education, defence). | Djordje holds Master of Science and magister degree in air traffic engineering and professional master degree in QMS. Additionally, he completed ISO 14064-1 and -2 courses as well as numerous Coursera and edX MOOCs on climate change, energy and environmental law. Djordje has worked in aviation for 10 years. Since 2010 Djordje has worked as aviation consultant in the framework of EU Emissions Trading Scheme. He is expert in the establishment of emissions reporting system, creation of emissions reports and data and system auditing. Right after completion of Al Gore’s training and joining the international network Climate Reality Leadership Corps, Djordje showed his leadership readiness. With few like-minded people he established One Degree Serbia (1C Serbia). 1C Serbia is a unique environmental organisation in the country since its mission prioritises mitigating climate change above other environmental and societal issues. 1C Serbia’s mission is the mitigation and adaptation to climate change, transformation to low-carbon economy, establishment of resilient communities, protection of ecosystems and future generations of humans. 1C Serbia membership includes experts in various areas: forestry, agriculture, transport, industrial processes, Currently Djordje and his 1C Serbia team work on the following projects: - Establishment of national climate activist network. This network will be the seed of future larger grassroot movement which objective will be to influence local, national and regional climate and energy policy. The movement will not be limited to Serbia, but will spread to whole Western Balkans. - World Bank statement on the need for pricing carbon awareness campaign. The target people for this project are Serbian officials who will attend UN Climate Summit. - Presentation on Can we stop climate change? for Belgrade Research Night (part of bigger European initiative) - http://ec.europa.eu/research/researchersnight/index_en.htm . - Climate change session for Belgrade Science Festival (one of top 5 science festivals in Europe). In addition to climate change Djordje is very interested in agriculture. He runs small traditional family farm. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9XCQlB-Be9udmU2RFBxaExLSGM/edit?usp=sharing | Djordje’s blog Good Ancestor (in Serbian) presents articles on climate change, energy and economy - www.dobarpredak.com Djordje’s PhD thesis description. The thesis will be about aviation and climate change - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9XCQlB-Be9uc1FCa0pEbG9DZ0k/edit?usp=sharing Djordje’s interview on his life philosophy for internet portal the House of good news (in Serbian) – „I want to be a good ancestor“ http://bit.ly/1mkGnhG As a member of Climate Reality Leadership Corps Djordje regularly delivers renowned Al Gore’s slideshow adopted for Serbian public. Djordje was a member of reviewing board for book “Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future” by Richard Heinberg (Post Carbon Institute Fellow) http://richardheinberg.com/bookshelf/snake-oil Djordje delivered talk at TEDx Belgrade about his CO2 diet and what individuals can do in order to reduce GHG emissions http://www.tedxbelgrade.com/tedxbelgrade-2012-predavaci/ | |||||||
145 | 8/6/2014 16:07:35 | Al-Jawf Women Organization for Development | Nabeela AlNowfi | aljawf_org@yahoo.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Nada Abdulsalam Hezam Mohammed | AlJawf women organization for development | www.csotwg.org | Yemeni | Yemen | Female | 22 | Arabic, English | Mrs. Nada meets the above-mentioned criteria. She is interested in climate change issues. she represented the civil coiety network in Yemen in Amman conference for the UNMDGs and represented the Yemeni CSO in UNCTAD XIII Doha Qatar and in Bali conference. She is selected to the chief of steering committee in the Yemeni CSO network as CS speaker. | Mrs Nada has completed her study in social sicence in Yemen. and now she is the representative of Aljawf women organization for development, a rural women organization. She is interested in climate change issues. she represented the civil coiety network in Yemen in Amman conference for the UNMDGs and represented the Yemeni CSO in UNCTAD XIII Doha Qatar and in Bali conference. She is selected to the chief of steering committee in the Yemeni CSO network as CS speaker. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzrQrIpfjsiDUTdZVDNJMUtYYWR6V1ItTkFZYlNqM1RWVE9Z/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzrQrIpfjsiDUTdZVDNJMUtYYWR6V1ItTkFZYlNqM1RWVE9Z/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
146 | 8/6/2014 16:33:38 | ONG JADES | PHILLIPE OGUNDIJO | jadsniger@yahoo.fr | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | PHILLIPE OGUNDIJO | ONG JADES | NIGERIENNE | NIGER | MASCULIN | 30 | FRANCAIS | LE CANDIDAT A ETE SELECTIONNE PAR L'ONG JADES (JEUNESSES ACTION DEVELOPPEMENT SOLIDARITE ) NIGER PARCE QU'IL A BEAUCOUP D'EXPERIENCES DANS LE CADRE DU CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE ET DANS LE CADRE DE LA PROTECTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT AU NIGER. | PRESIDENT DE L'ANTENNE DE L'ONG JEUNESSES ACTION DELOVEPPEMENT SOLIDARITE DE NIAMEY NIGER. LE CANDIDAT A PARCITIPE A PLUSIEURS RENCONTRE DANS LE MEME CADRE DU CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE ET AUSSI DANS LE CADRE DE L'EDUCATION ENVIRONNEMENTALE AU NIGER | SI LE CANDIDAT PARCIPE AU SOMMET DU CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE ELLE FERA UNE RESTITUTION DE TOUS LES TRAVAUX DU SOMMET AUX MEMBRES DE L'ONG. | |||||||||
147 | 8/6/2014 16:37:23 | ANOMENA Ventures | Dr Sabina Anokye Mensah | sabinamensah@hotmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Benedicta Maame Nyarko-Mensah | Gender and Energy Network,Ghana | www.gedaghana.com | Ghanaian | Ghana | Female | 25 | English | Benedicta Maame Nyarko-Mensah as a youth member of the Gender and Energy Network, Ghana won a poetry competition in her school. Through her community work has educated beneficiaries on climate change issues. She did her internship with the Gender and Energy Network, Ghana between December 2008 and May 2012. She has been involved in the dissemination of improved stoves to women educating them to switch from the use of firewood to the cleaner fuel of LPG. She is a good public speaker with deep understanding of issues to both adults and the youth. Thus she has saved the environment through her education in climate change issues to the beneficiaries. Through her efforts the women are able to buy the stoves and pay by instalment. She visited Denmark as a girls guide representative from Ghana. | Benedicta Maame Nyarko-Mensah as a youth member of the Gender and Energy Network, Ghana won a poetry competition in her school and from there has become a poetry writer on various topics including those of women and the environment. Her career objective is to use her challenging career objective in the banking sector to build upon the small businesses of women through her leadership skills and innovation. Through her community work has educated beneficiaries on climate change issues. She had her education at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi, Ghana in Business Administration from August 2008 to June 2012 She obtained a Degree:in BSc. Hons (First Class Division) Business Administration and majored in Banking and Finance. She did her internship with the Gender and Energy Network, Ghana between December 2008 and May 2012. She has been involved in the dissemination of improved stoves to women educating them to switch from the use of firewood to the cleaner fuel of LPG. She is a good public speaker with deep understanding of issues to both adults and the youth. Thus she has saved the environment through her education in climate change issues to the beneficiaries. Through her efforts the women are able to buy the stoves and pay by instalment. She has travel experience in Holland, Denmark, USA, Ghana etc. | Her writing samples are not on links. | ||||||||
148 | 8/6/2014 16:54:27 | African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) | Kalilu Banja | director@caidgambia.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Ibrahim Ceesay | African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) | www.ayicc.net | Gambian | Gambia | Male | 29 | English | The candidate is a renowned climate activist and advocate from Gambia. He is a member of the National Climate Change Committee of the Gambia and has been part of Government delegations as youth/civil society representative to various UNFCCC Meetings and other climate related activities. He has led the African youth delegates as Executive Coordinator of African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) to several climate change meetings. He is an excellent communicator and appealing public speaker. He works full time with a local NGO in Gambia where he spearheads community based climate change and disaster risk reduction projects. He has spoken on-behalf of African youths in several high level climate change meetings. He can connect and represent the views from the front-line. He also has valid USA visa that expires in 2015. | Ibrahim Ceesay is a social justice activist, UNESCO Youth Ambassador and award winning film‐maker from Gambia. He holds leadership positions with several youth led regional and international organizations and currently serves as the Executive Coordinator of the African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC), the biggest youth climate movement in Africa (with 42 country chapters) and Chair of the African Youth Alliance on Post2015 (AYAP). He was former Chairperson of the African Youth Panel (AYP), advisory body to the Danish Africa Commission. He works full time as Executive Director of the Children and Community Initiative for Development (CAID). Prior to his current position, he worked with the Gambia National Commission for UNESCO as Administrator/Secretary General of the National Federation for UNESCO Clubs and Centres. He has facilitated and was involved in several youth led processes at the African Union, UN and other International Organizations, as a youth expert. He was nominated in 2012 by Youth Hub Africa an online platform for youth engagement in Africa, as one of the 12 most influential youth leaders in Africa. He is a campaigner and strong advocate of green development. He is a Reference Group member of the Action/2015 Global Movement. He was nominated as the ‘’Personality of Year 2013’’ in Gambia and won the ‘’Youth Leader of the Year Award 2013’’ for his outstanding work and contribution to youth empowerment and development. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxXvGEiOKjmVTW1kSFdPMWw5YmIyY0g0VnlLR0laQlRUTzc0/edit?usp=sharing | https://www.facebook.com/161214162089/photos/a.10150445947577090.423888.161214162089/10151972360072090/?type=1&relevant_count=1 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxXvGEiOKjmVRGhHRVZoV0Nqa2s/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxXvGEiOKjmVTHVfYVYwVHE2VlE/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxXvGEiOKjmVZ0RPbmJ1TDRsRFE/edit?usp=sharing http://allafrica.com/stories/201212120396.html http://mansabanko.blogspot.com/2011/04/mdgs-climate-change-presents.html http://climatechange.carboncapturereport.org/cgi-bin//profiler?key=ibrahim_ceesay&pt= | |||||||
149 | 8/6/2014 19:27:09 | St. Louis Aquacenter, Inc. & Worldview Impact | Pamela J. Puntenney & B. I. Blah | pjpunt@umich.edu, i.blah@worldviewimpact.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Bremley Wanbantei Lyngdoh | Worldview Impact Foundation | http://www.worldviewimpact.com/foundation.php www.worldviewimpact.com | Indian (Khais Tribe) | India | male | 40 & 39 | English, Hindi, French, Khasi | Bremley Lyngdoh (indigenous - Khasi) is founder and member of the civil society organization Worldview Impact a Social Enterprise (2008) working on climate change adaptation and REDD+ projects in north-east India; Sri Lanka and Myanmar, including the frontier area on the Indo-Bangladesh borders to flight climate change at the community level. He is an excellent public speaker inspiring and informing his audience to act. His competency with climate change issues is reflected in the links below. Bremley’s competence in policy and practice has been demonstrated through his many contributions moving the UN agenda forward on sustainability; serving as member and Co-Chair of UN Sustainable Development Education Caucus of the UNCSD since ‘96 while active with the Youth Caucus; Actively contributing to the UNFCCC COPs since COP 13; Executive Committee Member of Worldview International Foundation since ‘98 www.wif.org.lk; Co-founder Global Youth Action Network (GYAN) in 2000. He is available. // 1) Dr. Lyngdoh is a representative of his indigenous Khasi Tribe from the state of Meghalaya in north east India. He is the CEO of a Social Enterprise - Worldview Impact and officially authorized by it Board of Directors to speak on the organization's behalf. 2) He has proven track record of effective advocacy and implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in front line areas India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. 3) He meets the criteria outlined for the speaking role as he is a compelling global public speaker. 4) He has excellent competency with climate change issues, experience with presenting climate change issues in public fora, and demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders has participated at UN COP Climate Change negotiations in different countries. 5) He is available to be at UN Headquarters in NY in September and has a US visa. | In 1993 Bremley started to work on a project to combat decertification and regenerate the desert ecosystem in Rajasthan, India, and received the WWF Prince Bernhard Scholarship for Environmental Leadership in 1997. 2 years later he joined the Global Environment Facility Division of UNDP and worked on biodiversity protection in Tamil Nadu, India. Subsequently he worked in New York with the Commission on Sustainable Development Secretariat at UN/ Agenda 21. Bremley was later appointed by the Prime Minister to represent his country at the UN Millennium Summit where he addressed the 2000 Millennium Assembly. In 2001 Bremley joined the Permanent Mission of India and worked at the UN Ambassador’s office. He then graduated from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs with a Master of International Affairs degree in Environmental Policy Studies. Later he joined the Environment Department of the World Bank on linking poverty reduction and environmental management funded by DFID, EU, UNDP and World Bank. Bremley completed his Master of Philosophy on Sustainable Forest Management and Rural Livelihood Strategies at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2007 and completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree, impacts of climate change on indigenous peoples, at the Intercultural Open University. He is the Co-founder of the Global Youth Action Network and sits on the Board of Directors of PCI Media Impact and Humanitad Foundation. Founder and Director, the CSO Worldview Impact is a Social Enterprise is creating a sustainable future by mitigating climate change at the grassroots level. His global team is currently working on addressing sustainability issues working with local partners in nine pilot countries crossing continents. They are engaging consumers and producers in developed countries on issues concerning climate change and poverty encouraging them to lead more sustainable lifestyles and produce greener products, reducing individual and corporate carbon footprints. The funds raised from their carbon offsetting initiatives, are then used to support local climate change mitigation and adaptation projects like reforestation, renewable energy, sustainable livelihoods, waste reduction and recycling, water harvesting and conservation, equity and gender empowerment in developing countries in line with the SDGs. Dr. Bremley W Lyngdoh an indigenous youth leader was born in Shillong - The Scotland of the East located in the highlands of Meghalaya in North East India and left home at 17 on a mission: To see Sustainable Development pushed and practiced across the planet. His experience at the 1995 United Nations 50th Anniversary Assembly in New York left him convinced that helping people build a better life through social, environmental, and economic development was what he wanted to do. He returned to India to join the Consortium of Indian Scientists for Sustainable Development and worked on a project to combat climate change and to regenerate the desert ecosystem in Rajasthan. Soon followed the prestigious WWF Prince Bernhard Scholarship for Environmental Leadership. Bremley then joined UNDP and worked on the Gulf of Mannar climate and biodiversity protection project in Tamil Nadu. This led to a move to New York to join the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development Secretariat where he worked with the different major groups of Agenda 21. His Prime Minister in India then appointed him as the Youth Ambassador for his country at the UN Millennium Summit where he addressed world leaders at the 2000 Millennium Assembly. He then joined the Environment Department of the World Bank and worked on linking poverty reduction and environmental management by analyzing policy challenges and opportunities after which he moved to Boston and joined the Education Development Center. As an explorer he has traveled to 50 counties around the world on different missions and speaks 5 languages. Bremley received post graduate degrees from Columbia University in the USA, the London School of Economics in the UK, the University of Geneva in Switzerland and the Intercultural Open University in the Netherlands. He has a dual Ph.D. in Sustainable Development from the Azteca University in Mexico and the Central University in Nicaragua. He is the Founder and CEO of Worldview Impact, the Co-Founder of the Global Youth Action Network and Co-Chairs the United Nations CSD Education Caucus. Bremley is a fellow of the International Open University Foundation in Delaware, USA serving the Foundation by assisting learners to develop climate resilience programmes that will help people around the world build a better life through social, environmental, and economic development. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-C7p3oTjzGkRTduTFFLWGt3aFE/edit?usp=sharing https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=2635468&trk=tab_pro | • https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-C7p3oTjzGka2lfUDRnNkNhTEk&usp=sharing •Additional Writing - Book: "High on Life: Stories of Hope, Change, and Leadership" - http://www.amazon.ca/High-Life-Stories-Change-Leadership/dp/0981049028/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top • Speaking, TEDx & YouTube: "Creating a sustainable business for a sustainable future - Worldview Impact story" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veVbySCha18 - CARBON NEUTRAL DANCE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMhyYWbUCSs - SHANGPUNG MISSION FOCUS GROUP MEETING IN WEST JAINTIA HILLS - OVERVIEW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7398my36Bx0 - ECO-NATION SUPER FLYWAY https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150173011050724 - GRAND FINALE OF WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDmroxdnZIA Blog: "THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HIMALAYAN HIGHLANDER'S LIFE!" http://bremley.blogspot.com/ TEDxPerm Talk in Russia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veVbySCha18 TEDxNHH Talk in Norway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuJQpNKERtA MTV Switch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yReo5J1aRX0 State of the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw0FZDfNiVU UNCOP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtYv6hNt_Yk Carbon Neutral https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gannZwQNTk World Bank http://blogs.worldbank.org/youthink/paradise-farms-conflict-resolution-tea-carbon-free-condoms-and-other-important-matters Black View http://backview.eu/great-minds-can-change-the-world/ Climate Change and the Post Carbon Future http://rioplus20education.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/energy-revolution-FINAL.pdf | |||||||
150 | 8/7/2014 1:10:33 | Iniciativa Construyendo Puentes | Osver Polo Carrasco | opc2015@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Osver Jaime Polo Carrasco | Iniciativa Construyendo Puentes | www.construyendo-puentes.org | Peruano | Peru | Masculino | 42 | ingles | Participado en el proceso de las negociaciones COP15 hasta la COP20 Asimismo soy parte de las red internacional miembro de tck tck tck, campaña por la justicia climatica Soy coordinador de la iniciativa construyendo puentes, redes latinoamericanas frente al cambio climatico integrado por 14 redes Soy parte y miembro del movimiento ciudadano frente al cambio climatico MOCICC y del espacio Grupo Peru COP20 | Soy educador ambiental, estudie un curso en la UNESCO Chile, 2000 Coordinador para Peru Campaña a Limpiar el Mundo (UNEP), Llamado Mundial a la Accion contra la Pobreza (GCAP) Participado del forum social mundial 2004-2009 Trabajado para CEDEP, MOCICC y CONADES en Lima Peru | https://drive.google.com - | ||||||||
151 | 8/7/2014 3:09:56 | Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development | Leanne Sajor | leanne@apwld.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Bianca Hakena Carwinn | Leitana Nehan Women's Development Agency/ Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development | None/ www.apwld.org | Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | Female | 34 | Halia, PNG Pidgin, English | Bianca is from Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. She works with Leitana Nehan Women’s Development Agency, an organization that she assisted in founding to restore peace to the civil war and blockage-torn island. Bianca experienced firsthand the devastation that can happen from mining led and exploitative economies. Therefore she works to strengthen the capacity of other non-government organizations in Bougainville as well as to influence high-level peace processes, with particular focus on equal rights for women to participate in development. Bianca is a young woman researcher, now working with the Atolls community who are in the frontlines of the impacts of climate change. She uses Feminist Participatory Action Research to support women from the Carteret Islands to determine their development future. Bianca would like to attend the climate summit to support her colleague Agnes Kinaka, from Carteret Islands, as well as in her own capacity as a human rights and climate justice advocate. | Bianca Hakena has been a young human rights defender and activist since she was 17yrs old. She was 12yrs when the crisis broke out in Bougainville. She experienced terror witnessing homes being burnt, women dying in child birth etc. She completed Grade 10 in 1996 at Hutjena Secondary School and attended various international trainings on gender and human rights and conflict transformation, peace-building and has been a trainer on human rights. Bianca has a passion for helping young people and women. Bianca helped her mother mobilize young people during the Bougainville Crisis. Her mother was her model. She journeyed through difficult years understanding women’s issues. In the last 5 years she was sent to do monitoring visit to the Atolls on the organization’s volunteers working there. This was when she came face to face with the hardship faced by the Carterets people on Climate Change. She became a listener and listened to women’s stories. It was a journey that broadened her view on the people and the plight of Carterets women. She learnt to give her time and energy to help advocate for these vulnerable people. She is also a counselor and assists women and girls access justice. She writes interim protection orders for victims/survivors and impact statements which women use in court. Bianca is currently a mentor for the Feminist Participatory Action Research for the Carterets Climate Change Refugees. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/o2o7gjjdlasn08e/Research%20Report%20Bianca%20Hakena%20Carwinn.docx | ||||||||
152 | 8/7/2014 3:39:57 | Ecological Movement "BIOM" | Anna Kirilenko | annakir7@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Anna Kirilenko | Ecological Movement "BIOM" | www.biom.kg | Kyrgyz Republic | Kyrgyzstan | Female | 35 | Russian, English | Anna has proven track record of effective advocacy or implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation or adaptation, and has competency with climate change issues, experience with presenting climate change issues in public fora, and demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders. Anna conducted a study on "Gender, Climate Change and the Environment", has developed a section on gender and climate in national profile on climate change in the Kyrgyz Republic. Repeatedly made presentations at national and international fora, including those representing the study "Gender, Climate Change and the Environment" at the Global Earth Summit Rio +20 | I was born in 1978 in Frunze, Kyrgyz Republic, the Soviet Union, I went to school with 1986-1996, the In 1996, I went to National University on elective Biology. In 1996 I joined the youth environmental organization "BIOM", where he works to this day. In 2000 I entered the Faculty of Law of the Kyrgyz Nashional State University. in 2003 I got married. in 2005 became one of the developers of Standards environmental assessment legislation, which passed the legislation. in 2009, I gave birth to daughter in 2010 conducted an environmental assessment of the project of the new constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic in 2011 initiated Addiction against hunting Red animals in the Kyrgyz Republic in 2011 conducted an environmental assessment of the project budget Kyrgyzkoy Republic in 2012, took part in the World Summit Rio +20 from 2012 y executive director EM "BIOM" in 2013 entered into force on development national programs and plans of the Kyrgyz Republic for the transition to sustainable development 2013-2017 (blocks of water, protection of the environment) 2014 working as part of an expert group to develop strategies for the Ministry of Economy of the Kyrgyz Republic | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4XgF99pmZ46Y1k3bzA3VUJGSFU/edit?usp=sharing | 1. Study on "Gender, Climate Change and the Environment"http://www.biom.kg/portfolio-item/genderclimate_2013/ 2.Enviromental expertize Budget of Kyrgyzstan for 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq50V825FEI&list=TLkC8xL72kOmUwWOV88-_tuBn6Sjvz2Clp 3. Parliamentary Hearings Hunting Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur3IM76yYEQ&list=PL_eyRBFxhZhCdT6U7Jy3o3XhhXTRn8-6G 4. Environmental security in the Sustainable Development of KR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPUNp8MB4TU&list=PL_eyRBFxhZhBFhHTYmd3y4YJJvpQQoiwv | |||||||
153 | 8/7/2014 6:13:28 | Kaknock Foundation | Enoch Kakande | kaknockfoundation | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Namirembe Dorothy | Kaknock Foundation | www.kaknockfoundation.webs.com | Uganda | Uganda | Female | 39 | English | Madam Namirembe Dorothy is a Senior Programs officer of Kaknock Foundation. SKILLS • Experienced in executing at least one project from end to end (conceptualization to conclusion) • Broad knowledge with strong technical knowledge and experience in; Environmental Management, Non Communicable Diseases, Maternal and Child Health, HIV/ AIDS & TB. • Strong program management skills including strategic planning and work plan development with a strong focus on maintaining quality across project milestones • Experience in financial management and in preparing and monitoring budgets • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in the English language and • Excellent computer skills, particularly Microsoft Office software • Detail-oriented and well-organized; able to manage multiple priorities; function in group and team settings; and work with a minimum of supervision and direction • Ability to undertake regular travel required including out station travel | Miss Namirembe Dorothy was born in Mityan district of Uganda, by Mr. and Mrs. Mary Musoke Adonia. She attended her primary school in several schools due to the war in their hometown. In1986 she completed her primary education and joined kampala high school now called Agha Khan for her O’levels. Her education was interrupted when she became pregnant and got married to her current husband Mr.Abdul Ssebandeke. After giving birth to her baby, she resumed her studies at A ‘Level and managed to pass with two principle passes. She went on and joined the National Teachers College Mubende under the Institute of Teacher Education Kyambogo and was awarded a Diploma in secondly education in 1998.About this time she gave birth to their second baby girl. In 1998 teacher Dorah was baptized in the Seventh - day Adventist church denomination. This was her turning point, it was the most important decision in her life, it changed her outlook on life. As her relationship developed with God, Teacher Dorah learnt a very important lesson in her life that the most satisfying thing in life is to do something for others in which one has no personal interest; something that contributes to their wellbeing .The church is her second family. Miss Namirembe Dorothy is currently residing at Namulonge due to her job. Her official home is at Mityana where her two children live with their father. She often stays at her official home on weekends. In 2011 Dorothy joined Kaknock foundation as senior program Officer. She is currently working as a Teacher at Outspan School Namulonge as well as playing her role as a Volunteer Senior Programs Officer at Kaknock Foundation- Child Youth grassroot Center. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1kZuxQufy9RR1JEOHZRWVhzeWs/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1kZuxQufy9RRmFNVFJHaThwZlk/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
154 | 8/7/2014 6:43:49 | Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development | Mr. Ramon San Pascual | monsp@afppd.org | Attend Summit only | No | Ramon San Pascual | Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development | www.afppd.org | Philippines | Thailand | Male | 55 | English | The nominee is an Executive director of The Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD). AFPPD is a regional non-governmental organisation which serves as a coordinating body of twenty seven National Committees of Parliamentarians on Population and Development across Asia and the Pacific.For over 30 years, AFPPD has been playing a crucial role in engaging parliamentarians across the region in a wide variety of issues related to population and development such as reproductive health, family planning, food security, water resources, sustainable development, environment, ageing, urbanization, migration, HIV/AIDS, and gender equality. AFPPD’s current model for change is aimed at educating and motivating parliamentarians to take up the challenge of bringing about legislative reforms and drive change on population and development issues in their respective countries. | Ramon is the Executive Director of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development. Ramon holds a Bachelor in Political Economics and has a Master’s in Public Health of the University of Washington Seattle, WA. USA. He started his professional experience at the Philippine Peasant Institute as a Researcher in 1986 after which he became the Secretary General of the NGO Coalition for Cooperative Development, which was a pioneer network which focused on the promotion and development of self-help enterprise among the poor after which he continued to work in rural development, social advocacy and change management. In 2003 he was an International Fellow for the Gates-Packard Population Leadership Program, in Washington USA that triggered his interest to work in building leadership on population issues, family planning, and reproductive health. Before his position of ED at AFPPD, he was the Executive Director of the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) from 2001 to April 2012. | https://docs.google.com/a/afppd.org/document/d/1m0g6JMLYYirWDdFcaCYTcJALRhv8Vwb8kHz6T6hDj6A/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/a/afppd.org/file/d/0B179-38KbbkeN3NWaHZXSTVVcVE/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
155 | 8/7/2014 6:54:28 | Climate Action Network | Ria Voorhaar | rvoorhaar@climatenetwork.org | Attend Summit only | No | Ria Voorhaar | Climate Action Network | climatenetwork.org | Australian | Germany | Female | 33 | English | Ria Voorhaar is the head of communications coordination for Climate Action Network International (CAN) - a network of over 900 organisations from 100 countries working to stop climate change. Having worked on communicating climate change to various audiences for the last 8 years, Ria has extensive experience coordinating civil society communications within UN bodies such as the UNFCCC and the IPCC. She has become a go-to person for reporters around the world on climate issues. She coordinates a global communications working group on the Summit with members from unions, faith groups, major environmental and developmental organisations and networks. She seeks to use these connections to work with all civil society representatives inside the Summit to communicate effectively on it, providing a vital link between the inside and the outside mobilisations and activities. She is available to travel to New York for the Summit and could obtain a visa for that purpose. | Ria Voorhaar joined CAN - International in November 2012 as the Communications Coordinator. With over 10 years experience in journalism and communications, Ria has a strong track record for devising and driving innovative, issues-led campaigns which achieve major media coverage. She has been part of the climate movement since 2007 having worked for Greenpeace and TckTckTck - the Global Campaign for Climate Action. Ria also has a strong online and social media background having previously worked as a member of an Australian television station’s online news team. After that, she helped CHOICE in Australia gain nation-wide media recognition for its important advocacy work. In 2000, she graduated from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Politics. She is honored to be working for CAN International in order to do what she can to help stop catastrophic climate change. In particular, she is passionate about communicating climate change's disproportionate impact on people in the developing world. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2wwMtX28gxRQU9DUmlpdm9ROG8/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QrENDRf9YY1jAAfnKUrsrjLFzP2kVMj70hH-g8zYU0A/edit http://climatenetwork.org/press-release/bonn-talks-mark-kick-paris-climate-deal http://climatenetwork.org/press-release/ngos-say-new-ipcc-report-shows-climate-action-delivers-benefits-not-burdens | |||||||
156 | 8/7/2014 8:10:45 | O AND A CONSULTING | PRISCILLIA IORHEMBA | 19ba80@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | OYEBANJI OLUWAYOMI ADEGBOYEGA | O AND A CONSULTING | NIGERIA | NIGERIA | MALE | 40 | ENGLISH | A COMMITTED ADVOCATE FOR CLIMATIC CHANGE CAMPAIGNER IN NIGERIA,A BELIEVER IN DEGRADATION OF AFRICA CLIMATE BY THE PEOPLE,TRYING TO PROMOTE THE NEED FOR POSITIVE PROGRESS IN IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT. | Currently Oyebanji Oluwayomi is the Program Consultant Manager of O & A Consulting Group, Nigeria Project Office and Programmes. Under the International Division, Environmental Department, Reporting to Humanitarian Department Adviser.O & A Consulting Group is a Non Governmental Organization,that provides transitional development and relief assistance to communities in need around all States,in Nigeria. He have a key responsibilities of carrying out sustainable assessments and management reviews, also providing management with recommendations for action/working directly implementing Environmental project action plan. Providing expert advice on development related matters in the project context by gathering information from other organizations and institutions and representing O & A in development meetings with other agencies. Assist in developing high quality Environmental program management systems in line with the development policy and management approach. Preparing regular reports and summaries of work and recommendation to national organizations ,other N.G.O s, ensuring that relevant information is documented and shared with headquarter. Through is previous work experience, he have gathered good work skills and can able to present is ideas in a fluent and confident manner. He have learnt to work toward, and achieve is aims with great commitment and perseverance. An opportunity with your organization will be of great interest to him and I look forward to hearing from you soon. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B91DpQu3tipQdkc1Y1FiZE9VOGs/edit?usp=sharing | In every leadership position that he held, he distinguished himself with his keen mind, ability and talents. There is not one sphere of special activity in Rotary/Rotaract district 9120, also in Nigeria in which he has not played a part. | ||||||||
157 | 8/7/2014 9:17:27 | Pak Central Asia Youth Organization | Nawab Syed Johar | pak_centralasiayouth_org@hotmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Nawab Syed Johar | Pak Central Asia Youth Organization | http//www.facebook.com/joharnawab/ | Pakistani | Pakistan | male | 50 | English - Urdu | I am looking in the future of world in the 1st Century for Environmental subject its very large challenging for both national and international communities and countries to face today this issue, in my opinion environment problem its one of the most important topic to be discussed in this fist challenging for our world climate change. Because world Humanitarian needs it is the basis of right to get a better environment system. The future of the world communities and society depends largely on the better environment system all our the globalize environmental it is very important for every human. Today in all over the world we all know that social Media is the main role in the cooperation of national and international community for the environment, social and peace development of world. The national International community are the main pillars of world development. | I am Syed Johar Nawab father name of Syed Mehar Nawab adult gender male date of birth 11th jan 1964 place of birth at karachi.that I am national of Pakistan and national Identity card number 42501-3756937-1,passport number AF9639372, residential and postal address # B-7/491 Hasnain society jaffar e tayar malir city karachi Pakistan that is I am agreed and understand that as under this information I am founder/president of the Pak Central Asia Youth Organization this is non-profit and non-political youth organization since its founded in 24th Nov ember 2004.the organization has consultative states with voluntary social welfare work for human rights and humanitarian relief work and community development and national disaster work under the registration and control authority community development department government of sindh karachi pakistan affiliate with ministry sports culture and youth and the board of executive committee through with supports children,and womens ,youth education, culture, sports,peace and environment for the society and communities development programm the basis of its action and services work for the promotion of youth and youth organization in program areas such as population health environment peace and youth participation in decision marking processthe youth leadership insocial sheep and human development and support encourage the national and international movements for voluntary in conflict works respect stander of understanding and cooperation with other culture assist in the development of youth and to promote by mutual work of voluntary youth organization, | https://www.dropbox.com/s/j6xuz9a7bd4wilh/pak%20letter%20head.docx | https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdpmysj22ixietq/pak%201%20001.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/xojy7ebvb1ca8bn/pak%201%20002.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/6qa0o6jv9ein0xw/pak%201.jpg | |||||||
158 | 8/7/2014 9:49:47 | DR.Congo Climate Change Network (DRCCCN) | MWIKIZE CHRISTOPHE | info.rccrdc@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | ZAGABE KAMANYULA Appolinaire | National Congolese Youth Coalition on Climate Change | www.cnjccc.org | Congolese(DRC) | Congo | Malr | 28 | French, English,Swahili | The candidate meets the criterias to his activisms and leadership in promoting a safe environment in Africa and in particular in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The candidate is influential in the country and plays a big role to beinging together the civil society organisations involved in environment and Climate Change in the country. His participation wil he helpful in the country and other activists in the country, for implimenting lessons learnt from other participants. | Born on 11th December,1985 at Iko in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Founder of PEPA/NGO (Pleaders of Children and Elderly People at risk), a nonprofit that is operating in DR.Congo and Uganda, Law Master’s degree holder (International Laws (General) )at Kampala International University, Uganda and in possession of a bachelor’s degree in Politic Science, International Relations from the University of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, with experience and skills in various domains in the local community such as, 6 Years serving as Human rights AND Environment activist and Coordinator at Pleaders of Children and Elderly People at Risk, Founder of the National Congolese Youth Coalition on Climate Change, 2 year as the Secretary at Human rights Defenders Solidarity Network, with many trainings on International Politics and Diplomacy from the world best Universities and institutions including the University of Utrecht, Netherlands, University of Leuven- Belgium, Foreign Affairs Ministry of Italy, Human rights, HIV-AIDS,Child protection and in possession of high communication, research and training skills. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B74-ropxkAEzTkM3VGcwcHVoaVE/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SftdoyaerTw www.zagabe.com | |||||||
159 | 8/7/2014 10:09:05 | Bahrain Women Association for Human Development | Fatima Abbas Hussain Frutan | fatee_frutan@hotmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Fatima Abbas Hussain Mohammed Ali | Bahrain Women Association for Human Development | http://en.bahrainws.org/ | Bahraini | Kingdom of Bahrain | Female | 27 | English - Arabic | Fatima is 27 years old, she is Head of Environmental Citizenship Program in Bahrain Women Association for Human Development since 2008. During this time she has worked with the program on climate change, adopted and spread awareness about Earth Charter, MDGs & SDG, Environment education for kids and many more issues. She has presented many workshops and speeches in GCC and Arab countries and Europe. Having a candidate like Fatima can obtain an opportunity to the Arabian Gulf Countries (Gulf Cooperated Countries GCC) to focus on Climate Change issue specially that GCC has high GDP because of the oil and gas with massive consuming community and many climate change challenges. | Education: June 2013 - Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management, Institute of Leadership & Management ilm, UK Feb 2013 - Managing Individuals Development, BIBF July 2010 - BSc. Banking & Finance, University of Bahrain (UoB) June 2004 - Commercial High School Diploma, Al-Isteqlal Com. Secondary School Work & Training Experiences: Sep 11 – Up-to-Date: Al Hanan KG, Deputy Principle. Dec 07 – Mar 11: Reza Hygiene, Marketing & Support Services Manager Jul – Aug 07: Ahli United Bank, Trainee Feb 06 – Aug 07: Be-Free center, Training Program Coordinator May 04: Kuwait Finance House, Trainee Volunteer Work: 2007 – Up-to-date: Head of Environmental Citizenship Program 2008 – Up-to-date: Board Member of Bahrain Women Association - for Human Development Some of Presentations & Papers: Dec 2011: Presented a paper “Eye on Earth Summit”, Abu Dhabi, UAE March 2008: Presented a paper “Learning Leadership through Civil Society Engagement” Women in Global Leaders Conference - Zayed University, Dubai, UAE. Some of Conference Attended/Participated: 19 -12 Nov 13: UN Women Regional meeting for women parliamentarians and young leaders from 17 countries of the Arab States region with participation of media professionals. Sep 12: UNEP Regional Consultative Meeting RCM, UAE. 03-07 Dec 11: “UN Climate Change Conference COP18/CMP8”, Qatar. 03-05 Sep 11: “UN DPI civil society’s 46th conference-responsible citizens”, Germany. June -July 2011 “Euro-Arab youth collaboration for more sustainable world”- Online youth sustainability leadership course, Earth Charter. 27-29 Sep 09: “2nd Arab Roundtable Meeting on Sustainable Consumption and Production in the League of Arab States”, Egypt 19-22 April 08: “Resource Mobilization for Women Rights and Movements in the Middle East and North Africa” MENA conference, AWID – Morocco 21-23 Feb 06: “The Child between the mother tongue and communication with the modern world” conference, Qatar. 30-31 May 06: Regional Workshop “Child Friendly Budgeting”, Shura Council, Bahrain. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRHW9CCKfpsYUlCZ29MaTJCZGc/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRHW9CCKfpsVDBwOXplZGRPZ1E/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRHW9CCKfpsVkpsMVN4Q213SE0/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRHW9CCKfpsYXpWeTlUM0dBRnc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRHW9CCKfpsYXpWeTlUM0dBRnc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRHW9CCKfpsdGJzYXBTOVZLNDQ/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRHW9CCKfpsRmgzRFFPVlJ4ajA/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRHW9CCKfpsMkhORlBPZHVlN0E/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRHW9CCKfpsMkhORlBPZHVlN0E/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRHW9CCKfpsUUhHNHhTZXRWbUE/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
160 | 8/7/2014 11:30:31 | Women Environmental Programme (WEP) | Ms. Priscilla M. Achakpa | pmachakpa@yahoo.com, priscilla.achakpa@wepnigeria.net | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Queensley Onorode Ajuyakpe | Women Environmental Programme (WEP) | www.wepnigeria.net | Nigerian | Nigeria | Female | 31 | English, French (Basic), Hausa, Yoruba, Urhobo | The nominee is a Programme Manager with Women Environmental Programme (WEP) with experience on Environment and Governance issues. She is articulate on issues of climate change, actions, project development and management in globally. She engages/promotes grassroot mobilization, advocacy and lobbying of stakeholders with a strong bias for gender and youth empowerment. She represented WEP and civil society groups at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa specifically on the 8th African Development Forum: Governing and Harnessing Natural Resources for Africa’s Development in Ethiopia, 2012 and at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) where she worked with, made presentations on behalf of Women Major Groups on position statements at the 14th Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum in Kenya, 2013. She has made presentations, gave talks on climate change, water, gender, etc. on live radio, television as well as serve as panelist at discussions. | Queensley O. Ajuyakpe has over 5 years’ experience working with the grassroots on environmental and governance issues focusing on gender and youths. She works with WEP as a Programme Manager to take and implement actions on sustainable development; she represents and participates on issues of national/international discourse as it affects vulnerable groups as well as represents the interest of civil society groups. As part of a larger team she researched on Assessment of Gender Knowledge and Awareness, Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategies to the Impacts of Climate Change in Northern Nigeria, in 2011 with funding support from CIDA, implemented projects that promote renewable energy in Nigeria supported by Irish Aid in 2012, implemented projects to reduce tensions among farmers and pastoralist caused by scarce resources heightened through climate change supported by UNDP and EU in 2013. With passion for development work, she engages in advocacies/community mobilization, project development/management, interfacing with the various stakeholders for partnership, networking and fund mobilization. These engagements have built her capacity to identify, analyze and interact with institutions on the challenges of vulnerable groups and threats to their livelihoods through dynamic programs across Nigeria. Born in the northern part of Nigeria and experienced series of ethnic and religious conflicts, she has taken it upon herself to contribute to the society through development programmes that addresses environmental injustice. She is skilled in fundraising, networking, use of computer and social media. She holds a PGD in Business Administration, Nassarawa State University, Higher National Diploma in Human Resource Management, Kaduna Polytechnic, Certificate in Conflict Analysis, United State Institute for Peace (USIP) and Certificate from Weitz Centre of Development Studies, Rehovot, Israel on Mainstreaming Poverty-Environmental Linkages into Planning/Development. She is very active in volunteering activities and a member of various networks on gender and climate change in Africa/Nigeria since 2010, she is member of a selection committee under the Nigerian Youths Climate Action Network that has being involve in the screening/selection of youths to present Nigeria and Africa’s interest at the UNFCCC. She is a member of African Youths Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) and has contributed in disseminating information on best practices relating to climate change. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4VyuaZw6jkiTVM2X3FIai1xbDg/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4VyuaZw6jkiZlBUaGZtX2RKd1U/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4VyuaZw6jkiZ0ZoT3N6VnA0WUk/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4VyuaZw6jkiUE5QbXo3TFlqRU0/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
161 | 8/7/2014 11:38:25 | Population Action International | A.Tianna Scozzaro | ascozzaro@popact.org | Attend Summit only | No | Suzanne Ehlers | Population Action International | www.populationaction.org | USA | United States | Female | 40 | English, French | As a steering committee member for the Global Gender and Climate Alliance, the Population & Sustainable Development Alliance, U.S- based Green Group and many other affiliations, Suzanne and PAI has been recognized for our bench depth on women, population and climate. Population, gender and environment are critical components to a convresation about climate adaptation and resilience. As we carry the overall charge of ensuring that a gender perspective is incorporated in climate change policies, programs, and initiatives globally -- women's health must be a central piece of that agenda. | Suzanne Ehlers, President & CEO of Population Action International, has worked for the last 15 years to promote women’s health, rights and empowerment across the globe. She has carried out this work at PAI for the past decade and has led the organization since 2009. Ms. Ehlers and PAI build the case for women’s health as an integral development issue that impacts everything from the environment, to state stability, to food security. Under her leadership, PAI leads U.S. and global advocacy for international family planning, and provides key technical and financial resources to partners in Africa, South Asia and Latin America. Ms. Ehlers has repeatedly served on the U.S. government delegation to the United Nations’ Commission on Population and Development. She is also a founding member of the re-established Global Health Council, and she is an Environmental Leadership Liaison for Rachel’s Network, a network of women leaders dedicated to the stewardship of the earth. Ms. Ehlers has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Janelia Family Foundation and The Biodiversity Project as well as the Steering Committee of the Asia Pacific Alliance, a Bangkok-based reproductive health group. Ms. Ehlers is a frequent speaker on reproductive health issues and has been profiled by New York Times columnist Nick Kristof, National Journal and Grist. She was honored as one of Devex’s “40 under 40” International Development Leaders for 2011 and as a 2012 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Prior to joining PAI, Ms. Ehlers was an Associate Program Officer at the Wallace Global Fund. At Wallace she supported a grantmaking portfolio that broke new ground in the fields of sustainable forestry and international financial institution reform, as well as laid the early foundation for philanthropic engagement on climate change. Ms. Ehlers served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Central African Republic (CAR) following her graduation from Cornell University with a degree in Government. Ms. Ehlers speaks French and Sango (language of the CAR) conversationally and is an avid traveler and baker. She resides in Washington, DC, with her husband and two young daughters. | http://www.populationaction.org/blog/author/suzanne/ | ||||||||
162 | 8/7/2014 12:45:58 | Centre for Sustainable Development (CSD) | Professor Jack Goulding | jsgoulding@uclan.ac.uk | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Renuka Bharat Thakore | Centre for Sustainable Development | http://www.uclan.ac.uk/research/explore/groups/centre_sustainable_development.php | Indian | United Kingdom | Female | 52 | English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi. | CSD is an established institution for leading world-class research in the field of Sustainable Development. Renuka has represented CSD research, especially in ‘Sustainability in Built Environment Practices’ at various conferences. She was selected as expert panellist to share her experience for energy efficiency measures in the UK housing sector, especially how developing countries can learn developed countries to strengthen their policies and procedures. Renuka possesses knowledge of climate change issues; constructively engages with the variety of stakeholders; and develop mitigation and adaptation strategies. Her successful projects include the Mayor of London Green Procurement Code Award and Surrey Sustainable Business Partnership. Her research projects include financial impacts of certified management systems; and developing a conceptual stakeholder engagement model for housing sustainability. She holds visa to travel to the US and would be available for UN 2014 Climate Summit. | Renuka Thakore is researcher at the CSD, the GB School of ACE, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Her research domains are Sustainability, Natural and Built Environment, Transition Management and Strategic Niche Management, and Technology and Society. Before embarking in research, she acquired wide knowledge of sustainability in built environment through post-graduation Master course in the Kingston University, UK. She successfully delivered an ambitious programme on Sustainable Procurement in 2009 for the Mayor of London Green Procurement Code Award. She analysed performance of many large companies and local public authorities of London against Flexible Framework for sustainable procurement; scored them competitively for various levels of awards and reduction in carbon emissions, successfully delivering the programme. She researched on the improved financial benefits due to certification for management systems for BSI from 2010 to 2012. She is a reviewer for ALAM CIPTA: International Journal of Sustainable Tropical Design Research and Practice; and Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management. She is member of several prestigious organisations such as IEMA, CIWM, RICS and CIH. She is steering member of H&S CIWM, and SIG member of EMS IEMA, and LCBPC. She has presented in several international conferences including GRE 2014, Tokyo, Japan; B S Lab Symposium 2014, Rome, Italy; AIE 2013, Penn State, US; ASCE 2012, Texas, US; ISDRC 2012, Hull, England; STDCC 2012, Kuala Lumpur. Her interest in innovation and practical intervention has led her to conduct research in real-world organisational settings to demonstrate the effectiveness of strategies in reducing ambiguities arising from every increasing compliance to regulations in achievement of sustainability excellency. She believes that interdisciplinary, cross-sectional and multi-perspective characteristics of the system need to be simultaneously directed for the development of sustainability in a societal human-environmental interactive system. Her PhD project is in advanced stage aiming to develop a conceptual stakeholder engagement model for advancement of sustainability in housing using two analytical dimensions such as governance and institutional management; and financial and political support; for societal processes. She is a compelling public speaker and a great influencer as she brings in wide experiences from developed as well as developing countries. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5X8GKQS3lgEOC1lWU5Vd1EweFk/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5X8GKQS3lgEZEFMX3JQT2xnTjg/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5X8GKQS3lgEaHBQd2N1RkNSR2M/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5X8GKQS3lgEWGIxTXl3YTJVdWM/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5X8GKQS3lgEMHZhcENiVW9LSTA/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5X8GKQS3lgERWhNZmhWVVl0WGc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5X8GKQS3lgEOUlvaUhfeHNCcUk/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
163 | 8/7/2014 12:57:16 | Taiwan Youth Climate Coalition | Sarah Chen | sarahchenlin8@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Sarah Chen | Taiwan Youth Climate Coalition | http://en.twycc.org.tw/ | Taiwan ROC | Taiwan | Female | 26 | English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese | Sarah is currently an ambassador of TWYCC, one of Taiwan’s most active NGOs combating climate change. She has participated in several radio talk shows, given lectures, led workshops and travelled to Kuwait for an NGO networking event on behalf of TWYCC and Taiwan. Coming from an environmental science background and having volunteered extensively since her college years for the Southampton local council and other environmental NGOs, co-founded and ran her own environmental NGO demonstrates her commitment to the environment. Her previous work experiences also show her passion as well as her knowledge on the environment, especially climate change. Though Sarah has worked mainly with youths, she has attended several climate change and other environment-related conferences and networking events on behalf of TWYCC and is used to engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders. Furthermore, she’s already in possession of an American visa and is available to travel to NY in September. | Sarah was born and raised in Venezuela to Taiwanese parents. After graduating from an international school, she moved to the UK to pursue higher education. Upon graduating from the University of Southampton with a BSc Environmental Science degree, she moved to Taiwan, where she started working full time as a research assistant/project manager in National Taiwan University’s (NTU) Civil Engineering department, developing educational computer games about water issues. She simultaneously worked part time at Radio Taiwan International (RTI) as an international Spanish radio host, producing a program dedicated to Taiwan and its natural environment. Sarah was also the lead contributor to the environment column of a local English magazine called Centered on Taipei. Furthermore, she co-founded Taiwan’s first youth environmental NGO in 2011, Taiwan Youth Climate Coalition (TWYCC), where it later gained legal status in 2012. She was involved with the NGO’s media department and managed the translation department. Though she has now moved on to the advisory board and passed on her responsibilities to other youth successors, she remains an active participant in TWYCC-led events. Later in 2013, Sarah left her posts at NTU and RTI to pursue other plans but currently works as a freelance writer, translator, photographer and English tutor in Taipei, and is still very much active in the global environmental movement as the ambassador for both TWYCC and Ecosia (a growing green search engine). | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BylKiUajevkQUVdYRXhyRjhpM28/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BylKiUajevkQOEl3SHJyVE1zNUk/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
164 | 8/7/2014 13:14:03 | Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee | Dr Nigel Crawhall | ipacc.ashley@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Kanyinke Sena | IPACC | Kenya | Kenya | Male | 43 | English | Mr. Sena has conducted extensive community trainings climate change generally and REDD+ in particular in many Africa countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Republic of Congo among others. Mr. Sena has also written extensively on REDD+ and community rights. Mr. Sena is an articulate speaker. Currently, Mr. Sena is a Doctorate in Law student at the University of Arizona in the United States and his dissertation focuses on carbon credit schemes and community rights in Africa. Mr. Sena therefore also has a US visa. | Mr. Sena has been following the UNFCCC reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) negotiations since 2006 and has served in the UNREDD Policy Board (http://www.un-redd.org/PolicyBoard/tabid/102628/Default.aspx) and has also been part of the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (https://www.forestcarbonpartnership.org). Mr. Sena is also part of the REDD+ Social and Environmental safeguards committee (http://www.redd-standards.org). Mr. Sena has conducted extensive community trainings climate change generally and REDD+ in particular in many Africa countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Republic of Congo among others. Mr. Sena has also written extensively on REDD+ and community rights. Mr. Sena is an articulate speaker. Currently, Mr. Sena is a Doctorate in Law student at the University of Arizona in the United States and his dissertation focuses on carbon credit schemes and community rights in Africa. Mr. Sena therefore also has a US visa. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Z8FmnAn3sIYW1ZTFU4UEUtNEk/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.un-redd.org/PolicyBoard/tabid/102628/Default.aspx https://www.forestcarbonpartnership.org http://www.redd-standards.org | ||||||||
165 | 8/7/2014 13:16:40 | Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer -FEIM | Mabel Bianco | mbianco@feim.org.ar | Attend Summit only | Yes | Marcela Alicia Ballara Soto | ICAE | http://www.icae2.org/index.php/es/ | Chile | Chile | Female | 67 | Spanish, English, Portuguese | Marcela Ballara is a former FAO senior gender and development officer working for 10 years in the LAC region. She has intensively worked in climate change issues, on the impact on rural and indigenous women in the region. During her work she has supported the development of gender sensitive policies, programs and strategies for gender mainstreaming in poverty, education and climate change. She conducted activities aiming at drawing a DRR model at community level and produced a toolkit for DRR&EP including Risk Management and Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment towards disaster response in Mozambique. She supported projects to help reduce women's risk addressing their vulnerabilities and increasing their capacities and participation in DRR&EP and climate change mitigation, adaptation activities from a gender-sensitive integrated risk management perspective and equipping women with knowledge on those issues to influence planning process at central provincial and country levels. | Marcela Ballara mainly works in the formulation of national policies and strategies for gender specific needs, climate change mitigation and adaptation, DRR&EP, adult education, curriculum development, demography (migration), rural development, research, mainstreaming gender into government, international institutions and organizations of the CS. She has participated in major UN Conferences in advocacy and lobbied for gender issues. She is also part of several gender global network and organizations of the civil society where she participated as panelist, organizing seminars, workshops and other training activities addressed to women and men. Marcela has been working at international global and regional level in Sub Sahara Africa, Central Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, developing and implementing field projects, research, negotiating with governments and donor agencies. She has developed and led a Gender and Climate Change e-learning program for COLAM (University of Montreal) addressed to CSO of LAC. She also participated in several COP organizing workshop on capacity building, gender and climate change. She is currently supporting the International Council for Adult Education and Global CSO and the Red De Educacion Popular entre Mujeres, which works at regional level. She is also coordinating through REPEM_LAC a Rural Women and Climate Change e-learning program addressed to civil society organizations from the LAC region. She has a B.A. in Family Education and Home Economics, M.A in Communication and Social development and post grade studies (PHD candidate) in international education. She speaks Spanish, English, Portuguese and Swedish. She also has language proficiency in French and Italian. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2sodHZvww5TV0p3WnYyY1k0aFE/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2sodHZvww5TQ2tYRUo0RkQtQ0k&usp=sharing | |||||||
166 | 8/7/2014 14:01:10 | Kikandwa Environmental Association; The Million Person Project | Kizito Geofrey; Heather Box | ekikandwa@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Kaganga John | Kikandwa Environmental Association | www.kea.looper.hu http://keauganda.ash.com/ | Ugandan | Uganda | Male | 59 | English | #1: Kaganga John is a rural farmer, community leader and environmentalist who is on a mission to support local villagers to enact sustainable development and farming practices and make the voices of these small scale farmers heard around the world. Kaganga John believes that climate stability and the implementation of successful climate policies is dependent on deep partnerships across the world. He is working to help farmers with climate mitigation models to connect out to policy makers and the international community to share that is why he was selected to participate in civil roundtable held in November 2012 in UK with members of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post 2015 Development Agenda (HLP) to engage with the process to create the post-MDG framework and to provide members of the HLP with civil society input on several thematic areas. #2: I believe Kaganga is the perfect community leader to represent civil society at the UN 2014 Climate Summit. Kaganga is a rural farmer, community leader and environmentalist who is on a mission to support local villagers to enact sustainable development and farming practices and to make the voices of these small scale farmers heard around the world. Kaganga believes that climate stability and the implementation of successful climate policy is dependent on a deep partnerships across the world. Through his organization, Kikandwa Environmental Organization, he is working to help farmers with climate mitigation models to connect out to other farmers, policy makers and the international community to share. “Looking to grassroots villages across the world you will find many solutions to climate change that can be supported and scaled.” Kaganga said. “I believe we have so much good information to share with the world and through partnership we can help to bring climate stability." | #1: Kaganga John is a retired teacher,professional food security fellow,environment and food sovereignty activists,member Beyond 2015 platform,participated and attended Rio+20 and High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post 2015 Development Agenda (HLP) to engage with the process to create the post-MDG framework and to provide members of the HLP with civil society input on several thematic areas held in UK in November 2012, a rural farmer, an innovative, passionate and charismatic leader, someone who has committed his life to the betterment of his community. He is a humble leader who invests in his fellow community members with all his heart. His humility, dedication and commitment to hard work make him a very inspiring person to be around befitting to participate in the Climate Summit. He is a Climate Hero as well a Community Hero. Beyond the work in his community, Kaganga John is very gifted in building relationships and connecting to the world via the Internet. Kaganga John adds a lot of value to the social change work in his community by strategically reaching out and recruiting supporters from around the world. During the period he stayed in the U.S, he made professional contacts which provided him with a substantive experiences through working and interacting with host communities and fellow placements made up by private, on-profit and government offices, the visit helped him to understand better the U.S citizens culture and their professional perspectives, the knowledge, skills and the friends he got during the exchange visit since 2011 have catalyzed the improvement of his livelihood and his professionalism , and the development of his organization and his country. The visit also changed his mind set to think global and act local.Since the time the Global Leaders signed the Millennium declaration Summit in New York UN- 2000, I have been following and observing how developing countries have been translating the MDGs vision into Nationally owned plans,he also followed the Pre- Rio+20 and its outcome and the Beyond 2015 advocacy goals, that is why I was selected to represent and talk on behalf of the small-scale farmers in Rio+20 in June 2012 in Brazil. #2: Kaganga John is a 59 year old rural farmer from Uganda, professional food security fellow, environment advocate, trainer and co-founder and Director of Kikandwa Environmental Association (KEA). KEA is an association of more than 400 peasant farmers who use innovative methods to address climate change, provide access to education and grow each communities local resilience. One example project of KEA is the Community Innovation Resource Centre which provides education to farmers on a number of different issues which include agriculture, food and nutritional security, environment management, climate change, food sovereignty, marketing, education, health, and ICT training. In March of 2011, Kaganga participated in a professional exchange program in the United States designed to increase mutual understanding between farmers of the United States and other countries. It was sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of States. During the exchange Kaganga made professional contacts which supported his personal and professional growth and has supported in developing leaders and resilience back in his community. Furthermore, when Kaganga returned home, he conducted workshops, seminars and trainings on food security, climate change and sustainable development. Kaganga has also supported farmers in his community to start producing organic soil by using the skills and knowledge gained at Growing Power located in Milwaukee-Wisconsin- USA and they now have a small business. Kaganga John was then trained by the Million Person Project to tell his personal story as it relates to his innovative work and was invited to attend Rio+20 and speak on behalf of small scale farmers in East Africa at a side event. Due to the increased confidence and inspiration he gained from his projects abroad, he was invited by Beyond 2015 and Department of International Development (DFID) to the London Meeting for the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the 2015 Development Agenda held in November of 2012. As a farmer and Civil Society Representative he was invited to engage in the process to create the Millenium Development Goal (MDG)-Framework and to provide the members of the panel with civil society input on the several thematic areas. Kaganga is now back in his community working hard to ensure that farmers have the education and training their need to address climate change and sustainable development. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/12u7jD-P_Fjd88EnR5cB9ZtnLG8xDqGunyF29L6eZu6s | P.S. Please check out the two articles that havebeen published on Kaganga John in the following publications. Foreign Policy in Focus: http://www.fpif.org/articles/only_connect Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-box/rio-plus-twenty-uganda_b_1610846.html See a video of Kaganga John at Rio+20. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=ENIk4NRcyNg&feature=plcp https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QR6gBE6RGJpOk0_R3SgaLvfqf3w1YssC09t17uqA9WU/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TZMwZEJi-egnGIWfICYd82DP8W9duMVpz9a0nN1pq1U/edit?usp=sharing&invite=CIzKw_YC | |||||||
167 | 8/7/2014 14:17:32 | Hopelink International | Joseph Mensah | menjos333@hotmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | ABALO,Kokou | International Youth Development Initiative | N/A | Togolese | Togo | Male | 27 | French,English,Ewe and Haoussa | Kokou works for IYDI as Climate Change, Environment and Water Issues manager in Ghana and Togo. Since 2009, he has been working with commitment to help mitigate adverse effects of climate change. He works also at week-ends to impart knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to help people to shape a sustainable environment and future. With background in geography, rich working experience young dynamic environmentalist and proven professional qualities, his attendance will enable him exchange ideas with his colleagues from the other parts of the world; share his wealth of experience; engage with relevant stakeholders to discuss new strategies to improve their works ; help him link up with partners and identify opportunities for future collaborative works in promoting climate in Africa so as to build climate resilient communities and thus promoting sustainable development. | Kokou Abalo is a young dynamic and result oriented environmentalist with about 5 years working experience. He currently works at International Youth Development Initiative (IYDI), an initiative established to help mobilize interested youth, build their capacity to take/lead initiatives to contribute positively to development in their lives and communities. He was born in Lome in Togo in West Africa. He is well educated and as such holds Bachelor Degree in Geography from Université de Lome, Advanced Executive Certificate in Project Management and Baccalauréat D’enseignement du Troisième Degre among others. He is committed to planning and implementing relevant Climate Change compliant, Environment protection and safe Water usage programmes in Ghana and Togo. He has under his sleeve a wealth of proven qualities and experiences as a competent young environmental professional. With his influence, analytical and good interpersonal relational and multilingual skills, he is able to interact, liaise and work with different categories of people at all levels socially and professionally. Kokou has competent leadership skills, administrative/project management skills, ICT skills, and special organizing and coaching/training/teaching abilities with which he mobilizes and coaches youth and children on environmental issues. He has unique pedagogy, research, reporting and multilingual skills that help him to work effectively, promote his work and represent IYDI and the youth community effectively in various occasions locally and internationally. Having participated in various relevant programs and serving as the manager for Climate Change, Environment and Water Issues (CCEWI) with IYDI in Ghana and Togo, Mr. Kokou Abalo has built his expertise as a frontline young environmental activist whose competent managerial acumen, strong advocacy, effective leadership and multilingual persuasive communicative skills among others could be used as a springboard for promoting youth environmental activism among others so as to mitigate adverse effects of climate change and thus promote environmental sustainability locally, nationally and regionally especially in the West African sub-region. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/puyfxjq4ot5fypo/ABALO-Kokou-IYDI-CV.doc | https://www.dropbox.com/s/q67xafzcu6ucid7/ABALO-Kokou-IYDI-Sample%20Writing.doc | |||||||
168 | 8/7/2014 14:23:06 | All India Women's Conference | Usha Nair | climatechange@aiwc.org.in | Attend Summit only | Yes | Usha Nair | All India Women's Conference | www.aiwc.org.in | Indian | India | Female | 62 | English, Hindi, Malayalam | Usha Nair has been with AIWC for more than 12 yrs holding important portfolios. Currently Member-in-charge (Climate Change and Environment). She plans and implements AIWC’s programs on these topics. Attended past three COPs (Durban; Doha; Warsaw;). AIWC was given Observer status by UNFCCC in 2013. The efforts put in by Usha Nair to get Observer status for AIWC in such a short time was appreciated by all. She actively worked with Collective Working Group on implementation of the Gender Decision to persuade Parties to make submissions to UNFCCC, succeeding to get 9 Parties to make Submissions. AIWC also made a submission as an Observer organisation. She has completed with distinction a Massive Open Online Course, sponsored by World Bank through Coursera, titled Turn Down the Heat and another sponsored by University of Chicago on Global Warming, facilitated by Prof. David Archer. She is the Co-focal Point (Global South) of Women and Gender Constituency, UNFCCC | Biography Usha Nair Date of birth : 31 May, 1952 Place of birth : Trivandrum, Kerala, India Education : • Cotton Hill Girls’ High School, Trivandrum. (upto 10 class) 1967 • College for Women, Trivandrum (Pre-degree and B. Sc. (Physics) 1972 • University College, Trivandrum (M.Sc. (Physics) I) 1973 Career • Joined Syndicate Bank, wholly owned by Government of India, as Officer Grade I. • Promoted to Officer Grade II in 1982. • Promoted to Officer Grade III in 1993. • Took Voluntary Retirement while serving as Head, Zonal Computer Centre, New Delhi in 2000. • Freelance Editor, Writer from 2000. • Voluntary worker with All India Women’s Conference from 2000. Served as Member-in-charge of different portfolios and Editor of Quarterly Journal. Elected Honourary Treasurer in 2011. • Commenced work in Climate Change in 2011. At present Member-in-charge, Climate Change and Environment in AIWC. • Elected Co-focal Point (Global South), Women and Gender Constituency, UNFCCC in 2014. • Married in 1974 to Mr. P.R.Ramachandran Nair, Three sons. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Gx18KJjq7PcUpPaGhuOTRGclU/edit?usp=sharing | Articles by Usha Nair in CLIMEASIA (file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/Downloads/CanAsia%20Nov.2013.pdf) Southern Voices Newsletter (http://southernvoices.net/en/resource-centre/unfccc/561-gender-based-advocacy-using-a-new-set-of-tools.html) Climate Advocacy Toolbox (http://www.southernvoices.net/images/docs/Tool_2-raising_awareness.pdf ) GenderCC Newsletter (https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/gendercc+newsletter/13e0e377fd671076) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Gx18KJjq7Pc3Z4R0xIVlhWR0k/edit?usp=sharing) Several articles have also appeared in Roshni, the quarterly newsletter of AIWC. Speaking engagements •http://www.inforse.org/europe/pdfs/Conf_13_COP19_sidevent_INFORSE_AIWC_EE_Usha_Nair_India.pdf) •http://www.inforse.org/europe/pdfs/Conf_12_INFORSE-HELIO_COP18_sideevent_Usha_AIWC_India.pdf) •http://www.inforse.org/europe/pdfs/Conf_COP17_5-Nair_AIWC_India_INFORSE.pdf) | |||||||
169 | 8/7/2014 15:00:17 | Project Gaia | Alexandra Milano | alex.k.milano@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Brady Anne Luceno | Project Gaia | www.projectgaia.com | American | United States | Female | 26 | English, Spanish | Brady Luceno is the assistant director of Project Gaia Inc. (PGI), a nonprofit dedicated to promoting clean cookstoves and alcohol fuels for the developing world. She has worked at PGI since 2009 and has demonstrated an unparalleled commitment to the advancement of clean cooking technologies in communities across the world. Though only 26, Brady has a vast amount of experience in the field, writing grants and proposals, and in nonprofit management. She is an active participant in professional development activities, attending numerous international conferences and has had her work published on several occasions. Brady is an integral member of PGI and her hard work and determination continue to inspire her colleagues. | Brady manages the daily operations and resources of projects in Ethiopia, Brazil, Haiti, and new projects. Brady helps to lead the development of Project Gaia’s strategy in its humanitarian and commercialization projects, coordinating with field teams and key partners including USEPA, UNHCR and UN Foundation. Brady joined the team in January 2009, after graduating from Gettysburg College with a B.A. in Globalization Studies. She speaks Spanish and is conversational in Portuguese. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fIP7qQuGMnGe3H7jyAEt4CCBsDqWE2TlQkZ1w-IOqqY/edit | 1. Co-author. “Using Emergency Interventions for Sustainable Development- Jumpstarting the Transition from Woodfuels to Liquid Biofuels”. Boiling Point Issue 59: Energy in Conflict and Emergency Relief. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwZRoNckhApuYWpVaTUzOTlsS00/edit?usp=sharing 2. Co-author: “Ethanol as a Household Fuel in Madagascar (Component B): Health Benefits, Economic Assessment and Review of African Lessons for Scaling up”. World Bank, Practical Action, Dec 2010. | |||||||
170 | 8/7/2014 16:05:28 | Réseau Action Climat | Celia Gautier | celia@rac-f.org | Attend Summit only | No | Alix Anne Sophie Mazounie | Réseau Action Climat | www.rac-f.org | French | France | female | 28 | French, English, Italian | Alix coordinates international policy at Réseau Action Climat-France, a French network of climate NGOs (including Greenpeace, WWF, Oxfam). She also supports and coordinates a network of French-speaking African NGOs working on the frontline of climate change. In this capacity, she is authorized to speak on behalf of both networks. She has been in this role for 4 years now. At Réseau Action Climat, she has also been tracking and deciphering international negotiations on climate change and post-2015, advocating for new and additional climate finance and innovative governance for the Green Climate Fund, renewable energy and energy efficiency. She has experience with public speaking on climate change, has represented Réseau Action Climat on many occasions, and sat on press conferences a number of times. She has often had to work in multi-stakeholder and international environments. | Alix Mazounie is 28 years old, French, with a history of activism and advocacy work to address climate change. She graduated from the School of Political Science in Paris (Sciences Po) in 2009. For 18 months, she worked for an independent consultant (Futur Facteur 4, Pierre Radanne) advising French-speaking African negotiators on their UNFCCC strategy. In this role, she tracked the UNFCCC negotiations and published regular analyses of the state of play and outcomes of the process. She also worked on a UNDP report on how to mainstream climate change action into local planning in developing countries. She has been working for Réseau Action Climat-France for the past four years as international policy coordinator. In this capacity, she has coordinated advocacy work and defining the engagement strategy of French NGOs in international climate policy-making. She has been actively following the process since COP14 in Poznan (2008) and participated in all COPs since. She has also been coordinating and building the capacity of French-speaking African NGOs on climate advocacy work, internationally and domestically and has organized many workshops, trainings, written advocacy reports as well as raised funds to support adaptation and energy advocacy projects at a very local level in French-speaking countries. She is currently very involved in preparing, mobilizing and coordinating French civil society ahead of COP21, and will be representing them in New York during the Ban Ki Moon summit. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0chiZbWx7bBMVNyMnNQMmpaUWM/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.majalla.com/eng/2009/12/article5512570 http://www.youphil.com/fr/article/04659-stupeurs-et-dernieres-heures-a-durban-le-recit-d-une-ong?ypcli=ano http://www.ifdd.francophonie.org/media/docs/publications/357_NotededAcryptagenA1_nouvellecouverture.pdf http://www.rac-f.org/IMG/pdf/CLIDEV-A.pdf http://ressourcesclimatdeveloppement.jimdo.com/ressources-du-rc-d/publications-du-réseau/ | |||||||
171 | 8/7/2014 16:31:00 | Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) | Reginald Burke | executivecoordinator@cyen.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Stefan Rickford Knights | Caribbean Youth Environment Network | www.cyen.org | Guyanese | Trinidad and Tobago | Male | 23 | English | Stefan Knights is the Special Envoy to the CYEN on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). He can speak on behalf of our membership in 18 countries. Mr. Knights has been very vocal at the national, regional and international levels advocating on matters relating to climate change. He has been intimately involved in the implementation of programmes/actions which were designed to address climate change and, other environmental and socio-economic challenges which have been intensified by climate change. Stefan has a captivating personality and he has spoken at several local, regional and international meetings. He is in his final stages of becoming an Attorney at Law and is a trained advocate. Stefan has a wealth of knowledge on matters relating to climate change and sustainable development. In the past, he has meaningfully engaged a variety of stakeholders in the capacity of a member of CYEN and UNEP Youth Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean. Stefan holds a valid US visa. | Stefan Knights focus is on addressing environmental issues which are connected to, amongst other things, climate change; human rights; intellectual property; trade; and public health. At the First United Nations Environment Assembly, Mr. Knights was recognised as an expert on youth development, see link: http://www.unep.org/experts/Default.asp?page=profiles&l=en He is currently serving as a special envoy to the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) which has chapters in 18 Caribbean countries. Through the CYEN he has been actively involved in several projects in Latin America and the Caribbean to address climate change. Also, under the guidance of his law and development; human rights and environmental law professors, he has written a few articles on environmental challenges. For instance, he has written an article on the nexus between climate change and human rights in SIDS. Further, Stefan has been very instrumental in moblising Caribbean young people to formulate positions on climate change and other challenges to sustainable development for the third International SIDS Conference in Samoa, 2014. Also, Stefan is currently serving as the UNEP Youth Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dzoUfLcFYawKQ9jHC1yAczic7SJdiAaXmZrCqgHxAGM/edit | ||||||||
172 | 8/7/2014 16:34:37 | The Climate Reality Project | Stephen Mills | stephen.mills@climatereality.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Kenneth Berlin | The Climate Reality Project | http://climaterealityproject.org | U.S. citizen | United States | male | 67 | English | Ken has devoted his career to leadership on environment, energy and climate change issues. A trusted advisor to businesses, non-profits and federal and state governments, Ken has been recognized as one of the top climate change attorneys in the world and has extensive expertise on international environmental issues ranging from clean energy to biodiversity. | Kenneth Berlin is the President and CEO of The Climate Reality Project. Most recently, Ken chaired the Skadden Arps Environmental and Climate Change practices and served as the Executive Vice-President and General Counsel for the Coalition for Green Capital. He was also a leader in establishing the Climate Speakers Network. In 2012, Ken served as Chair of the Obama Energy and Environment Team. Ken has served on the boards of several organizations including the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), the American Bird Conservancy, the Alliance for Zero Extinction, the Rare Center for Tropical Conservation, the Earth Day Network, and Defenders of Wildlife. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B10RufoHXSZEQ0ZxaklSU21HaTg/edit?usp=sharing | *See attached CV | |||||||
173 | 8/7/2014 16:38:34 | REFACOF | Mrs Cecile NDJEBET | cecilendjebet28@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Tolulope M. DARAMOLA | CarbonSink Development Initiatives | www.carbonsink-ng.org | Nigeria | Canada | Male | 29 | English | I know Mr. Daramola for the past five years. Daramola has acquire professional skills working in Africa, Europe and North America. His recent work received an international award from the International Union of Forestry Research Union which will be presented to him in Salt Lake City Utah this October. Furthermore, he is actively involved in international forest policy processes. But my respect for the young man was heightened when he became a member of the UNFF Major Groups as a representative of the Youth and Children Major Group. As Focal Point of UNFF Women Major Group, I've had the opportunity of working more closely with Mr. Daramola a representative of UNFF Youth and Children Major Group. In these, I have been impressed with his analytical mind; his public speaking prowess and ability to connect with audiences well diverse groups of people. It is on this premise that I weigh my support for his nomination. | Daramola was raised in a family of 5. As a child, he was able to understand the true values of land to human survival. Daramola's family depend on agriculture and fuelwood for livelihood, but as the population of his community increases, the demand on forests increases and the task of collecting fuelwood and farming became increasingly onerous as forest and land degradation have increased the distances that must be traveled to obtain sufficient supply. The environmental challenges Daramola faced growing up in Africa informed his passion in the field of environmental conservation. He started as a community organizer, mobilizing his local community every Saturday for environmental sanitation and tree planting. Daramola knew he needed education to support his efforts, so he chose to study Forestry at the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria. By the end of his first degree, he was selected to participate in EarthCorps environmental restoration training program in Seattle WA in 2009. EarthCorps brings young emerging environmental leaders from all around the world to Seattle to learn best practices on environmental conservation, restoration, community building and leadership, so they may return to their countries and apply the knowledge on the ground. Upon his return to Nigeria, he started an NGO of young environmental professionals across Africa called CarbonSink Development Initiatives with a vision of empowering local communities through the implementation of research and development projects around Land Use, Forest, and Climate Change. The organization started with grassroots environmental campaign in schools and villages in his community. Later on he partnered with his local community government to engage the secondary school pupils in tree planting. It is on this premise that he was awarded the MDGs Ambassador by Anwar Jannat Memorial Foundation in Pakistan. These activities got him involved in global forestry issues. In 2011, he was invited by the United Nations Forum on Forest to give a presentation on “Food, Energy and Economic Challenges and Opportunities with a Special Focus on Youth and Women” during the UNFF9 at the UN headquarters in New York. Furthermore, in 2013, he was awarded the 2013 Commonwealth Young Forester Award. Holder of a Master’s Degree in Global climate Change Management at Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development in Germany, he is presently doing his PhD at the University of British Columbia in Canada. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_IGwJQKdkkJTHRwRWJ3Q1hOYjA/edit?usp=sharing | Google link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_IGwJQKdkkJdldDX2VIZDVMNGc/edit?usp=sharing http://webtv.un.org/watch/multi-stakeholder-dialogue-un-forum-on-forests-10th-session/2291402890001/ http://www.carbonsink-ng.org/userfiles/files/Daramola%202013_afforestation%20of%20degraded%20land.pdf http://www.un.org/esa/forests/pdf/session_documents/unff9/statements/25%20January/DARAMOLA.pdf http://www.un.org/esa/forests/pdf/aheg/aheg2/AHEG2_WG1_Daramola.pdf http://www.carbonsink-ng.org/userfiles/files/DARAMOLA_REDD%2B%20benefit%20and%20poverty%20eradication_carbonsink.pdf | |||||||
174 | 8/7/2014 17:16:59 | WhyHunger | Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau | tristan@whyhunger.org | Attend Summit only | No | Tristan Andrew Quinn-Thibodeau | WhyHunger (dba World Hunger Year, Inc.) | http://www.whyhunger.org | U.S.A. | United States | Male | 31 | English | I work for WhyHunger, a grassroots support organization that works globally to support the advocacy and the actions of people directly affected by the policies that cause hunger, poverty, and especially, climate change in Asia, Latina America, the Caribbean, and Africa. I have worked closely with allies from the Global South throughout multiple United Nations advocacy spaces over my 10 year career. I supported grassroots work in 2007 and 2008 at the Commission on Sustainable Development meetings, focused on food and agriculture; I participated in COP 16 in Cancun and Rio+20, alongside social movement allies; and I have participated at the Committee on World Food Security, supporting the work of social movements in the Civil Society Mechanism. We will be able to communicate solutions and ideas from social movements and grassroots organizations to the Summit participants and also to communicate the ideas shared at the Summit to our allies in the Global South. | I have worked with WhyHunger at the United Nations for over 7 years, beginning with my work to connect grassroots organizations based in New York City to the Commission on Sustainable Development meetings in 2007. While participating in CSD meetings in 2008 and 2009, I also traveled to Cancun for COP 16 with NGO partners and grassroots allies, and in 2012 I traveled to Rio de Janeiro for Rio+20. I participated in many of the Prep-Com meetings and have been engaged in the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda conversations and processes. Additionally, WhyHunger has been well placed to participate at the Committee on World Food Security in Rome, and I was fortunate to meet with the Chair of the CFS, Ambassador Gerda Verburg of the Netherlands, this past year to discuss ways to further the work of CFS. I have a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy, and an M.A. in Philosophy. I have written about climate change and policy. | http://climate-connections.org/2012/06/18/developed-nations-ignore-agroecology-in-calls-for-climate-smart-agriculture/ | ||||||||
175 | 8/7/2014 17:27:37 | SOLAR SISTER | Olasimbo SOjinrin | Olasimbo@solarsister.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Olasimbo Olasubude Sojinrin | Solar Sister | www.solarsister.org | Nigerian | Nigeria | female | 34 | English, Yoruba and Pidgin English | Olasimbo has been an advocate for climate change issues for several years with a role as Capacity Development Manager of a UNDP assisted project called 'Access to Renewable Energy' where she pushed for climate change legislation with policy makers at Federal and State level as well as organised capacity development programs for renewable energy service providers in Nigeria and financial institutions. Olasimbo organised 3 annual high-level renewable energy investment forums to drive funding to the sector. More recently, she took up the Country Manager role of Solar Sister, a civil society organisation with a mission to eradicate energy poverty through women's economic empowerment. Solar Sister solves the problem of ‘last mile’ energy access and brings high-quality, affordable clean energy solutions right to the community’s doorsteps and also offering women an opportunity to make a sustained living by distributing clean energy products. | With a First degree in Urban and regional planning and and Masters Degree Public in International affairs from University of Lagos, Nigeria, Olasimbo lends a strong voice to combating Climate change issues in Nigeria. She started her career early in 1997 by advocating for the rights of young persons and taking a role as youth Director in a National NGO called Women's consortium of Nigeria (WOCON), she was the first elected African youth Representative that served as an advisory committee to the board of ECPAT International. Olasimbo was an Oxfam Action Partner at the International Youth Parliament in 2002 and went on to attend and actively participate in important summits and conference such as World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Yokohama Japan, World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa. Leadership training by the African Leadership Forum, Calabar Nigeria and so on. Olasimbo began to focus on Climate change when she joined the British Council in 2004, there she managed several partnership projects including Connecting Classrooms and Green Clubs that strived to educate secondary schools students on issues of Climate change. She thereafter joined the project management team as the Capacity Development Manager to the Access to Renewable energy project in 2011 were she conducted training activities for policy makers and lead an advocacy for a renewable energy policy at federal and State level. She was a panel discussant at a side event of the UN CSW where she presented a paper on 'Access to Renewable Energy as a tool to Economic Empowerment of rural women” Most recently, she took the position of Country manager for Solar Sister in Nigeria where she leads a network of women entrepreneurs that distribute clean energy product such as portable solar lamps and fuel efficient cookstoves in their communities. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzUmjS4T3TkmZWdTSWZtbjU2MHc/edit | Panel Speaker on 'Access to Renewable Energy as a tool to Economic Empowerment of rural women” at side event of the UN, CSW in February 2012. Keynote Speaker at first Graduation Ceremony organised by PAWA774 for Renewable Energy Technicians trained at the Wesley University of Science and Technology, Ondo State. Keynote Speaker at the Earth Day program, organised by the Climate Change Desk, Federal Ministry of Environment, Lagos Speaker at the Interactive session on financing renewable energy with commercial banks in Lagos, Nigeria. | |||||||
176 | 8/7/2014 17:41:46 | We Are Family Foundation | David Saddington | davidsaddington@hotmail.co.uk | Attend Summit only | Yes | David Robert Saddington | We Are Family Foundation | http://wearefamilyfoundation.org/ | British | United Kingdom | Male | 21 | English | I have been actively involved in raising public awareness of climate change for eight years at different scales; from international media outlets, national government and local communities. I have studied the science and policy of climate change at Durham University and I have a strong grasp of current academic concepts; which I enjoy communicating to the public. I have advocated action on climate change at a community level through numerous initiatives. I have experience presenting in a variety of forums including; local schools, business conferences, the largest shopping centre in Europe and even at HM Prison. I am deeply passionate about climate change advocacy and I would relish this experience to attend the Climate Summit in New York this year. It would be an inspiration to participate in this prestigious policy arena and meet climate leaders from around the world. | David Saddington, UK Aged 21 Influencing UK government policy, establishing his own social enterprise and fronting a media campaign that reached over 3 million people are just a few of the items David has achieved as a climate change activist since being impacted by a stark reminder of climate change as a teenager. From a meeting with then Prime Minister Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street he discussed the implementation of climate change on the national curriculum; it is now an essential part of youth education and he has pushed to expand these education reforms worldwide in negotiations chaired by the British Council. As a Three Dot Dash Global Teen Leader he has expanded his philanthropic and award-winning social enterprise which has developed eco gardens across Northern England and within the historic grounds of Durham University. David has acted as an environmental consultant for countless organisations and is a regular commentator on contemporary climate issues within academic arenas and international media outlets. He has studied the science of climate change at Durham University for 3 years and led a ground breaking glacier survey expedition to Vatnajökull, Iceland. His most recent venture transformed the medieval Market Square of Durham City into an outdoor cinema to showcase the award winning documentary ‘Chasing Ice’ and then chair ‘Climate Change Question Time’ where the public could grill world leading climate experts on the science behind the headlines and how to tackle the problem. He is a passionate climate change activist and he closely follows international climate negotiations by participating in the 2014 Adopt a Negotiator Programme. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0HN58saF1cSRzE1azQzRTlJYjg/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0HN58saF1cSaWVSTW9vWll3am8/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
177 | 8/7/2014 19:20:14 | Healthy Planet UK | Isobel Braithwaite | isobel.braithwaite@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Alicia Pearl Pawluk | Healthy Planet UK | http://www.healthyplanetuk.org/ | Canadian | Canada/England | Female | 21 | English, French | Alicia is an enthusiastic young woman who is passionately committed to solving the climate challenge. Having attended COP19 in Warsaw, Alicia has proven that she is able to put forward intelligent and unique solutions to international debates. During her time at HealthyPlanet, she has published multiple summary articles. Furthermore, Alicia is an excellent team-player, who is a pleasure to work with. Alicia is a medical student, and is keen to use her work with the British Medical Association to help influence the healthcare field to be more conscious of the potential repercussions of climate change. She has shown her dedication to mitigating the health impacts of climate change by writing for numerous scientific journals, including the student British Medical Journal and the Public Library of Science. I would wholeheartedly recommend Alicia for the United Nations 2014 climate summit. She is dedicated, talented, and would be a considerable asset to the Civil Society attendees. | Alicia Pawluk is a medical student who will be commencing her fifth year at the University of Manchester in August 2014. Having already graduated from the University of St Andrews with a BSc Honours in Medicine, Alicia has shown consistent academic aptitude. While growing up on Vancouver Island off the West Coast of Canada, Alicia developed a strong desire to help protect the environment. During her high school years, Alicia founded her school’s environmental club. By helping to reduce food waste in the cafeteria, and establishing a school-wide recycling program, Alicia helped to build youth awareness of the climate challenge. After moving to the UK for university, Alicia was involved in the University of St Andrews Sustainable Development society, and was instrumental in the development of Healthy Planet UK’s COP 19 delegation. At COP19, Alicia managed to build strong connections with both Canadian and British politicians and negotiators, and upheld a formidable standard of social media presence. By publishing scientific articles and briefs on the health impacts of climate change, Alicia is able to integrate her areas of expertise. In the future, Alicia hopes to remain involved in the shaping of climate policy and the implementation of climate action. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8CrSwMZIaSGSWdUeVNxanhHVFU/edit?usp=sharing | http://blogs.plos.org/speakingofmedicine/2014/03/14/health-jeopardy-corporate-influence-climate-negotiations/ http://student.bmj.com/student/view-article.html?id=sbmj.g2616 | |||||||
178 | 8/7/2014 19:29:49 | Comision Chilena de Derechos Humanos | Sylvia Pynilla | sibabus@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Gabriel Julian Pozo Pérez | Comision Chilena de Derechos Humanos | www.comisionchilenaderechsohumanos.cl | Chile | Chile | masculino | 39 | Español, Portuguez | Gabriel, ha sido una persona con gran compromiso desde joven en el trabajo de promoción y defensa de los temas ambientales y de Derechos Humanos en Chile y Sudamericana, habiendo participado de conferencias escogido por la ONU en distintos lugares, creemos que su experiencia y redes a nivel global ayudara a dar facilidad en el trabajo de la cumbre. | Gabriel,tiene un historial muy largo en el ámbito de Chile e Internacional, destacaremos alguna de las importantes para no ser tan extenso: -Miembro del consejo juvenil de UNEP/YAC 1999-2004. -Coordinador Campaña Mundial YES -Miembro del Caucus de Juventud ONU 1999-2006 -participo de la cumbre del Milenio New York donde logro que se integrara la propuesta premio joven de la paz en el documento final de las ONG. -Participo de la Cumbre de Rio +5, Rio+10 seleccionado por la ONU. - conferencia de Juventud de ONU Suecia. Cumbre de Empleo y Emprendimiento Juvenil YES Egipto, Mexico y otros. - Eventos de Promoción de Protocolo de Kioto Chile y SudAmerica. -CSD New York 1999-2004 -Cumbre Mundial de Juventud Lisboa Protugal -- GLOBALIZACION E INTERNET CUMBRE DEL B.I.D., NEW ORLEANS U.S.A -- EDITOR PROYECTO GEO JUVENIL PNUMA HUATULCO MÉXICO. | www.blogger/gabrielpozo.com | ||||||||
179 | 8/7/2014 19:55:05 | CliMates | Alexandra Gavilano | alexandra.gavilano@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Alexandra Gavilano | CliMates/ClimateCoLab | www.studentclimates.org | Swiss/Peruvian | Switzerland | Female | 25 | English, German, Spanish, Portugues, French | The reason for my nomination comes from the call of our organization CliMates. As I am investigating and active in different areas around the topic of climate change I now consider my experience and knowledge useful to the United Nations Climate Summit. Within the overall topic of climate change I have experience in research and project management in related topics as human/specificallyn indigenous rights, environmental destruction, migration due to climate change & politics, alternative lifestyle opportunities and economical interests. This helped me to understand the wider picture of climate discussions and led to a better understanding of what kind of solutions must be encountered. Therefore I seek for the possibility to exchange ideas with other professionals of around the world and be part of the change. It is not only my academic interest in these themes but also a personal passion, to help to find efficient ways so humanity can confront this planetary topic united. | As a daughter of a peruvian physicist and a swiss social worker, with a brother and sister Born in New York, I grew up in an internationally orientad family. After the completion of my Matura, I had the opportunity to travel through several countries in South America. There I began to recognize the severity of the problems associate with climate change as f.e. food production, sustainability, human rights and environmental protection. This experience helped me to grasp the importance and potential of the application of advanced scientific knowledge in synergy with the application of “local knowledge”, acquired by centuries of experience by the local populations. After this experience and upon my return to Switzerland I started studies in Sociology at the University of Zurich, with a minor en Environmental Sciences, Biology and Ethnology. Than I had the opportunity to work for a NGO on the topic of indigenous rights.I continued my studies in the Master program in Environmental Science with focus on the interrelationship between human populations and environment. During the lecture-free periods I travelled back to South America. I worked in sustainable farms with agroforestry method and permaculture. I organized various events on climate change and adaption.Currently I work as a volunteer Research for CliMates and ClimateCoLab and realize informational Workshop for old and Young to the topic of climate change. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-7nJwwbgpy2UXQ4WXdpUE9wZVk/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.rtcc.org/2013/10/10/what-does-climate-change-mean-to-young-people-around-the-world/ http://assets.gfbv.ch/downloads/jahresbericht_2012_low.pdf http://wn.com/alexandra_gavilano http://www.designboom.com/project/innovative-wind-energy-production/ http://www.mcstudent.com/student.php?area=forumdetail&id=2446 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdQE8aQxpZk;&# | |||||||
180 | 8/7/2014 20:03:11 | COMITE DE DEFENSE DES DROITS CIVIQUES | MAMA TADY CONDE | mamatady@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | MAMA TADY CONDE | COMITE DE DENFE DES DROITS CIVIQUES | GUINEAN | GUINEA | FEMALE | 44 | FRENCH | Cette candidate répond aux critères. En marge de son statut de fonctionnaire Parlementaire,elle a acquise assez d'expériences à travers les différents séminaire, conférences et forum qu'elle a suivi à travers l'Europe et en Amérique du Nord, dont deux suivis au grand siège des Nations Unies (CV ci-joint). Elle s'implique activement sur les questions environnementales qui intéressent chaque individu sur cette planète en ce 21ème siècle. | Née le 23 février 1970 à Beyla (République de Guinée) d'un père infirmier et d'une mère enseignante. Divorcée et mère d'une fille de 22 ans. Aînée d'une famille de 10 enfants: je commença mes études primaires et secondaires à Conakry en 1975. En 1981, j’obtins mon Certificat d’Études Primaires; le Brevet d’Études Primaires en 1985, et les deux bac en 1988 et 1990. Après une formation professionnelle spécialisée de trois années à l’École Commerciale Africaine en 1994 (sortie majore de la promotion). Suite à un appel d'offre d'emploi lancé par la première Assemblée Multi partite de Guinée en 1996, je fus admise à la suite d'un test de recrutement des secrétaires de ladite Assemblée. Depuis cette date, j'ai gravis tous les échelons jusqu'à être Chargée de Mission au sein de cette Institution. Je me suis inscrite dans une université privée où je suis les cours de sociologie. Mon vœux est de poursuivre mes études post universitaire à l'ENAP de Québec pour un master pourquoi pas un doctorat. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5cAB4RWbSsJd19iMk5Zc045ZDA/edit?usp=sharing | Je ne serai pas intervenante. | ||||||||
181 | 8/7/2014 22:02:19 | PATH Foundation Philippines Inc | Joan Castro | jcastro@pfpi.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Joan Regina Castro | PATH Foundation Philippines Inc | www.pfpi.org | Filipino | Philippines | Female | 50 | English and Filipino | Dr. Joan Castro is the Executive Vice President of PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc. (PFPI). Since 2000, she provided technical support to various projects implemented by PFPI on sustainable management of natural resources and community based actions that improve the health and resilience of communities in the Philippines. She helped design a community-centered model for integrated management of coastal resources and human health and to implement operations research about synergies created via integration. The study was published in the Journal of Environment Conservation showing evidence that integrated approaches to population-health-environment (PHE) yield higher impact on ecosystem and human health outcomes, compared to sectoral approaches. The model was recognized as a “gold standard” for the design and execution of integrated approaches to PHE and adopted for application in other developing countries for sustainable development and climate change mitigation and adaptation | Dr. Joan Regina Castro, M.D has more than 15 years of experience working with international organizations, national and local government agencies, non-profit organizations, academic institutes, media concerns, social entrepreneurs and for-profit companies on a range of sustainable development initiatives and community-based action programs related to food security, participatory resource management, pro-poor livelihood, gender-equitable development and integrated approaches to climate change adaptation and resilience building. Her technical areas of expertise include strategic planning, vulnerability assessment, capacity building, women in leadership development, social marketing, behavior change communication, public-private partnerships, and program management and monitoring. While most of her experience is Philippines-based, Dr. Castro also has extended technical assistance to organizations in the Asia-Pacific region (Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and PNG) and East and West Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana). She is currently the Executive Vice President of PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc. (PFPI) responsible for assuring that all PFPI programs incorporate gender perspectives and gender-responsive and gender-equitable measures | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B26qi2XAOqw0bko0UU9uZFVGZHM/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B26qi2XAOqw0Wm5Gd0dxSy1pYmc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B26qi2XAOqw0WjAxR1kzR0RHUnc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B26qi2XAOqw0cHFTdy1ZeVlyMWc/edit?usp=sharing http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2013/09/years-population-health-environment-programs-works-whats-next/#.UoMfOCh9V5g http://www.pfpi.org/pdf/empiricalStudy_energy_poverty.pdf | |||||||
182 | 8/7/2014 22:27:46 | Jahangirnagar University | M. Rubaiat Islam | rubaiat.env@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Mohammad Rubaiat Islam | Jahangirnagar University | www.juniv.edu | Bangladeshi | Bangladesh | Male | 24 | English, Bengali | Recent increase in the frequency and magnitude of cyclones is a clear indication that climate is indeed changing for Bangladesh. A clear understanding of the key climate processes is a must to address all the challenges for climate change resilient policy. M. Rubaiat Islam is a graduate student from Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh and has been working in the field of climate change modeling to understand the underlying causes of climate change at a regional and global level. | For the last one year, I have been working as a research associate at the environmental modeling and monitoring research group of Jahangirnagar University. In this research group, I had the pleasure to contribute in the climate change modeling and research team. I have worked with an academic purpose general circulation model to understand the impact of climate change at regional and local level. Currently, I am doing my master of sciences from the department of Environmental Sciences of Jahangirnagar University with a key focus on climate modeling and global change. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k--ISw0oZGL6Bkgtd8Bt6E7KvvMpAY1pMBNCcvsrBbg/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
183 | 8/7/2014 22:55:54 | Eco-Environmental Society | Alexis Rivera | sea.upr@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Amira Odeh | Eco-Environmental Society | http://www.seaupr.org/ | USA | Puerto Rico | Female | 23 | Spanish, English | Amira Odeh has been a member of the Eco-Environmental Society since 2009 and is fully authorized to speak on behalf of our organization. In this group, she has been an excellent leader and the principal advocate for our projects with the University of Puerto Rico. Odeh has constantly been the person who leads the actions to promote sustainability and climate mitigation at the university. Odeh has vast experience in public speaking on the subjects of climate change, plastic pollution and water scarcity. | Amira Odeh is a recent Geography graduate from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Since a young age she has been involved with environmental protection and volunteer efforts. Through these, she has organized events for the International Coastal Cleanup, has participated in community efforts to protect her island’s natural places and has individually worked on educational efforts to educate the people around her about climate change. One of her main interests in conservation is the subject of water scarcity and climate change, a subject that she educates about a lot and one that she focused on when she was president of the Eco-Environmental Society. The last, is a student led organization at the University of Puerto Rico and Amira Odeh was the president who did the most exceptional work in the 21 years of the group’s history. Here she worked on education on climate and pollution issues as well as promoting youth leadership for the other members in the group. In this group she led a variety of projects like research, designing and facilitating conferences, organizing sustainable recreation activities and engaging the university in starting to discuss actions to mitigate climate change. Amira Odeh is currently the leader of a campaign at the university, for sustainable water consumption and the search to prevent the climate impacts of plastic production. Through the Eco-Environmental Society she has been able to expand environmental awareness at the University of Puerto Rico. Additionally, Amira attended COP19 and is also a member of the Sierra Student Coalition (SSC) where she trains high school and college aged youth on leadership and organizing to act on climate in their own communities. She has been recognized for her work by the Earth Island Institute, SustainUS and the SSC. Also, the Eco-Environmental Society received an award by the USA Environmental Protection Agency, for her work in the organization. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qTRNe1277pKs2q51Z4pnPYfaj-9y-ZwsixGATPnzQwM/edit?usp=sharing | http://youtu.be/dv-WUlYZtuw http://www.unep.org/wed/youth-voices/Community-Empowerment-in-the-Climate-Crisis.asp#.U-Q8I_ldUmM | |||||||
184 | 8/7/2014 23:05:48 | Environmental Quality Protection Foundation | Ying-Shih Hsieh | yshsieh@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Ying-Shih Hsieh | Environmental Quality Protection Foundation | http://www.eqpf.org/ | Republic of China (Taiwan) | Taipei City | Male | 52 | Mandarin, English ,Taiwanese | As an UNFCCC observer since 2002, EQPF has launched diverse climate change related programs to more than 500 elementary schools to enhance the public awareness of climate change. It is the goal of article 6 of UNFCCC. EQPF is entitled to be one of the attendees in this historic event for the new era of climate change transformation. | Dr. Hsieh is a lawyer for more than 20 years. Graduated from Peking University as a law PhD, and studied law at Bachelor and Master degree, human rights is what he concerns most, environment is what he devoted to implement changes now. During Dr. Hsieh's career of a professional lawyer, his practice areas are: Intellectual property infringement lawsuits, administrative litigation, liability for national torts, and civil, criminal, commercial litigation. Numerous articles on law were published since 1998 and more articles on environment in the perspective of law were and will be published continuing to raise public awareness. Now, as a non-typical lawyer, Dr. Hsieh incidentally devoted himself to protect our environment. Five years ago, Dr. Hsieh changed his career as a lawyer to the chairman of Environmental Quality Protection Foundation( EQPF). With the core believe that 'stand at edge makes one become more macro', focus mainly on education, tree plantation, and international participation, understands the hardworking of sustaining environment and the importance of promoting environmental consciousness. Advocate 'New Environmental Movement and Sports' by coordinating and cooperating different organizations, to provide new momentum and wider visions for the environmental movements in the era of climate change. During the transformation period when Environmental Protection Agency will be promoted to be Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources(ENR) in Taiwan, Dr. Hsieh initiates 'The ENR we want', encourages youth to embrace the earth and environment, to pay attention to the importance of environmental governance for the future generation, to use environmental education as a medium and tool to 'Green Transformation', to make Taiwan a paradigm of biodiversity and sustainable environmental sustainability. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4aCBSiklef2NjdCS1hZa2JvYlU/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4aCBSiklef2a1JIQ2sxYXpDdzA&usp=sharing | |||||||
185 | 8/8/2014 1:10:50 | Nurses Across The Borders | Prince S.W.C. OBASEKI-Chairman Board of Trustees | NURSESACROSSTHEBORDERS@YAHOO.COM | Attend Summit only | Yes | Peters Osawaru OMORAGBON | NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS | www.nursesacrosstheborders.org | NIGERIAN | NIGERIA | MALE | 52 | ENGLISH | President Nurses Across the Borders NGO in Consultative Status with ECOSOC,Designated Contact Person in UNFCCC,Secretary, Civil Society Network in Nigeria on CC,Board Member,Conf of NGOs in Consultative Status with the UN-(CONGO),co-initiated the campaign for the promotion of Climate Change and human health within the UNFCCC process in COP 15,COP 16, served as Co-Chair to the UNFCCC Coalition on Health and Environment with the WHO.Bonn June 2011,SB34,reinforced Civil Society engagement in Climate Change negotiation at the Chair’s dialogue.Nov 2011,COP 17, co-hosted two major Side Events:-Health as a Driver of Climate Change-Local Efforts, Global Action and: Global Disaster-The Role of Nurses and Health workers.COP 18,Peters was guest speaker at two side events&COP 19 co-hosted a side event.At the UN WCDRR Geneva, Prepcom1 July, made interventions for health in DRR.Has valid USA visa | Peters Osawaru Omoragbon was born March 2nd 1962 from the Niger Delta, Nigeria, from an area that is suffering the devastating effects of Climate Change. He is a seasoned Public Servant, Philanthropist, Politician, and a community advocate. In 1983 he became a student of Nursing and is a lifetime global learner. He has diligently worked as a Nursing Officer for the Federal Civil Service in Nigeria, Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, LAGOS, until retirement in 1994. Then he continued in nursing as a Senior Nurse with the First Consultants Medical Center, Obalende, LAGOS. While in the civil service was involved in activities of the professional association as its executive council member advocating and fighting for professional growth and development for/and members’ welfare. He is the Founding Executive President/CEO of Nurses Across the Borders Humanitarian Initiative Inc. (USA and NIGERIA), an NGO in Special Consultative Relationship with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations-ECOSOC, Designated Focal Contact Person to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change-UNFCCC. Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Nurses Across the Borders. Elected twice now to the Board of Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations-CONGO, (2011-2014, 2014-2017) and Fellow, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers-ICANN. He serves as Secretary to the Civil Society Network in Nigeria on Climate Change. He has been involved with the UN activities since 2002 when he was amongst the 867 accredited Civil Society participants to the UN WSSD, held in Jo-Burg, South Africa. He is one of the Founding Ministers of Mountain of Solutions Ministries, International, Nigeria. He is married with four children. AWARDS: He has several international awards as recognition for his advocacy, some of which are: 1. REMEMBER AFRICA AWARD 2009, UK-By the Commonwealth Society UK. FOR: Your great endeavours and dedication to Africa in your endless efforts in helping to make poverty history in Africa, through your caring and relief projects for Africa 2. INTERNATIONAL NURSES AWARD Chicago, USA 2010: By the National Association of Nigerian Nurses in North America: FOR: Your excellent efforts in promoting Nursing and Nurses all over the world with Nurses Across the Borders 3. AMBASSADORS AWARD 2011 By Teachers Without Borders FOR: Promoting the eradication of HIV/AIDS in Africa. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By8ElahLxqL_Y3I2QldyRlNqTE0/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By8ElahLxqL_RVROanRoMWd2aW8/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By8ElahLxqL_cTIzbmxzaTFfTEU/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By8ElahLxqL_dUd0QVl0d0I1Rms/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By8ElahLxqL_WE04b0hQRmRlZk0/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By8ElahLxqL_WlhBQlhHTU5TYlE/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By8ElahLxqL_S0xIdjRwQVRRZlk/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By8ElahLxqL_c3J6R3IyaGduMHc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By8ElahLxqL_cUNPZ3JiQ2tlV00/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
186 | 8/8/2014 3:05:34 | DEPED | MONINA NACARIO | moninanacario@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | JOLIET TAWAKAL-MANALAO | Alternative Learning System | Filipino | Philippines | Female | 36 | Filipino, English | She is a teacher, assigned in the community. She played a vital role in our society. She is an advocate of Clean and Green. | J | J | |||||||||
187 | 8/8/2014 3:29:51 | China Association for NGO Cooperation | Xiangyi Wang | wangxiangyi@cango.org | Attend Summit only | No | Xinxin Bi | China Association for NGO Cooperation | www.cango.org | Chinese | China | Male | 29 | Chinese/English | Xinxin Bi has strong background of climate change research on impacts and adaptation as well as mitigation measures and worked as coordinator for Chinese Civil Climate Action Network over several years and spokeperson to the media to illustrate climate science, promote science based actions and public advocacy. He facilitates the policy dialogue between NGOs and governments, fundraising for local governments and NGOs to develop new energy and carbon accounting projects as well as community based adaptation actions. He actively participated in the UNFCCC process and facilitate side events, official meetings and NGOs liasion and advocacy campaigns. | Xinxin Bi studied in Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences on climate change impacts and adaptation as well mitigation measures potential research. He worked for Oxfam and CANGO for the past four years on climate change, to track negotiations and facilitate policy advocacy, bilateral and multilateral dialogues and cooperation among NGOs and governments. He facilitate the government relationship building with NGOs network and promoted public participation in the policy making process, organized a series of consultations with policy makers from NDRC on climate change legislation, adaptation strategy, and low carbon development policy and plans. He actively engage with international and national climate change community and facilitate cooperation, information sharing, and joint actions among donors, expert groups, and NGOs. He led the NGOs campaigns on climate change legislation in China by providing recommendations and insights from civil society, public campaign on low carbon development to raise awareness and promote behavior change at household, school, and community levels. He also coordinated projects of climate change education for middle schools in China, IPCC communications, capacity building, MRV pilot project, etc.to facilitate the implementation. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0Sv5Yv08cokUzBuWFNQVENkckU/edit | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0Sv5Yv08cokZU8zc2plUUF4Mmc/edit | |||||||
188 | 8/8/2014 3:59:39 | Ecological Christian Organisation (ECO) | Isaac Kabongo | ed@ecouganda.org | Attend Summit only | No | Isaac Kabongo | Ecological Christian Organisation (ECO) | www.ecouganda.org | Ugandan | Uganda | Male | 37 | English | As a climate change activist, I have been forced sometimes to face decision makers and policy makers regarding their slow response to climate change challenge. Through different meetings we have talked to them and we have deliberated on the need to come up with a legally binding climate change agreement. We have also promoted pro poor low carbon development strategies in the global south through renewable energy strategies. I have worked hard together with others to bring and share the voices and aspirations of communities that are facing the impacts climate change today yet the solutions are not being offered now. We have worked to influence the development of pro poor climate change policies in the Global South and shared with others what we have achieved and the challenges we face. | Mr. Isaac Kabongo is an experienced community development and socio economic specialist. He is a founder member and Executive Director of Ecological Christian Organization (ECO) and is a part time Lecturer at St. Lawrence University, Kampala and Facilitator at Makerere University Kampala. He has over seven years experience in Research, Community Development and Natural Resources Management including Mining and Climate Change issues, Water and Energy Governance. Isaac has worked on different projects and programs in the areas of mainstreaming climate change mitigation and adaptation in the water resources sector, watershed management, energy governance , policy analysis, transparency and accountability in the extractive sector, application of weather and climate information using the RANET system, Rainwater Harvesting technologies, design of PINs and PDDs for CDM and voluntary carbon trading schemes and monitoring and evaluation of development projects. He also has skills in environmental policy formulation and advocacy, institutional capacity building and forging strategic partnerships and collaborations including networking. Mr. Isaac Kabongo holds a Masters of Arts Degree in Social Sector Planning and Management (MA.SSPM) specializing in social and economic policy analysis from Makerere University Kampala. Isaac also received a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Social Sciences with a second class upper division specializing in project planning and management from Makerere University, Kampala. He also did several certificate courses at different levels in the following fields. Community Carbon Trading Schemes, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies, Water and Energy Governance, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Design of PINs and PDDs, Environmental Policy Analysis and Management of Natural Resources. Isaac is currently engaged in topics such as natural resources governance, water and energy governance, Water and Sanitation, interfaith action on climate change, voluntary and CDM carbon projects and natural resources conservation. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Gqfqkt2yguc8BtUg61FRgS8NZRoAcJ_UrIBtJRgDYw/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6m4swB6cknmYTBKR1VuUU1XV3M/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6m4swB6cknmaHI2VmxEM0F4aUU/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
189 | 8/8/2014 4:14:42 | CliMates | Cecile Pilot | cecile.pilot@climates.fr | Attend Summit only | Yes | Cecile PILOT | CliMates | http://www.studentclimates.org/ | French | France | Female | 25 | French, English, Spanish | Fascinated about international negotiations, I joined a global student coalition to raise awareness on climate change and the UN climate negotiations during the Conferences of the Parties (COPs): CliMates, through the COP in MyCity project. CliMates is an international student think-&-do tank and association aiming to find new and innovative solutions in the fight against climate change. Our central organization is based in Paris but our active network is international. COP in MyCity is a youth-led project coordinated by CliMates with ambitions to bridge the gap between climate negotiations (a.k.a. the COPs) and the mainstream public, foster education and action about climate change locally and create an international community of agents of change committed to global cooperation and dialogue on climate change. | https://twitter.com/cecile_pilot Starting my second year of Master in Human Rights at Strasbourg law university (major Minority Rights), I want to work on youth policy addressing the issue of youth vulnerability to climate change. I'm really concerned by climate change driving child poverty. Alerted by the failure of the UN Climate negotiations at COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009, I realized that in a globalised world, unilateralism turned out to inefficient, if not impossible. In October 2013, I participated in the 8th UNESCO Youth Forum in Paris as an organizer. I really appreciated how we worked to integrate youth in decision-making and discuss the implementation of the operational strategy with other UN agencies like UNFPA and UNIDO. The general theme of the conference was "Youth & social inclusion: civic engagement, dialogue & skills development". I think young people are key agents for social change, economic develoment and technology innovation. In 2011-2012, I was Project Manager intern for UNIDO and I helped young entrepreneurs from developing countries to develop their business through investments and technology transfers. In this context, I co-organized the Eco-Cities Forum 2011 in Marseille which was a great platform to discuss sustainability issues and resilience in Mediterranean cities. In 2013, while being an exchange student in Nagoya, Japan, I realized the environmental implications of the Fukushima disaster. Since 2013, I'm also a young climate leader. In my student think-&-do tank, CliMates, we rely on a highly qualified student network supported by researchers and enhance the depth and integrity of publications of student solutions to climate change. We use education on sustainable development to develop mutual assistance on a daily basis to students in emerging countries and reckon that an altruistic mindset is the first step to solve sustainability issues around the world. We develop innovative tools for education to sustainable development, like simulations of the climate change negotiations. In CliMates, I am currently the Research coordinator for the COP in MyCity Project: http://copinmycity.weebly.com/ Simulations of the COPs help young people like us to build more resilient communities and bridge the gap between civil society and decision-makers. We work closely with other climate youth movements, YOUNGO and international partners like the Earth Charter. | http://fr.linkedin.com/pub/cecile-pilot/26/ab8/766/en | My video interview for the 2nd international CliMates Summit happening in NYC in August 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1jekP5qgQw The COP in MyCity Annual Report 2013. Author: Cecile Pilot. Download the full report summing up a few exciting and intense months with 19 COP in MyCity projects around the world, mobilized around COP19 in Warsaw, and discover the results of the simulations in our extensive report. http://copinmycity.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/8/3/14831406/cop_in_mycity_-_debrief_report_2013_final.pdf | |||||||
190 | 8/8/2014 4:17:31 | Eminence Associates for Social Development | Panuel Rozario Prince | prince@eminence-bd.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Panuel Rozario Prince | Eminence Associates for Social Development | www.eminence-bd.org | Bangladeshi | Bangladesh | Male | 26 | Bangla | Young people can play the pivotal role in global climate politics and formulating adaptation plan for the vulnerable. Since the beginning of his career, he has been involved in observing the climate negotiation process. He has been active as a young professional leader, in trainings for students, within regional and national leadership and in positions of external representation, often with a focus on advocacy and youth policy. He is responsible for making decisions regarding youth policies within the organization and maintaining regular dialogue with young men and women. He is whole heatedly willing to accept and relish the challenges and responsibilities required to deal with climate negotiation nationally and regionally. He is expected to ensure the contribution and continuation of a strong and flourishing platform, representing the interests and the visions of Bangladesh and South Asian Youth in global climate negotiation process and policy formulation. | I have earned a fair blend of research and academic experiences by working in NGO and universities for last 4 years. As university lecturer, I have 3 years of under- and postgraduate university lecturing experience in Bangladesh in the fields of business administration and development studies. Currently, I am working as a young professional (research and development) with Eminence Associates for Social Development (known as Eminence) in the areas of disaster management and risk reduction; climate change adaptation; governance; environment; sexual and reproductive health and rights (SHRH); and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). I have coordinated 4 consultancy based research projects as Research Associate and managed near 70 field, research and office staffs in last one and half years. I have extensive field work experiences and traveled some remote places of Bangladesh for collecting data. I am well competent in qualitative and quantitative research. I have practical experiences of conducting in-depth interview, key informant interview, focus group discussion, participatory rural appraisal and semi- and structured survey. My major areas of responsibility is to develop the technical proposal and methodological framework based on ToR/ RFP; prepare the budget based on activity plan; prepare qualitative and quantitative data collection instruments; develop training materials and conduct training sessions for the field enumerators; assist in data collection and analysis; monitoring project progress; draft and compile the final report accordingly. In addition, I am involved with community outreach, training, capacity building and volunteering activities. I have professional interest in team building, communication and interpersonal skills, training and capacity development activities, and workshop/seminar facilitation/moderation. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9i9m_xBK4IWWXJYU0VBUXg3R0U/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9i9m_xBK4IWNGhXNUZHSk5OM1k/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
191 | 8/8/2014 4:48:07 | Vida Hoy y Siempre A.C. | Arturo Gándara Mendoza | artux3@hotmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Arturo Gándara Mendoza | Vida Hoy y Siempre A.C. | Mexicana | México | Male | 27 | Spanish & English | I am representative and founder of the civil organization "Vida Hoy y Siempre" (Life Today and Always) interested in care and protection of the environment and social as a resource for mitigating climate change. Participate and promote reforestation, waste separation and utilization in various cities. I belong to the research groups in the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (Mexico) and in Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia ), through which studied deeply issues of climate change and the answers should give at all levels: government, social, economic, agricultural, local, global and spiritual. I have all the willingness to travel as needed and to introduce special provisions in the Climate Summit at the headquarters of the "UN" in New York on September 23 at 8:30 am. Mainly, I have a great interest and love for the life of our planet and all who inhabit it, this is reflected in my academic, social, personal and professional commitment to caring for our environment. | My name is Arturo Gándara Mendoza, born in Quiroga, Michoacán, Mexico on February 19, 1987, son of Lourdes Mendoza and Arturo Garibay Gándara Fuentes (known as Don Clemente), I have two sisters Alejandra and Lourdes, as well as very great friends, colleagues and godchildren whom also feel very close to me. I grew up in a business and social environment, where my family was engaged in the preparation and sale of regional food, and my parents (both doctors) have always been volunteers to practice. In my childhood I was a prominent academics child and always brought by animals and trees, mainly fruit tastes great. Outstanding student at all levels, receiving honorable mention in elementary and high school, obtaining certification for excellence in undergraduate. Own a business between the years of 2006-2010, which allowed me to pay my university studies. After my studies finished and gaining professional experience, I began a journey through various parts of the world, in parts of Latin America, Africa and Europe, working and doing social work in the cities they came, I gained a lot of preparation for life, this prepared me to find myself and my connection to the universe, has been a great experience full of great learning, self-knowledge and my surroundings. I am Father of the beautiful spirit of a girl who was not born in body, which is a big part of my inspiration in this world. I've always been known for being a very kind, humble person, with many values, participatory and very dedicated to the valuable and real things; care and be the legs of my sister with disabilities is one of the major challenges and accomplishments of my life, her love and truth are the way to stay on foot chasing my ideals. Currently write for the regional newspaper "El Vasco" articles to sensitize society to better behavior towards each other and with the environment, touching on themes of social psychology, humanistic, ecology, sociology, among others. Currently studying a Master of Science in Local Development in the “Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo”, which has allowed me to broaden my view on the operation of social dynamics, and in turn, influence the styles and to improve the quality of life of my people, and constantly promote one awareness of the importance of the environment. To date I have participated and promoted campaigns to plant 1500 trees. I am a lover of nature and life, I plan to spend the rest of my life fighting for my ideals for a better world. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y1W7Ztn881Du0ucDRWGilMmReUMVNZqtfcTJ7xIFO_s/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PwFimzoh2lrh6MRaQq_fY_LJxp7VD-bjc1FKH8oEA8g/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ktQj26Fm9zUkml0vdqNn2VTIIiMI8aX_aACs9LT01E/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/17z_-DxGBmCRaSrNoOUPcHxh1Zct15JURJesMuK3p0Js/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LWfE9Mnr9VbGK4PMOosPZKN99I4u5LXkh79fId4Nk1w/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RRyuKM8EX39uOJPFk3UKyVJiSTkW96LKzXELloalsj0/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
192 | 8/8/2014 5:27:32 | British Council | Thushara Gunasekera | thushara.gunasekera@britishcouncil.org | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Anoka Primrose Abeyrathne | Sustain Solutions | www.sustainsolutions.org | Sri Lankan | Sri Lanka | Female | 24 | English, French | Anoka has a proven track record of volunteering, effective advocacy and implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation from age 13 after the 2004 Tsunami. She has created an eco-social enterprise that is now present in 4 Asian countries and provides ecosystem protection tied in with community engaged eco-tourism and handicraft making. She is a competent, experienced, compelling speaker, a Toastmaster and a TEDxColombo speaker and has represented the youth voice on climate change and sustainability international platforms such as World Economic Forum and serves as a youth ambassador in the United Nations-World Economic Forum Global Shapers Sustainable Development Council. Anoka is able to work and engage constructively with multiple stakeholder groups and the public. Anoka is authorised to represent Sustain Solutions, holds a visa for the United States of America and is able to be present on the 23rd of September at the UN Headquarters. | Anoka is the 2012/2013 Commonwealth Youth Award recipient for Excellence in Developmental Work and featured 3rd on the 25 World’s Most Influential and Powerful Young People list 2012 by Huffington Post and Youth Service America. Anoka is the first and youngest Sri Lankan YouthActionNet Laureate Global Fellow for 2014. Co-founder of a social enterprise Growin’ Money (www.sustainsolutions.org) for youth to making communities a better place through youth empowerment, her work revolves on poverty alleviation through economic incentives, providing skills training for better employability such as IT training, basic resume making, eco-tourism guide training, handicrafts making and organic produce making. Anoka's work has been featured by Wikipedia(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoka_Primrose_Abeyrathne, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNFCCC and the World Economic Forum. Anoka is one of the youngest World Economic Forum Global Shapers, British Council Global Changemaker/ Active Citizen, serves as Global Youth Ambassador to the United Nations Special Envoy on Global Education and Youth Ambassador to the UN – World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Council. Abeyrathne is a sustainable development consultant to private, public and international bodies while engaging as an inspirational speaker for young people through platforms of the like of TEDx talks. Abeyratne holds a LLB(Hons) from the University of London and is reading for her Masters in Development through the University of Colombo and Attorney-at-Law through Sri Lanka Law College. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6vnsVREIJInQ0dxazFHb2loeFk/edit?usp=sharing | 1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_-WMRomSRU 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1rib64c2kQ 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6LVV34S_uA 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpptlBi9XdY 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKZbl0e5-r8&list=UU2fvuJnvu4ZPkPi325OMTmA 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWvWvdya9NM&index=4&list=UU2fvuJnvu4ZPkPi325OMTmA 7. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anoka-primrose-abeyrathne/post_3270_b_1441799.html?ref=teen 8. http://blogs.dw-world.de/globalideas/?tag=anoka-abeyrathne 9. http://sustainsolutions.wordpress.com | |||||||
193 | 8/8/2014 6:39:35 | TRIBELIGHT ORGANIZATION | JOHN MAATELONG SAYIALEL | fred.nchoko@africangenetics.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | FREDRICK TOMPOI NCHOKO | TRIBELIGHT ORGANIZATION | www.tribelight.or.ke | KENYAN | KENYA | MALE | 24 | ENGLISH | The nominee is an environmental activist and comes from the rural countryside of Kenya where conservation of Environment is really key, in order to check on climate change. He is a leader, The Chairman of his Organization. He has undue interest in the climate change and environmental issues. He is also a final year student at The University of Nairobi. I believe that all what he will learn will be replicated to his colleagues and the organization he Chairs. | His name is Fredrick Tompoi Nchoko, Born in the year 1990 in Narok County in Kenya. He attended Masantare Primary school and attained a Kenya Certificate of Primary Education Certificate with an impressive performance of 381/500 Marks. In 2005 he will join Tengecha Boys High School and attained a grade of B-(minus) in the year 2008. In the year 2009 He worked for Ololulunga Boys High School as a Librarian before being admitted at The University Of Nairobi for a Bachelor's Degree in Finance. Besides being the current Chairman of Tribelight Organization (www.tribelight.or.ke), He was appointed a Managing Director for Hart Services Limited. He also served as a Financial Advisor for BRITAM INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. He is a team leader, outgoing and innovative. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Dm9R10n-ZQbHJ0WXlfdENFaVl3UlBEaFZCSlIteFVpc0Jj/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Dm9R10n-ZQWlJCOG5kZ2VNVkRrdW5ucDNlaHIwd2E1bjE0/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
194 | 8/8/2014 6:50:11 | World Farmers Organisation | Luisa Volpe | luisa.volpe@wfo-oma.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Peter Kendall | World Farmers Organisation, WFO | www.wfo-oma.org | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | Male | 60 | English | Mr Peter Kendall is the current President of the WFO, a member-based organization of farmers whose mandate is to bring together farmers’ organisations and agriculture cooperatives internationally. WFO’s mission is to advocate on behalf of farmers for the adoption of policies aimed to improve the economic environment and livelihood of producers and their families. Mr Kendall represents a farming community of around 70 national farmers organizations from developed and less developed countries. Climate change poses a myriad of threats to agriculture, including the reduction of agricultural productivity, production stability and negative effects on farmers’ incomes. Agriculture has the potential to be part of the solution, through the mitigation of a significant amount of global emissions, hence the WFO is keen to collaborate with other stakeholders to look for common and successful solutions. Mr Kendall is a very high-level expert on agricultural issues and a family farmer himself. | Peter Kendall is currently serving as President of the World Farmers' Organisation, WFO, and Chairman of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). Previously, he served four terms as NFU President, having first been elected in 2006. Peter Kendall took a degree in Agricultural Economics at Nottingham University, before returning to the family business in 1984. Peter Kendall farm is in Eyeworth, East Bedfordshire, UK in partnership with his brother Richard. 620 hectares of combinable crops are grown on the home farm and contracting and rental agreements are also operated with four local farmers. The farm has evolved over the last fifteen years from a very traditional mixed farm to a totally arable unit. | http://www.wfo-oma.com/news/agricultural-cooperatives-enterprises-achieve-sustainable-development-for-all.html http://www.wfo-oma.com/media/k2/attachments/WFO_Farmletter_04_2014.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eLKtM0KCv8 http://www.nfuonline.com http://www.nfuonline.com/results/?term=peter%20kendall http://www.nfuonline.com/news/latest-news/peter-kendalls-speech-at-ofc14/ | ||||||||
195 | 8/8/2014 7:24:50 | Integrated Health for All Foundation | Agejo Patrick Ageh | agejopat@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | AGEJO Patrick AGEH | Integrated Health for All Foundation | http://www.ihafcam.org | Cameroon | Cameroon | Male | 37 | English | Agejo Patrick has participated many of IHAF training workshops among which are capacity building traings on Gender Justice and Climate Change. He is currently the team coordinator of IHAF United Nations International Youths Day (UN IYD) 2014 celebration on social justice and climate change on the theme " Youths and Mental Health" in Buea SW, Cameroon. He has contributed in one of our peer review paper relating to Agriculture and Climate Change in Bamenda, NW Region of Cameroon. Paper under review for publication in International NGOs Journal. | Agejo Patrick Ageh is a holder of a Master degree in Law, Science and Technology and Human Rights. He is volunteer director of Communication for IHAF. He was nominated by our organisation in 2009 to participate in ITEC/SCAAP international training programme on " Governance and Management of NPOs/NGO" organised by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of Ahmedabad - India sponsored by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of India. He a member of many international civil society networks among which are; WANGO, Wiser Earth, Development Crossing, GWA and GCAP. | https://drive.google.com/#folders/0BwxPpbWw_IhRMjBPQXFWUl9iSVE | https://drive.google.com/#my-drive | |||||||
196 | 8/8/2014 8:17:42 | Greenovation Hub | Yunwen Bai | yunwen@ghub.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Hongyu Guo | Greenovation Hub | www.ghub.org/cfc | Chinese | China | Female | 26 | Chinese, English | Hongyu has been actively driving for effective advocacy of climate action and facilitating online and offline discussions of a Chinese NGOs network, China’s Climate Policy Group (CPG). Different stakeholders from academia, media and government have been invited to the discussions, so as to create a space for cross-sectoral dialogue and collaboration. Hongyu is instrumental in writing joint responses of Chinese NGO network around key international climate moments and domestic climate policies and actions. Working as the Tree China editor of Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA), Hongyu produces weekly alerts on China’s trending climate & energy stories. As the local partner of The Tree project, Greenovation Hub, a Chinese environmental NGO, is nominating Hongyu to attend the summit, where she could gain better understanding of international climate progress, and help the international society know more about the works of China’s civil society and the government on climate change. | Hongyu Guo is a climate communicator. She’s now working as the China editor the GCCA’s The Tree project, a global initiative promoting positive narratives and tackling misinformation about climate action. She’s based in Chinese environmental NGO Greenovation Hub, which serves as the local partner of GCCA’s Tree project. She also facilitates the online and offline discussion of a Chinese NGO network, China’s Climate Policy Group. She gained her experience in communications, program coordination and data analysis from her past working experience as an employee communications specialist in Intel China Ltd. from 2011-2012, and as a Workshop Coordinator in an NGO China-Europa Forum, promoting the dialogue between Chinese and European civil societies, in 2013. Hongyu received her MA degree in English and American Literatures from Beijing Foreign Studies University, and her BA degree in English Language and Literatures from Beijing Normal University. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6nmmyIrFtWtYUVyRE5xUjJwaEE/edit?usp=sharing | Not applicable for attendees | |||||||
197 | 8/8/2014 9:21:38 | CONGOLESE ASSOCIATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT | SABITI ANGABU THEODORE | acdr.ongd@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | FATAKI NEHEMIAH AKWENDEMI | CONGOLESE ASSOCIATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT | www.acdrongd.blogspot.com | CONGOLESE | Congo | MALE | 45 | FRENCH, ENGLISH AND SWAHILI | Our candidate is capable to speak in this summit because he used to speak in different seminars and organized training on environmental issue as in rural and urban area. He is consultant of project management; so he wil impact the audience if you give him a chance to speak. Thank you ! | BIOGRAPHY Pastor Nehemiah-Fataki He has served as a Volunteer Missionary to Prisons Fellowship International/ Kenya more than 8 years, has worked as a Volunteer Pioneer Pastor to Street Family rehabilitation Center under NARC- Government 2002/Kenya. Co-Pastor at EFIN, the French Ministry and supports so many Churches in putting up strategic plans for Evangelism to win souls and to put strong foundations in teaching the Word of God. He wrote several books, among which: True Love, The Mystery of the Upper Room, Christian Education in Courtship, Honey-moon and Marriage, The Seven Prophetic Mountains of the Lord. All his books are manuals for helping the Servants to build the Church. Consultant of project management and environmental, English’s Teacher. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4jATGlusB7DUVFvNlBNWDVieWM/edit?usp=sharing | Topic: Farming Fruits trees Can play bi grole to fight the Climate change Nowadays Climate change is becaming a great danger for human being in provocking naturels disaster, such as flood, erosion, wildfires, wildwind, desertification and disturbe the cycle of the climate as a consequence destruction of the ozone layer. Its becoming very hot during the rain saison and coolder during the dry saison. That is why men are looking for a better environment for living. In fact, several conferences have done so, to search the solution for climate change. That is the reason why I bring one of the solutions; that is farming fruit trees... | |||||||
198 | 8/8/2014 9:26:10 | Ecoforum of NGOs of Kazakhstan | Ms. Svetlana Mogilyuk | msvgeo@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Vadim Ni | NGO "Asian American Partnership" | Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | Male | 46 | English, Russian | Mr. Vadim Ni is the leader of an environmental NGO of Kazakhstan. He is an active member of Ecoforum of NGOs of Kazakhstan (national network of environmental NGOs) and Central Asian Climate Initiative (subregional network of environmental NGOs). He is very experienced in both effective advocacy or implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation or adaptation. Currently he coordinates such activities for Central Asian Climate Initiative aimed at reduction of GHG emissions in the sectors of municipal transport and power, heating and hot water supply. Mr. Ni speaks fluently two UN languages - Russian and English. He has good experience of participation in international forums on climate change and environmental protection as representative of civil society and in expert's capacity. So Mr. Ni has excellent competency with climate change issues, experience with presenting climate change issues in public fora. | Mr. Vadim Ni is Executive Director of NGO “Asian American Partnership” (an environmental NGO based in Kazakhstan, a member of Ecoforum of NGOs of Kazakhstan). He is one of the most active and experienced environmental activists in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Mr. Ni coordinated a number of public advocacy campaigns on promotion of public environmental rights, development of national policy and legislation on environmentally safe nuclear waste management, climate change mitigation. Mr. Ni is a Kazak environmental lawyer and one of his specializations is climate change mitigation and adaptation. He worked as a legal consultant for numerous international projects on climate change and environmental protection supported by EC, EBRD, World Bank, UNDP, OSCE and Volkswagen Foundation. In 2010-2012 he participated in drafting of national climate change legislation in Kazakhstan to launch the national emission trading scheme and implement the Kyoto Protocol. He has experience of participation in UN climate negotiations in the capacity of legal consultant for Kazak delegations. In addition to it, Mr. Ni has a profound understanding of the international environmental and climate change law and policy from his experience of working and interaction with international lawyers and consultants. In 2002-2011 he served as a member of the Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention. He holds two university degrees - one in chemistry (1993) and a second in law (2000). Mr. Ni is fluent in English, Russian is his mother tongue. Key publications in English: • Will Kazakhstan be the next country to establish carbon emissions trading scheme? Carbon trading, October 2012, www.carbon-tradingmagazine.com • The Aarhus Convention: A Basis for Reforming the Legislation on Access to Environmental Information in Kazakhstan. Journal of European Environmental and Planning Law, Issue 4, 2007 • Can Kazakhstan Profit from Radioactive Waste? Domestic and International Legal Perspectives on a Proposal to Import Radioactive Waste. The Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, Volume XV, Issue 3, Spring 2003 | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pg3FCSb-ouXHYITU18HBfU6aSro-zSbQYQr7h5eobV4/edit?usp=sharing | Will Kazakhstan be the next country to establish carbon emissions trading scheme? Carbon trading, October 2012, www.carbon-tradingmagazine.com The Aarhus Convention: A Basis for Reforming the Legislation on Access to Environmental Information in Kazakhstan. Journal of European Environmental and Planning Law, Issue 4, 2007 Can Kazakhstan Profit from Radioactive Waste? Domestic and International Legal Perspectives on a Proposal to Import Radioactive Waste. The Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, Volume XV, Issue 3, Spring 2003 | ||||||||
199 | 8/8/2014 9:26:28 | Millennium Institute | Mayumi Sakoh | ms@millennium-institute | Attend Summit only | No | Hans Rudolf Herren | Millennium Institute | http://www.millennium-institute.org | Swiss | United States | Male | 67 | English, French, German | Dr. Herren led the development of comprehensive national models for the Africa Adaptation Program that integrate the analysis of the risks and impacts of climate change. The models inform policymakers involved in climate change risk assessment, and management efforts by facilitating their understanding of the effects of climate change and helping them formulate more coherent adaptation policies. For the Green Economy Report, he coordinated the development of comprehensive global and national sectoral models that demonstrate how investments and policies that shift societies to a green economy will contribute to better macroeconomic performance, generate high quality jobs, and reduce poverty, while also generating results that help mitigate and adapt to climate change. Dr. Herren is leading the CCGA project, which focuses on making agriculture more sustainable by adopting agroecological practices that increase resiliency and increase the capacity of farmers to adapt to climate change. | Dr. Herren’s main interests and experience are in the area of holistic, integrated and sustainable agriculture and development. He has hands-on experience in research, capacity development, management of agricultural and bio-science research organizations and is also active at the policy level, to assure that knowledge, science and technology contribute effectively to sustainable and equitable development by informing development policies at national, regional and global levels. Professional Background: • President and CEO since May 2005 of the Millennium Institute USA; • Chief Executive and Director General, 1994 – 2004 of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) Kenya; • Director Biological Control Program 1979 -1991 and Director Plant Health Management Division 1992 to 1994 at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Nigeria. Other professional functions: • Coordinator of the Agriculture chapter of the UNEP Green Economy Report , 2011 and of the UNEP Report on the Ecological Bases of Food Security, 2012. • Co-Chair of the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), 2003-2009. • Founder and President of Biovision.ch Foundation for Ecological Development, Switzerland, 1998-present. Education: • University of California, Berkeley, Biological Control Division. Post-Doctoral position in entomology/agronomy 1977 - 1979. • Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland 1969 – 1977 (MSc in plant breeding and entomology; PhD in biological control of insect pests). Awards and Honors: Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize 2013 One World Award 2010 World Food Prize 1995, in recognition for having advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity and availability of the world’s food supply Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement in 2003 for outstanding contributions to the field of environmental health Foreign Associate in US National Academy of Sciences in 1999 Member of the Third World Academy of Sciences since 2005 | http://www.millennium-institute.org/about/profile_hans.pdf | http://www.unep.org/dewa/agassessment/reports/IAASTD/EN/Agriculture%20at%20a%20Crossroads_Global%20Report%20(English).pdf http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/ditcted2012d3_en.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRoZarqSW_A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICHOqrR8Dng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvVws4dFh-U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3UxOm2En5w | |||||||
200 | 8/8/2014 11:03:51 | N/A | Edward Mortimer | edward.mortimer@all-souls.ox.ac.uk | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Chandraraj J T Thamotheram | Preventable Surprises and Push Your Parents | http://www.preventablesurprises.com/ & http://www.pushyourparents.org/ | British | UK | Male | 54 | English | Experienced investment professional who chose, thru concern re climate change, to leave well-paid job & act as change agent. Works just outside the system and forces it, using deep knowledge of how it works, to aim higher than conventional “corporate responsibility”. Unusual ability to bridge worlds, being both Chair of Push Your Parents (gets young people to talk to parents re power of pension funds) and CEO of Preventable Surprises (engages corporates & investors on what they can do to prevent & mitigate “black swan” events). Well informed & articulate on climate & able to play a thought leader role (set up Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change in 2001, long before it was career-enhancing to care about this linkage). Has campaigned for peace, development & human rights over several decades. So, more than well informed on climate change, has thought deeply re civil society's role in driving change, & is articulate with widely varying audiences. | Raj Thamotheram – a well-recognised thought-leader in the field of long-term and sustainable investing – is CEO of Preventable Surprises, President Emeritus of the Network for Sustainable Financial Markets, a Visiting Fellow at the Smith School (Oxford University) and Chair of the Advisory Council for Push Your Parents. His clients include a mid sized European Private Equity firm, a major religious organisation and an ESG research agency. He has led the Responsible Investment team at Universities Superannuation Scheme (where he launched several collaborative initiatives including the Institutional Investor Group for Climate Change, Enhanced Analytics Initiative, Marathon Club, Pharma Shareowners Group, Pharma Futures) and also at AXA Investment Managers (where he launched first fund in Europe focused on human capital management and launched the strategy to mainstream ESG, RI Inside). He was nominated by Global Proxy Watch as “one of the 10 most influential figures in the corporate governance field” in 2004 and again in 2008. He is now an independent adviser on “investing as if the long-term matters” and a columnist for Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE). He trained as a medical doctor, has worked in NGOs, as founder and Director of Saferworld, international head of advocacy at ActionAid and the first manager of the Ethical Trading Initiative. He has also worked as a CSR consultant with clients including BT, UK Cabinet Office and Caricom. | http://www.sustainablefinancialmarkets.net/participants/raj-thamotheram/ | Examples of articles http://www.ipe.com/environmental-risk-the-changing-climate-the-seven-step-programme/49730.article http://www.responsible-investor.com/home/article/rt_3/ http://riacanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/Thamotheram_SIO_June2013_text_FINAL1.pdf Examples of speeches / interviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSj0mR8dmTc http://www.worldfinance.com/videos/financial-reporting-utopia-isnt-achievable-says-panelist-in-debate | |||||||
201 | 8/8/2014 11:38:34 | nrg4SD | Guillermo Velasco | gvelascof@gencat.cat | Attend Summit only | No | Mireia Rozas-Simon | nrg4SD (LAMG) | http://www.nrg4sd.org/ | United States | United States | Female | 40 | English, Spanish, Catalan | As an Organizing Partner of the Local Authorities Major Group, nrg4SD has been advocating for the inclusion of local and regional solutions to the post-2015 challenges since the RIO+20 Conference. Mireia Rozas has been actively commited to participate in the work of the Open Working Group on the elaboration of an outcome proposat of the Sustainable Development Goals. | Mireia Rozas-Simon is the Public Affairs Officer at the Delegation of Catalonia to the United States of America. Mireia has attended, as a member of the civil society, the Open Working Group sessions since 2013, and has participated in drafting and presenting statements while representing nrg4SD, the Network of Regions for Sustainable Development, where the government of Catalonia is a member since 2001. The Government of Catalonia, as co-president of nrg4SD, represents the Local Authorities Major Group in the OWG where members of the civil society have been able to share their unique perspectives on SDGs and their implementation with participating Member States of the United Nations. During the OWG meetings, nrg4SD presented a proposal on Cities and Local Sustainability with the support of Major Groups representing Indigenous Peoples, Women, and the Scientific and Technological Community. In their proposals, nrg4SD strongly expressed the need for agreement on SDGs built around the phenomenon of urban growth. In order to address the issues of urban sustainability, conservation and regeneration, nrg4SD also highlighted the need for designing an urban development agenda that also includes the urban periphery, suburbs, and rural areas outside of cities. For nrg4SD members, an integrated territorial management of cities and their surrounding areas would encourage the creation of new infrastructures, improved access for citizens to services, and more coordinated response to the challenges posed by climate change and the growth of urban economic inequality. Therefore, the participation in this year’s Climate Summit is key to represent the voice of subnational governments that are working to implement comprehensive regional planning measures and to create greater public support for measures seeking to integrate urban areas and their suburban peripheries. Prior to her position at the Delegation of Catalonia, Mireia taught social studies to English language learners in American High Schools for 10 years. | http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/9490authorities.pdf | ||||||||
202 | 8/8/2014 11:39:16 | COICA | COICA | coica@coica.org.ec | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Edwin Vasquez Campos | COICA | www.coica.org.ec | Peruvian | Peru | Male | 43 | Spanish | Actualmente es el Coordinador General reelecto de la Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA), para el periodo 2013 – 2017, elegido en el IX congreso de esta organización realizado en la ciudad de Villavicencio – Colombia, en el mes de diciembre de 2013. Al frente de esta organización internacional, desempeña una serie de responsabilidades y de relación con los organismos internacionales de ámbito intergubernamental del Sistema de las Naciones Unidas, vinculados con temas ambientales, cambio climático, desarrollo sostenible y de derechos humanos, así como con los Estados Nacionales y los organismos no gubernamentales para el establecimiento y aplicación de políticas públicas para la conservación de la cuenca amazónica y los derechos de los pueblos indígenas de esta misma región. | Líder y dirigente del pueblo indígena huitoto de la región de Loreto, Putumayo, República del Perú. Su vida lo ha dedicado al liderazgo indígena por la defensa, promoción y aplicación de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas. Desde muy joven, comenzó su liderazgo como Presidente de la Federación de Comunidades Nativas de la Frontera – Putumayo, Perú en los años 1993 – 1994, y luego paso a ejercer cargos de Vocal y Vicepresidente en la Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP), por los años 1994 al 2002. Después de esta experiencia de trabajo organizativo, por sus cualidades dirigenciales en representación de los pueblos indígenas de la amazonía peruana, fue designado como dirigente de Área de Territorios y Recursos Naturales, por los años 1998 – 2005, y en esta representación igualmente fue designado como Miembro del Comité de Coordinación Internacional de la Alianza Mundial de Pueblos Indígenas de los Bosques Tropicales (Chang Main – Thailandia) y a la vez Vicepresidente de la Alianza del Clima: Ciudades Europeas – Pueblos Indígenas Amazónicos. Sin embargo de este trajín dirigencial en el ámbito internacional, nunca ha dejado su relación con los pueblos indígenas de base, y es así que por los años 2005 al 2011, fue designado presidente de la Organización Regional de Pueblos Indígenas del Oriente (ORPIO), Loreto. Actualmente es el Coordinador General reelecto de la Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA), para el periodo 2013 – 2017, elegido en el IX congreso de esta organización realizado en la ciudad de Villavicencio – Colombia, en el mes de diciembre de 2013. Al frente de esta organización internacional, desempeña una serie de responsabilidades y de relación con los organismos internacionales de ámbito intergubernamental del Sistema de las Naciones Unidas, vinculados con temas ambientales, cambio climático, desarrollo sostenible y de derechos humanos, así como con los Estados Nacionales y los organismos no gubernamentales para el establecimiento y aplicación de políticas públicas para la conservación de la cuenca amazónica y los derechos de los pueblos indígenas de esta misma región. | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6yTA6Z2c9Q | ||||||||
203 | 8/8/2014 11:45:58 | Maasai Community Outdoor Educators | William Kipto | wiliamkipto@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Philip Odongo | Maasai Community Outdoor Educators | N/A | KENYA | KENYA | MALE | 39 | ENGLISH, FRENCH | The Candidate is a board member of the Maasai Community Outdoor Educators and the Ag.Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Climate Change Working Group (KCCWG) and is available to be at the UN Headquarters in NY at 8:30am on 23 September for the UN Climate Summit and thus can obtain VISA in three weeks. He is a member of the Climate Action Network International (CAN), the Accra Caucus and the Kenya Climate Change Working Group. These networks are engaged in debates at the Conference of Parties and intersession meetings under the UNFCCC and is conversant with the milestones in the development of the Fair, Ambitious and legally binding Climate Agreement and has followed the process from COP 5- COP 20 | The candidate was born in 1975 and attended the University of Utrecht attaining a Bsc in Environmental Studies (Botany). He is a passionate Climate Change Justice Activist and a Fundraiser with exceptional ability. He joined the Climate Action International REDD+ and Shared vision working Groups at COP 12, Accra Caucus AT COP 15 Copenhagen Denmark. He is a specialist in REDD+ development and has managed a Program financed by the World Bank (FCPF) as Programs Officer at the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA). As a trainer and Community mobilizer he will bring into the Summit effective strategies in combating Climate Change reflecting best practice lessons in obtaining equity | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0L3iV4l7hwbd3lScFh4b2xEWlE/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0L3iV4l7hwbd3lScFh4b2xEWlE/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
204 | 8/8/2014 11:48:45 | nrg4SD | Guillermo Velasco | gvelascof@gencat.cat | Attend Summit only | No | Guillermo Velasco | nrg4SD (LAMG) | http://www.nrg4sd.org/ | Spain | United States | Male | 27 | English, Spanish, Catalan | As an Organizing Partner of the Local Authorities Major Group, nrg4SD has been advocating for the inclusion of local and regional solutions to the post-2015 challenges since the RIO+20 Conference. Guillermo Velasco has been actively commited to participate in the work of the Open Working Group on the elaboration of an outcome proposat of the Sustainable Development Goals by drafting and presenting statements at the civil society discussions of the OWG. | Guillermo Velasco is a Policy Officer at the Delegation of Catalonia to the United States of America. Guillermo has attended, as a member of the civil society, the Open Working Group sessions since 2013, and has participated in drafting and presenting statements while representing nrg4SD, the Network of Regions for Sustainable Development, where the government of Catalonia is a member since 2001. The Government of Catalonia, as co-president of nrg4SD, represents the Local Authorities Major Group in the OWG where members of the civil society have been able to share their unique perspectives on SDGs and their implementation with participating Member States of the United Nations. During the OWG meetings, nrg4SD presented a proposal on Cities and Local Sustainability with the support of Major Groups representing Indigenous Peoples, Women, and the Scientific and Technological Community. In their proposals, nrg4SD strongly expressed the need for agreement on SDGs built around the phenomenon of urban growth. In order to address the issues of urban sustainability, conservation and regeneration, nrg4SD also highlighted the need for designing an urban development agenda that also includes the urban periphery, suburbs, and rural areas outside of cities. For nrg4SD members, an integrated territorial management of cities and their surrounding areas would encourage the creation of new infrastructures, improved access for citizens to services, and more coordinated response to the challenges posed by climate change and the growth of urban economic inequality. Therefore, the participation in this year’s Climate Summit is key to represent the voice of subnational governments that are working to implement comprehensive regional planning measures and to create greater public support for measures seeking to integrate urban areas and their suburban peripheries | http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/10364Velasco.pdf | ||||||||
205 | 8/8/2014 12:18:31 | HATOF Foundation; Climate Action Network-Ghana | Samuel Dotse | samuel.dotse@hotmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Attend Summit only | Yes | SAH AKWEN NANCY | HATOF Foundation | www.hatof.org | Cameroonian | Ghana | Female | 30 | French, English & Spanish | Dr.Sah Akwen Nancy works with vulnerable urban coastal communities in Accra, Ghana, is facilitating the formation of community clubs and implementation of climate change adaptation options including the adapting fuel efficient stoves and community waste recycling and management, collaborated with school teachers using drama, essay and art to enhance children’s understanding of climate change effects, and motivating them to adopt environmental friendly practices. She presented her research findings at international climate change conferences and participated at COP 17, Durban, South Africa. She has participated in radio and television plays and Television and radio interviews on the Cameroon Radio and Television Broadcasting Corporation (CRTV), is a trained radio and television journalist and processes the aptitude to deliver with clarity. We are confident she will make an excellent speaker and delegate to the summit. She has a US visa and is available to participate in the summit. | Dr. Sah Akwen Nancy is a post-doctoral researcher under Climate Change Adaptation Research and Training Capacity for Development (CCARTCD) Programme funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada and hosted at the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana. She holds a PhD in Gender and Diversity (2013) from the University of Oviedo, Spain. She also holds a joint Erasmus Mundus Master (GEMMA) of Women and Gender studies (2010) from the University of Lodz, Poland and the University of Oviedo in Oviedo, Spain. She obtained a Double Majors Bachelor of Science degree in Women and Gender Studies/Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Buea, Cameroon. Her research interests focus on the nexus of climate change, gender, youth, agriculture, adaptation and mitigation pathways for sustainable development. She has been active in local, national, and international policy and networking forums including Cameroon’s High Level Policy Caucus deliberations on REDD at UNFCCC’s Durban COP 17, South Africa; her engagements have contributed to existing knowledge through presentations and publications including co-authoring “Knowledge Management Systems and Education for Building Small Holder Resilience to Climate Change”, 5th chapter of forthcoming publication by the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) that examines climate smart agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Nancy is a recipient of The European Commission Erasmus Mundus Scholarship; Future Agricultures Consortium Early Career Fellow (Award supporting one year part-time post-masters original field-based and policy-oriented research on African agricultural policy) and, Grant for postgraduate research and collaboration by The Institute of Women, Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, Spain. She has worked in International and Local Non Governmental organizations in areas of sustainable agriculture, extension support, grassroots poverty alleviation and gender mainstreaming. Nancy has also been a HIV/AIDS peer educator of teenage girls with Association Camerounaise pours le Marketing Social (ACMS) Cameroon, an affiliate and platform of Population Services International. She holds membership in professional and academic bodies such as The Population Association of America (PAA) and a member of GenderCC-Women for Climate justice. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byh1XXKTLV05T2hlckpncTRpRmM/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byh1XXKTLV05RnFLaThZNGlyNEk/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
206 | 8/8/2014 12:33:09 | Transparencia Mexicana, national chapter of Transparency International | Vania Montalvo | vmontalvo@tm.org.mx | Attend Summit only | Yes | Vania Daniela Montalvo Nuñez | Transparencia Mexicana, AC. | www.tm.org.mx | Mexican | Mexico | Female | 31 | Spanish - English | I believe I have attained relevant skills for this opportunity to attend the Climate Summit as a result of my professional experience in Transparencia Mexicana, national chapter of Transparency International (TI), global movement against corruption. Since 2010 Transparencia Mexicana participates in a cross-country programme named which commitment is to help to ensure that public money assigned for climate change actions is not diverted through corruption. TI’s chapters involved in this programme: Peru, Bangladesh, Maldives, Kenya, Vietnam, among others. Because of my daily basis work, I’m engaged with negotiations that are being delivered at national and global level in order to guarantee that climate finance is more effective and implements social and anticorruption safeguards. My organisation collaborates actively with government, CSOs and parliamentarians. Due to this, I’m confident that the discussions delivered at the summit will be well transferred. | Programme Coordinator and Communications specialist with Master degree in Advanced Studies on Social Communication by Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona, Spain). In January 2009, I joined Transparencia Mexicana, Transparency International's (TI) Mexican chapter. As Transparencia Mexicana's Institutional Liaison since 2010, I collaborated in the institution's relations with national and international partners, government representatives, and media. Since 2011, I collaborate with the Climate Finance Integrity Programme, a Programme developed by TI that aims to ensure that the efforts to protect the planet from climate change, not be diminished by corruption. This purpose is to be reached by the promotion of greater accountability, transparency and integrity in the management of project resources for mitigation and adaptation on climate change, at global and national levels. At the national level, I’m in charge of the coordination of the Programme. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/anbux805yqwt9p0/Vania%20Montalvo_CV_en%26shortbio2014_.pdf | Moving Beyond: How to make more transparent the profits from the exploitation of oil, gas and mining in Mexico, the EITI initiative in Mexico. http://www.tm.org.mx/ir-mas-alla-recursos-estrategicos-mexico/ Bohorquez E, Montalvo Vania (2014). The Mexican Petroleum Company, the CO2 and the corporate social responsibility: http://estepais.com/site/?p=52206 De la Fuente A, Montalvo Vania. Towards more transparency and accountability of the climate finance policies http://www.tm.org.mx/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Onepgs_Presupuestal_6_nov-1.pdf Brandâo B, Montalvo Vania (2013). Climate talks. Active partners or silent onlookers? Transparency International daily corruption news.http://www.transparency.org/news/feature/climate_talks_active_partners_or_silent_onlookers Brandâo B, and Montalvo V. Mexico at the International Climate Regime: Mexican National Audit Office Technical Magazine (2:3), august 2012: http://www.asf.gob.mx/uploads/61_Publicaciones_tecnicas/Revista_Tecnica_3.pdf | |||||||
207 | 8/8/2014 12:52:56 | Association Carré Géo & Environnement | Ibrahim Mfondoun Mbamoko | carregeo@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Florence Viviane ENOBO | Association Carré Géo & Environnement | www.carregeoenvironnement.jimdo.com | Cameroonian | Cameroon | female | 30 | french | Florence Viviane ENOBO is a Lecturer of Physical geography, hydrology, and climatology and Environmental issues at the department of Geography, University of Buea in cameroon. He obtained a Ph.D in geography from the University of Buea, Cameroon. Florence Viviane ENOBO did a Post-Doctoral Research at McGill University particularly at the Brace centre for integrated water Resource management in 2010. His research interest are in the area of Geomorphology, Environmental impact Assessment, Climate Change and its implication and integrated water resource management. she has published a number of articles in both local and international journals and she is an Associate Editor in some local journals at the University of Buea in cameroon. | October 2005: Ph.D, University of Buea & Universite de Montreal, Canada. Doctoral research title: The Impact of Natural and Human-Induced Hazard in Fako Division of Cameroon October 1999: Masters of Science in Geography, University of Buea, Cameroon July 1997: Bachelor of Science (Hons), University of Buea, Cameroon Geography with minor in Education OTHER TRAINING 1 - Ecole d’ eté “Statistiques, Cartographies et Analyse Spatiale, Yaounde, Août 2006: Organised by Universités Paris 7 Denis Diderot and Yaounde 1 | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B17zzWUULh-gbUxwTnNyRmk2cE0/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
208 | 8/8/2014 13:06:49 | World Evangelical Alliance | Marielle Ali | marielle@worldea.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Deborah Fikes | World Evangelical Alliance | http://www.worldea.org | United States | United States | Female | 56 | English | As the UN Permanent Representative of the World Evangelical Alliance, Mrs. Fikes represents close to 700 million evangelicals across 129 countries. Additionally, she serves on the Advisory Board of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard School of Public Health. She is an Ambassador for the Clean Revolution, a partnership of international statesmen and governments, business leaders and corporations, thinkers and opinion formers coordinated by The Climate Group. She is a member of the Interfaith Moral Action on Climate Coalition and the National Climate Ethics Campaign Coalition. Fikes also serves as an Ambassador for Oxfam Sisters on the Planet, which raises awareness about hunger, poverty, and climate change, especially as they affect women worldwide. Mrs. Fikes is able to bring a faith based perspective to climate change--an important stakeholder which has so far been ignored in climate discussions. | Deborah Fikes is the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for World Evangelical Alliance, which represents a constituency of 650 million with alliance offices in 129 countries. Fikes has served as an Executive Advisor to WEA since 2009 and continues in this role in addition to her United Nations duties. She is also a board member of National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) in the United States. As the former spokesperson and advisor for Human Rights Advocacy for the Ministerial Alliance of Midland, Texas, Fikes led Protestant, Catholic, and Evangelical parishes in the hometown of President George W. Bush to network with their national and international counterparts to promote human rights advocacy effortsThe Midland Ministerial Alliance is well known for participating in interfaith dialogue and contributing to the peace negotiations that formed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between North and South Sudan. Fikes has been involved with conflict resolution outreach initiatives in Africa and North Korea where she has traveled as an advisor to the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. She serves as a board member of the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy in Washington, D.C. Fikes has been an advocate for environmental stewardship and the promotion of sustainable energy as part of Creation Care Initiatives that the World Evangelical Alliance has supported.She has spoken at public events about “Greening the Golden Rule," sharing her observation that the topic of climate change has become politicized and controversial among U.S. evangelicals which is not the case among the greater evangelical global body. Fikes was included as one of the opening speakers for NYC Climate Week 2012 hosted by The Climate Group, a non-profit independent organization promoting economic growth though cleaner energy sources. Fikes supports clean energy as vital to advancing a holistic approach to addressing humanitarian needs in third world countries and mitigating conflict over competition for resources. She has been a vocal advocate for supporting younger evangelical environmentalists who have not been embraced in their conservative faith traditions.Fikes received her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and a masters degree from the University of Texas. She holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Concord Law School and a Graduate Degree in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-lpRUMHDOoLyxzbctsLqRB3l65NiJvpI8V4xGNlzCi8/edit?usp=sharing | Deborah Fikes, World Evangelical Association at Climate Week NYC 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIh8UdWcN6o Deborah Fikes, World Evangelical Alliance, at Climate Week NYC 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBzxFcNMpvY Reversing the Trend of Teens Leaving the Church: Using Climate Change to Reengage Our Youth http://www.christianpost.com/news/reversing-the-trend-of-teens-leaving-the-church-using-climate-change-to-reengage-our-youth-97749/ | |||||||
209 | 8/8/2014 13:15:34 | PARYAVARAN MITRA | MAHESH PANDYA | maheshrpandya@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | MAHESH PANDYA | PARYAVARAN MITRA | paryavaranmitra.org.in | INDIAN | INDIA | MALE | 48 | HINDI, ENGLISH | “From very early age, I was helping needy people around me, my parents transmitted to me the sense of duty to help people, especially the poor and oppressed. My activist life started when I was a student. I feel that it is my duty to participate in my country's development and environmental preservation". I am currently working at local level with knowledge of international climate developments – linking procedures/policies with ground level realities and working for obtaining climate justice for vulnerable people through different advocacy efforts. Social-enviro monitoring of CDM projects in the state of Gujarat – through our advocacy efforts state government established a CDM cell at state level. Also did advocacy efforts for proper public participation in stakeholder consultation for CDM projects. | After getting degree in Environmental Engineering, started working for voluntary organization on industrial pollution issues. My organization is working as a watch dog and doing monitoring of implementation of environmental. From 1996, joined as Programme Coordinator of Environment cell with Centre for Social Justice, Ahmedabad [a non-governmental organization]. Currently director of same organization renamed as Paryavaran Mitra (Friends of Environment), which is a project of Janvikas. Climate Change related issues and their analysis, Clean Development Mechanism process in India, Environmental Clearance process of India and its legal analysis, Public Interest litigations in pollution issues, Use of Right to Information Act in monitoring purpose, Networking and advocacy in print and electronic media, Editor and Publisher of environmental newsletter. Understanding of livelihood with respect to natural resources. Published papers on different issues related to environment, climate change and sustainable development at national level: Participated in ‘Cut the carbon’ march in U.K. 14th July to 11th August 2007 organized by Christian Aid to create awareness among people and Politicians to reduce consumption of carbon intensive commodities. Television interviews and newspaper interviews/quotes have been released for environmental issues in different newspaper/magazine/television channels. Make critical review of Environmental Public Hearing Process in 1999 and filed Public Interest Litigation in Gujarat High Court. Got landmark judgment for amendment in Environment Public Hearing under my leadership and guidance Editor of bi-monthly magazine called 'Paryavaran Mitra', from 1997 - till date published more than 170 issues in a popular language | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ggQHiuBT5oRW5kQnJyTldfaUk/edit?usp=sharing | Writing samples https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ggQHiuBT5oVzhUdlBWVjA3cWs/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ggQHiuBT5oSll5MGhWellhdG8/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ggQHiuBT5oLWFzQU9PLVVVdjA/edit?usp=sharing Speaking engagements https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ggQHiuBT5oaXJfLUJ5MWFpanc/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_ggQHiuBT5oSlBWbFpXVzJwSVk/edit | |||||||
210 | 8/8/2014 13:16:57 | BYND2015 Nepal Hub & Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN) | Kabita Gautam & Arjun Karki | kabitagautam1@gmail.com, akarki@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Kabita Gautam | BYND2015 Nepal hub | http://bynd2015nepalhub.wordpress.com/ | Nepali | Nepal | Female | 27 | English | Has been recently leading COPinMyCity Project in Nepal under the guidance of CliMates since 2013. Has participated in different consultation workshops regarding COP in Nepal. Similarly she has been organizing different activities at grassroot level to engage and motivate young people in Climate Action. First she is available on that date in NY. She will need partial funding, accommodation, fooding and local expenses. Ms. Gautam has been actively involved in CSO advocacy as an Children and Youth focal point for Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism. Belonging to a developing country, she is the only female activist who has been mobilizing thousand of youth for climate action and sustainable development and carrying youth voices from local to global level. She has been doing different simulation on COP and other negotiation processes. Being very active in social media she is an enthusiastic blogger training more than 150 young people in Nepal on how to write a blog. Moreover, she has a good leadership for which she has wider engagement at global networks. She is very dedicative to her commitments with good leadership skills. | Kabita Gautam, an active, energetic and enthusiastic youth, is passionate about social media/networking who has been empowering and engaging hundreds of young people from local to global level for global issues. With some guts to make things happen, innovation and flow of unique ideas, she aspires to be self-motivated youth leader. In 2011, she was appointed as Country Director by Youth Climate Report to mobilize youth for making videos on climate crisis. Similarly, for her amazing abilities to blog, communicate and network, she was nominated as one of the grantees of Youth Action Fund in 2012 for her project “The Environ Vibes: Social Networking on Move” during which she trained around hundred young people to blog. In addition to that, she has been training blind and visually impaired young people on blogging which is first of its kind in Nepal. As a Nepalese youth delegate and only a leading female activist for South Asia, she was nominated as Social Media Focal Point for UN Major Group for Children & Youth (MGCY) as well as Team Leader for Green Economy Youth Task Force during the preparation process of Rio+20 Conference since 2011. Using several platforms, she is voicing and advocating for different youth issues. Acknowledging all her hard work, she was recommended as one of the representatives of MGCY and Civil Society in different meetings organized by UNESCAP in Thailand. Her contribution for youth capacity building and empowerment lead her as Founder/Mentor of Nepal Tunza Youth Environment Network (NTYEN) under the guidelines of UNEP-TUNZA in 2013. Remaining offsite, with her active online participation and facilitation of different events in Nepal, she has contributed to BYND2015 Global Youth Summit held in Costa Rica on September 2013 as an official hub founder and coordinator of ITU. With continuous voices on youth issues she was nominated as Country Ambassador for COPinMyCity in 2013 during which she collected young people voices on Climate Change. Having a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, she is recently working as a founder and coordinator at BYND2015 Nepal Hub. For her active involvement and contribution she was also appointed as communication focal point for MGCY 10YFP on SCP in 2014. In May 2014, she had an opportunity to attend Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development organized by UNESCAP in Thailand, during which she was nominated as Children & Youth Focal Point for Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism (RCEM). http://caveeta.wordpress.com/biography/ | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1EWgOaiyScwODZYeVI4OC1ZcWM/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xhmG1WfE8oUAQMipGlyoWNdpKn-XdQ0eh5tau7k_bYA/edit?usp=sharing Writing: http://caveeta.wordpress.com/ Speaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJO4UAaH5Rk&feature=share | |||||||
211 | 8/8/2014 13:23:05 | Nigerian Youth Climate Coalition | Esther Agbarakwe | donestyc@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Olumide Idowu Emmanuel | Nigeria | Climate Wednesday | Nigeria | Nigeria | Male | 27 | English | Olumide Idowu has been doing great work when it comes to advocacy and developmental issues and I really recommend him to be part of this great conference. One of the things that makes him stand out is the one of the initiative he works on to make the voice of the youth be out there called Climate Wednesday (www.climatewed.org) and this initiative is a platform that build the voice and happens every Wednesday in the of the week where a selected topic is been raise around Climate Change and related issues around it. For almost one (1) year now he has been doing this and he has been engaging both the old and the new youth around Africa and the entire world. With this committed young man and his commitment towards sustainable development, I recommend him for the up coming conference. | Olumide IDOWU is the Team Lead of Climate Wednesday, Youth Director Nigerian Youth Climate Coalition and passionate about Communication, Marketing, Public Relations and Environment particularly in the areas of Strategy, Communication Management, Research, Leadership, Mentoring, Training and Reporting around what is passionate about. He reports on global issues and development in Nigeria (Africa) and also a Social Media Experts. A tech savvy Journalist keen about using the new media as a tool to disseminate information, collaborate and stir up progressive interaction. He has volunteered for a youth-led capacity building and involved in wonderful youth activities which around the world. Presently he was awarded by UNISDR as Youth Champions on Disaster Risk Reduction. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzxMMFSAdqDZOU1EaDZvSDBnU1NxeXFXMDhzRHlZRXhsdkl3/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.channelstv.com/2014/04/14/channels-beam-advocates-concerned-about-nigerias-attitude-to-climate-change/ http://nigycc.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/news-nigerian-youths-make-case-for-a-safer-climate-future/ http://www.rtcc.org/2012/07/05/youth-profile-1-nigerian-youth-climate-coalition/ http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/whatever-you-do-do-it-well-olumide-idowu/ http://www.cp-africa.com/2010/07/10/nigerian-graduates-overfed-academic-theories/ http://www.geneafrique.com/2010/07/passion-for-change-olumide-idowu.html | |||||||
212 | 8/8/2014 13:39:35 | Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha (translates to India people's science campaign) | Soumya Dutta | soumyadutta.delhi@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Soumya Dutta | Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha | Beyond Copenhagen collective / Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha | Indian | India | Male | 56 | English, Hindi, Bengali | Is a voluntary activist (non-funded) Involved in grass roots climate action as well as with sub-national & national climate policies in India (SAPCC / NAPCC)- for the last 8 years, and gave extensive inputs to state governments, institutions etc. Wrote extensively - books, booklets, monographs etc for public education, both at popular levels and semi-academic. Took part in many climate conferences - COPs, national policy debates (NAPCC/ SAPCC), and spoken in over 10 side events in COPs from COP-15, also in 11-12 Universities around the world. Engaged very deeply with climate extreme response by communities in the Himalayas, and assessing Loss & Damage and beyond. Helps & guides researchers from several countries. | Left a cushy corporate job as head of IT in a Pvt corporation and came into proper science based social activism in late 1989. From then on - helped build up the largest grass root people's (Jan) science (Vigyan) campaign (Jatha) anywhere in the world, as its national secretary, under the guidance of socially committed eminent physicist Prof Yash Pal, which reached out to about 53,000 hamlets in India in the 1990s. Also helped launch IndiaClimateJustice as its founding member, is an active member of CJN. Organised and conducted many trainings on climate justice issues - for CSOs, media, student groups, large no of school teachers all over India. Presently is deeply involved in preparing lot of groud level groups in understanding and facing the emerging climate crisis. Wrote a no of technical studies on various aspects of CJ - including energy justice, climate extreme events, Atm Brn Cld, Coal, Meteorological forecasting and disaster response, Forests & CC etc. And still working on a voluntary basis -- WITHOUT ANY SALARY, managing from other incomes like writing studies etc. | 1. Upsetting the Offset « MayFly http://mayflybooks.org Upsetting the Offset engages critically with the political economy of carbon markets. It presents a range of case studies and critiques from around the world, Published 2012 2. Climate Change and India. Analysis of Political Economy and Impact ... http://chimalaya.org/2014/06/16/.Published 2013 3. World Bank, climate finance and Bangladesh: a briefing note ... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/24988 This briefing note is an attempt to unravel the complexity of climate financing, looking at the issue in the context of the geo-politics of the rich countries and .. Pub 2011, 4. The Science, Economics & Politics of Global Warming & Climate Change (written for high school science teachers), Published 2007, with assistance from Ministry of S&T, Govt of India, -- not on web, 5. The Real Cost of Power, The Real Cost of Power - Bank Information Center http://www.bicusa.org/wp content/uploads/2012/07/ SEVERAL OTHERS | ||||||||
213 | 8/8/2014 13:54:03 | Mountain and Glacier Protection Organization | Smaeera Zaib | sameerazaib.env@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Sameera Zaib | Mountain and Glacier Protection Organization | Pakistani | Pakistani | Female | 30 | English, Urdu, Pashtu | Ms Zaib has theoretical background and practical experience in addressing climate change issue. She has participated in UNCSD Rio+20, UNFCCC COP20, Global Power Shift Turkey, and presented Pakistani youth at various national and international forums. Since 2011 she has been involved in mobilizing youth towards Rio+20, and raising awareness regarding climate change at local, national and international level. Being representative of youth and civil society she is ambitious to participate in Climate Summit. It will provide her a forum for interaction with eminent professionals, government and civil society representatives, and young professionals, she will be able to get equip with knowledge and network with professionals which will be a long lasting asset. | Ms Sameera Zaib, a Pakistani national, working with Mountain & Glacier Protection Organization (MGPO) as ESM and M&E Officer. Beside this, she is Coordinator for Asia Pacific Youth Task Force on Rio+20 (APYTF), Coordinator for Khyber Pahtoonkhwa/Gilgit Baltistan with Pakistan Environmentalists Association, steering committee member of Asian Youth Climate Network (AYCN) and ICIMOD Youth Ambassador for UNCCC COP 18 (volunteer commitments). She holds MS Environmental Sciences degree from International Islamic University Islamabad, MSc Environmental Sciences from Peshawar University, Post Graduate Diploma in GIS/Remote Sensing from Peshawar University and another Post Graduate course on Protecting Mountain Biodiversity from University of Torino, Italy. She has over five years of working experience with different organizations (national and international) in the field of community development, project implementation, environmental education, natural resource management and has carried out a number of Environmental Impact Assessment studies of developmental projects in Pakistan. Since 2011 she has been involved in pre and post Rio+20 activities at national and international level by promoting environmental awareness among youth in the context of Rio+20 and organized/co-organized a number of events including e-discussions, webinars, workshop and youth forums. She takes keen interest in climate change issues, sustainable development, youth mobilization and advocacy, Rio+20 and for post 2015 development agenda (SDGs). Her other interests include writing, blogging and campaigning for sustainability and climate change. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8F62s6d3E33WlZFTy1OOEtFM1U/edit?usp=sharing | www.sameerazaib.blogspot.com | ||||||||
214 | 8/8/2014 14:35:55 | Asociación Ak' Tenamit | Steve Dudenhoefer | duden@aktenamit.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Carlos Bernabe Chex Mux | Asociación Ak' Tenamit | www.aktenamit.org | Guatemalan | Guatemala | Male | 43 | Spanish, Kachiquel/Mayan, English | Over the last 20 years, Mr. Chex, a Guatemalan Kachiquel Mayan indigenous lawyer, has been deeply involved in the struggles faced by indigenous peoples within Guatemala, regionally and globally. His wide experience both at a local level with a tremendous amount of experience in the field accompanying indigenous communities and organizations and traditional authorities, coupled with his many years of experience serving on committees and working groups and as an indigenous expert at a number of high level forums related to indigenous peoples, biodiversity, climate change and human rights makes Mr. Chex an excellent candidate to participate in the UN 2014 Climate Summit. | 1997-2002: studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of San Carlos of Guatemala. (2007): Diploma at the post-graduate level with the Inter-american Commission on Human Rights and the American University Washington College of Law. (2001-2010): As an indigenous lawyer accompanied processes that defend the rights of indigenous peoples both at the national level with indigenous organizations in Guatemala and with regional organizations in Central America. (2002) presented a report at a hearing session before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the situation of indigenous peoples' rights in Central America. (2007): Accompanied the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples Issues to Salkhard Russia, to a specific mission on Nenets Peoples’ territories and the RAIPON. Participated in the Conference on Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples in representation of indigenous peoples of Latin America held in Australia. (2008): Socialized the content and scope of the ILO Convention 169 with indigenous organizations throughout Central America, through the Central American Indigenous Council (CICA). (2001-2007): Took part in sessions of the Working Group of the UN for the formulation and negotiation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. (2000-2012) | https://www.dropbox.com/s/ox2qrgf89wzx4xu/Carlos_Mux_CV.pdf | Tierras y territorios indígenas. Empoderamiento Legal (Aspectos conceptuales básicos). PROCASUR Chile. Agosto 2010. www.procasur.org/rutaILC/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=42&Itemid=1 - Informe sobre la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas. ONU Nueva York, 2007. www.adital.com.br/site/noticia.asp?lang=ES&cod=27719 - Perspectivas sobre las relaciones entre los pueblos indígenas y las compañías industriales. Taller del Foro Permanente sobre Cuestiones Indígenas de la ONU. Salekhard, Rusia 2007. www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/workshop_RPIPC_chex.doc www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/workshop_PRIPIC_Report.pdf - Análisis Jurídico, problemática de tierras y territorios indígenas en Centroamérica. RUTA/BID/BM Costa Rica, 2003 http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/ICAP/UNPAN027563.pdf | |||||||
215 | 8/8/2014 14:38:07 | Fundación Sur Futuro, Inc. | Eduardo Julia | ejulia@surfuturo.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Juan Eduardo Julia Mera | Fundación Sur Futuro, Inc. | www.surfuturo.org | Dominican | Dominican Republic | Male | 56 | Spanish, English | As an UNFCCC registered observer organization since 2009, Sur Futuro welcomes the opportunity to submit a representative to the Summit as part of its pressed-by-reality efforts supporting communities vulnerable to climate change. Our Caribbean island is already facing unusual losses and damages as the 40,000 acres expansion of the Enriquillo lake on new land (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MibOTxLgkWM). The response to this slow onset event has been erratic and insufficient. We feel the urgent need to be present in the international scenario working together with scientist and politicians with a message from the ground up and the vision of the people in the need of answers and action about this phenomenon. Sur Futuro was present in the COPS in Copenhagen, Cancun and Warsaw, where we co-host a side event about the UN CC Learn project implemented for 400 teachers using an innovative methodology developed by UNESCO to create capacities to introduce climate change in the classrooms. | Mr. Eduardo Julia is an experienced planing officer, environmental consultant and ISO auditor working for Sur Futuro as Climate Change Coordinator since 2009. As a representative of Sur Futuro, he has attended the COPS in Copenhagen and Warsaw. In COP19 he participated in the side event giving the closing remarks. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4itG8HeN8p0cnIzMktXVS1IMFE/edit?usp=sharing | http://prezi.com/pligqaqxdnsb/proyecto-cambio-climatico/ | |||||||
216 | 8/8/2014 14:49:33 | Action de Lutte contre la Malaria, A.LU.MA-Burundi | Mbonerane Albert | mbonerane2003@yahoo.fr | Attend Summit only | Yes | Mbonerane Albert | Action de Lutte contre la Malaria, A.LU.MA-Burundi | www.alumaburundi.org | Burundian | Burundi | M | 60 | French | I am a member of the civil society, a spokesman of Nature, a gift from God. For years, we have organized forums to sensitize stakeholders (politicians and administrators, people) to get them to understand the importance of protecting the environment if we want to reduce the impacts of climate change, and aim sustainable development. | Since 2003, I have held positions that allowed me to speak on behalf of Nature. 2003-2005: Minister of Environment. 2005: I created the association Action for the Environment Green Belt, and I led the NGO until July 2013: an excellent framework for advocacy. In 2002, I founded the association Action Fight against Malaria, and I remain president until today. With funding from the German cooperation, we are implementing a Climate Health project, a framework that allows us to make political authorities that links climate change and health are integrated into policies | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1WcNsJ9baAAM2RLcXhYdVFKWFk/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1WcNsJ9baAAazRLRjRnbUVwalk/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1WcNsJ9baAAbDJjaVA1Nk94Zmc/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
217 | 8/8/2014 15:04:01 | Climate Reaction | Carmen Capriles | carmen_capriles@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Gladys Lorena Terrazas Arnez | Network Peace Integration and Development | www.pazinde.com http://reaccionclimatica.webs.com/ | Bolivian | Bolivia | Female | 31 | Spanish, English (basic level), Quechua | The participation of Latin American youth and indigenous young people in the Climate Summit 2014 is very important because the youth is aware of the consequences of climate change, we are agents and promoters of change so we must participate actively, influence the decisions makers in the Governments of the World in defense of Mother Earth. In 2010, Lorena worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia as a consultant on environmental projects and indigenous people, consultancy funded by the Organization of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty OTCA. Currently, she works in the technical team supporting the review of the position of Indigenous People to be presented at COP20. Lorena´s should be participate in the Climate Summit 2014 because she has experiences, and knowledge on the issue of climate change from the indigenous peoples of Bolivia, and Latina American point of view, and considered she have a capacity of generating networks. | Gladys Lorena Terrazas Arnez, is a young professional with Quechua indigenous roots; She has a background in International Relations, Conflict Resolution, specializing in issues of indigenous peoples, environment - climate change, with graduate degrees in Feminist Economics, Fiscal Policy and Gender Budgeting in Intercultural Contexts; on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Public Policy and Governance and Political Management and climate change. She has undergraduate teaching experience as a coach and teacher guides thesis experience in participatory research and extensive career as a facilitator of training and education processes. She is coordinator and founding member of the Peace, Integration and Development Network, which works on youth issues, women, political participation and the environment, climate change and indigenous people of African descent. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2goof3HvpHcWmFlekRNSGprMlU/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2goof3HvpHcS1BkUktfc1pCclE/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
218 | 8/8/2014 15:08:21 | Sierra Club | Michael Bosse | michael.bosse@sierraclub.org | Attend Summit only | No | Michael John Brune | Sierra Club | www.sierraclub.org | United States | United States | Male | 42 | English | Michael Brune is the executive director of Sierra Club, the largest (over 2.4 million members and supporters) and most-influential environmental nonprofit organization in the US. For over a decade, Sierra Club has focused on moving beyond fossil fuels, developing clean energy, and protecting vulnerable habitats in response to the climate crisis. Their Beyond Coal campaign to stop the building of new coal-fired power plants and retire existing plants is the most effective US environmental campaign of the past 40 years. National in scope, the campaign is based on Sierra Club’s grassroots structure and community-based organizers. The campaign has secured the retirement of 174 coal plants in the US. Sierra Club also works with grassroots partners across the globe to move away from fossil fuels and toward a safe and sustainable future. Priorities include international coal finance, clean-energy access for developing countries, and the environmental impact of international trade agreements. | As the Sierra Club’s leader since 2010, and as the executive director of the Rainforest Action Network for the previous seven years, Michael Brune has been a frequent and effective public advocate on environmental, climate, and energy issues. He has spoken at the World Affairs Council, Crested Butte Public Policy Forum, South by Southwest, Power Shift, and the Goldman Sachs Clean Energy Ecosystem Summit. In March of this year, he was invited to testify before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the climate impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline. Brune is the author of Coming Clean -- Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal (2010). He is a regular blogger on Daily Kos and The Huffington Post and has contributed op-eds on climate and energy issues to the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and CNN.com, among others. | http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/934 http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2014-1-january-february/feature/all http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-a-environment/282323-when-the-climate-crisis-merits-civil-disobedience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPFttVZU6Kk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjBT33V9T1Q | ||||||||
219 | 8/8/2014 15:58:33 | Union for Defense of the Aral Sea and Amudarya | Izzet Aimbetov | izzet_chf@mail.ru | Attend Summit only | Yes | Yusup Kamalov | Union for Defense of the Aral Sea and Amudarya | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan | 63 | Russian, English, Karakalpakian | The Union for Defense of the Aral Sea and Amudarya-UDASA is the first real NGO in Uzbekistan established in 1989. Mr. Kamalov is nominated by the general meeting of the UDASA. He is actively promoting the necessity of adaptation to the climate change both in Uzbekistan and in Central Asia. He supports local initiatives and innovations dealing with the reducing of the consuming of natural resources like drip irrigation, energy efficiency, and waste recycling. Kamalov is the first person who has risen up the problem of the dust from the former bottom of the Aral Sea which is reaching the high level of the atmosphere and stay in there for many days changing the albedo above giant territory and may serve as a trigger both for local climate and global climate changing. Kamalov participated in a number of local and international meetings concerning the climate change. He has made scientific and popular presentations for different audiences.He has visa for the USA effective up to April 2015 | Mr. Kamalov was born in 1951, April 9, in Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. He graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute in 1975 and has worked in Takhiatash power plant for two years. Since 1977 he works for the Karakalpakstan Branch of the Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences. Nowadays he is head of the Renewable energy group. Since 1989 he voluntarily works for the NGO Union for Defense of the Aral Sea and Amudarya as a vice chairman and since 1994 as a chairman. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4C2wh55hIRCTk9PNkU2RTJ5czQ/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4C2wh55hIRCbjNaNWFNQlZzRkU/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||||
220 | 8/8/2014 16:12:47 | Association Burkinabe pour la Survie de l’Enfance | Aristide Jean François Zongo | fzongo@abseburkina.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Razangwende Emmanuel Ramde | Association Burkinabe pour la survie de l’Enfance | www.abse.bf | burkinabe | Burkina Faso | masculin | 35 | Francais | Monsieur Ramde est responsable chargé de l’environnement au sein de l’Association Burkinabé pour la Survie de l’Enfance (ABSE) depuis deux ans Il est spécialiste sur toutes les questions relatives au changement climatique et au développement durable, il anime régulièrement des panels assure des formations et rédigé des documents de sensibilisations sur le changement climatique. L’ABSE a nommé monsieur Ramde parce que au retour de cette conférence il sera apte à partager ses connaissances et ses expériences avec ses collègues et les différents partenaires de l’ ABSE. En Outre, monsieur RAMDE est un fin communicateur et saura partager les expériences de l’ABSE avec les autres participants. | Né le 26 aout 1979 à Treichville en République de la Cote D’ivoire, Monsieur Razangwendé Emmanuel Ramdé est diplômé en gestion de projets de l’école de formation en haute études commerciales. Actuellement gestionnaire de programmes au sein de l’association burkinabé pour la survie l’enfance depuis 2012 il est marié et père d’un enfant. | https://drive.google.com/a/abseburkina.org/file/d/0B1phy9n-jVGCbFNMNExieUxscUE/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1phy9n-jVGCeUw5OVRBbHhJdFE/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
221 | 8/8/2014 17:10:04 | CSYM HUDUMA TANZANIA | KEN A.BUKHAY | siayians2008@googlemail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | NICOSEMUS SIAYI SOKO | TECDEN MANYARA | www.csmbtz.tz.org | Tanzanian | Tanzania | Male | 57 | English | The Candidate meets candidate meets the criteria indicated at the top of this form;as he had represented his community in many of such occassions,as UN WGIP,WGDD -The Rio+20 Country Event Coordinator and Child rights Meetings all eing International. | Biography Siayi Soko Nicodemus is the Founder and CSYM HUDUMA and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the organization Christian Spiritual Youth Ministry which is a Community Based Organization located in Manyara Region specifically in Mbulu Sanu Barray Village Office situated at Madunga Hall Sanu Barray.With him the organization have been in operation in the community for over 10 years with a Mission to serve mankind especially in providing the following:Educational,Developmental as well as Health related services and Spiritual services within the Manyara Administrative 4 Districts in which it supports the welfare of the Barabaig and Hadzabe Girls Education advancement and also assist with Land Rights and understanding of working Partnership between indigenous peoples and States: Treaties, agreements and constructive arrangements; as long as the Community is exposed to be; in addition the organization is also delivering of providing essential services, and address stigma as well as discrimination, prevention efforts for Women including PMTCT.With this also he has the required skills to run this NGO’s/CSO which and Consultation in NGO matters and this also recognized by the both(government of The United Republic of Tanzania and other International and National organizations and Partners in which to mention few as (TEN/MET/TECDEN/PANITA/PEPFAR-AIDS RELIEF/SAVE THE CHILDREN as well as The UN AGENCIES).He had volunteered for The Country Rio+20 Coordinator. Other Information of an applicant. Other Attended Courses and Workshop: 1. Indigenous Peoples Workshop or Training and Conference 2.1995 -UN WGIP 13 Session Geneva 3. 1998 UN WG DD Geneva 4.1999 to 2002 Human Rights Training on HIV/AIDS -Arusha Tanzania 5.Member of the AU ECOSOCC Electoral College Nairobi Kenya 5. Dignity International HR Mainstreaming Intl. a Certificate Course. 6. ToT Training in Child Human Rights Country Level organized by CiC Ireland 7. Attended a Africa ECD Conference in Dakar Senegal 2010 Here are some of my current activities: • Founder and CEO of CSYM HUDUMA Tanzania • Member, Board of Directors, CSYM HUDUMA • Member, Board, CCP* Network (Common Consultation for Peoples Network) • Member, Advisory Board, TECDEN MANYARA • Member, Advisory Board, MBUNGONET • Founder Member of PANITA*The Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania • Founding member of The African Indigenous Peoples Committee in Geneva 1995 | He is also the Author to some Booklets on Youth and Indigenous Peoples as well as Religious matters and now writes for the NI MUHIMU (ITS ESSENTIAL) a Journal of the same organization; as the organization being well grounded and respected in the community, as well as by the religious groups and the local government it would need someone to have a knowledge in Journalism in which is hereby applied for. The government approaches them for collaboration when the resources to provide a particular service are available; now then there is a need for such knowledge and work for Media. | ||||||||
222 | 8/8/2014 17:14:39 | Climate Healers | Sailesh Rao | srao@climatehealers.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Kip Lewis Andersen | AUM Films | http://www.animalsunitedmovement.org | U.S. | United States | Male | 41 | English | Kip Andersen is the chief protagonist in the groundbreaking documentary, "Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret", that is playing out to rave reviews throughout the US. He is an excellent speaker, has an excellent command of climate change issues and brings a fresh, top down perspective to the problem that has been sorely lacking in the UN deliberations to date. | Kip Andersen’s environmental awakening came as a result of An Inconvenient Truth. After seeing the film, he began to recycle religiously, turn off lights constantly, shower infrequently, and ride a bike instead of driving. Andersen believed he was doing everything he could to help the planet by following the guidelines of national and international environmental organizations, but his life took a different direction when he found out animal agriculture is the leading cause of environmental destruction. He is the founder of Animals United Movement, a pending 501(c)3 focused on creating films and media promoting sustainability, compassion, and peace for all of Earth's inhabitants. Also a serial entrepreneur, he has built more than a dozen businesses. He is a graduate of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo school of business and has called San Francisco home for more than a decade. | The best example of Kip Andersen's public speaking is in the documentary, Cowspiracy, http://www.cowspiracy.com A Youtube interview with Kip Andersen can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzNPyWthVoc | ||||||||
223 | 8/8/2014 17:46:25 | Climate Healers | Sailesh Rao | srao@climatehealers.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Keegan Kuhn | First Spark Media | http://www.firstsparkmedia.net | US | United States | Male | 29 | English | Keegan Kuhn is a co-producer of the groundbreaking documentary, "Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret," which is playing to rave reviews throughout the US. He is a young, energetic story-teller who is extremely articulate and very knowledgeable about climate change issues. He speaks from a top-down systems perspective that takes into account all anthropogenic causes of climate change, rather than being narrowly focused on fossil fuel burning. | Keegan Kuhn is a videographer, award-winning documentary filmmaker, and professional musician living in the east bay of San Francisco. He has worked with nonprofit organizations and been involved in social justice movements for virtually his entire life. As a filmmaker, he helps organizations reach an ever-greater community of supporters with the highest possible quality films and videos. His film career has taken him as far as the remote interior of Alaska to document modern homesteaders, to the high deserts of the American west filming the nation’s remaining wild horses, to rural agricultural communities and dirty urban streets. He is motivated by a deep desire to shed light on untold stories of the most downtrodden in our society, and to raise to awareness through greater visibility of social justice issues. | Keegan Kuhn is interviewed in the Youtube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzNPyWthVoc | ||||||||
224 | 8/8/2014 19:27:49 | Center For Research and Action for Sustainable Development in Central Africa (CERAD) | BIGOMBE LOGO Patrice | patricebigombe@hotmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | BIGOMBE LOGO Patrice | CERAD, Yaounde, Cameroun | CAMEROONIAN | CAMEROON | MALE | 47 | FRENCH AND ENGLISH | Mr. Bigombe Logo Patrice is a political scientist and director of the Center for Research and Action for Sustainable Development in Central Africa (CERAD). His is working now on the perceptions of the impact of climate change on the life of Pygmies Indigenous People of the Congo Basin in Central Africa, mainly ic Cameroon and Congo. His participation at the conference will help to share informations on the situation in the Congo Basin and learn fron other regions in the world. | Bigombe Logo Patrice is 47 yeras old. He is a political scientist. He has a Degree in Public Law, Faculty of Laws and Economics, University of Yaounde, Master’s Degree in Political Science, Faculty of Laws and Economics, University of Yaounde, Graduate in Political Science, Faculty of Laws and Economics, University of Yaounde and Master II, Politics and Environmental Comparative Law, Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Limoges, France. He is a Permanent Researcher, Group for Administrative, Political and Social Science Research, University of Yaounde II, Cameroon’s Chapter of the African Association of Political Science (AAPS) and General Secretary, Cameroonian Society of Political Science (CASPS), affiliated to the International Association of Political Science (IPSA, Montreal, Canada) and the current Director, Center for Research and Actiopn for Sustainable Development in Central Africa (CERAD), Yaounde, Cameroon and an Associate Lecturer, Master on Environmental Law Assessment (EIA), Environmental Law, Centre Régional d’Enseignement Spécialisé en Agriculture (CRESA-Forêt-Bois), University of Dschang, Cameroon, and Rural Sociology, Master, Audit and Forest Certification, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CXl9NYxwkiv16HA2_EvFs7dHIlXAaDN6zT_Fzh46NGU/edit?usp=sharing | Patrice Bigombe Logo is a political scientist. He has a degree in public law, Faculty of Laws and Economics, University of Yaounde, Master’s Degree in Political Science, Faculty of Laws and Economics, University of Yaounde, Graduate in Political Science, Faculty of Laws and Economics, University of Yaounde and Master II, Politics and Environmental Comparative Law, Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Limoges, France. | ||||||||
225 | 8/8/2014 19:36:56 | Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense | Andrea Rodriguez | arodriguez@aida-americas.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Andrea Giovana Rodriguez Osuna | Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense | aida-americas.org | Bolivian | Mexico | Female | 31 | Spanish, English, Swedish | Andrea would be suitable as a candidate given her experience and work with international climate change finance particularly the Green Climate Fund. She brings developing countries´perspectives to international decision- making processes to ensure these are included. She also promotes human rights within the climate change agenda to ensure recognition and protection are given particularly in decisions regarding the implementation and execution of climate change projects at the national level. Andrea works promoting capacity building in decision making process and also advocates for enhancement of mechanisms that promote public participation and access to information in climate change related matters. | Andrea Rodríguez is a senior attorney to the climate change program of the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), a nonprofit organization of lawyers, scientists and other professionals that tracks environmental issues in the Americas. A Bolivian attorney with master’s degrees in environmental law from Stockholm University and sustainable development from Uppsala University, Rodríguez is based in Mexico City. She advises AIDA on climate-change finance and environmental governance as well as on public participation and human rights in climate policy. Rodríguez also advocates on AIDA’s behalf before the board of the Green Climate Fund, the agency created by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to channel climate-change adaptation and mitigation funding to developing countries. She has urged that such support be adequate, predictable and respectful of human rights. | https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=58316208&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile | http://intercambioclimatico.com/author/arodriguez/ http://www.aida-americas.org/en/project/raising-peoples-needs-tackling-climate-change | |||||||
226 | 8/8/2014 19:54:03 | Amazon Environmental Research Institute | Andrea Azevedo | andrea@ipam.org.br | Attend Summit only | Yes | Andrea Aguiar Azevedo | Amazon Environmental Research Institute | www.ipam.org.br | Brazilian | Brazil | female | 45 | portuguese and english | IPAM has an important role in the climate change policies within Brazil, especially regarding deforestation in Amazon Biome. We try, through research, capacity building and advocacy to promote welfare to communities, to keep the supply chain deforestation free and to support the governments within Brazilian Amazon on forest governance. Andrea Azevedo is our police public director and she is working with these agendas actively. She is very prepared to participate and take to the UN meeting an agenda of Brazilian Amazon regarding halt of deforestation from civil society perspective. She lives in the Brazilian Amazon and her principal cause is to find effective ways to incentive farmers and ranchers to comply with forestry law to foster conservation. She is leading several assessments about land use and climate changes policies in Amazon and informing many collectives. Also she is an active member of soy moratorium group that monitors deforestation for soy cropping in the Amazon biome | I have born in Brazil and I am proud of being a Brazilian woman. I have dedicated major part of my life to change the reality, or at least to try, in terms of inequality, poverty and sustainability. My history can be seen as paradox. I live in Mato Grosso, a southeastern state of Brazilian Amazon since I was very young. My family arrived here in the 1960´s looking for buying land to raise cattle. At that time price of land in amazon was very cheap and there were lots of incentives to deforest the region to raise cattle and crop rice. So, I grew up in a family that used to deforest to earn money. At some point of my life, that fact began to disturb me a lot, so I went to university and did biology, the science of life. During that time, I had 4 children, but I still became a biology teacher and joined to a small NGO of my city. From that time, in 1998, I began my struggle against deforestation in Amazon. In 2000 I did my master on environmental economics to understand the economic rationale behind natural resources exploration. In 2005 I began my PhD in Sustainable Development and in 2007 I start my studies about climate change. All my studies were in institutions far from my region and I had to put a high effort to finish and to be way from my family. My researcher is composed of applied issues/ themes, where I can discuss with policy makers, with people on the ground from big to smallholders. After my PhD I decided only to Work in civil society institutions. I decided that my live, even being from a family of “deforesters” would be dedicated to find effective and innovative ways to halt deforestation. I am working actively at IPAM since 2010 in several agendas related to decrease of deforestation, increase of production under a low carbon economy and bring value to forest and for who lives there. I have much to do and learn yet and de principal form I can do it is through communication, writing, debating, teaching and learning. | http://lattes.cnpq.br/4904467733226391 | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1deG0exGg7KWTc3eHZPMHpFWTA/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1deG0exGg7KVjlpZ3lYenRKems/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1deG0exGg7KQ2FSaTBkMWkwY2M/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1deG0exGg7KNkxIVE5WZ1ZQTnc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1deG0exGg7KOGdsVFIxUTYtTmc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1deG0exGg7KQ2ljemlvYnVUNjA/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1deG0exGg7KekJSQWR0MDh2ZWc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1deG0exGg7KUWdfTkF0LVh3RFU/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1deG0exGg7KT3JjN1hkVnpOaG8/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1deG0exGg7KM0xWUGNoWUF5RnM/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1deG0exGg7KaXJuVUxiak1VQjA/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1deG0exGg7KM1hRam1yZHFIcms/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
227 | 8/8/2014 20:07:29 | Naqaa Sustainability Solutions | Muna Alamer | muna.alamer@naqaa.com.sa | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | Munira Abdelkader Mohamed Abdelkader | Naqaa Sustainability Solutions | http://naqaa.com.sa/ | Eritrean | Saudi Arabia | Female | 27 | Arabic, English and Tegri | I'm proud to recommend an inspiring young woman, Munira to be a key note speaker for the UN Secretary-General's 2014 Climate Summit. I have known her since 2009, initially as interactive participant in the first Model UN Conferenc; The main work of Munira in Naqaa consist in projects management, involved in implementing environmental sustainable projects for the community and corporate, developing awareness programs, research for the best practices towards sustainable development and women involvement in mitigating climate change effects in Saudi.Munira has always maintained strong working and interpersonal relationships with her colleagues. Her pleasant personality, positive attitude, and flexibility in adapting to a variety of working groups and pressure conditions helped her to achieve superior results that are up to very high professional standards. She has always demonstrated strong skills in approaching people (especially women) and other members from the local community. | I am Media and Mass Communications graduate with an outgoing personality. I am a young female, environmental activist in Saudi Arabia with keen interest in environment, climate change mitigation and in sustainable development. I am a tracker for Adopt a Negotiator Project under the Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA), where I follow the Saudi negotiations within the UNFCCC process. In addition, I was assigned to be the Saudi coordinator for Arab Youth Climate Movement which is a grass root movement for spreading awareness about climate change issues with the aim of achieving environmental sustainability in MENA region. Learning about Climate change issues and Sustainable Development, empowering women in mitigating its effect are the main objectives of my activities; in addition to that, these activities provided me with the perfect approach of environmental sustainability knowledge within the national context. I believe that giving women a spot in the decision making process can able to create a broader base of women involvement and builds stronger and more comprehensive communities. My involvement in the international climate change conferences assisted me to enhance the participation of women in some local environmental decision-making processes here in Saudi. Women and youth in general participation are crucial in the development of active citizenship because it balances their social rights with their responsibilities. It is only by working in true partnership with young people, by listening to their involvements in fighting climate change, so that the society can benefit from their innovative contributions. Therefore, their effective participation is about creating opportunities for them to be involved in influencing, shaping, designing and contributing to mitigate climate change effects. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/ta8fmwx5ffj4m5c/Munira%27s%20CV.doc | https://www.dropbox.com/s/hxreogtrzi0i45f/Munira%20Abdelkader.docx | |||||||
228 | 8/8/2014 20:43:35 | Lead Tchad | BENOUDJI Colette | colette_issa@yahoo.fr | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Issa Bolmbang Maladonan | Chadian Young Water Professionnal Association | Chadian | Chad | M | 25 | French, English | Mr. Issa Maladonan has proven a good skill in leadership by mobilizing young Chadians for the establishment of the Young Water Professional Association which is an initiative of the African Water Association and the African Ministries Council on Water. The association regroups young Chadians with thematic goals including: Environment, Leadership, gender and climate change. Maladonan is particularly engaged in climate change as part of his daily commitment. He attended several regional meetings comprising the 17th African Water Association Congress in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire and he was a presenter during the 2nd East Africa Young Water Professional Conference in Kigali, Rwanda for the session Water and Climate Change. Furthermore, he has conducted a research study on Pre-campaign climate information for farmer’s adaptation to climate variability and climate change in Burkina Faso. He is available to be at UN Headquarters in New York on 23 September, and for travel if necessary. | Issa Maladonan holds a MSc in Water and Environmental Engineering from the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE Foundation) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. For his graduation thesis, he worked on Pre-campaign climate information for farmer’s adaptation to climate variability and climate change in Burkina Faso. The study involves the agronomic forecast of the rainy season characteristics (onset, end, length, annual precipitation, rainy days, means and maximum dry spells) through five RCMs (regional climatic models): CCLM, RACMO, HadRM3P, REMO and RCA for the period 2012 – 2020 in two provinces (Bam and Yatenga) under Sahelian conditions and experiencing a deep disruption in rainfall causing a detrimental impact for rain fed agriculture. He presented the findings at the 2nd East Africa Young Water Professional Conference (EAYWPC) in Kigali, Rwanda. He worked also on the Design of greywater treatment system with the slanted soil technology at the Water, Sanitation, Ecosystem and Health Laboratory (LEDES) of the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering. He is the founder of the Chadian Young Water Professional Association (YWP- Chad) which regrouped people working or interest in the water issues between 18 to 35 years old with the vision to promote a sustainable management of water resources and sanitation conducing projects on Non-Revenue Water (NRW) and Urban Sanitation. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B35W103M75vHYV92bmtLOVpPcDg/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B35W103M75vHczdyOENyeDdrV1U/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B35W103M75vHTUtmU2JyWEl2Mkk/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
229 | 8/8/2014 20:44:28 | WECF (Women of Europe for a Common Future) | Sabine Bock | sabine.bock@wecf.eu | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Carmen Cristina Capriles Flores | Reacción Climática | www.reaccionclimatica.webs.com | Bolivian | Bolivia | Female | 35 | English and Spanish | Carmen is part of WECF´s project EWA (Empowering Women benefits All) since last year, she was chosen because of her expertise on climate change and her understanding of women´s and gender issues, thanks to the project she was able to assist the 19th COP in Warsaw and to be part of the Women´s and Gender Constituency for the UNFCCC, this year she gave the statement on behalf of the WGC during the opening plenary of the 40thSBI session, due to her strong understanding of climate change she is being part of the Women´s Major Group since RIO+20 and she was chosen to be floor speaker for the 7OWG on cc and on energy for the 10OWG for the SDG, helping draft the WMG position papers and statements. Thanks to her efforts she has engage with a number of networks and movements. She also does very intense ground level and field work with her organization in her country along with other local networks including indigenous movements, therefore we believe she is a excellent candidate to be panelist | Born and raised in Bolivia, her academic background is in Engineer in Agronomy and her specialty is on Sustainable Development and Agro ecology. She attended several training courses on Africa related to gender and agriculture thanks to a number of scholarships granted. Her work experience of over 10 years is on Sustainable Development, Environment and Climate Change as advocacy consultant promoting justice, informational and participation on those issues for a number of local, national NGOs among other sectors. She is one of the founders and current coordinator of Reacción Climática a volunteer-based organization with the aim to educate and raise awareness about climate change as well as promote the participation of the Bolivian youth while finding solutions to climate change. She is a recognize activist for environmental and women rights. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dwF73Hk2YAQo5IbUlyQtt1SByNbz6DBKNNttS0IsLrc/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iEQndfDf-sxSdFUygvZnfqlkb_MUH8pcwyhYXBPy_1E/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
230 | 8/8/2014 22:31:37 | Whithout maize there is not country campaign | Emanuel Gómez Martínez | pinotzin@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Emanuel Gómez Martínez | Whithout maize there is not country campaign | http://www.sinmaiznohaypais.org/ | Mexican | Mexico | Male | 40 | Spanish, english | Sociologist, anthropologist, with more than 20 years accompanying processes of peasant organizations and indigenous peoples in defense of collective rights and natural resources. Without maize there is not country is a coalition of organizations, academics and ecologist people who are in defence of traditional agriculture and native seeds. In Chiapas, the most poorest state of Mexico, the work of Emanuel Gomez is in close relationship with the tseltal and tsotsil people of Highlands region, when the people are organizated on local comitees of native seeds, experimented agroecological alternatives. This web of ambiental and peasents coalition facilited the transition from the actual critical situation of alimentary poverty to other kind of agriculture, with biodinamics manage of agriculture inputs. | Sociologist, antropologist, with 20 years of experience accompaning indigenous people and organizations with local alternatives to pollution by agrochemical inputs. Researcher and academic of the Chapingo national university, one of the most famous public university of Latin America specialized on agriculture. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BylhtbrSI0xzMVpEM3o2cWRMaGc/edit | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BylhtbrSI0xzWW5Hd2UwR2g5U0U/edit | |||||||
231 | 8/8/2014 23:11:56 | International Indian Treaty Council | Andrea Carmen | andrea@treatycouncil.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Roberto Borrero | International Indian Treaty Council | www.iitc.org | U.S.A | United States | Male | 48 | English, Spanish | Roberto is a representative of a civil society organization, and officially authorized by their organization/network to speak on the organization/network's behalf. He has a proven track record of effective advocacy and is the Indigenous Peoples Major Group Representatives on the SIDS Steering Committee attending the Samoa Conference. He is a compelling a compelling public speaker and has excellent competency with climate change issues, experience with presenting climate change issues in public fora, and demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders as an organizing partner for the Open Working Groups on Sustainable Development Issues. He will be available to be at at UN Headquarters in NY at 8:30am on 23 September. | Roberto Mukaro Borrero is an Indigenous Taino artist, musician, and activists, as well as a respected community leader. The Taino are Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean Islands. Roberto's community is from the island of Boriken (Puerto Rico). He has a long history of human rights and environmental advocacy and most recently participated in a successful campaign to halt the contraction of a gas pipeline in Puerto Rico. He works with the International Indian Treaty Council as a UN program consultant and was an Organizing Partner Focal Point for Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals. He is currently a member of the NGO Steering Committee for the Small Island Developing States Conference to be held in Apia, Samoa this September for the Indigenous Peoples Major Group. Roberto is also a focal point for Indigenous Peoples for the "Peoples Climate March" to be held on Sunday, Sept. 21st. He has over twenty years of UN advocacy experience and a degree in Communications. | https://papersmart.unmeetings.org/media2/2173532/statement-by-the-international-indian-treaty-council.pdf | On Committee | |||||||
232 | 8/9/2014 4:46:26 | GIZ | BRUCE Ahlonko Koffi | koffi.bruce@giz.de | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | BRUCE Ahlonko Koffi | GIZ | www.giz.de | Togolese | Togo | Male | 40 | French | the nominee is the current National Technical Adviser on climate change adaptation for Togo, therefore he is very implicated on togolese gouvernment negociations and activities facing mitigation and adaptation. | Bachelor on natural sciences (University of Lomé - Togo) Master on Environmental sciences (University of Lomé - Togo) Master on Environmental management (Senghor University of Alexandria - Egypt; Moncton University, Edmundston - Canada) Many experiences as national and international consultant on climate risk reduction and climate change adaptation | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B76GinF_KWfnZ2pyeEcxQTEwbmM/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B76GinF_KWfnaHhJXzNMMzZfMXM/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
233 | 8/9/2014 12:39:31 | LIPRO - Local Initiative for Poverty Reduction Org | Kassem Daud | kassemdaud@hotmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Abdirazack | Elmi | NA | Djiboutian | Somalia | Male | 36 | English | We are happy to announce that Mr Abdirazack, LIPRO Program Coordinator, has been selected to attend UN Climate Summit as participant. Abdirazak has been working the impact of climate change for last six years and have proven record in the implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation or adaptation. Climate change has great impact to our country. It is prone to drought, floods and the disappearance of its biodiversity. Mr Abdirazack had a great responsibility in raising awareness of climate change impact. Due to his outstanding record in awareness raising climate change impact and implementing countries strategies in climate change, we nominate him to attend the summit. | NA | NA | ||||||||
234 | 8/9/2014 14:35:41 | Kanuri Development Association (https://www.unodc.org/ngo/showSingleDetailed.do?req_org_uid=16999) | Bana Kura Bukar | banakurra@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Babagana Abubakar | Seabed International | Nigerian | Nigeria | Male | 41 | English,Hausa and Kanuri languages | This candidate is one of the influential candidate working on climate change and indigenous issues within the Sub -Saharan African region. He has series of relevant publications as indicated via the links listed below among many other related activities he is involved in at all of local,national,regional and international levels including the UN. 1.http://www.glogov.org/images/doc/lake_chad.pdf 2. | The candidate was born and brought up in Nigeria and presently residing in Nigeria. The candidate holds a Masters degree in public administration and a Bachelor of science degree in geography,plus series of training including a training at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (www.unitar.org) Geneva, Switzerland. He is a member of many international expert group and bodies as listed below: AFFILIATIONS AND BOARD MEMBERSHIPS: 1. Served as a Board Member on Advisory Capacity to the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization- Intergovernmental Committee Voluntary Trust Fund Board for Indigenous peoples (24th Session), Geneva-Switzerland. 2. Served as an International Expert Group Member to the United Nations-Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Expert Group on Biodiversity for Poverty Eradication and Development. 3. Technical Expert Climate change for the ECOWAS- West African Women Association www.wawanigeriachapter.org 4. Served as an International Expert Group Member to the United Nations CBD Expert on Scientific and Technical Aspects Relevant to Environmental Impact Assessment in Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. 5. A Fellow of the African Scientific Institute (www.asi-org.net ) 6. Member Board of Trustees KDA (http://www.unodc.org/ngo/showSingleDetailed.do?req_org_uid=16999) 7. Member Working Group of African Astronomical Society (AFAS) http://www.africanastronomicalsociety.org/ | 1.http://www.glogov.org/images/doc/lake_chad.pdf 2.Addressed the United Nations Sixth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous I issues at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. My presentation is available via these United Nations Links :(http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/hr4923.doc.htm) (http://www.un.org/News/fr-press/docs/2007/DH4923.doc.htm ). 3.Land, Territory, and Natural Resource Issues Affecting the Economies of the Indigenous Peoples of the Sahel and the Horn of Africa 2007. http://old.docip.org/Permanent%20Forum/pf07/PF07babgana234.pdf 2.https://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/handle/1853/26448/72-269-1-PB.pdf;jsessionid=C5364F2697A461AA48167B45A6EF616F.smart1?sequence=1 4.http://www.agit.at/php_files/myagit/papers/papers_detail_gi.php?kategorie=POSTER&Veranstaltung=2010&Spezial=0 | |||||||||
235 | 8/10/2014 0:50:28 | GreenHeart Education | Julie Johnston | greenhearted@shaw.ca | Attend Summit only | No | Peter David Carter | Climate Emergency Institute | http://www.climateemergencyinstitute.org/ | Canadian | Canada | Male | 68 | English | Dr. Carter's care and concern for today's children and all future generations (of all species) led to the creation of the Climate Emergency Institute. He has, on a voluntary basis, dedicated the last two decades of his life to reading and synthesizing the climate change research for lay audiences, helping them to find their voices as activists and advocates for climate change mitigation. His findings on committed global warming and climate change have been published in journals and presented at conferences around the world. He has developed numerous websites to help lay people understand climate change issues, and his website for the medical community is visited by health care professionals from around the world. | Peter D. Carter, M.D. is a retired family physician who practiced medicine first in England and then on both coasts of Canada for almost 40 years When his sons were born, Dr. Carter became actively involved in environmental, peace, and sustainable development issues, especially as they relate to children's health. (Fatherhood created that urge to leave the world a better place as a legacy for his children.) As a founding director of CAPE (Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment) and, more recently, as the founder of the Climate Emergency Institute, Dr. Carter has presented on sustainable development, environmental health policy, biodiversity, and especially climate change issues in Canada, the United States and overseas. Dr. Carter has dedicated the last 25 years to following the global warming and climate change research. His approach to assessing climate change is based on environmental health and human rights protection. Since 2007, he has developed a unique approach to climate change risk, by estimating the total committed (i.e., locked in or unavoidable) global warming, which he has had published in scientific journals. He provides climate science information to several websites. Dr. Carter has documented the science that shows we are already far beyond "dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system" (as defined by the 1992 UN climate change convention). This science also shows that the world is facing planetary catastrophe from multiple amplifying feedbacks in the Arctic and is committed to catastrophic crop declines. He was an expert reviewer for the IPCC (AR5) fifth climate change assessment. He covers environmental protection policy for the Climate Emergency Institute, and has submitted to UN and FAO consultations on this topic. Dr. Carter's mission now is to spread the full truth about the extreme risks and the magnitude of the global climate change emergency, especially when it comes to Arctic methane feedback runaway heating and food security. He does this by synthesizing the scientific research for climate change conferences and sharing it with lay audiences. He has a deep understanding of how governments can mitigate the worst climate change impacts – by adopting the IPCC's best case scenario, RCP2.6, plus the strong suggestions in Climate Action Network International's June 2014 position statement on climate change. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByQ2wPoUp3n9XzFEZ0JiZkg4V2c/edit?usp=sharing | www.climateemergencyinstitute.com www.climate-change-emergency-medical-response.org www.climatechange-foodsecurity.org www.zero-carbon-or-climate-catastrophe.org www.onlyzerocarbon.org http://www.climate-impacts-2013.org/files/cwi_carter.pdf | |||||||
236 | 8/11/2014 1:04:23 | Earth in Brackets | Maria Alejandra Escalante | mescalante@coa.edu | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Maria Alejandra Escalante | Earth in Brackets | earthinbrackets.org | Colombian | Colombia | Female | 23 | Spanish/ English | It takes a minute to realize that the environmental crisis that the world is in will not be solved with the low ambition, false commitments, and burden shifting of Northern industrialized countries at the UNFCCC. The crisis won´t be solved, either, if there is not full and honest disclosure to civil society of what is at stake in the negotiations. Civil society must reclaim its place within intergovernmental talks and mediate, as any other representative stakeholder, between the parties. Civil society is what makes the UNFCCC exist and work towards managing the biggest challenge that humanity has ever faced: climate change. I want to be part of the civil society representatives to speak and participate at the Climate Summit because I believe that the only chance of reaching a real sustainable world is if members of civil society groups, like me, open up channels of active and strong participation and communication with the institutions. | I was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. At 18 years old, I left home to United World College in Costa Rica (UWCCR) for two years. There, I accomplished the International Baccalaureate at UWCCR and was honored with living a multicultural life-experience with friends coming from all over the world. In 2011, I came to study Human Ecology at College of the Atlantic (COA), Maine, where I am currently entering my fourth and last year of college. At COA I have taken courses of agroecology, food policy & justice, botany and ethnobotany and I am more than certain that my passion is working with the land at different levels, from agricultural practices, to rural development to international food policy. But the study and work in the land around the world is shifting rapidly and furiously threatened by climate change. The understanding of the climate crisis made me dig into the climate negotiations regime and become familiar with climate change issues, especially with a climate justice perspective. With Earth in Brackets I have gone to Rio+20 Summit, COP19 Warsaw, social preCOP, and soon COP20 Lima. | https://docs.google.com/a/coa.edu/document/d/1SX1WATV5uyQ7UZe4NDPLh5WqC4B5P0aH04qUJoXov00/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jx2nY77gm6psbLjzJrT2eb-di243LfzqHu5f-dAbwok/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
237 | 8/11/2014 1:21:54 | Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development | Leanne Sajor | leanne@apwld.org | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Alina Saba | Mugal Indigenous Women's Upliftment Institute/ Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development | none/ www.apwld.org | Nepali | Nepal | Female | 27 | Nepali and English | Alina will represent the experiences of the Mugal indigenous women from the Mugu district in north-west of Nepal. This district is one of the most climate vulnerable and remote in Nepal. This high Himalayan region extremely harsh in weather condition and topography is accessible only for a few months in a year. Traditionally the community is dependent on seasonal agriculture and collection of medicinal herbs from the mountains for livelihood. Women are the one responsible for providing food, water and energy to the household. Through the Mugal Indigenous Women Upliftment Institute, Alina has been working with the Mugal women to understand climate change and its impact on their community. Using feminist participatory action research, Alina and the women from the community are working to build resilence in the face of climate change and to include women in the village development committee and local governance. Alina will be the first Mugal woman to speak at a UN meeting. | One of the few women from the community who has been able to access education Alina started education at the Sidhartha Boarding School in Jhapa, Nepal. With an excellent academic performance, Alina has completed her masters in Sociology from Tribhuban University, Nepal. From early on Alina wanted to work with indigenous people and her community. While she was still in college, Nepal went through the long transition period from a monarchy to democracy. During this turmoil ridden period, Alina started her professional experience with the UN Mission in Nepal from 2008 to 2011. She has been associated with MIWUI since 2009 and is now working as a full time researcher and community mobiliser with the organization in the community. Alina wants to work with the women from her community and document their experience and good practices for climate resilience. She wants to use the information to advocate for women centric policies at the national and international level. | Video for nomination: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kbg5bkvq9maqbn8/Alina%20Saba%20Climate%20Summit%20Audio%20Recording%20v2.mp4?dl=0 Writing samples: https://www.dropbox.com/s/scu15pocqfdz2gu/Research%20Report%20Alina%20Saba.doc https://www.dropbox.com/s/jsnbq1rh103t2sk/Alina%20Saba%20Climate%20Summit%20Audio%20Recording%20v2.mp4 | ||||||||
238 | 8/11/2014 3:56:36 | Rural Area Development Programme (RADP) | Rajendra Bahadur Adhikari | radp.rajendra@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Rajendra Bahadur Adhikari | Rural Area Development Programme (RADP) | Nepalese | Nepal | Male | 49 | English | Nepal’s total GHG emission share is negligible compared to the global community, Nepal has already encountered negative effects of global climate change. Implications of climate change to the fragile mountain ecosystem, fresh water, and extreme weather events, agriculture, human health and others could create serious problems for Nepal. Their likelihood will increase by climate change. The loss of top fertile soil due to soil erosion, landslide and floods coupled with negative effects of climate change may adversely reduce agricultural production in the country. In absence of systemic irrigation facilities, the Nepalese agriculture heavily depends upon natural rainfall (monsoon). So, disturbances in natural rainfall patterns caused by climate change will cause enhanced food insecurity and threaten the Nepalese economy, which is basically agriculture dependent. | Rajendra Bahadur Adhikari (Mr.) Date of Birth: April 21st, 1965 Tel: +977 4357 088, +977 98510 77019 (Cell) Email: radp.rajendra@gmail.com, radhikari2013@gmail.com I, Rajendra Adhikari a Founder Chairman cum Program Coordinator of RADP, who holds a Bachelor Degree in Social Science. I am very active in social service and political leader; I have been involved in various social and professionals networks with various capacities. Project Works: I am working as a Chairman/Program Coordinator for RADP, implemented various community development programs in Western part of Nepal . The Programme is consisted in various areas i.e.WASH, Env, Poverty Alleviation and Alternative Energy funded by World Bank/Fund Board Nepal Wisconsin University USA, Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC), Bangkok, and government of Finland and Government of Nepal. In addition to this I have participated in various national and international conferences, Summit, Workshop, Training and Capacity building/facilitation and other activities related to WASH, env, natural resources and community development. I have nearly 10 years experience in WASH as well as about 20 years in community development in rural and remote area of Nepal. I have associated with over dozens of national and international organizations; some of this important affiliation is as follows: Professional Experience: • Founder Chairman/Program Co-coordinator of Rural Area Development Programme, RADP/Nepal (October 1994 to till now) • Member (Board of Director, Special Class Officer) Alternative Energy Promotion Centre, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, Government of Nepal (July 2003 to 2006) • Personal Secretary (1st. Class Officer) to then Rt. Hon'ble Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand, during his tenure as Prime Minister of Kingdom of Nepal (March 1997 to November 1998 and October, 2002 to June 2003) etc. • Countries visited: Belgium, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Italy, Luxemburg, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria, (EUROPE) Australia, Mexico, (UAE, transit) Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand, Norway, Bulgaria, Canada, United State of America, Qatar, Poland, Uruguay, Argentina and India etc. | oral | |||||||||
239 | 8/11/2014 4:14:48 | Rural Area Development Programme (RADP) | Sanjaya Kumar Malla | radp_org@wlink.com.np | Attend Summit only | No | Sanjay Kumar Malla | Rural Area Development Programme (RADP) | Nepalese | Nepal | Male | 37 | English | Climate change is changing our economy, health and communities in diverse ways. Scientists warn that if we do not aggressively curb climate change now, the results will likely be disastrous. Climate change is a complex phenomenon, and its full-scale impacts are hard to predict far in advance. But each year scientists learn more about how climate change is affecting the planet and our communities, and most agree that certain consequences are likely to occur if current trends continue. In addition to impacting our water resources, energy supply, transportation, agriculture, and ecosystems, the United States Global Change Research Program concludes that climate change also poses unique challenges to human health, such as: • Significant increases in the risk of illness and death related to extreme heat and heat waves are very likely. • Some diseases transmitted by food, water, and insects are likely to increase. Nepal’s total GHG emission share is negligible compared to the global community, Nepal has already encountered negative effects of global climate change. Implications of climate change to the fragile mountain ecosystem, fresh water, and extreme weather events, agriculture, human health and others could create serious problems for Nepal. Their likelihood will increase by climate change. The loss of top fertile soil due to soil erosion, landslide and floods coupled with negative effects of climate change may adversely reduce agricultural production in the country. In absence of systemic irrigation facilities, the Nepalese agriculture heavily depends upon natural rainfall (monsoon). So, disturbances in natural rainfall patterns caused by climate change will cause enhanced food insecurity and threaten the Nepalese economy, which is basically agriculture dependent. | Sanjay Kumar Malla / Date of Birth : 22 November 1977 Sex : Male / Nationality : Nepalese / Marital Status : Married Qualification: Masters of Science in Environmental Engineering and Management (Specialization: Environmental Toxicology, Technology and Management), B. Sc. Biology (Major courses: Chemistry, Botany and Zoology), Amrit Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, Training: An “Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)” Training; 6-24 December, 2007, organized and conducted by Ministry of Population and Environment Nepal. An International Training Course on "Principles of Toxicology", held on from January 10 -February 28, 2010, organized by Chulabhorn Research Institute (CRI), Bangkok, Thailand. Participation on “An Awareness Building Training on Space Technology Applications for Natural Resource and Disaster Management”, May 10 - 14, 2011, organized by UNESCO in cooperation with Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI), Kathmandu, Nepal. I was born and raised in Tharpu, Tanahun, Nepal. My father was an Indian Army and mother is house wife engineer. I have 2 brothers and 1 sister who are both younger than me. I was born in the western part of Nepal that is Tharpu Tanahun. Now days I am live in the most beautiful town of the world, Pokhara. I had started my career in media from 2001 AD. I hope in this period I have given many things for the society to aware them. I had joined the social organization since I was in media. I am doing several activities in the field of environment, among them is I collect bottles from home to home, restaurant. i think bottles are also responsible for our changing climates. So this campaigning is going on in Pokhara. Bottles are sold to the kawadi, and the money goes for charity fund. We usually donate school and the students of the rural area. People are appreciating for this work. I think this the achievement of my life. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AmF4siRkMiI-qO2Ab8YFc72YhR5iMTyebqR3PNi1fB8/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||||
240 | 8/11/2014 5:08:21 | Africa Green Media | Nonkonzo Nguse | nonkonzo@africagreenmedia.co.za | Attend Summit only | Yes | Fidelis Zvomuya | Africa Green Media | www.africagreenmedia.co.za | Zimbabwe | South Africa | Male | 42 | English | He is our climate change journalist and have written extensively on the issue of climate change. This will give him an opportunity to report on the deliberations and also communicate whats happening. | Fidelis Zvomuya's multi-faceted career includes journalism, media, health, education, communications and politics. Born in Zimbabwe, Fidelis began his career in 2000 with the BBC. He moved to South Africa in 2003, where he joined Caxton Magazines as a senior journalist. He helped in the setting up of a health and environment desk and went on to become the company’s environment and agriculture editor for five magazines and one daily newspaper. | http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0717-zvomuya-gfrn-sankuru2.html http://www.globalissues.org/news/2012/03/15/13027 | ||||||||
241 | 8/11/2014 5:25:43 | Asian Pacific Resource & Research Center for Women | Neesha Fakir | neesha@arrow.org.my | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Nalini Singh | Asian Pacific Resource and Research Center for Women (ARROW) | www.arrow.org.my | Fijian | Fiji/ Malaysia | Female | 40 | English, Urdu, Hindi, Fiji Hindi | Currently, Nalini manage the projects and programmes under one of ARROW’s core strategies which is Partnerships for Strategic Advocacy which is implemented as the Women’s Health and Rights Advocacy Partnership (WHRAP). WHRAP is currently implemented in South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan; and soon to expand to include Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka); China; and South East Asia (Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam). In addition to this she is also responsible for other projects such as the interlinkages of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and religious fundamentalisms and climate change; the travelling journal which documents stories of rural women and their SRHR; and other projects. | Nalini Singh, from the Fiji Islands, is the Programme Manager (Advocacy and Capacity Building) at the Asian Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She currently manages ARROW's Women's Health and Rights Advocacy Partnership (WHRAP) programme which is being implemented in South, East and South East Asia. Nalini is a graduate of the University of the South Pacific with combined arts and sciences degrees. She has a wide range of experience in the field of women’s human rights, gender and development issues. Nalini has worked with regional human rights and women's human rights organisations in Asia- Pacific for over thirteen years.She over the past several years has volunteered her time in helping local NGOs in Chiang Mai, Thailand with their organisational development needs. | https://drive.google.com/a/arrow.org.my/file/d/0BzwyiVq-WpamY2lZS3hjZ0hFbjQ/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/a/arrow.org.my/file/d/0BzwyiVq-Wpamb1IzcEZaNS1US00/edit?usp=sharing | Committee member | ||||||
242 | 8/11/2014 5:37:20 | Asian Pacific Resource and Research Center for Women | Neesha Fakir | neesha@arrow.org.my | Attend Summit only | No | Neesha Fakir | Asian Pacific Resource and Research Center for Women | www.arrow.org.my | South African | Malaysia/South Africa | Female | 29 | English, Afrikaan, Portuguese | Currently Neesha serves as a Programme Officer for Monitoring, Research and Advocacy with a specific emphasis on climate change and sexual and reproductive health and rights at the Asian Pacific Resource and Research Center for Women in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia where she is currently working with partners in 8 countries in Asia Pacific to strengthen the linkages between gender and climate change. She is currently supporting 8 partners to strengthen the linkages between climate change and SRHR through evidence generation and advocacy aimed at National Adaptation Plans of Action. She is currently responsible for overseeing the climate change and SRHR programme at ARROW. | Neesha Fakir joined ARROW, as the Programme Officer for the Climate Change and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights programme. She previously served as a Programme Officer for ending Violence against Women and Girls at the UN Women Multi Country Office for Southern Africa, based in Johannesburg, South Africa and has been active in civil society and women’s organizations in South Africa & Southern Africa for the past 8 years. Her research and organizational interests include Gender, Climate Change & SRHR, Violence against Women and Girls, HIV and Aids, Women, Peace and Security, Gender Responsive Budgeting and Monitoring & Evaluation for Gender Programmes. She studied towards her Master’s, Honours and Bachelors degree in Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa as well as the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London, Carl Von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Lower-Saxony Germany and Bard College, New York, USA. | https://drive.google.com/a/arrow.org.my/file/d/0BzwyiVq-WpamenhGLUVONkZwSGc/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/a/arrow.org.my/file/d/0BzwyiVq-WpamZllzbVFHa0lQLU0/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/a/arrow.org.my/file/d/0BzwyiVq-WpamaEdrbTFQZEt2X3M/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
243 | 8/11/2014 8:33:45 | The Verb | Lara Beissbarth | info@theverb.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Mong Linh Do | The Verb | www.theverb.org | Australian | Australia | Female | 23 | English, Vietnamese | 1) Founder and editor-in-chief of The Verb and leads the community organising for the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), Australia’s leading environmental NGO. 2) She has working on environmental, particularly climate change, issues since the age of 16 through first leading a campaign to successful change a million incandescent lights to fluorescent ones; Australia became the first country in the world to ban incandescents and this is one of UNEP’s flagship programs. In addition to her current roles, she's also worked with UNEP civil society. 3) She is signed with BookedOut and is regularly booked for keynotes and also international events including TED, her starting commercial price is normally $2000 and goes up to $10000. 4) Linh was first trained by Al Gore through the Climate Reality Project in 2007 and has been presenting to many audiences from community groups to corporate boards and in mainstream media such as Sky News, Al Jazeera and Huffington Post Live. 5) Yes. | Linh Do is a social change advocate and has been working on environmental issues for the past six years. She has a background in community organising, campaigning, journalism and strategy development. Linh has worked with a wide array of individuals from high school students to UNEP and the Reuters Foundation. Linh is signed with BookedOut Agency and is an occasional writer. She is a co-founder of OurSay, a startup focused on increasing democratic participation with offices in Australia, India, Malaysia and Indonesia. Linh is the editor-in-chief and founder of The Verb. The Verb is a newswire service telling the stories that matter. They specifically cover the UNFCCC negotiations having established media partnerships with the Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, Reuters and Mic. Linh is currently the community coordinator at Australian Conservation Foundation and in 2013 was named a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, Australian Geographic Young Conservationist of the Year and one of Junior Chamber International Outstanding Young Persons of the World. She is based in Melbourne, Australia with extensive experience overseas. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/es68b1p2jzdipnv/Linh%20Do%20-%20CV.pdf | Al Jazeera piece - www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/06/tasmania-forests-delist-unesco-20146129330415263.html SciDev piece - www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/hiv-aids/news/aids-conference-honours-delegates-killed-in-air-tragedy.html Booked Out Agency - http://bookedout.com.au/find-a-speaker/author/linh-do/ Our Community speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wB0WLlOIvg TEDxChCh speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32GPv32hkHE TED@Sydney speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4xFF6RvmWo | |||||||
244 | 8/11/2014 10:03:50 | Energy Action Coalition | Tina Johnson | tina@energyactioncoalition.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Ernestine Johnson | Energy Action Coalition | wearepowershift.org | African American | United States | Female | 40 | English | I work as the senior director of Environmental Justice for Energy Action Coalitiion, a civil society organization, representing frontline/impacted communities and students from around the US. We work on policy and strategies to mitigate and adapat energy strategies that will impact climate change through solution based approaches. I particpate on panels, write on Geo-engineering and the role of civil society in policy decisions. Working within a coalition and varioius stakeholders in Washington DC and around the US creates an integrated perspective by which I am engaged and provides me with opportunities to speak and participate in the conversation as a panelist, facilitator and speaker. I will be available to arrive at the UN headquarters by 8:30 am. | Tina Johnson is Senior Director of Environmental Justice and Programs at Energy Action Coalition. Tina is a social justice activist who has worked to empower people to develop their individual and community power through education reform, food justice, environmental and economic justice and political justice. Her work with the Tibetan Government in Exile in India provided her with hands on experience that she has been using to fight injustice in the United States. When she is not trying to save the world Tina can be found trekking through mountains, river running, baking homemade goodies, writing and traveling. | https://docs.google.com/a/energyactioncoalition.org/document/d/1GPV2swTwPO6EioX-tITiST9EcLMXkRKH-zLD_5Ikl_4/edit?usp=sharing | https://www.youtube.com/watch? https://docs.google.com/a/energyactioncoalition.org/document/d/1VzSk-XqFdwBjPCAz-n4CJtxsIxoH3ib0XVSdjUgV_E0/edit?usp=sharinghttps://docs.google.com/a/energyactioncoalition.org/document/d/13pYs6yrW4_NVFGrFtCGGMEyeUWOMhfMwLt-em4KFYWc/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
245 | 8/11/2014 11:37:19 | World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) | Luisa Volpe | info@wfo-oma.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Evelyn Nguleka | World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) | www.wfo-oma.org | Zambian | Zambia | Female | 44 | English | Dr. Evelyn Nguleka is the current Vice-President of WFO, a member-based organisation of farmers whose mandate is to bring together farmers’ organisations and agriculture cooperatives internationally. WFO’s mission is to advocate on behalf of farmers for the adoption of policies aimed to improve the economic environment and livelihood of producers and their families. Dr. Nguleka is also the President of the Zambia National Farmers' Union, and is the first women to hold this position. Climate change poses a myriad of threats to agriculture, including the reduction of agricultural productivity, production stability, and negative effects on farmers’ incomes. Agriculture has the potential to be part of the solution, through the mitigation of a significant amount of global emissions. Hence WFO is keen to collaborate with other stakeholders to look for common and successful solutions. Dr. Nguleka is a very High-level expert on agricultural issues, and is a family farmer herself. | Dr. Nguleka, a veterinary doctor by profession, obtained her eduction from the University of Zambia. She also holds an International Diploma in Poultry Husbandry from the IPC Barneveld of The Netherlands. She attended and completed Secondary School education at Fatima Girls. She practices and offers services in poultry disease diagnosis, treatment, and control. She is also a small-scale farmer who runs a farm in Chongwe, Zambia called Golan Poultry Solutions Limited. She is the Chief Executive Officer of this farm, where she rears layers of poultry and goats, apart from other farming activities. Prior to entering into private practice, she worked at the Livestock Services Cooperative Society as a Veterinarian.She also has served as the first Vice-President and Director of Commodities on the Zambia National Farmers Union Board (ZNFU). She is the current Chairperson of the Poultry Association of Zambia; an ordinary member of the Veterinary Association of Zambia; Member of World Poultry Science Association; and also the Publicity Secretary of PTC+ Alumni Association of Zambia. Dr. Nguleka was elected President of ZNFU in October 2013 during the 108th Annual Congress. Currently she is also the Vice-President of the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO). In her career, Dr. Nguleka has participated in numerous regional and international events, and has representaed the farmers' community in many policy fora (including the Preparatory meeting of the Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and the Policies Against Hunger Conference). | www.wfo-oma.com/images/Speech_Dr._Nguleka_Conference_on_FF.pdf http://www.cfuzim.org/index.php/congress/128-2013/4074-zambian-national-farmers-union-president-dr-evelyn-nguleka-speech | On Committee | |||||||
246 | 8/11/2014 13:33:41 | Heinrich Boell Foundation North America | Liane Schalatek | liane.schalatek@us.boell.org | Attend Summit only | No | Liane Iris Schalatek | Heinrich Boell Foundation North America | www.us.boell.org | USA/German | United States of America | female | 47 | German, English | The nominee is an expert on climate change finance and as worked in the past few years on the operationalization of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) with a specific focus on ensuring that the GCF will have a gender-sensitive approach to its funding actions. She is also one of the experts on looking on what is necessary with respect to public finance institutions to ensure that gender-responsive climate finance is reaching grassroots beneficiaries, particularly women. | Liane Schalatek is the Associate Director of the Washington Office of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, a German non-profit political foundation affiliated with the Green Party, where she leads the work on climate finance for the Foundation’s 30 offices worldwide. She is currently engaged in the efforts to operationalize the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as a civil society observer, including in efforts to ensure its gender-sensitive approach, and has been involved in its design process from its beginning in 2011. Her summary reports of the GCF Board meetings provide a comprehensive overview over issues discussed in the GCF. In 2009, she co-founded and now co-leads one of the primary civil society climate finance transparency efforts, the website www.climatefundsupdate.org, a joint project with ODI. She has published widely on climate finance (see www.us.boell.org) and wrote some of the first works on gender and climate finance. She has also worked extensively on international finance, international trade and macroeconomics issues, including with a gender lens. A journalist by training, she holds two master degrees in International Affairs and Political Science. | http://us.boell.org/person/liane-schalatek-1 | Latest summary report of the GCF Board proceedings: http://us.boell.org/2014/07/17/next-resource-mobilization Interview at Climate Change TV, COP 19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmtzg-INGt0 On progress in implementing a gender-sensitive approach in the GCF: http://us.boell.org/2014/06/06/promise-progress-perils-and-prioritization For CSW 56, High-Level Panel on Financing for Gender Equality: http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2012/03/56th-session-of-csw-panel-4-progress-in-financing-for-gender-equality-from-the-perspective-of-international-organizations-and-multilateral-development-partners.html Presentation and paper for the CSW 56: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/csw56/panels/panel4-Liane-Schalatek.pdf | |||||||
247 | 8/11/2014 14:00:38 | Global Gender and Climate Alliance | Cara Beasley | cara@gender-climate.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Titilope Ngozi Akosa | Centre for 21st Century Issues | http://c21stnigeria.wordpress.com/ | Nigerian | Nigerian | Female | 45 | English | Ms Titilope is a lawyer, researcher and a climate and gender advocate. She has been involved in climate change advocacy at international and national levels. She has participated and worked with other stakeholders at major international climate change conferences and policy spaces to advocate on behalf of gender and women. As the executive director of her organization centre for 21st century Issues (c21st), Ms. Akosa has extensive experience in civil society work in promoting voice, accountability, gender and social inclusion in climate change policy processes both at international and national levels. Her wealth of experience and expertise as evidenced by her track record positions her to participate resourcefully in the climate change summit and will be able to raise awareness at the local level on the decisions reach at the summit. | Ms Titilope Ngozi Akosa is A lawyer, gender expert, researcher; a vital voices lead fellow, an environmental leader of the Bearhs Environmental Leadership program University of California At Berkley, United States; a member of the core advisory group of the Bridge cutting edge gender and climate change program, Institute of Development studies, UK., and an alumnus of the prestigious International visitor Leadership program of the United States on Volunteerism and community development. Ms Akosa holds a Bachelor (LL.B )degree from Lagos state University since 1992 and a Maters of Law (LL.M) from University of Lagos since 1997. She has undertaken various short courses, trainings and participated in international workshops on climate change, gender and women’s rights and have facilitated many trainings and conduct researches on gender and social inclusion. She has vast experience in multi stakeholder’s engagement for inclusive participation from ground up with proven ability to think strategically and lead others in planning and executing multi dimensional projects. She leads the C21st team in executing projects at community, state and national levels on water, health and sanitation, gender equality and women’s empowerment, environment, health, youth development and education. She is a gender consultant to Lagos state ministry of the Environment, and Initiative for community Development. She leads C21st team in building capacity of all State Accountability and voice Initiative (DFID/SAVI) supported advocacy partnerships in Lagos state on gender, also providing capacity to monitor all SAVI supported advocacy partnerships project for gender and social inclusion. She is currently mentoring and providing technical assistance to 5 Ward Health Committees across 3 Local governments in Lagos state under the Voice and accountability component of the Partnership for Transforming health Systems PATHS2). | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Q--HFnSxzJRFBnX3dYSmRCdmM/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.gender-climate.org/Events/6th-Lagos-State-Climate-Change-Summit.php http://www.slideshare.net/Maybellyne/the-role-of-gender-in-tree-planting-initiative-and-climate-change-resilience http://www.environewsnigeria.com/2013/03/18/climate-change-and-violence-against-women-girls/#sthash.7R4I7G53.dpuf http://worldpulse.com/node/54526 http://worldpulse.com/node/54258 http://worldpulse.com/node/48987 | |||||||
248 | 8/11/2014 15:24:50 | Henkel Bautechnik | Mikhail Mumlev | mikhail.mumlev@henkel.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Ekaterina Svyatets | Young Professionals in Energy - Los Angeles | http://www.ypenergy.org/ | Russian | USA | Female | 36 | English, Russian | Ekaterina conducts environmental presentations and communicates to multiple audiences, including government officials. She has been constantly involved in reaching out to decision-makers in energy businesses, environmental NGOs, and government officials. Community service is an important part of her life. Over the last ten years, she has been responsible for fundrasing and local outreach on environmental issues, while at USC and at the Young Professionals in Energy - YPE (outreach, event organizing, planning). In addition to these activities, she has been a volunteer at the Legal Aid Foundaiton of Los Angeles, the Reading to Kids, and the Special Olympics. Participating in the UN Climate Summit will be a vital step in her professional career as a civil service specialist in the area of energy and the environment. She has accumulated substantial environmental knowledge and applied it regularly in her teaching at USC and her activities at YPE and Global Green USA. | For the last five years, Ekaterina Svyatets has worked on various environmental, energy, and sustainability issues, both as Board Member of Young Professionals in Energy (YPE) in Los Angeles and a researcher and visiting lecturer at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, USA). Her experience covers various environmental sustainability initiatives, such as recommendations for the sustainability plan for the City of Los Angeles (Matt Petersen, Chief Sustainability Officer). Ekaterina has focused on analyzing, reporting, and developing policy suggestions for such areas as carbon regulations, water supply, environmental protection reform; waste and pollution mitigation; and wildlife protection. She has a PhD from the University of Southern California in Politics and International Relations (2013), specializing in energy security, sustainability, and U.S.-Russia relations. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4JmOOXvCVhKbEJsSnVQSHFiQXM/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4JmOOXvCVhKWktmYjU2eGtvbHM/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
249 | 8/11/2014 16:18:47 | Youth Alliance-The Gambia | Isatou Ndow | youthalliancegambia@hotmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Albert Joe . S. Bongay | Young Volunteers for the Environment | www.jve-international.org | Gambian | The Gambia | Male | 29 | English , French, Aku , Wolof, Mandinka | I’ve known Albert Joe S Bongay in a variety of capacities for many years at the local and regional level. With over 12 years of experience, he has helped to develop comprehensive strategies and policy frameworks for NGO & CSO networks promoting Climate Justice, Good Governance and sustainable development initiatives. Mr. Bongay has built collaborative working relations with international institutions, government , policy makers etc that has demonstrated the increase in political prioritization of Climate & Sustainable Development issues and active in lobbying and monitoring of progress made on commitments made such as increased budgets, strengthened national planning and country and regional -level dialogue. His participation will offer him the direct access to negotiate, exhibit and make presentations on the African system and situation of Climate Change, youth and sustainable development at the meeting.This is especially important The African commission based in Gambia. | Albert Joe S Bongay, is a Climate Activist , social justice campaigner and Community Development specialist actively engaged in the Environment, Social Justice , Youth and Development sector. As the CSO country focal point for the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) and the Executive Director of the “Young Volunteers for the Environment, He engage local and regional actors on issues related to youth participation in the development process. He believes improving youth condition is central in creating sustainable development policies. He holds leadership positions with several youth led regional and international organizations and has been representing CSOs in various national and regional conferences and activities and has proven to be exemplary with his strong communication, negotiation and participation skills. Albert Joe has being organizing forums, training camps, symposiums, fundraising activities, public debates with key stakeholders & developmental partners and the government on social and environmental related issues in the actualization of a sustainable development goal with special focus on Climate Change , Energy and Water & Sanitation. He recently received the JWH Initiative grant to pursue an advanced diploma at the Institute of Professional Administration and Management (IPAM) and studied Project Management with an emphasis in project leadership and human resources management (http:/ /www.jwhinitiative.org/participants/albert-joe-nongay/) He have also recently won the prestigious environmental awards” Energy Globe Award “ for his country and organization the Young Volunteers for the Environment-The Gambia (YVE-The Gambia) , awarded by the Austrian energy pioneer Wolfgang Neumann , for best successful sustainable projects to promote environmental justice with good and feasible solutions. (http://www.energyglobe.info/gambia2014?cl=english) With experience in policy-related development issues, particularly in the areas of participatory development, Climate Change, Gender & Youth and Sustainable Development among others, he has helped to deliver and promote strong skills in multi-sectoral and media project advocacy geared towards sustainable development with other organizations, institutions and networks. Albert Joe is a trained professional in Social & Environmental Sector Planning and Management with pre-analytical skill in negotiations, preparing sustainable projects, policies, training reports and workshop proceedings. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw4COOOKqadKQWptbHYyNmFsTEE/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw4COOOKqadKQXAxSm5aNzdYUU0/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw4COOOKqadKd2Z0bmhhaERnMmc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw4COOOKqadKc0JrdVRfWW9yX28/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw4COOOKqadKX2VqMFk3RGNfTkE/edit?usp=sharing http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/environment-youth-engagement-in-the-protection-and-conservation-of-the-environment-in-gambia http://www.nayd.org/PDF/Concept%20Document%20Proposal-WSF%20NAYD%20Youth%20Side%20Event%20(Dakar).pdf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao8_SpFWIUo http://blogg.naturvernforbundet.no/klima/om-bloggerne/joseph-bongay-gambia/ www.endwaterpoverty.org/.../CSO%20SWA%20Country%20Focal%20P. http://www.jwhinitiative.org/participants/albert-joe-nongay/ http://www.energyglobe.info/gambia2014?cl=english http://climatechange.carboncapturereport.org/cgi-bin//profiler?key=joe_bongay&pt=2 | |||||||
250 | 8/11/2014 18:22:18 | Citizen Engagement Laboratory | Sarah Craig | sarah@engagementlab.org | Attend Summit only | No | Camron Assadi | Climate Relief Fund | climaterelief.org | USA | USA | M | 41 | English | Camron is the Project Director of the Climate Relief Fund, managing all aspects of the project and overseeing rapid response fundraising and communications campaigns. The fund raises money to help people affected by severe weather disasters. 100% of funds are directed to local organizations doing relief and long-term, climate resilient rebuilding. The Climate Relief Fund then tells the stories of the people affected in the media, making the public connection between the disaster and climate change. | Camron is the Project Director of the Climate Relief Fund. Previously, he ran marketing on the world's largest scientific journal, PLOS ONE. Prior to that, he worked with a variety of nonprofit organizations on online marketing and partnership development. He was also Deputy Internet Director at Mercy Corps, where he oversaw much of the rapid response fundraising and partnership development. He is also a Climate Reality Leadership Corps volunteer. | https://drive.google.com/a/engagementlab.org/file/d/0B0JMFiuwKY-8b3lJVTQ2N2RkbUk/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
251 | 8/11/2014 18:37:12 | Earth Child Institute | MaryAnn Celis | MaryAnn@earthchildinstitute.org | Attend Summit only | No | Şerife İlgü Özler | Earth Child Institute | http://www.earthchildinstitute.org/ | United States of America | United States | Female | 42 | Turkish, Spanish, English | Ş. İlgü Özler's leadership and her rich contributions to the field of climate change policy qualify her as an exceptional nominee as a summit attendee on behalf of the Earth Child Institute. Professor Ozler is the Director of the SUNY (The State University of New York) Global Engagement Program in NYC and an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at SUNY New Paltz. Professor Ozler represents the Earth Child Institute as an ECOSOC representative and contributes to the organization's research and advocacy efforts. She is currently drafting an ECI paper focusing on the need for participatory education in order to enable children to become full stakeholders in the climate change policy process, which will be released for the UN Climate Change Summit this September. | Ş. İlgü Özler leads the SUNY Global Engagement Program in NYC and is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at SUNY New Paltz. Özler received her Ph.D. in Political Science from University of California, Los Angeles (2003). Her research is on the relationship between comparative political institutions and civil society. She focuses on political parties, non-governmental organizations and social movements. She has done research on the urban slums and squatter areas in Turkey, Mexico and Chile. Her teaching covers the fields of comparative politics and international relations. For the past decade, she has been taking students to the United Nations for briefings every Friday for 10 weeks during the Spring semester. She has also taken students to Turkey on a study mission as a part of the SUNY Model European Union exercises in 2008. She has been a legislative volunteer for Amnesty International (AI) USA since 2008. She is the founder and coordinator to the Mid Hudson Valley AI Chapter as well as the faculty advisor to the campus AI group. She is the chair of the campus Advisory Board for the Dual Diploma Degree Program between the Turkish universities and SUNY. She serves on the Board of the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/z2q7oh4ilbd3no2/Ozler%20CV.pdf | https://faculty.newpaltz.edu/ilguozler/index.php/sample-page/peer-reviewed-publications/ | |||||||
252 | 8/11/2014 22:28:19 | Coalition Of Concerned Citizens For Complete Justice (COCFOJU) | Chaplain Romel J. Viel | rjv.cocfoju1@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Romel Jean Viel | Coalition Of Concerned Citizens For Complete Justice (COCFOJU) | (under construction) | American citizen | USA | Male | 52 | English, French, Creole, Spanish | Nominee is currently a Certified Lay Bible instructor of/at Hebron 'American Haitian' Seventh-day Adventist Church [in Brooklyn of New York City], the Founding General Director of The Coalition Of Concerned Citizens For Complete Justice (COCFOJU) in addition to being a Student Chaplain at/of The New York State Chaplains Task Force (NYS CTF). For additional information about nominee Romel Jean Viel, please feel free to contact Pastor Jose L. Joseph who is Haitian Ministries Director at the Northeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventists at 718.291.8007. | Bio will be furnished a later time. | Unavailable at this time. | ||||||||
253 | 8/12/2014 0:00:04 | Kist Medical college and Teaching Hospital | Mr.Padam Kanta Dahal | padamdahal1@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Padam Kanta Dahal | Kist Medical College and Teaching Hospital | www.kistedu.np | Nepali | Nepal | Male | 26 | English | Iam very much interested in environment science, I have done in research in environment and interested too. | I have completed Bachelor in Public Health, Working in Teaching Hospital as a research officer with demonstrator. I live in Kathmandu Anamnagar, My permanent house is Maimajhuwa VDC Ilam Nepal. | https://drive.google.com/#my-drive | I have completed Bachelor in Public Health, Working in Teaching Hospital as a research officer with demonstrator. I live in Kathmandu Anamnagar, My permanent house is Maimajhuwa VDC Ilam Nepal. | |||||||
254 | 8/12/2014 0:27:51 | Sustainable Development For All | Miller Achevih | info@sdfa-kenya.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Evans Wadongo | Sustainable Development For All | www.sdfa-kenya.org | Kenyan | Kenya | Male | 28 | English | Evans has over 10 years experience advocating and implementing community focused programs to mitigate climate change. He designed a simple solar lamps made from 50% recycled materials that he is training youth to make through Sustainable Development For All organization. Evans has done extensive research on environment and climate change and has been speaking on issues the same at various local and international conferences around the world. Most recently, he spoke at Climate Reality conference in South Africa. | Evans Wadongo is the Founder and Executive Director of Sustainable Development For All, that is working to reduce poverty in Africa. He has a Bsc. In Electronic and Computer Engineering. Evans is the inventor of a simple solar lamp dubbed MwangaBora made out of mostly recycled materials. Evans’ is also a founder at GreenWize Energy, Founder of Wadson Ventures and Co-founder of Brevlam Technologies, which have interests in Energy, Angel Investments, I.C.T and hospitality. Mr. Wadongo has received various global awards including CNN Hero, Outstanding Social Entrepreneur in Africa, Pan Commonwealth Youth Award, Mikhail Gorbachev award, named among Africa’s ’30 under 30’ best young entrepreneurs by Forbes, and was listed among top 35 innovators under 35 by MIT Technology Review, among others. Wadongo has been featured on major international media such as CNN, BBC, Reuters, AFP, France 24, CCTV, New Yorker, among others. Mr. Wadongo is an advisor for several start-up social enterprises and has been a speaker at major conferences and schools around the world | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1TWjmsQ6RRWcTNfek01QXlrUVE/edit?usp=sharing | Evans piece in Al Jazeera- http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/05/investing-not-arresting-kenyan-2014519155324276586.html Evans speaking at Clinton Global Initiative University- http://www.cgiu.org/multimedia/webcasts/2013/view_webcast.asp?id=15 Evans at EmTech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tu6UycODBo Evans at IIEA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfNzxau_iwM Evans at TEDxCibeles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpqtNKVk1S8 | |||||||
255 | 8/12/2014 0:49:18 | Chaoyang University of Technology | Prof. Huangmu Lo, PhD | hlo@cyut.edu.tw | Attend Summit only | Yes | Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan | United Nations University (UNU) | www.unu.edu | Indonesian | Japan | Male | 39 | English | First, the nominee has has proven track record of effective advocacy on promoting community based solid waste management in Surabaya (Indonesia) as one of solutions for climate change mitigation. As waste dispersion could lower air quality and water resources, this kind of environmental problem has the potential to derail the country’s progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Using Japan's takakura home composting (THC) method that he advocated, Surabaya has successfully reduced 30% of organic waste. The waste is converted into organic compost as fertilizer for urban farming and other is sold in the market. Second, he has demonstrated scholarly engagement with scientific community for presenter roles on global environmental issues through speaking engagement at international conferences and publication in scientific journals. He also has excellent competency with climate change issues as reflected by the list of his publication in recent years. | Presently the nominee is a Postdoctoral Fellow at United Nations University (UNU)-Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS), a global think tank with its headquarter in Tokyo (Japan). At the UNU-IAS, he has investigated the role of civil society in climate change mitigation. To carry out his advocacy effectively, Kurniawan promoted community-based solid waste management at local level to address solid waste overgeneration. Under his scholarly leadership, he facilitated city to city cooperation between Surabaya (Indonesia) and Kitakyushu (Japan) in addressing solid waste problem using Japan's Takakura home composting (THC) method. This social innovation effectively reduces 30% of organic waste disposed into local landdfills. For this particular achievement, he is selected as one of the 200 Young Global Leaders (YGLs) chosen as the class of 2014 by a committee chaired by H.M. Queen Rania (Jordan). The selection was based on the proven track record of his leadership experience, record of professional accomplishments, ability to overcome adversity and commitment to society. He represented Indonesia both for the 2013 APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE) and a laureate for the 2014 Scope-Zhongyu Young Scientist Award for Environmental Technological Innovations category. The prize is awarded to scientists for creative and intelligent solutions in the field of sustainable development. To date, with citation of 2370 counts, an average citation per article of 84, and h-index of 15, Dr. Kurniawan has co-authored 26 articles in refereed journals, 21 articles in conference proceedings, five monographs, and 5 book chapters. Recently the Essential Science Indicators of Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)-Thomson Reuter identified him as one of most cited top 1% scientists in engineering field. To improve dialogue between stakeholders and policy about sciences, he was selected to participate in “the 60th Nobel Laureate Meetings” and the 3rd BioVision Forum in Lindau (Germany) and in Lyon (France) in June 2010 and March 2011 respectively. The meetings dedicated to the Nobel Laureates in Chemistry and Life Sciences annually invited the world’s best talents for transfer of knowledge between generations of scientists through panel discussions, debates and networking. This represents a platform for leading researchers in the fields to engage in a cross-generational dialogue on central issues of our future such as climate change. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9cUZEEV13O9czRVQVEtSm1VNDA/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9cUZEEV13O9a2JBUU5Kb1JUcEN6Q1hvNlFvYjdYaUFfd19r/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9cUZEEV13O9QmRWRUZRZ2RFR2c/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
256 | 8/12/2014 2:05:49 | Agua justa | Alberto Arredondo | alberto.arredondo@lideresdelpresente.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Alberto Arredondo | Agua Justa | www.pitsa-ni.com | Nicaragua | Nicaragua | Male | 24 | Spanish and english | El motivo de la presente es para solicitar apoyo de su persona para ver si el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo o alguna institucion aliada que conozca, pueda ayudarme a obtener financiamiento para emprender el proyecto de “tanques purificadores de agua”, ideales para las comunidades aisladas donde no cuentan con energia electrica y agua pura. Esto es una solucion a la problemática del escasez del agua, donde comunidades tienen que pagar hasta 3 dolares por un barril de agua al dia. Cuyo precio de los tanques purificadores reduce hasta el 70% de los sistemas de purificacion que compran los gobiernos de la region y que es dinero principalmente donado o prestado por BID. De mi parte diseñe un tanque capaz de purificar agua 99.9% atraves de un filtro artesanal, el cual no necesita energia electrica se puede abastecer agua a un costo muy bajo, solucion que viene a revolucionar el costo del agua, debido a que actualmente una botella de agua purifica, es mas cara que una gaseosa. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GiR_EQJjmc&list=UUdOyd83Y9TZarBd9GnrwJAw | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GiR_EQJjmc&list=UUdOyd83Y9TZarBd9GnrwJAw | http://issuu.com/acadi/docs/sistema_de_tanque_purificador_de_ag/0 | |||||||
257 | 8/12/2014 2:34:15 | Dr.Razzak-Arfina Memorial Foundation | Badrul Islam | badrulislam_bd@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Badrul Islam | Dr.Razzak-Arfina Memorial Foundation | - | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Male | 26 | English | ----- | ------- | https://www.facebook.com/badrulislam.prince | ---------- | |||||||
258 | 8/12/2014 2:46:55 | National Council of Churches in Australia | Bishop Philip Huggins | phuggins@ncca.org.au | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Togiab McRose Elu | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council | http://www.anglican.org.au/community/Pages/community.aspx | Australian | Australia | Female | 50 | English; Kalaw Kawaw Ya (KKY); Kalaw Lagaw Ya (KKL); Torres Strait Creole (Pidgin Wontak) | My name is Rose Elu. I am an Indigenous woman from the Torres Strait Islands of Australia, and a member of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council of Australia (NATSIAC). Our islands are in danger. I am very keen to attend the UN Climate Summit 2014, so that I can add my voice to the global movement for action on global warming. It is becoming more and more evident that some of the most disadvantaged people on our planet are bearing the greatest burdens of the changing climate. The Australian Government is failing my people by not putting in place effective policies to counteract what is clearly obvious to us. The specific perspectives I would bring to the Summit would be those of a First Nations, Civil Society woman. | Togiab McRose Elu was born on Sabai Island, in the top Western Islands of the Torres Strait. She comes from the Chieftain Clan which called Koedai (Crocodile) from her father side and Thabu (Snake) from her mother side. Rose was the first in her family, and one of the first Torres Strait Islanders, to enrol at university. He graduated with a BA with double majors in Anthropology and Political Science. She received an Overseas Study Award and completed her PhD in Customary Law at the University of Hawaii. She also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Theology from St Francis College, Brisbane. Rose has worked in Government Departments in Queensland for 20 years, and currently works as an Indigenous Service Delivery Advisor with “Relationships Australia, Queensland”. Rose is a member of the Anglican Parish of the Torres Strait and serves on a number of church committees and boards. She has travelled extensively, and continues to do so, presenting papers n different issues relating to the Torres Strait Islands. | http://www.angligreen.org.au/resources/recent-news http://ain.anglicancommunion.org/about/index.cfm | ||||||||
259 | 8/12/2014 3:09:09 | ECOTECA Association | Raul Pop | raul.pop@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Raul Calin POP | ECOTECA Association | www.ecoteca.ro | Romanian | Romania | male | 40 | English, Romanian | Alleviating climate change requires both broad understanding of the big picture (the sort of Governments, international panels and think tanks work with) as well as grass roots processes, within the specific human activities that actually cause the global warming drivers. As an experienced activist, advocacy champion but also business manager and consultant, the candidate understands what is every's stakeholder role in protecting the environment by reducing its negative impact. It is essential to turn high level concepts and philosophies into down-to-earth, quantifiable everyday changes of behaviors and procedures. Otherwise, we just fly our planes to talk about global warming… Isn’t it ironic? | I am an experienced strategy & operations business consultant and a green activist. I hold bachelor's degrees on economics and comparative European studies, as well as an American MBA (graduated in Florida, US) in Operations Management. As an opinion leader in Romania on topics such as environment protection, stakeholders' engagement, waste management, advocacy and public policies, I was nominated as the US State Department as the representative of Romania in this year's International Civil Leadership program. I am now an alumnus of the program. In Romania, I work intensively with the local and central public authorities on topics ranging from waste management policies to energy efficiency in buildings and poverty alleviation. I am one of the leaders of the Romanian Coalition for the Environment (gathering over 70 green NGOs in Romania) on waste-related issues, a partner to several municipalities in Romania on urban ecology topics and a prospective European Bank for Reconstruction and Development consultant on environment protection. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVCqjWX2GEtWWdYaUNCNy1KRDA/edit?usp=sharing | http://goo.gl/0O81OO http://goo.gl/kE02p2 http://goo.gl/Y5M664 http://goo.gl/X2HXUb http://goo.gl/zNppMo http://goo.gl/Kc7kPe http://goo.gl/nrl9Y2 http://goo.gl/T82f7O http://goo.gl/RNu9js http://goo.gl/yUO81e | |||||||
260 | 8/12/2014 5:15:46 | APSSSY | SANGRAM KESHARI MOHANTY | me.sangrammohanty@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | SOUMITRA SUBINAYA | APSSSY | apsssy.wordpress.com | INDIAN | INDIA | MALE | 24 | ENGLISH, ODIA, HINDI | Soumitra is a product of 5 years rigorous training in law and sociology with the experience of having prepared over 50 research projects: on issues of law including environmental law, space law, human rights, mineral law, so on; and on issues of sociology including climate change and women, urban, rural and indigenous people's issues. He has won several awards for public speaking and essay writing as you can find in the CV. He has spoken publicly in international forums such as 2011 United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Summer School (link to video provided) Portugal; at the 2012-2013 World Universities Debating Championship, Germany; at the 24th United Nations Habitat Governing Council Meeting Youth Caucus 2013. His essay was one of the top 200 essays in the World Bank Essay Contest on the theme of "Climate Change and Youth led solutions". He is passionate about climate issues as you can find in his writings (links provided). | Soumitra is a law and sociology graduate from National Law University, Odisha. He will be enrolled with the Odisha Bar Association and will start practicing as a human rights lawyer this year at the Honourable High Court of Odisha. He is an 11 times internationally awarded essayist. He has worked as a Senior Charter Team Member for Students For Liberty, U.S.A. His notable achievements include: Winning the 2010 United Nations Habitat International Essay Contest from amongst entrants from over 40 countries; Winning the AIESEC International Writing Competition 2010 from the Asia-Pacific; He was selected with full scholarship for the 2011 NAMCHRCD International Conference on “Cultures in Support of Humanity”, Iran, and was also selected with full scholarship for the 2011 UNITED NATIONS AOC Summer School in Portugal. He has won several other essay awards internationally from ConcernWorldwide, Ireland, NatoWatch, U.K., WAAS, Rome, World Bank, Goi Peace Foundation, Japan, UNESCO, and Shinto Foundation, Japan, amongst others. He represented India at World Universities Debating Championship 2013 Germany with scholarship and at the UN-Habitat Governing Council Meeting 2013 with full scholarship. In 2014, Soumitra raised $7,000 from U.S.A. in 28 days to establish the world’s first liberty Braille Press and Public Braille Library for blind women, men and others in India. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-JgdG4PHe85Tm90YnNJMEpmZmc/edit?usp=sharing | On Climate Change and Women: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-JgdG4PHe85bXlQZkxVblNCams/edit?usp=sharing On Climate Change and Youth-led Solutions: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-JgdG4PHe85YWhNVDhyWkRCSFU/edit?usp=sharing On Youth Migration and Innovative Solutions: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-JgdG4PHe85ZUs5aGVDU0FQYVU/edit?usp=sharing On the life of a developing world Child: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-JgdG4PHe85azNLTTdMOHVXdk0/edit?usp=sharing On NATO and how to use it peacefully: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-JgdG4PHe85WUwtckhUeXdjV0U/edit?usp=sharing On Humanitarian Law and Indigenous People's perspective: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-JgdG4PHe85TE9CREx6RW9DaFU/edit?usp=sharing On Legal Literacy Skills for a better life: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-JgdG4PHe85YXBPTDU1bzlvcUk/edit?usp=sharing Soumitra's speech and presentation at the United Nations AOC Summer School in Portugal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvYPo4TIBts | |||||||
261 | 8/12/2014 6:13:47 | Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society (CECOEDECON); Public Advocacy Initiatives for Rights and Values in India (PAIRVI) | Sharad Joshi; Ajay Kumar Jha | cecoedecon@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Sharad Joshi | Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society (CECOEDECON); Public Advocacy Initiatives for Rights and Values in India (PAIRVI) | www.cecoedecon.org.in www.pairvi.org | India | India | Male | 57 | English | The nominee Sharad Joshi, a development professional by education and training, has worked extensively on human rights and development in both the national and global context. He has good exposure and understanding of global and national (countries in North and South Americas, Africa, Asia etc. besides India) legal and institutional frameworks on sustainable development, biodiversity and climate change. He has participated in and led many side events on a range of issues related to climate change, human rights, human rights based approach to development, gaps in environmental jurisprudence, state liability and responsibility, legal protection to biological diversity and benefit access regime on many platforms. He has also been following and participating in post 2015 process. He has also participated and represented civil society in many forums like the UNCSD, the UNFCCC, the UNCBD, the UNHRC, the WTO, the UNCTAD etc. | Sharad Joshi is based in Jaipur has experience of more than 35 years in the development sector. Since 1982 he is Chief Executive with CECOEDECON (Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society), India. He also coordinates Beyond Copenhagen, a pan India Coalition for sustainable development, environmental and climate justice. It works closely with other campaigns, social movements and organizations on sustainable development policies and practices. The Coalition works with CSOs, farmers, academic, media, judiciary and policymakers to improve understanding and response to sustainable development and climate challenges. The Coalition also engages discussions with respect to international policy framework on sustainable development and climate change. Sharad Joshi leads the international engagement of the Coalition. The Coalition has engaged closely with many fora of the United Nations namely CSD, OWG, HLPF, UNFCCC, WTO and the UNCTAD. He has closely followed and contributed to human rights based approach to development, sustainable food systems in climate change, climate change and disaster, legal framework for sustainable development, developing jurisprudence on climate change, global partnership for sustainable development etc. He has led, organized, and conducted a number of consultations, workshops, and campaigns on issues of national and global relevance. His skills include policy analysis, research, advocacy and lobbying, organizational development, networking and campaign development etc. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQDhP1_JVrhOVVKalRUUGwzUTg/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQDhP1_JVrhSTJ2UDNFdUhuLUU/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
262 | 8/12/2014 6:18:17 | ALL INDIA WOMEN'S CONFERENCE | MRS. VEENA KOHLI | president@aiwc.org.in | Attend Summit only | No | ASHA GAMBHIR | ALL INDIA WOMEN'S CONFERENCE | www.aiwc.org.in | Indian | India | Female | 69 | English | AIWC creates awareness among the grass root level about the impact of Climate Change on the quality of life and well being of the people and hold the Government accountable to protect the livelihood of the poor and avoid damage to the environment. AIWC has been implementing and promoting environmental friendly activities even before the term “Climate Change” came into existence. We have gained experience of knowing and understanding the needs, priorities, necessities and strengths of women at the village level. As Secretary General of the Organization, she has taken a major initiative to convert the AIWC Head Office premises free of garbage by implementing waste recycling methods, Reusing Waste to create Bio Gas and manure. We have also adopted a village and a slum to implement the initiative. | N.A. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CFaNyu0sK764agkJHEE65TkPpJ32nNuJRyhg52kjoXw/edit | N.A. | |||||||
263 | 8/12/2014 6:56:42 | Gujarat Research Society’s Pushpa Navnit Shah Centre for Lifelong Learning, Dr Madhuri Shah Campus, Ramkrishna Mission Road, Corner of 16th & 17th Road, Khar (W), Mumbai -400052, Maharashtra, India. | Dr. Seetharam Chittoor Jhansi | drscjhansi@yahoo.co.in | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Santosh Kumar Mishra | Population Education Resource Centre (PERC), Department of Continuing and Adult Education and Extension Work, S. N. D. T. Women's University, Mumbai, India | http://sndt.ac.in/ | Indian | India | Male | 54 | English | Dr Santosh Kumar Mishra is researcher & demographer employed with Population Education Resource Centre (PERC), S. N. D. T. Women’s University, Mumbai, India. He underwent training in demography from the IIPS. He has extensively researched into areas related to sustainable development and climate change. He has several journal articles (published in national and international journals) on population and development related subject areas to his credit. Also, he is involved with over 30 international journals as reviewer. He has reviewed nearly 80 research papers. He has been granted bursary for presenting his research views at international conferences held in Tanzania, Sweden, USA, Tajikistan, etc. In view of the facts presented above, I am of the strong opinion that Dr. Mishra be selected as Panellist for the Thematic Debate “Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change” at the United Nations 2014 Climate Summit (with full funding). He has USA Visa (valid till March 13, 2023). | Dr Santosh Kumar Mishra is researcher & demographer employed with Population Education Resource Centre (PERC), S. N. D. T. Women’s University (SNDTWU), Mumbai in India. He underwent training in demography from the IIPS, Mumbai, India. (http://www.iipsindia.org/). He acquired Ph. D. in 1999. He is Reviewer/Editorial Board Member for over international journals. He has also reviewed papers for 5 international conference sessions. His subject areas of interest include: population & development education, issues pertaining to population-development linkages, education for sustainable development, adult & continuing education/non-formal/extension education, etc. Dr. Mishra has (a) co-authored 5 research studies (published by the SNDTWU); (b) presented 32 papers for national conferences & 11 papers for international conferences, & (c) authored/co-authored 5 handbooks/booklets (published by the SNDTWU, 5 books, & 11 book chapters. In addition, he has 30 articles published in national journals and 18 in international journals. Dr. was previously awarded Government of India fellowship at the IIPS (1986-1987) and travel scholarship for sharing his research views at international conferences and summits held at Karachi (Pakistan), Dare es Salaam (Tanzania), Stockholm (Sweden), Madison (USA), Dushanbe (Tajikistan), and Canberra (Australia). He is Advisory Board Member of the American Academic & Scholarly Research Center and Reviewer–cum–International Advisory Board Member for the AASRC 2013 International Conference – Beirut, Lebanon. He was invited as Guest Speaker at the Pakistan’s 11th International Convention on Quality Improvement-ICQU, 2007 | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B85nBgpMPLfRczZ4bGdiNmxNWUE/edit?usp=sharing | 1. http://www.philjol.info/index.php/APSSR/article/view/787 2. http://journal.uad.ac.id/index.php/EduLearn/article/view/302/pdf 3. http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/esd/pdfs/newsletter_v3n2.pdf 4. http://www.academicjournals.org/JABSD/PDF/pdf2012/November/M ishra.pdf 5. http://idosi.org/gjer/gjer6%283%2912/3.pdf 6. http://www.academicjournals.org/ajest/contents/2013/Apr.htm 7. http://www.internationalscholarsjournals.org/journal/ajeem/articles/framework-for-sustainable-development-education-and-lessons-learned 8. http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/contactus.aspx?journalid=167 9. http://standardresearchjournals.net/sjer/Content/2014/March.htm 10. http://www.yoga-science.rs/eng/sciarticles2011/21-santosh-kumar-mishra.pdf | |||||||
264 | 8/12/2014 7:47:29 | Actions pour l'Environnement et le Développement Durable | Frejus THOTO | f.thoto@aced-benin.oorg | Attend Summit only | Yes | HOUESSOU Mawuna Donald | Actions pour l'Environnement et le Développement Durable | www.aced-benin.org | BENINESE | BENIN | Male | 24 | French | The candidate, climate change programme officer in ACED NGO in Benin, is a good one for participating to the climate summit 2014. Indeed, he has good records of achievement. First, he used to advocate on climate change issues with local authorities for adopting concrete actions for reducing communities’ vulnerability. Second, he has implemented many actions on the field with grassroots communities. He is currently working with farmers for collecting and transforming water hyacinth into compost. The benefits of this action are several including reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases emitted by the plant in its natural area. In addition, he has participated to many relevant international conferences as communicator like the last agricultural science week of CORAF/WECARD where he presented research findings on vulnerability of livestock based communities to climate change Finally, the candidate is able to have a visa and to be at UN Headquarters in NY at 8:30am on 23 September. | After completing his BSc in rural economy in 2011, he has started working with rural communities as agriculture officer in ACED NGO where he got many experiences. Late in 2011, he started his master degree which he holds now in 2014 in agricultural economics. With his experiences and dynamism, he has been nominated as climate change programme officer in the same NGO based on his interests and specific knowledge he got on the subject. For example, he has worked for his thesis on livestock communities’ vulnerability to climate variability and change. In addition, he is very active on youth issues and participated to many international conferences on these different subjects. Moreover, he is currently developing a proposal for his PhD thesis for the next years where he will both combine his job with the PhD. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_WaMOo42LIZUlp5ZFljaURmUHc/edit | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_WaMOo42LIZTXVRNlAxb3VwNHc/edit https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_WaMOo42LIZWGlLVDFqSERaR00/edit https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_WaMOo42LIZRHpIV1FocXdxeDA/edit | |||||||
265 | 8/12/2014 9:31:10 | Action Health Incorporated | Adenike Esiet | info@actionhealthinc.org | Attend Summit only | No | Uwemedimo Uko Esiet | Action Health Incorporated | www.actionhealthinc.org | Nigerian | Nigeria | Male | 56 | English | The nominee has worked in the last twenty years on issues of population and sustainable development with special focus on working with young people to appreciate the nexus between population, enviromental management and developemnt.He serves as the Lead Facilitator/Trainer of the African Union Youth Volunteer Corps Scheme. Also serves as Member International Advisory Group of Partnership for Child Develpment, Imperial College London that supports Home Grown School Feeding Programmes in Africa. | He is a public health practitioner who has engaged in the promotion of sexual and reproductive health of women and young people since 1987. He has worked in the public health services in Nigeria between 1983 and 1987 where he got exposed to the health consequences of poor enviromental management. He has since then advocated for sustainable environmental management to mitigate ill health. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0fkoz9aRv0sdklObndTcldldEk/edit | He has featured on the National Television Programmes NTA AM Express speaking on climate change and health as well as AHI Youth Centre based activities | |||||||
266 | 8/12/2014 9:41:32 | Centre for Contemporary Issues & Policy Studies | Chidi Nwigwe | martin4davies@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Chika Onyeka Okoye | Centre for Contemporary Issues & Policy Studies | Nigerian | Nigeria | Female | 28 | English, Hausa, Igbo | The nominee organises Sensitisation programmes in rural communities to educate youths about climate change syndrome. She also embarks on projects that reduce the vulnerability of rural communities; organises skills acquisition to improve the livelihoods of the people. | Chika Onyeka Okoye was born on the 5th September, 1986. She holds a Masters degree in Oil & Gas Law from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. Her Masters thesis was on Effects of Oil Pollution. Before she travelled for her Masters programme, she joined the services of our organisation as Co-ordinator of Youths Programmes. After her Masters programme, she now became the Assistant Project Manager. She has done excellently well in reaching out to rural communities that are vulnerable to climate change. She still reaches out youths, creating awareness about climate change and building their capacity for job creatio. | She is not applying as a speaker. | |||||||||
267 | 8/12/2014 10:30:18 | Ecomanía | Lucas Campodónico | lucas@greenbondi.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | María Florencia Caminos Erimbaue | ACLIMATANDO National Movement in Argentina of young people against Climate Change | www.aclimatando.org.ar | Argentinian | San Miguel de Tucumán | Female | 27 | Spanish, english, french | She is involved in environmental projects since 2005, she has been a Tunza advisor for UNEP carrying out the voices from latin america young people. She was trained about Climate Change and strategics of local adaptation in Turkey and other countries, her academic studies, architecture and a master in environmental management allows her to planify, design and develop effective strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ensure its implementation in local levels. She has the experience working in international networks and understand very well the young people realities. Now is the coordinator of ACLIMATANDO that was gathered with the goal of installing Climate Change in the public and private agenda. It is a network of organizations brought together by a common concern. | Florencia Caminos, is from Argentina, 27 years old. She is an architect graduated with honors. She realized an exchange of studies in Grenoble - France in 2011. She did a Master in Environmental Management in the University of Tucumán. Her mother language is Spanish; she has a good level writing and speaking English and French. She participated in diffusion of the reports "GEO for youth in Argentina and Mercosur ", also she was a Tunza youth Adviser for Latin America and the Caribean for the Program of the United Nations for the Environment UNEP. Her capacities and knowledge are about sustainable development and youth participation; she studied about it in different countries as Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Kenya, Indonesia and in different provinces of Argentina. In Turkey she participated in the training about Climate change with the ex-vice-president of The United States Al Gore and the Movement Global Power Shift. She is a member of the NGO Asociación Civil Red Ambiental from 2005 by participating in different educational projects and youth networks. Nowadays she is the secretary of management in the Camera of the Private Construction of Tucumán CECOPRIT and is an adviser for the provincial Legislator Ariel García. She coordinates the activities of the environmental organization RIO+NOA, also takes part in the project of Law and resolutions for Tucumán's Province, some of them were the First law of cicloways, the Provincial Day of the tree, the Conference of Sustainable Development in Tucumán's Legislature, the National Campaign of the Week of the tree, between others. She is the general coordinator of ACLIMATANDO National Movement against Climate Change in Argentina. The mission is to install the problematic of the climate change in the public and private agenda. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QMioXG7rJ1BvUl3jNcEZSefF7xUfrqLpFfniSzWgbz4/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bys5IFRJR26D8vw1kE-gNwkLXzlGUdJIGmnQatmT3KE/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
268 | 8/12/2014 11:00:07 | NGO Coalition for Environment (NGOCE), Calabar, Nigeria | Catherine Agbor | ngocenvironment@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Edwin Eyang Usang | NGO Coalition for Environment (NGOCE), Calabar, Nigeria | Nigerian | Nigeria | Male | 49 | English, Efik, Erei, Igbo | Edwin is the Executive Director of our organization, the NGO Coalition for Environment. He is the current civil society representative for Africa at the UN-REDD Programme Policy Board, through a self-selection process for civil society organizations in Sept 2012. Edwin has brought the voices of forests communities and the concerns of environmental organizations from local to regional level to policy board meetings. He is following up climate change negotiations through the UNFCCC and has participated effectively at COPs18-19, and SBSTAs38-40. As member of REDD+ Safeguards Working Group, he has influenced decisions on issues of safeguards, non-carbon benefits, drivers of deforestation, etc. at the sidelines of COPs and SBSTAs. Edwin delivered an address on behalf of CSOs during the REDD+ Partnership meeting in Warsaw and presented a paper on Warsaw Framework for REDD+ during the Africa regional REDD+ Partnership meeting in Accra. | Edwin, a Nigerian living in the coastal city of Calabar in southern Nigeria, was born in 1964. He is educated up to the University level and holds a Master degree in Biochemistry and, currently a PhD Candidate in Environmental Biochemistry at the University of Calabar, Nigeria. His research interest is Environmental Pollution and Toxicology where he already had about four scientific publications. For the past 18 years, Edwin had been involved in development work where he has employed his knowledge and experience from the rural to the international level. He had worked as a volunteer, Program Staff and Director in several organizations. As the Program Officer of Coalition of Eastern (Nigeria) NGOs (a network of NGOs based in nine eastern and southern states of Nigeria), Edwin worked with so many women, youths and human/women rights organizations to empower rural women and vulnerable peoples. As a Program Officer, he wrote proposals that attracted funding from some international organizations like the Global Funds for Women. In the environment area, Edwin brought his experience and knowledge to bear and started working with the NGO Coalition for Environment (NGOCE) in 2002 as a Project Officer before rising to become its Executive Director in 2007. NGOCE, a foremost environmental organization, won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003. Edwin supported the Cross River State Government of Nigeria in establishing the Forestry Commission (the only such commission in 1 out of 36 states in Nigeria). Through NGOCE, he is a member of the Programme Steering Committee of the Nigeria’s REDD+ Programme. His effective representation has made it possible for vibrant government-CSO collaboration in the climate change / REDD+ sector. Edwin is the current Africa CSO representative at the UN REDD Programme Policy Board. Within the past 2-3 years, Edwin had travelled to a number of countries in Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America/Caribbean and Africa regions, including Oslo(Oct 2013) for the Oslo REDD Exchange Programme; Bonn (x3) for climate change meetings; Rome (Feb 2013) for Land Tenure Expert meeting on REDD+; Geneva (Dec 2013) for Policy Board meeting; Warsaw (Nov 2013) for COP19 to UNFCCC; Doha (Dec 2012) for COP18; Manila (Feb 2014) for REDD+ Safeguards training-of-trainers workshop; Lombok, Indonesia (Jul 2013) for Policy Board meeting; Lima, Peru (July 2014) for Policy Board meeting, just to mention but a few. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3RHHt8Y4msoaE84ZzFtM2kyVjQ/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3RHHt8Y4msoazdvamZKRE80WGM/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3RHHt8Y4msoTENzQTNMZnhMOTg/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3RHHt8Y4msoOWg5bTRGaEs2S1E/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
269 | 8/12/2014 11:01:29 | Action Health Incorporated | Uwemedimo Esiet | u.esiet@actionhealthinc.org | Attend Summit only | No | Adenike Olufunmilayo Esiet | Action Health Incorporated | www.actionhealthinc.org | Nigerian | Nigeria | Female | 51 | English | In the last five years, Nike has championed the study and interventions of health and development of out of school adolescent girls in slum communities of Lagos, Nigeria. She has led advocacy for greater investments in the health and development of girls in the urban renewal programmes of the government whilst highlighting the devastation of climate change and poor enviromental management on the agency of women and girls. | Adenike is a sociologist, media practitioner, urban slums, youth health and gender advocate. As one of Nigeria’s key resource persons on adolescent health and development, she has offered keynote presentations, convened, facilitated and chaired workshops and conferences of various national and United Nations organizations. She has also served on WHO’s Gender Advisory Panel and currently serves on the UNFPA Global CSOs Advisory Panel on ICPD. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0fkoz9aRv0saEJjdWdNX2Fvb3c/edit | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBCS-Ffn63g | |||||||
270 | 8/12/2014 13:17:50 | inttention lab. | Felipe Gómez Martínez | felipe.gomez@inttention.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Felipe Gómez Martínez | inttention lab. | http://www.inttention.org | Spanish | Spain | Male | 40 | Spanish, English | El candidato es el fundador y principal investigador de los proyectos de inttention lab. Organización no lucrativa para la integración de la innovación tecnológica, las TIC y Ciencias Sociales como clave para generar beneficios sociales y medioambientales. Con modelos económicos alternativos. Creando herramientas para la ciudadanía en un nuevo modelo de activismo social y medioambiental. En cuanto a experiencia y perfil profesional. Ha trabajado alrededor de 20 años en TIC a todos los niveles, desde el mantenimiento de sistemas hardware, software y de red, a la gestión de la comunicación en línea, SEO, diseño y programación. Durante los 12 últimos años de este periodo en puestos de responsabilidad, 7 como mando intermedio y 5 como director de tecnología. Últimos viajando por diferentes países, para llevar a cabo el estudio de viabilidad de estos proyectos y el análisis de los factores psicosociales. Estableciendo contactos a nivel argumental, operativo y económico. | Investigando en Amazonía, colaborando con ONG’s para validar conceptos en el plano tecnológico, con funciones de análisis, desarrollo y asesoramiento sobre políticas SEO, redes sociales y recaudación de fondos. También el desarrollo de nuevas herramientas de relación social en Internet como alternativa a los modelos de financiación convencionales, con objeto de crear proyectos autosuficientes y sostenibles, no dependientes en tiempo de subvenciones gubernamentales. Conociendo culturas Quechua, Shipibos, Matsés y Yanomami. Colaborando en algunos proyectos de ONG’s internacionales y locales, también con las federaciones indígenas FEDIQUEP, PUINAMUDT y ACODECOSPAT a nivel de derechos humanos y la justicia ambiental. Trabajando con comunidades indígenas en proyectos de desarrollo en relación con derrames de petróleo en las cuencas de los ríos Pastaza, Corrientes, Tigre y Marañón, afluentes del Amazonas. Estableciendo contacto y relaciones con Amazon Watch, Alianza Arkana, Acate Amazon en la Amazonía Peruana, ISA Instituto Socioambiental, Hutukara Associação Yanomami en la Amazonia brasileña, Greenpeace International, Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA Group), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), la Fundación Bill y Mellinda Gates en Nueva York , Centro para la Investigación de las Mentes Saludables de la UW-Madison, Waisman Center. Monasterio Tsechokling en Dharamsala, India. Confirmando las claves y decisiones estratégicas a tomar para ser argumentadas y validadas a través de la integración de las TIC. Definiendo proyectos en relación con salud, energía, derechos humanos y justicia medioambiental. Presente y el futuro de política y de acciones ciudadanas pasa por una creciente interacción y participación a través de nuevos modelos de interacción social y tecnología de Internet. La generación de un nuevo conjunto de herramientas TIC perfectamente capaces de reducir nuestra dependencia de los combustibles fósiles, y a su vez apoyar las decisiones políticas sobre el cambio climático, mediante el aumento de la participación ciudadana y por ende la reducción de la presión de los lobbies sobre los líderes políticos. Para gestionar un mejor futuro es necesario un profundo conocimiento de las implicaciones de las TIC en las ciencias sociales, la energía y la salud pública. Una mejor comprensión de su dinámica es crucial para asegurar y proponer vías de solución alternativas para los actores políticos, en la toma de decisiones. | https://www.linkedin.com/pub/philip-gm/86/79b/a10 | https://medium.com/@inttention | |||||||
271 | 8/12/2014 17:28:53 | Bangladesh Science Outreach | Md. Tahmidul Bari | bari@bangladeshscienceoutreach.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Md. Tahmidul Bari | Bangladesh Science Outreach | www.bangladeshscienceoutreach.org | Bangladeshi | Bangladesh | Male | 21 | English, Bengali | Tahmidul Bari is creative young mind who is affiliated with several productive youth organizations in Bangladesh.Being a very proactive and motivated representative of the young generation he has participated in several community based activities like mentoring underprivileged students,awareness campaign on different social and environmental issues etc. in his career. He also participated in various international conferences as invited youth speaker and different international debating competitions as debater and adjudicator. So he could be the best choice as a Public Speaker.He also has the ability to think critically over different social issues especially issues on climate change.He’s credible enough to offer unique strategies and effective solutions to tackle these issues smartly ensuring proper utilization of the resources and knowledge.He has worked with several projects where he has played significant roles in decision making and problem solving. | Tahmidul Bari, currently studying Electrical & Electronic Engineering in “Islamic University of Technology (IUT, OIC)” in Bangladesh. He is now enrolled in the middle of my 3rd year there. Bari is currently working as Joint Secretary in “IUT Debating Society”. He loves to debate, likes to play with logic and reasoning. He has attended several international debating tournaments both as debater and adjudicator. Last year He participated in “Worlds Universities Debating Championship (WUDC)”, Organized by Rajalaxmi Engineering Institution, Chennai, India and “IIT-Bombay Mood Indigo: National Debating Championship”, Organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India as an adjudicator in December. He also participated in “United Asians Debating Championship (UADC)”, Organized by Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia on May 2012. Recently he was one of the Invited Speakers in “14th Melaka International Youth Dialogue 2014” themed ‘Youth and Education: Taking Action, Getting Results’ in Melaka, Malaysia; Organized by “World Assembly of Youth (WAY)” in collaboration with “Melaka State Government”, “Malaysian Youth Council”, “Asian Youth Council” and “Ministry of Youth and Sports, Malaysia.” There he presented paper on “Youth Engagement: Creativity in Education”. He was also an Invited “Youth Speaker” in “WAY Youth Satellite Event” themed “Youth Innovation: Ideas of Today, Realities of Tomorrow” which was part of the “World Innovation Forum–Kuala Lumpur” 2013 (WIF-KL), themed “The Future We Desire” in KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia organized by “World Assembly of Youth Secretariat”, “Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI)” and “Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia (YIM)”. He presented his very own Paper on “Multicultural Collaboration” in that satellite event. He is currently working as an Affiliate in “Lighthouse Imperium”, a youth based organization in Bangladesh focused on creating an accountable governance system through the education, training and awareness of the both national and Global citizens. He is also working as a Mentor in “Bangladesh Science Outreach (BSO)”, a non-profit organization, in partnership with Institute of Education and Research, University of Dhaka and with Samaj Unnayan Sangstha aiming at improving science education for children in Bangladesh. The goal of Bangladesh Science Outreach (BSO) is to instill curiosity in children by introducing them to the exciting scopes of science and technology. | https://drive.google.com/?authuser=0#folders/0B7W-rw991eehUXZOLWtOMFZQV3M | 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3LK7WAPSmQ http://prezi.com/8ggcd5ydzwha/bangladesh-science-outreach/ 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib4L1sg6fNo http://prezi.com/vuhwc63ryifq/youth-engagement/ 3. https://drive.google.com/?authuser=0#folders/0B7W-rw991eehREFFVUVMamhobUk Additional links emailed: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7W-rw991eehUXZOLWtOMFZQV3M&usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7W-rw991eehREFFVUVMamhobUk&usp=sharing | |||||||
272 | 8/12/2014 17:33:34 | Caribbean Youth Environment Network | Reginald Burke | executivecoordinator@cyen.org | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Jamilla Sealy | Caribbean Youth Environment Network - Barbados | www.cyen.org | Barbadian | Barbados | Female | 25 | English | Jamilla is first and foremost an active advocate for climate change issues especially as it relates to Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Outside of receiving a Master’s Degree focused on climate change, she volunteers with the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) on sustainable development issues which comprise climate change. She is a well-read individual on the concerns relating to climate change and is always willing to educate others. Jamilla is also a vibrant presenter who has promoted climate change challenges in SIDS at local, national, regional and international levels. In addition to CYEN, she lectures on sustainable development within the Environmental Science curriculum at a tertiary institution in Barbados. She believes that youth participation, especially from a developing country where opportunities are minimal, is critical within the sustainable development discussions and especially on climate change. She has a valid US Visa and is available at that time. | At 25 years old, Jamilla has aimed her educational career towards environmental management from an early age when she received an Associate’s Degree in Environmental Science, a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental and Natural Resources Management with Biology and recently focused on Climate Change with a Master's Degree in Natural Resources and Environment Management. For her thesis, she concentrated on the adverse effects of climate change and land use change on food security in Barbados. While volunteering within CYEN as the Project Coordinator of the Barbados Chapter, she sits on the National Climate Change Steering Committee in Barbados and also provided input to the national climate change policy. She represented her organisation at several conferences including the 2014 World Conference on Youth where she fervently endorsed climate change issues in SIDS and the 2013 Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for the 3rd International SIDS Conference. She also coordinates and implements programmes, workshops, conducts research and other activities related to climate change such as a survey on perspectives of Caribbean Youth on climate change and a national civil society organisations’ consultation on SIDS and the Post-2015 Development Agenda. While volunteering within CYEN as the Project Coordinator of the Barbados Chapter, she sits on the National Climate Change Steering Committee in Barbados and also provided input to the national climate change policy. She represented her organisation at several conferences including the 2014 World Conference on Youth and the 2013 Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for the 3rd International SIDS Conference. At both of them she fervently endorsed climate change concerns to participants. She also coordinates and implements programmes, workshops, conducts research and other activities related to climate change such as a survey on the perspectives of Caribbean Youth on climate change and a national civil society organisations’ consultation on SIDS and the Post-2015 Development Agenda. As a young educator, she strives to impart her vast knowledge on her students and let them know all about climate change and what they can do to help. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Zj9nXQu5ULYS1ZZUFOZDlKOFk/edit?usp=sharing | Article to UNEP for World Environment Day Activities 2014 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Zj9nXQu5ULcU1aVmhqZEp3YnM/edit?usp=sharing Blog on Climate Change posted on UNEP's website https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Zj9nXQu5ULLWg2M1J1T2NhYjg/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
273 | 8/12/2014 22:10:07 | Kevoy Community Development Institute Jamaica | Ruth Wilson | kevoy1@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Donovan Anthony McLaren | Kevoy Community Development Institute Jamaica | www.kcdijamaica.weebly.com | Jamaican | Jamaica | Male | 47 | English | Mr. McLaren has been advocating for the Caribbean 500,000 farmers both regional and international as it relate to climate change. Caribbean small farmers inclusive of fisher folk are the front line of climate change for the Caribbean. The impact of climate change affect the region food security and it is within this context Mr. McLaren advocate,design and implement training projects and programmes. He is mindful that no one organization,community or government can address the challenges of climate change and as such he has established collaboration with like minded organization,institutions and government to aid in address these challenges. | Donovan McLaren is a Farm Management and Community Development Training Consultant. A Mentor at the University of Technology’s mentoring programme and a Certify Business Service Provider to the Jamaica Business Development Corporation. Mr. McLaren has designed and implemented projects and programmes with the Caribbean Development Bank, Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Jamaica’s Rural Agricultural Development Authority and the Government of St. Lucia Ministry of Agriculture. The following organizations are under Mr. McLaren’s Directorship: • Kevoy International Services, Ltd • Kevoy Community Development Institute (Jamaica) • Kevoy Community Development Organization ( Trinidad & Tobago) • Kevoy Community Development Institute (Grenada) • Rhino Security Service Ltd. He is a Resident Magistrate Court Mediator with over ten (10) years of mediation experience Under his stewardship as Executive Director, Kevoy Community Development Institute (Jamaica) he has made tremendous advancements and most noted is the securing of the United Nation Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council. He has represented Jamaica at Regional and International meetings and conferences and advocates for food security for the Caribbean region via contributing to the formulation of agricultural training policies and programme for the region’s farmers. Mr. McLaren is the English- speaking Caribbean Representative to the United Nation University Step Initiative. (UNU StEP) is a global organization which endeavors to address the handling ,transportation and disposal of electronic waste (E-waste). Mr. McLaren is a family man, and a member of Kiwanis International who sees education as the key. Educated at Northern Caribbean University and continued on Heriot-Watt University where he reads for terminal degree. Mr. McLaren endeavour always to educate, train and empower our youth. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EekVgc44hflCivUwgRiOjKny7udhTCyUSEkBfMpwdrM/edit?usp=sharing | /drive.google.com/drive/#my-drive | |||||||
274 | 8/12/2014 23:11:03 | Little Big Horn College | David Yarlott (form completed by M Eggers for D Yarlott) | davidyarlott@lbhc.edu | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Margaret Hiza | Indian Nations Conservation Alliance | http://www.inca-tcd.org/ | Native American | USA | Female | 57 | English | Dr Margaret Hiza Redsteer works tirelessly with tribal community members to provide information on climate change impacts and to provide information and training on climate change adaptation. She has been a member of, and advocate for addressing climate change in various working groups and has participated in both national and international climate assessments. Dr Redsteer has been plenary and keynote speaker at many tribal organization gatherings where climate change issues and science education challenges for Indigenous people have been central topics. She has spoken at international meetings on climate change and Indigenous people. She is a lead author on the IPCC Working Group II AR5 chapter on Adaptation, Planning and Implementation, lead author on the Working Group II Technical Summary, and is coordinating lead author for “Unique Challenges Facing southwestern Tribes” the chapter 17 in the southwest technical report for the US National Climate Assessment. | Dr. M Hiza Redsteer, a member of the Crow Tribe, conducts work on climate change, drought, and related impacts to Native American communities. She conducts studies on Navajo tribal lands and adjacent communities to examine linkages between geology, climate and land use history, providing a foundation for evaluating flood hazards and risks associated with dust and sand storms. Dr. Redsteer has also published studies that combine traditional knowledge with conventional physical data sets to examine how climate change is affecting Indigenous peoples in remote and poorly monitored regions of the US in the Southwest and Great Plains. Before attending college, Dr. Redsteer, who married into a Navajo family, lived in the Joint Use area of Navajo and Hopi Lands in northern Arizona, raising her family there until forcibly relocated by an act of US Congress. She attended school as the single mother of 3 children, and she still maintains family ties to Navajo in-laws who are members of a group called the “Forgotten People” who live in the Bennett Freeze area of the Navajo Nation. As a young girl she lived both in northern Wyoming with relatives, and on the Northern Cheyenne reservation with a foster family, where she learned many of the traditional practices of the northern Great Plains Tribes, such as gathering and cooking traditional foods, and doing beadwork. Dr Redsteer began working on climate change impacts on tribal lands in 2001 after receiving her Ph.D. in geochemistry in 1999. She has co-hosted numerous workshops to bring science into Native communities, including her own, aimed at providing opportunities for addressing drought and climate change and bridging the barriers between tribal communities and science research. In 2011, Dr. Redsteer participated in the Indigenous Peoples Marginalized Populations and Climate Change Workshop in Mexico City, and also presented her work at the Planet Under Pressure International meeting held in London in March 2012, in the only session on Indigenous people, climate change and traditional knowledge. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0D2toj4A9qHeTBpSGttd1ZYRk0/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/#folders/0B445aPH0YyoFaElBNU1PcU8wanM | |||||||
275 | 8/12/2014 23:30:15 | Mediators Beyond Borders International | Gregg Walker & Thomas Fiutak | gwalker@oregonstate.edu, fiuta001@umn.edu | Attend Summit only | No | JEFFERY PETER SEWELL | Mediators Beyond Borders International | http://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/projects/climate-change/Website%20of%20the%20nominee%27s%20organization http://mediatorsbeyondborders.org | AUSTRALIAN | AUSTRALIA | Male | 58 | English | Mr Sewell has a special interest in climate change and the environment - particularly as it effects the South Pacific. Mr Sewell is a representative of MBBI, which is a civil society organization. He is officially authorized by that organization to speak on its behalf. He is a member of its Climate Change Project Team. Mr Sewell has a proven track record of effective advocacy & is involved in the implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation, including resolving disputes arising in relation to such matters. Mr Sewell has excellent competency with climate change issues. He is experienced in presenting those issues in multiple public fora. He also has a demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders. Mr Sewell is available to be at UN Headquarters at 8:30am on 23 September. He is able to obtain the necessary visa/ESTA within 3 weeks. Mr. Sewell is a member of the Mediators Beyond Borders, International, Climate Change Project, and has attended the Conference of the Parties in Warsaw, 2013. He has a deep understanding of the critical climate issues facing stakeholders and policy makers. A barrister, mediator, and advocate, he is an experienced speaker and author regarding the mitigation and adaptation aspects of policy and practice. He is particularly agile in interacting with a diverse set of stakeholders and would be in NYC as needed. | Mr Sewell has a special interest in climate change and the environment. His activities in that regard are global but he has a particular interest and concern for the effect that Climate Change will have on the people of the low-lying islands of the South Pacific. Mr Sewell is a member of the Climate Change Project Team of Mediators Beyond Borders International - an accredited NGO and member of RINGOs at the UNFCCC’s annual COPs and inter-sessional meetings. He was a delegate of MBBI at last November’s COP 19 in Warsaw. He also is a member of the International Chamber of Commerce and he attended at the ICC sponsored Sustainability Forum that took place in Warsaw during late November. Mr Sewell also is a Barrister of the High Court of Australia (including the Federal Court) and the Supreme Courts of NSW, the Australian Capital Territory and Queensland. He is also an accredited Mediator and Arbitrator. Prior to being called to the Bar in 1989, he was a Solicitor for 10 years, having graduated with B.Comm/LLB in 1979. Mr Sewell is a member of the NSW Bar Association and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He also is an international associate member of the American Bar Association and a member of its Dispute Resolution Section. Mr Sewell also is a member and certified Mediation Advocate of the International Mediation Institute. He recently provided assistance in respect of the proposed adoption of UNICTRAL rules for enforcement of mediation agreements in Trade and Commercial Disputes. For further information, see his attached CV/Resume. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S0X_jrJ4pmrMPs0G4Qm8B_HrzTy989QAWHgmPW4Zsjg/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.disputescentre.com.au/Newsletters/december-2013-edition-5-volume-5/become-a-mediator-and-see-the-world http://www.disputescentre.com.au/Newsletters/april-2014-edition-1-volume-5 http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2761603 | |||||||
276 | 8/13/2014 0:33:07 | EcoGuate | Erik Moscoso | erik.moscoso@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Maryuri Mireya Pilz Gonzalez | EcoGuate | http://ecologistaloca.blogspot.com/ | Nicaragua | Guatemala | Female | 24 | English, Germand and Spanish | Mar has been working in different topics related to climate change and environmental awareness. She has focused on enviromental education, since she believe that education is the main root of our societies problems. She started EcoGuate, a small group of volunteers in 2012 when she found out that one of the most beautiful lakes in the world (Atitlan Lake, located in Guatemala) was dying because of people´s way of living and ignorance. She decided to start talking to small groups of society, specially children. She used her own resources to travel, to learn more and more of how she could help change people´s mind. Mar thinks that appart from education, another main point is people´s attitude. If she can make you re-think the way you are living, she thinks things could change for better. | Mar was born in Nicaragua. Her mother is nicaraguan and her father is austrian. She lived the first years of her childhood in Nicaragua and then moved to Austria. From Austria her family decided to move to Guatemala. She graduated from the Austrian School in Guatemala. Since a young girl her passion was always the planet and everything in it. She loved biology, but when she finished school, she decided to study International Affairs, she understood that the only way our society could make a change was by strengthning the political and the legal system. She combined her passion with her carrier and has been working on her small volunteer group by giving small talks, workshops and now working on a project called "Semillas". She pretend to make preasure to the education system, this way environmental education could be included in the schools teaching year-program. Her parents moved back to Austria, but she stayed, because she thinks that Central America needs her more than any place in the world. One of her dreams is to be part of a change. Since school she used to tell people that she wanted to be known for someone who fought to protect the natural resources that our countries still have. Even when she is not from Guatemala, that is not an issue, because everytime you asked her why she is doing this, she will tell you that she is not nicaraguan, nor guatemala, she is central american and a daughter of the world. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxvUcVV9jkb_T1hEamdyd04yTTQ/edit | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxvUcVV9jkb_ODhYNUhoWVN4Vnc/edit https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxvUcVV9jkb_TjZheFB4VWFjTVU/edit?usp=drive_web https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxvUcVV9jkb_ZWxxRy1YZ3I3aUU/edit | |||||||
277 | 8/13/2014 2:04:44 | Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID) affiliated to IUGS | Dr Shrikant Daji LIMAYE | limaye@vsnl.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Shrikant Daji LIMAYE | AGID and Ground Water Institute (NGO), India | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/agid/ | Indian | India | Male | 75 | English and Indian Langusges like Hindi, Marathi | I am the past-President of AGID (Association of Geoscientists for International Development). AGID is affiliated to IUGS (International Union of Geological Sciences) and has majority membership in low-income countries.On behalf of AGID I have convened and conducted several sessions at International Meetings including the International Geological Congresses and have given lectures. While working as Director of Ground Water Institute (NGO), Pune, India, I have been an advisor for farmers for soil and water conservation, rain water harvesting and forestation of degraded mini-watersheds of the village. Any watershed is the meeting point of climatology & Hydrology. If it is a resilient, shock-absorbing interface then we can drought-proof the villages in spite of the harsh climatic pattern. | EDUCATION: • Ph.D. (1980), University of Poona, Poona, India. (Thesis: Some Aspects of Integrated Ground Water Development) • UNESCO sponsored Post-Graduate Diploma in Water Resources (1969), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL. • Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Exploration Geophysics (1962), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. • Bachelor of Engineering (1959), Poona University. FIRST POSITION IN THE UNIVERSITY. WORK EXPERIENCE • Dr. S D Limaye is in the field of ground water for the past over 52 years. For the past 21 years he is the Director of Ground Water Institute. Ground Water Institute is a private trust Institute (non-Government, non-University) of Farmers, devoted to ground water exploration, assessment and sustainable development. Our Institute’s work is amongst small farmers, farmers-cooperatives and peri-urban settlements. It also specializes in conjunctive use of surface water and ground water, recharge augmentation for drought mitigation, reducing harmful pollutants in groundwater and watershed development for flood control. .Working as Vice-President for International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG), Rime, - affiliated to IUGS.and also as the Ambassador for International River Foundation (IRF), Brisbane. • Worked as consultant on ground water development projects of World Bank (Nigeria), Asian Development Bank (Bangladesh) and FAO-Rome (Laos) • Project Leader of one of the most successful IGCP Projects GROWNET (IGCP 523 – 2005 – 2009) “Ground water network for best practices in ground water management in low-income countries” Website: www.igcp-grownet.org Over 18,000 visits till May 2012 to GROWNET website. | http://www.iapg.geoethics.org/organization/exe | https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ovj97sgtyy1f6v/Documentation%20of%20Speaking%20Skill.docx https://www.dropbox.com/s/syg71h9e6r6rpqj/Futuristic%20Planning%20-%20Berlin%20Dec%202013.docx https://www.dropbox.com/s/mikemi32pwdkor7/Futuristic%20Planning%20Watershed%20Management.doc https://www.dropbox.com/s/qrkgj5r8q9cvw8x/Futuristic%20Vision%20on%20Water%20Resources.docx https://www.dropbox.com/s/nbfqyw8lzevha0t/GROWNET%20Best%20Practices%20UNESCO%20Project.docx https://www.dropbox.com/s/5bftl0y8no0vyv0/Sessions%20for%2035th%20IGC%20in%202016%20at%20Cape%20Town%20proposed%20by%20Dr%20Limaye..docx https://www.dropbox.com/s/ynp5jculdtk2vvs/UNESCO%20EOLSS-Topics-Feb2001.doc | |||||||
278 | 8/13/2014 2:16:40 | Pacific Expertise | Mareva Lechat-Kitalong | marevalechat@yahoo.fr | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Lechat-Mareva | Pacific Expertise | French (Polynesia) | Palau | Female | 32 | French and English | La candidate a une solide expérience internationale dans le domaine de la recherche et de l'engagement social et environnemental. Née à Tahiti de mère tahitienne, donc autochtone, ayant étudié et soutenu sa thèse à Sciences Po Bordeaux en France, et mariée à un natif de Palau en Micronésie, elle a vécu des expériences de changement climatique dans des contextes variés. Très à l'aise à l'oral, et proche des gens, la candidate (également élue communautaire) est connue pour l’intensité de son engagement dans les causes qu’elle défend. Elle voit la problématique du changement climatique comme globale, concernant tant chacun d'entre nous dans nos (mauvaises) habitudes quotidiennes que les politiques à travers les législations adaptées et procédures efficaces d'exécution mises en place. Elle observe la montée des eaux tant en Polynésie qu'à Palau, et dans ces territoires insulaires minuscules, cette montée des eaux est très visible et prend une dimension beaucoup plus grave. | Née à Tahiti en 1982, d'une mère tahitienne. Mariée à un palauan, 2 enfants. Etudes en lettres modernes, droit puis sciences Politiques à l'Université de Polynésie française, puis Bordeaux Montesquieu et enfin Sciences Po Bordeaux où elle défend sa thèse en 2011 intitulée "Jeux politiques et processus d'autonomisation en Polynésie française, 1957-2011". Possède 3 master : en droit, sciences politiques et sociologie. Elue représentante étudiante à plusieurs reprises à Tahiti et à Bordeaux, fondatrice d'un journal étudiant "Te Ui Mata", fondatrice d'une association culturelle "Tahiti Ura". Journaliste pigiste pour arrondir les fins de mois universitaires. Ayant travaillé pour la Présidence de PF, pour l'Assemblée de la PF, pour le Secrétariat of the Pacific Community (écriture de la Politique Publique Culturelle de PF), pour le Sénat de Palau. S'est également lancée dans l'entreprenariat (Pacific Expertise). Parle et écrit couramment en Français et en Anglais. Hélas ne maîtrise pas encore aussi bien le tahitien. Egalement danseuse professionnelle (tamure, danse tahitienne), musicienne et costumière. Une vie et une famille internationale, animées par la passion de la défense des justes causes : la culture et l'environnement au service d'une économie durable. | Hélas, je n'ai pas mes discours personnels. Sinon, j'ai écrit récemment de nombreux discours politiques pour des élus qui n'ont donc pas été prononcé en mon nom, et que je ne peux donc pas transférer. J'ai un souci avec drive Google, si vous me fournissez un email, je pourrai envoyer mon CV et quelques docs en format word. merci. Sur internet, quelques liens mènent à mon nom de jeune fille Mareva Lechat ou Mareva Kitalong et attestent de mes engagements divers : http://www.bing.com/searchq=Mareva+Lechat&form=IE10TR&src=IE10TR&pc=MAARJS | |||||||||
279 | 8/13/2014 2:22:24 | GreenBits Initiative | Reuben Makomere | rbinmakomere@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Kennedy Liti Mbeva | GreenBits Initiative | http://greenbitsinit.org | Kenyan | Kenya | Male | 26 | English, Swahili | Kennedy is the co-founder and Director of the youth-led GreenBits Initiative. He was instrumental in organizing the 5th National Youth Climate Change Conference in Kenya in December 2012. He was also part of the core team of Road to Rio+20, a global coalition of more than 100 organisations that mobilized towards Rio+20 in June 2012. Kennedy has also been very active in the development of the Climate Change Law and Policy in Kenya, providing inputs and support to the National Task Force on Climate Change and Policy in Kenya. Tapping on his excellent communication ability, Kennedy has led the development and publication of two guide books on climate policy, My Little COP Pocketbook, and Defrosting COP19, which have been used by youth-led networks from the world over in mobilizing climate action. This work has been recognized by the UN publication titled Youth Action on Climate Change: Inspirations from Around the World, as contributing to shaping international climate policy. | Kennedy Liti Mbeva is co-founder and Director of GreenBits Initiative, a youth-led initiative with the overarching objective of enhancing youth engagement in climate policy through the production of simple, easy-to-read and understand education materials on climate policy. He has also been an active member of the African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC), serving as the Policy and Advocacy Development Officer for the Kenyan chapter of AYICC, and later on as the East and Central Africa Region Coordinator of the continental AYICC. Kennedy is also an exceptional speaker and debater; this has occasioned him to take part in making presentations on climate change education and advocacy, most notably in the UN Climate Talks in 2012 and the UNESCO Africa climate change experts meeting in Mauritius in 2013. Kennedy is also an avid blogger and communicator, leading the writing of two guidebooks on climate policy, My Little COP Pocketbook (it went viral and is now available in 11 languages, and counting), and Defrosting COP19, and is a regular contributing blogger at Youth Policy think tank (http://youthpolicy.org/environment), and the International Political Forum (http://internationalpoliticalforum.com). As well, Kennedy served as a member of the official delegation of the government of Kenya to the 18th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP18), and is currently involved in the development of a Climate Change Law and Policy in Kenya. Kennedy has also worked with Transparency International Kenya, on the Climate Governance Programme, where he has been able to engage various stakeholders in Kenya, from government officials and CSOs, to local communities and international development partners, on how to enshrine climate governance in Kenya. As an attestation to his policy drafting, debate, oratory and diplomatic skills, Kennedy won the Best Delegate Award in the KAS Model United Nations (MUN) in Xiamen, China, in March 2014. Furthering his inherent interest in intergenerational justice, Kennedy is a member of the IUCN Taskforce on Intergenerational Partnerships for Sustainability, aimed at mainstreaming intergenerational issues in the IUCN system. Kennedy is also a postgraduate student undertaking an International Masters in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development at the UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development in Shanghai, China. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3MrKT4S4fiyQkR3WW9JMlI1bVdITGdXLVpnOTF1U3NkbXFB/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3MrKT4S4fiyQnA0b2xvVnFlMl93aTJTbDJIbEJNOWxRZGxj/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
280 | 8/13/2014 2:46:32 | Visionary Foundation Pakistan | Razia | raziaazeemi@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Rashid Mehmood Khan | Visionary Foundation Pakistan | www.vfpakistan.com | Pakistani | Pakistan | Male | 34 | English, Urdu | Rashid Mehmood Khan a social entrepreneur, a change maker from Karachi, Pakistan. He is master in economics and serving as a Chief Executive Officer of Youth Lead Organization “Visionary Foundation Pakistan”. He is working as a member of climate project connector, Climate Project Connectors is voluntary campaign of dedicated volunteers in Pakistan, contributing to the efforts of The Climate Reality Project to combat global climate crises. He share ideas and knowledge with the world on climate crisis and its solution. The Climate Reality Project, Al Gore’s climate change leadership program, is a non-profit organization founded in 2006. TCRP’s mission is to educate the public about the harmful effects of climate change and to work toward solutions at a grassroots level worldwide. | Rashid Mehmood Khan, by profession a software engineer, by nature social entrepreneur, a change maker from Karachi, Pakistan started a new life journey in 2009, by forming a youth group named “Visionary Foundation Pakistan”, worked on Braille Syllabus Books project, he with his group member transcribed 3 Books into Braille Language Manually. That experience gives him a unique understanding of visually impaired student’s problems regarding their Syllabus books and examination system for the visually impaired people. On this project he won “British Council Active Citizens of the Year 2009-2010 Award”. This changed his “Normal Life” to an “Abnormal Life”, in his own words. He keeps his motivation high, with believes in his self and struggled to a positive change in the lives of deprived communities. A great millstone achieved when he managed to registered his youth group to a full fledge non-governmental organization in October 2010. On 23rd March 2012, he with his team has organized first ever conference in the history of Pakistan for visually impaired youth, named “First Pakistan Blind Youth Conference”. On this project he was selected for Bilateral Exchange Program to Oldham, UK by British Council. He was selected out of more than 500 Active Citiznes from across Pakistan. He represents Pakistan in an interview to Oldham Chronicle on his visit to UK from Pakistan. He has trained more than 3,000 young people in various national and international platforms, aged 18-28. These young people initiated their Social Action Projects, throughout Pakistan. In total these young people initiated 87 different social action projects, benefited more than 10,000 individuals, in the areas of Education, Health, Archeological History, Environment, Animal Welfare, Sexual Harassment, Disabilities, Peace and Harmony etc. His organization is now partnered with RutgerWPF, British Council, Karachi Youth Initiative, SPO, Green Acre Associates, IBA Sukkur, Chanan Development Association, UNDEF and various national and international organizations. He proudly presents his self as a change maker not only for his community, even making new change maker that is helping the deprived communities. He gives credit to all his success to the “Blind Community”, who open his EYEs and give her a new vision of his life. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3NHzM5W4bLtcnJ0Y3JoMmZyc1U/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3NHzM5W4bLtWkgwRHRVMTJnRGs/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3NHzM5W4bLteEFKNFNGejhDMzQ/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3NHzM5W4bLtWGpicFBhb0NiNms/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3NHzM5W4bLtcXRLUmp0aTBOUVE/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
281 | 8/13/2014 2:50:12 | Vorniceni mayoralty | Vasile Tofan, vice-mayor | cltgalesti@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Botnaru Petru | NGO "Terra-1530" | http://terra1530.md | Republic of Moldova | Republic of Moldova | Male | 58 | Russian | The non-governmental organization “Terra-1530” (Petru Botnaru - Executive Director; Editor - Environmental Journalist) has been registered on June 30, 1999. We have the mission to instruct and strengthen rural communities’ capacity on Sustainable Development. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOcGXaCuPZc ). NGO “Terra-1530” is an umbrella-organization for other 18 ones: “Terra-HS”; Association for Youth Promotion “XXI Century”, etc. At the International Awards for Liveable Communities (October 22-30, 2011, Seoul, Korea), NGO "Terra-1530" has won the 3rd place in the Bursary Awards section, presenting the projects implemented in Vorniceni village (headquarters). http://www.livcomawards.com/2011-awards/winners.htm “Terra-1530” has NGO consultative status with United Nations. | Work experience: 1983 – 1985 Editor Publication “Zorile”, Calarasi, Republic of Moldova 1985 – 1999 Editor Publication “Munca pasnica”, Straseni, Republic of Moldova 1999 – Present: Executive Director NGO “Terra-1530”; Editor Publication ADEVARUL. UNIVERSITY DEGREES: 1978 - 1983 Moldovan State University, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, Journalist Department. TRAINING AND SEMINARS - Mart 16-23, 2003; 3rd World Water Forum Kyoto Japan; - 24 June – 5 July 2002; seminar “Investigation Journalism” organized by the Mass Media Centre of the Journalism department of Sankt-Petersburg State University Russia; - IV European Youth Water Parliament, Stara Zagora – Bulgaria, 1-7 September 2003; - November 7-18, 2005; Polish – Czech – Slovak Solidarity Foundation, Independent Media 6, and Warszawa, Poland; - Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference Moscow, May 15-17, 2006; - VI European Youth Water Parliament, Vadul lui Voda – Moldova, 6-11 October 2006; - Eastern Partnership; Civil Society Forum, Bruxelles, November 16-17, 2009; - Eastern Partnership; Civil Society Forum; Berlin, November 18-19, 2010; - WGP-13 meeting 9-11 February, 2011 in Geneva; - 7th Ministerial Conference 21-23 September 2011, Astana, Kazakhstan; - International Awards for Liveable Communities 2011, Finals - Songpa, Seoul, South Korea, 27 - 31 October 2011 | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxOTohpCmPzXWkRxSHhXMjZnbk0/edit?usp=sharing | https://plus.google.com/photos/110680175450376016747/albums/5725269049685602721 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zzBY_Slafqu4_a2-u7sP6DEi6TA3EuKuwAx8fI5TV-Q/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxOTohpCmPzXZG1PQWE1RlV1Ym8/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxOTohpCmPzXMVRzWmI1OUgzUEk/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
282 | 8/13/2014 2:52:00 | Kenya Association for Maternal & Neonatal Health - KAMANEH | Roseline K. Momanyi | ogendiridge@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Richard Ogendi Karori | Kenya Assoiation for Maternal & Neonatal Health-KAMANEH | Kenyan | Kenya | Male | 47 | English | The above nominee is our programmes coordinator and we have selected him to attend the summit in order to learn more about climate change skills which will be applied in our programmes. | Note applicable since he will only attend as an attendee. | http://drive.google.com | Note applicable | ||||||||
283 | 8/13/2014 3:03:26 | Fondation Leta | Jonas Ngamaba | jonasngamaba@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Ngamaba Ibunu Jonas | Fondation Leta | no website | congolese | Congo | Male | 17 | French | hi my name is jonas Ngamaba, I want to take part in this conference to serve the world to reduce the polution which today is the basis of many damage. it is here that I do the necessary. | Jonas ngamaba born some 20 October 1996 in Kinshasa. that date prior to the entry of the AFDL (Alliance forces democraticfor release Congo or sometimes Alliance Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire was a coalition of dissidents Mobutu Sese Seko and groups Congolese ethnic minority who led by Laurent-Désiré Kabila took ...) s are lost with my parents. I was found within reach of a woman in the name of Angel and her husband Morgan. it was 2004, I found my parents. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XdFAoKTCkjYAuf4JHcWXEtWXIQJNwlYvl5WHdL8zfZU/mobilebasic | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XdFAoKTCkjYAuf4JHcWXEtWXIQJNwlYvl5WHdL8zfZU/mobilebasic | |||||||
284 | 8/13/2014 6:26:50 | Ateneo School of Government | Antonio G.M. La Viña | tonylavs@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Jemima Marie Pacheco Mendoza | Ateneo School of Government | http://ateneo.edu/asg | Filipino | Philippines | Female | 23 | English, Filipino, Spanish | At the young age of 19, Ms. Mendoza was chosen to be part of the official Philippine delegation to the Durban conference of the UNFCCC. The deputy head of the Philippine delegation, Comm. Naderev Saño of the Climate Change Commission, was extremely impressed with her and decided to keep her in the delegation. Aside from being in Doha and Warsaw, Comm. Saño also made her his intern at the Commission. Ms. Mendoza is not only academically impressive but is a passionate advocate as well. Her main role as a member of the Philippine delegation is to liaise with the various NGOs during the convention, thus she has become a familiar face especially among the youth CSOs. She has done great work with us on marine and forestry projects. Her main project is drafting a climate change textbook, but she is also handling other assignments such as organizing a national forum on el niño with other NGOs, assisting the ASOG team of the ACT 2015 project, and also contributing to various papers. | Ms. Mendoza became a member of the official Philippine delegation to the UNFCCC at the ripe age of 19 (she was then only in her third year of university). Her intelligence, charisma, willingness to learn, and passion made her an excellent addition to Comm. Saño's team. She remained with the delegation for the Doha and Warsaw conventions. She will also be part of the team in Lima. Ms. Mendoza graduated Honorable Mention from the Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in European Studies (International relations track), minors in Hispanic Studies, History, and Philosophy. Her academic focus was on the international climate change regime, and along with her studies and work with the Philippine delegation, she has facilitated youth workshops on climate leadership. Ms. Mendoza joined the Climate Change and Environment Cluster of the Ateneo School of Government three days after she graduated from university. Since then she has shown her masterful work ethic in the projects she has been given, including documenting for an ACT 2015 workshop (under a consortium that includes the Ateneo School of Government and the World Resources Institute, among others), researching for the PEMSEA update on the SDS-SEA, organizing a national forum on the El Niño Southern Oscillation, among other things. She is also part of the writing team that is drafting a climate change textbook for the school. She will also be part of the B-LEADERS (Building Low Emissions Alternatives to Develop Economic Resilience and Sustainability) team. The project is funded by USAID. It is expected that she will be signed on for more projects in the near future. At 23 years old, she is exceptionally accomplished and is on the road to accomplish more. The Climate Change and Environment Cluster of the Ateneo School of Government is exceedingly blessed to have her on the team. Her future plans include teaching and developing an Environmental Politics degree specifically made for the Philippine setting. She is already a youth leader on this issue, with the potential to genuinely lead the country on climate change in the future. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2rl2wWxs1fSbXQxV1AtT2tBVUE/edit?usp=sharing | http://youtu.be/QKLGv9X8T2Y?list=UUuuciQnx7IT1Gb7qLa1TyCw https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2rl2wWxs1fSWDB4YnRKY1ZaZW8/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2rl2wWxs1fSUVAyd2thQ3dyckE/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2rl2wWxs1fSYzFoalVlaV9oUTA/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
285 | 8/13/2014 6:29:28 | IETA | Katie Kouchakji | kouchakji@ieta.org | Attend Summit only | No | Jeff Swartz | IETA | www.ieta.org | American | Belgium | Male | 29 | English, French, Mandarin | In his role at IETA, Jeff is focused on emerging economies that are putting in place carbon pricing solutions. He created IETA's Business Partnership for Market Readiness initiative, which works at both a national and local level, advising emerging economies on carbon pricing solutions, including in China, Brazil, Korea and Kazakhstan. He actively advocates for efficient markets at the UN COPs, and has spoken at the COPs in Durban, Doha and Warsaw. In Doha, he created the first China-US Young Leaders Dialogue. Jeff has also spoken at ICAO, the UNFCCC and European Parliament on carbon markets. Jeff is also an advisor to the China Carbon Forum, which is a Beijing-based NGO which seeks to establish a platform for open discussions between civil society and the Chinese government about the country’s climate change challenge. | Jeff has been involved with climate policy since 2007, when he was involved with developing the scoping plan to implement AB32 in California - he was responsible for community involvement and stakeholder engagement for Monterey Bay. He then worked for almost three years in the private sector in China, focusing on the Clean Development Mechanism and liaising with the local government. Jeff joined IETA in 2011 as International Policy Director, initially based in China before he relocated to Europe. His focus is on emerging emissions trading systems, particularly in developing countries. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8cksz7aRfwGTEU3emJUTnQ3a28/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8cksz7aRfwGUENzcWotYXJLSVU/edit?usp=sharing - intervention at Doha COP | |||||||
286 | 8/13/2014 6:47:41 | Action Jeunesse pour le Développement | BAHAKOULA MABIDI Louis | louisbahm27@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | BAHAKOULA MABIDI Louis | Action Jeunesse pour le Développement | ong-ajedcongo.blogspot.com | Conglaise | Congo Brazzaville | M | 34 | French | Le changement climatique est une cause et une conséquence de la modification de la circulation due au ralentissement et à l’arrêt des systèmes naturels de pompage dans les océans. Ce cycle requiert de stratégies multi continentales à court et à long terme. Le changement climatique sur les capacités humaines et institutionnelles se répercute à l’écosystème par l’eau, l’agriculture, l’industrie et beaucoup d’autres aspects de nos vies, de sécurité alimentaire, au palier national, régional, international et jusque dans les ménages. L’ignorance est l’une des causes de la pollution, menace environnementale les infrastructures côtières, les réserves en eau et en nourriture et en santé des populations dans le monde. Des millions de personnes dont beaucoup des pays en développement, tirent leurs moyens de subsistance de la pêche et près de 2,6 milliards d’entre elles les protéines sont issues des produits de la mer. | Primaires 1986 - 1992 : Ecole des Trois Martyrs de Dolisie Diplôme obtenu : Certificat d’Etudes Primaires Elémentaires (C.E.P.E) Secondaires 1990 - 1998 :CEG André Grénard MATSOUA Diplôme obtenu : Brevet d’Etudes du Premier Cycle (B.E.P.C) Lycée 1998 - 2001 : Lycée Savorgnon de Brazza de Brazzaville Diplôme obtenu : Baccalauréat Série A4 (Littéraire) Université 2002 - 2005 : Université Libre du Congo (ULC) Diplôme obtenu : Licence en Aménagement Option : Géographie Formation professionnelle Complexe scolaire « Montaigne » 2000 - 2002 : Formation à l’Ecole Normale des Instituteurs (ENI) Diplôme obtenu : Certificat de Fin d’Etudes des Ecoles Normales (CFEEN) Option : Enseignement • Participation à l’atelier élargi de la circonscription (ECW) du Fonds pour l’Environnement Mondial (FEM) du 8 au 10 février 2012 à Bujumbura, Burundi • Participation à la conférence des Ministres de la Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale (CEEAC) sur l’économie verte en Afrique Centrale du 14 au 16 mai 2012 au Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et au Plais des Congrès à Brazzaville, République du Congo. • Participer à la conférence internationale des Nations Unies sur les Changements Climatiques (COP18) du 26 au 7 décembre 2012 à Doha au Qatar • Participer à l’événement de la journée mondiale de la culture sur bois africain, qui s’est tenu lieu à Dar es Salaam en Tanzanie, du 19 au 25 mars 2013. • Participer à UNFCC workshop on ecosystem-based approaches for adaptation to climate change, qui s’est tenu à Dar es salaam du 21 au 23 mars 2013. • Participation à l’atelier de validation du cinquième rapport national sur la Diversité Biologique, tenu du 18 juillet 2013 à Brazzaville dans la salle de conférences du Ministère de l’Economie Forestière et du Développement Durable. •nParticipation à l’atelier national de validation du Plan de Communication du Processus REDD+ en République du Congo, tenu du 25 au 26 juillet 2013 dans la salle de conférences du Ministère de l’Economie Forestière et du Développement Durable. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/egxr47qcyffe46d/CV%20louis%20Bahakoula%20Mabidi.doc | https://www.dropbox.com/s/z97tcb5v2nazkqa/contribution%20le%20changement%20climatique%20et%20la%20pullution%20environnementale_ong%20ajed-congo.doc • contribuer à l’éducation sur les grandes questions de santé publique en matière de sensibilisation par une augmentation du réchauffement climatique et de la pollution environnementale ; • promouvoir la protection de l’environnement ; • combattre les impacts sur les écosystèmes locaux et sur le climat ; • promouvoir une promotion de reboisement de la flore, faune et forêt ; • inverser la tendance et réduire les émissions dans un futur proche ; • éviter la crise issue du changement climatique dans la pollution de l’eau douce du monde, de l’eau des sept mers et de l’air de nos villes ; • créer au niveau global une conscience environnementale ; • nettoyer les flaques des déchets pétroliers et les fleuves ; • lutter contre l’accumulation des quantités impressionnantes de poubelles chimiques et de plastiques ; • réduire les industries chimiques les plus dangereuses ; • protéger et lutter contre la destruction des forêts etc. | |||||||
287 | 8/13/2014 7:23:21 | ASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE AFRICAN YOUTH | NSENGIMANA Eric | ajapafricaine@yahoo.fr | Attend Summit only | Yes | NSENGIMANA Eric | ASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE AFRICAN YOUTH | ajapafricaine.over-blog.com | BURUNDI | BURUNDI | MALE | 27 | FRENCH, ENGLISH, KIRUNDI AND SWAHILI | The candidate meets the criteria: 1) He is the President and Legal Representative of ASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE AFRICAN YOUTH, and officially authorized by their organization to speak on the organization's behalf; 2) He has proven track record of effective advocacy and implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation; 3) He has excellent competency with climate change issues, experience with presenting climate change issues in public fora, and demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders; 5) the candidate is available to be at UN Headquarters in NY at 8:30am on 23 September, and for travel if necessary. The nominee must have a visa, or be able to obtain one within 3 weeks, for travel to the US. | NSENGIMANA Eric is the initiator of ASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE AFRICAN YOUTH, the initiative was born April 23, 2007 to the hill Cankuzo, Cankuzo City, Province Cankuzo out to "build our country through the Games" and I, at the time, was a student at the Lycée Communal de Cankuzo. At birth, He had the will and especially the desire to create a framework for the expression and recovery of the contribution of young people in solving problems of education, in the fight against HIV / AIDS, the degradation habits and development. To date, the Association was composed of 26 members. The association has come to broaden its objectives, which are now as follows: - Promote good relations between young people both nationally and internationally. -Support the needy and the orphans and vulnerable children -Promote a culture of peace, reconciliation, peaceful conflict resolution and evangelization through the songs - To promote the moral, intellectual, cultural and sports of all young - To teach young people various trades and promote the international languages - farming and animal husbandry as well as environmental protection -fight against the various challenges that threaten the general population and especially young people including HIV / AIDS, poverty, ignorance, corruption, crime and violence. -To defend the interests of the community in general and youth in particular. It has also expanded its sites of action and is now in the 17 provinces of Burundi. At the national level, it is now composed of 6500 members. The field work is beginning to exceed the limits of the country, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article .3 of the Statutes of the Association and is now in many African countries. Through this association, He is engaged to establish sustainable development in all domains of the country’s life: education, health, environment, socio−cultural and human right. | ajapnsengi@gmail.com | ||||||||
288 | 8/13/2014 7:52:25 | ennour | zerkout djamel | dzerkout@yahoo.fr | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | zerkoutdjamel | ennour | algeria | algeria | homme | 45 | frensh | leadership since2006 with lead international | leadership climate change manager ong development project | ya | |||||||||
289 | 8/13/2014 7:58:42 | Turkish Foundation of Technical Staff | Ahmet Nurullah Solak | ansolak@tutev.org.tr | Attend Summit only | Yes | Ahmet Nurullah Solak | Turkish Foundation Of Technical Staff | www.tutev.org.tr | Turkish | Turkey | Male | 29 | English, Turkish | Our candidate for attending for this meeting works as a chemical engineer and doing his master degree on biomass-algea derived biofuels. He attended and joined a lot of EU projects on climate change and alternative energy resources. He is still preparing EU Comission projects for climate change. In our foundation we have branch of "Environmental Studies". This branch works with universities, other govermental and non govermental bodies to make an awareness on climate change. Also preparing seminars on this issue. Our candidate is also a sole member of this branch. | Ahmet Nurullah Solak as a member of` "Environmental Studies" branch of our foundation he has been volunteering for our organization for 3 years.He has a rank of 65th in national highschool exams in Turkey. He graduated from Chemical Enginnering and still studying for his Master Degree. He continued his studies on environmental and green energy sources at University of Cincinnati in 2012. He asisted the project of "Climate change science camps for children" in Turkey. He worked for Italcementi group as director of quality. He worked for preparing various EU projects "How to overcome climate change, solar panels a solution?" and "Investments on Wind energy". He stills preparing EU projects about climate change and green energy. He wants to help people to get awareness about climate change and its harmful effects. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6yXZvufz3VubTNVUzBHaTZNQWc/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6yXZvufz3VuYThmbzV0SzFGclk/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
290 | 8/13/2014 8:13:52 | Journalists for Human Rights | Aleksandra Nakova | detstvo@detstvo.org.mk | Attend Summit only | Yes | Natasha Dokovska Spirovska | Journalists for Human Rights | www.detstvo.org.mk | Macedonian | Republic of Macedonia | F | 46 | english and french | Natasha Dokovska Spirovska is a journalist and founder of the NGO - Reporters of Human Rights, which in its description of the work, first as an activist, then as a journalist, has put the tenets - a healthy environment, a healthy nation. In this regard, it is one of the first advocates and lobbyists for reducing environmental impacts that contribute directly to climate change, and lobbyist who with foreign experts and the representatives of the NGO related, work on mitigation of climate change. Between 2006-2010, Ms Dokovska Spirovska., in cooperation with WHO, she was the first in Macedonia who raised the issue and train 50 journalists assuring that treatment of climate change, because she believe that if the journalists touch this issues, they will raise the awareness about the affect on the mitigation of the consequences. However, Natasha Dokovska Spirovska is certainly one of the participants to be present at UN summit - Climate Change 2014. | Natasha Dokovska Spirovska was born 1968. in a connection, a journalist by profession, which by 1990 is fully committed to a healthy environment and issues that revolve around this tematuka. In 1993 enviromentalisti with a group of journalists from Macedonia and joins from the International Federation of Journalists enviromentalisti, which so far is one of the biggest activists for a healthy environment, finding alternatives that can mitigate the consequences of the phenomena caused by environmental impact. Currently director of the NGO - Journalists for Human Rights, and when he has spare time, wrote a book dedicated to the education of young journalists and the environment, as well as books about the natural beauties of Macedonia. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q2mdT_FW_RIjGHkLXMPNwVOGWUYP1V6IE4ku6pi8vOU/edit?usp=sharing | Natasha Dokovska Spirovska, apply to be attend on the conference, but anyway in attachment is simple with specific points that she want to share on this issues, regards Macedonia... https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q2mdT_FW_RIjGHkLXMPNwVOGWUYP1V6IE4ku6pi8vOU/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
291 | 8/13/2014 8:22:34 | Association d'Entraide Médico-Sociale AEMS-ASBL | Mr KIPUPILA NZA'KAY. Lende | aemsasbl@yahoo.fr | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | KIPUPILA NZA'KAY.Lende | Association d'Entraide Médico-Sociale AEMS-ASBL | Congolaise | République Démocratique du Congo RDC | Masculin | 62 | francais | We wish to inform you that our organization Association of Mutual Medico-Social AEMS-ASBL requesting that his participation is an NGO founded in 1979 Congolese law with legal personality by Presidential Ordinance No. 91-178 of 30 May 1991 working in the health and development. | Association of Medical and Social Self-Help is a non-governmental development organization founded in dated February 2, 1979. Objective of the organization - Material and medical assistance to the needy; - Contribute to the training of service; - Promoting social works to the benefit of the indigenous population; - Contribute to the community and rural development Range: AEMS-ASBL operates on the territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the possibility of extension Inter | We were unaware of the reality of the climate threat to our life, blinded by our ignorance. We contribute unwittingly to the warming of the Earth. The Earth is yours ... Around us, many are unaware of the consequences of their daily activities on the environment and human health. It is appropriate to view the map of the world warmed over the Internet. It is not reassuring, believe them. It is important to recognize that if nothing is done immediately, we will soon have to be content to live on a planet uninhabitable! Some countries are dominated by an equatorial climate, and some of their city experiences a rainy season and a nine-month dry season of three months if the Democratic Republic of Congo. | |||||||||
292 | 8/13/2014 8:42:33 | World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) | Luisa Volpe | info@wfo-oma.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Luisa Volpe | World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) | www.wfo-oma.org | Italian | Italy | Female | 38 | Italian, English, Spanish | Ms Luisa Volpe currently is the Policy Officer at WFO, a member-based organization of farmers whose mandate is to bring together farmers’ organisations and agriculture cooperatives internationally. WFO’s mission is to advocate on behalf of farmers for the adoption of policies aimed to improve the economic environment and livelihood of producers and their families. Ms Volpe works daily with a farming community of around 70 national farmers organizations from developed and less developed countries. Climate change poses a myriad of threats to agriculture, including the reduction of agricultural productivity, production stability and negative effects on farmers’ incomes. Agriculture has the potential to be part of the solution, through the mitigation of a significant amount of global emissions, hence the WFO is keen to collaborate with other stakeholders to look for common and successful solutions. Ms Volpe is a policy expert with a background in international advocacy for farmers. | Ms Luisa Volpe is currently working as Policy Officer at the World Farmers' Organisation, WFO, a member-based organization whose International Secretariat is based in Rome. Previously, Ms Volpe had spent most of her professional career at the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, working on projects and policies targeting indigenous peoples and farmers. In 2012, Luisa Volpe joined the Office of Partnership and Resource Mobilization of IFAD, working on Public Partnership. Ms Volpe also worked at the World Health Organization, WHO, European Office in Rome and in the private sector at the Gruppo Thriumph, a communication agency specialized in events organization, in Rome. Ms Luisa Volpe graduated in Political Sciences at La Sapienza University in Rome, in 2003. In 2006, she obtained a master in Communications at Cogno e Associati management school of Rome. Moreover, Ms Volpe is an expert in Neuro Linguistic Programming at master level and interpersonal communication. | http://wfo-oma.com/farmletters.html http://wfo-oma.com/media/k2/attachments/WFO_Policy_on_Women_in_Agriculture.pdf http://www.wfo-oma.com/value-chain/articles/a-fair-and-balanced-functioning-food-chain.html | ||||||||
293 | 8/13/2014 8:44:29 | superstar hero greenfilm studio | Sophiahong | greenaction@foxmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Hong Ming Can | Superstar Hero Greenfilm Studio | /greenfilm | chinese | China Beijing | female | 39 | english ,chinese | World leaders in the 21st century green action movie super star global green action instructor As the world's first green film theory and practice green independent filmmakers, directors, artists Green Action, Green speaker, Green Action mentor, Hung Ming Chan- brand "21st Century Green Action of Superstar " the first environmental changes on China Expand the theatrical impact of R & D, including more than 10 years of green initiatives and green movie artwork creation, these green art film and multimedia public education crisis can be directly related to the challenges of climate change and the ecological balance of the solution. | 2009.6.15 China Daily in English CHINA DAILY (Chinese only official foreign newspapers) Environment and Energy Forum interviewed reported that independent filmmakers Hung Ming Chan green superstar green action. 2009.12.13 Hung Ming Chan as a super star green action was just published in the media CHINA DAILY book "Green China" is selected as the Chinese propaganda Green woman was introduced to attend a 20-nation summit in Copenhagen. Hung Ming Chan's international green community action PARTY countries around the world currently has more than 600 members of international experts. Central Academy of Drama in 1999 into more than 10 years since the start of the green film independent research, the world's first "green film" theory and practice, has developed a green film series, Green Action Aid Center, Green Tianzhu therapy regimen, has launched a green video, Green Action outstanding artistic achievements green art exhibition, lectures green, green blog, Green Action communities. 1999-2001 was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama film director 2002.1 Screenwriter: Green film series is completed first. 2004.12 Screenwriter: Green Film Series Part II is completed. 2005.6 set up green superstar film studio 2006.1 greenaction party online community established the International Green blog 200 pieces 2007.1 Green Action Artist: Homemade watercolor paintings on recycled paper 40 2008.5 Director Production: Green video "in the double inflation" 60 ' 2008.6 Green Film Art Exhibition 2008.10 Director Production: "Before Green Olympics" 100 ' 2009.3Green Action art dance dancer and singer Green Series 60 'Green Song Series 60' 2009.5 Green video "Green Action" series "grassroots" series "Love Series" 1000 ' 2009.12 Green Paper "21st Century Green Action superstar - Part 1 1995-2009" 2010 presided over the green salon, support vulnerable groups 2012-2013 Green small movie "Urban Adventures" filmed 2014 International Green large boot and global green action plans in the pipeline | http://profiles.google.com/greenactionfund | http://www.youtube.com/sophiahong search for greenaction part 7-greenspeech /part 8 / part 9/ part 10 to greenaction part 11-greenspeech | |||||||
294 | 8/13/2014 8:48:19 | World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) | Luisa Volpe | info@wfo-oma.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Marco Marzano de Marinis | World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) | www.wfo-oma.org | Italian | Italy | Male | 41 | Italian, English, Spanish and French | Mr Marco Marzano currently is the Executive Director at WFO, a member-based organization of farmers whose mandate is to bring together farmers’ organisations and agriculture cooperatives internationally. WFO’s mission is to advocate on behalf of farmers for the adoption of policies aimed to improve the economic environment and livelihood of producers and their families. Mr. Marzano works daily with a farming community of around 70 national farmers organizations from developed and less developed countries. Climate change poses a myriad of threats to agriculture, including the reduction of agricultural productivity, production stability and negative effects on farmers’ incomes. Agriculture has the potential to be part of the solution, through the mitigation of a significant amount of global emissions, hence the WFO is keen to collaborate with other stakeholders to look for common and successful solutions. Mr Marzano is a policy expert with a background in international management. | Dr. Marco Marzano de Marinis is the Executive Director of the World Farmers’ Organisation. In his previous professional experiences he has worked for the World Intellectual Property Organization, a specialized Agency of United Nations based in Geneva, Switerland; the European Commission DG Internal Market, Brussels; and DG Enterprise (IPR Helpdesk, Project), Alicante; and within the legal department of the International Trade Center (UNCTAD/WTO). He is a qualified attorney; and he is professor of IP at the Faculty of International Studies of the Second University of Naples “Federico Secondo”, and at the Faculty of Law of the University of Rome “ Tor Vergata”. He also teaches Business Management of Innovation at the University of Technology of Panama. Dr. Marzano de Marinis has graduated on Law, at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy; he has also studied at the Faculty of Law of Alicante, Spain. He has studied European Legal studies LLM, at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium; and obtain at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” an LLM on International Comparative Private Law; at the University of Rome he has also obtained his Phd in Intellectual Property. Moreover, Dr. Marzano de Marinis is the author of many publications. | http://www.wfo-oma.com/media/k2/attachments/WFO_policy_paper_climate.pdf http://wfo-oma.com/media/k2/attachments/WFO_Policy_on_Women_in_Agriculture.pdf http://www.wfo-oma.com/documents/statement-of-the-world-farmers-organisation-on-biotechnology-in-the-livestock-sector-and-animal-welfare.html http://www.wfo-oma.com/documents/statement-by-the-wfo-on-animal-welfare.html http://www.wfo-oma.com/media/k2/attachments/WFO_policy_document_food_security_FINAL.pdf http://www.wfo-oma.com/media/k2/attachments/WFO_Trade_Position.pdf http://www.wfo-oma.com/media/k2/attachments/WFO_policy_document_food_chain_FINAL.pdf http://www.wfo-oma.com/value-chain/articles/a-fair-and-balanced-functioning-food-chain.html http://www.wfo-oma.com/media/k2/attachments/WFO_Farmletter_04_2014.pdf http://www.wfo-oma.com/media/k2/attachments/WFO_3rdGA_BusinessReport_Marco_Marzano_de_Marinis_ENG.pdf | ||||||||
295 | 8/13/2014 9:22:50 | Sustainable Development Policy Institute | Shafqat Kakakhel | shafqatkakakhel@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Ali Shahbaz | Sustainable Development Policy Institute; TakingITGlobal/Global Youth Action Network | www.sdpi.org; www.tigweb.org | Pakistan | Pakistan | Male | 17 | English, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, French | Ali Shahbaz is the First Pakistan Official Youth Delegate to the United Nations.Ali Shahbaz is an enthusiastic advocate for Sustainable Development and Climate Change.A great orator, an informed decision-maker and a spirited leader;Ali has been lobbying on an intergovernmental level for renewing our commitments for Climate Action.His portfolio is extraordinary:at this young age,he works with Civil Society,Governments,local bodies to endorse adaptation and capacity building for climate change.His story is distinct;he has been catalyzing Climate action in a harsh traditional socio-economic set-up of Pakistan,trying to link the higher hierarchies to grass-roots, making his mark as a prolific diplomat, a great change maker!He DESERVES a platform that amplifies his VOICE!It is an earnest request and highest recommendation that this young man be given an opportunity to share his story,his journey and his expectations from the international community and Pakistan,relevant to Climate Change. | Ali Shahbaz is the Pakistan Youth Delegate to UNCSD,UNFCCC,UNEP and UNESCAP. Ali’s work has been categorized into three streams:Sustainable Development Goals; Climate Change;Rights of Future Generations.These have been guiding themes for his advocacy, both on a national and international scale.Apart from his global outreach,Ali has been part of various working groups that aid dialogues and enrich discussion on a community level trying to foster comprehension of Climate Change in the local masses.He he launched an intensive capacity building program in 2013,to venture the drought-struck rural areas of Pakistan,focusing particularly how climate change affected women and children.He said in his report: “Today I come to a realization that Climate Change is not an elitist phenomenon;it is a darn, grass-root plague!” Bureaucracies rejected Ali’s opinions, yet he remained determined to advance his goal to equip locals with the tools to deal with changing climate.He wrote a formal letter to the Pakistan National Assembly at the Federal Level calling for a cohesive reform for Climate Change with a focus on accountable governance.He highly stressed upon improving the plight of climate refugees in Pakistan.He ran a local campaign in 2014 called, “DOGMAS”, in which he stressed that many concurrent realities like Climate Change are shadowed behind dogmas of negligence and lack of commitment.As an outreach worker for two other grass-root organizations in Pakistan,Ali launched projects aimed at stimulating dialogue pertaining to climate on a local level in an effort to instill a passion among Pakistanis to make Climate Action a priority.Last year,Ali co-organized a series of three,weekly seminars constituent of civil society representatives and aspiring youth leaders to for understanding climate issues.These seminars discussed strategies for effective partnerships on a local level connecting the dots between climate, gender, food security and water.A second round of similar seminars is being planned and is tentative at a date in winter 2014.Ali is also working as a negotiator at the UNFCCC road to COP21(his niche being the Green Climate Fund),and is involved with parties to maximize his advocacy.Currently,his focus is to maximize under-18 participation within the UN Mechanism, something that he is lobbying for zealously. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5B5QkHI6z-ZZXpmQVhVTmNWNXM/edit | A YouTube link of Ali’s presentation in 2012 at “Pakistan National Consultation for Green Economy” Since then, his presentation skills have magnanimously improved! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFkEAOa6olI Following are links to Ali’s blog, and his write-ups: http://thinksustainable2015.blogspot.com/ http://www.stakeholderforum.org/fileadmin/files/TUNZA%202013Ali%20Shahbaz.pdf http://dawn.com/2012/07/29/environment-looking-back-at-rio20/ http://www.dawn.com/news/1096851 Ali is awarded Honorable Mention for Reader’s Digest Asian of the Year: http://www.rdasia.com.ph/asian-of-the-year-2012-honourable-mention Following important links feature Ali: http://tribune.com.pk/story/389367/global-environment-conference-youth-to-represent-pakistan-at-rio20 http://dawn.com/2012/06/24/earthly-matters-turning-rio20-into-reality/ http://dawn.com/2012/07/29/environment-looking-back-at-rio20/ http://www.sdpi.org/policy_outreach/news_details646.html | |||||||
296 | 8/13/2014 9:33:42 | CIDSE | Giulia Bondi | bondi@cidse.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Bernd Heinz Nilles | CIDSE | www.cidse.org | German | Belgium | Male | 44 | English, German, Spanish | Since 2008, CIDSE – an international alliance of Catholic development organisations working together towards global justice – has campaigned for the adoption of more effective & socially just climate policies for people and the planet, following UNFCCC negotiations closely. As CIDSE’s Secretary General, Mr. Nilles coordinates the network, facilitates the joint work of CIDSE member organisations together with CSOs from the global South and other strategic alliances, and plays a leading role in CIDSE’s work on climate justice. He has led CIDSE delegations to previous UN climate summits and has represented CIDSE in events throughout Europe. This year’s UN Climate Summit marks an important stepping stone on the road to COP21, and CIDSE believes a common effort is needed now more than ever from people of all walks of life to combat the unprecedented global climate crisis. As such, CIDSE nominates Mr. Nilles to participate in the Summit as civil society representative. | Mr. Bernd Nilles has been Secretary General of CIDSE since January 2008. Mr. Nilles' work in international development began as a volunteer in the Catholic Youth movement and as a Human Rights-activist, followed by work in Colombia and research assistant positions at the University of Duisburg and the INEF-Institute for Development and Peace. After having completed his Diploma/Masters in Social and Political Science, Mr. Nilles joined the German Bishops Organisation for Development MISEREOR as Campaigner and later as Development Policy Officer. He was responsible for several advocacy fields and campaigns on debt relief, development cooperation, trade, corporate social responsibility and food security, and represented MISEREOR in several NGO and governmental fora. His work on bio-patents was noted: in 2003 Misereor, Greenpeace and Mexico filed a joint legal objection and won the case at the European Patent Office against DuPont. The company lost wide-reaching claims on corn traits. In 2005 he worked for the government of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with responsibilities in the field of development and sustainability. In this position he contributed significantly to the design and realization of the first “Bonn Conference for International Development”. Since 2008, Mr. Nilles has worked as Secretary General of CIDSE with headquarters in Brussels. He is head of the international secretariat and coordinates the efforts of the alliance of Catholic development agencies. CIDSE has 17 member organizations in Europe and North America working in partnership with local organisations in more than 100 countries in the global South, as well as working in the field of development education and advocacy. The CIDSE family is one of the largest non-governmental development alliances in the world (www.cidse.org). | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1P5CPdGzwqvalhjV0g1ME5aODQ/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1P5CPdGzwqvTUx0bmZJUVhfSWc/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
297 | 8/13/2014 9:49:30 | Bio Fuel Systems | Bernard Stroïazzo Mougin | bernard@biopetroleo.com | Attend Summit only | No | Denis Bernard Patrice Le Bon | Bio Fuel Systems, SA | www.biopetroleo.com | mauritian | Republic of Mauritius | male | 34 | English & French | Patrice Le Bon has been conferred the responsibility of being the Sole & Exclusive Official Representative of Bio Fuel Systems, SA (BFS) for the Republic of Mauritius and the Indian Ocean and the Republic of South Africa. He also bears Official Representation for the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Member States. He has demonstrated great business acumen coupled with sustainable development focus in his negotiations with different Government bodies, NGOs, to name but a few. He is our focal point in developing Bio Fuel Systems (BFS) in the aforementioned regions and is working closely with the IORA so that BFS can address the Council of Ministers (COM) of the IORA and to expound precisely how BFS Technologies can help the member states to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels with its Bio-Crude and at the same time curb their amount of anthropogenic CO2 by making use of the Capture, Conversion and Neutralisation (C3N) of the said anthropogenic CO2. | Patrice Le Bon is a very talented and competent negotiator and communicator with extensive cross-experience and management skills. He has been conferred the pivotal responsibility for strategically developing the high-technology of Bio Fuel Systems in the 20 Member States of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA). He also holds the Sole & Exclusive Representation for Mauritius and the Indian Ocean and South Africa. The company develops and collaborate with private and/or public bodies in providing turn key solutions or EcoFields that enable big polluting enterprises, like coal plants, to get their CO2 absorbed, neutralized and converted to Bio-Crude with adequate calorific power similar to traditional Crude Oil but devoid of heavy metals and sulphur. As a multi-dimensional figure, Mr. Le Bon has hold throughout his career many roles and is well versed in helping NGOs in his country in preparing every two or three years a project that will address poverty alleviation or education. Patrice Le Bon read Business Management from Birmingham University. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2ytZ6e1bT59bHVXeHR2MlF2VG9td3A1SUxlZy1FM05nZmNB/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2ytZ6e1bT59eXJFNms0Nzg2bkxrNVBnR0N6Ry13c25SeWdR/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzV7TTcZK4TpOWYxY2xwZVpVeGM&usp=sharing | |||||||
298 | 8/13/2014 10:02:04 | Cristo Te Llama | Hector Damian Brzostowski | ladiademadeoro@yahoo.com.ar | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Hector Damian brzostowski | Cristo Te Llama | https://plus.google.com/112416218628820470759 | Argentina | Argentina | male | 38 | español | https://plus.google.com/112416218628820470759 | https://plus.google.com/112416218628820470759 | https://plus.google.com/112416218628820470759 | ||||||||
299 | 8/13/2014 10:14:20 | Tara Expeditions | Romain Trouble | andre@taraexpeditions.org | Attend Summit only | No | Romain TROUBLE | Tara Expeditions | www.taraexpeditions.org | French | France | Man | 38 | english, french | Romain TROUBLE has been working for Oceans and Climate issues with Tara Expeditions since ten years. Expert on the artic issues, Romain coordinated the Tara Artic mission from 2006 to 2008, when the schooner Tara passed 508 days kept on the ice cap studying the Climate change with EU Damocles program. In 2012, Mr. Troublé met the UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon on board of Tara for a cruise in the Husdon river in the preparations of the Rio+20 conference. In June 2012, Tara had the support of the UNCSD to lead a CSOs coalition in Rio, working for rising awarenness on the oceans issues. M. Troublé was the coordinator of the Blue Pavillion in Rio+20 and Tara was quoted on the speech made by Ban ki_Moon to focus on the ocean agenda. Actually, M.Troublé is leading the Ocean and Climate Plateform, based in Paris and preparing activities and CSO mobilisation for the COP in Paris in 2015. | Roman Troublé had received a dual training with a DEA (Master 2) in molecular biology and a Master at HEC-Paris Telecom. He also was a sailing professional racer at the highest level, notably with two appearances in the America's Cup for French challenges in 2000 and 2003 in Auckland. From 2003 to 2006, he worked with Bernard Buigues, specializing in polar logistics in the Arctic, Antarctica and Siberia expeditions for sports, tourism and science and discovery of frozen mammoths. Since 2004 he is responsible for the operational management of Tara Expeditions and is now Secretary General Endowment Fund Tara. Over the past 10 years he has steadily worked for the schooner which has now traveled 250,000 km on all oceans and made 10 expeditions to study and understand the impact of climate change and the ecological crisis on our oceans. In parallel with the goal to provide concrete results to the scientific and political community, Tara Expeditions also acts daily to enhance environmental awareness among the general public and especially young people through educational programs, books, films, lectures but also exhibitions around the world. | www.taraexpeditions.org | ||||||||
300 | 8/13/2014 10:52:08 | International Movement ATD Fourth World | Fabio Palacio | fpalacio@4thworldmovement.org | Attend Summit only | No | Fabio Palacio | International Movement ATD Fourth World | atd-fourthworld.org | Colombia | USA | Male | 24 | English, Spanish, French | Fabio Palacio is a UN representative for the International Movement ATD Fourth World. He is actively involved in the definition and of ATD Fourth World’s sustainable development priorities, and has successfully influenced critical discussions on the UN sustainable development agenda. Mr. Palacio has spoken at a number of events including the OWG on SDGs, meetings with the ICESDF, and the Commission for Social Development. He is also vice-chair of the NGO Committee for Social Development, representing over 50 CSOs. Mr. Palacio helped define ATD Fourth World’s environmental policy by organizing events, liaising with partner organizations, and editing a key climate policy papers. He will be attending the 2014 COP in Lima, and it is integral to his assignment that he begins networking with climate experts in September. This exposure will significantly enhance his work this December and in future climate-related advocacy. Mr. Palacio can be at the UN on 23 September. | Fabio Palacio is a representative of the International Movement ATD Fourth World to the United Nations. He joined ATD Fourth World after international development experience in microfinance program implementation in Colombia, water purification and delivery system design in rural Guatemala, and qualitative and quantitative research on international social movements at the Johns Hopkins University. His initial role with ATD Fourth World was project coordination, running community development and solidarity-building projects throughout New York City. He then joined the International Policy and Advocacy team where he has performed extensive policy analysis and written a number of position papers and articles regarding the UN sustainable development and human rights agendas. In his most recent post, Mr. Palacio has closely followed the work of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development liaising with member state representatives on issues ranging from poverty eradication and human rights to economic development, resilience and environmental sustainability. He has also organized events with other stakeholders including Unicef, Baha’i, Oxford University, and the NGO subcommittee for the Eradication of Poverty. From the perspective of ATD fourth World, the most marginalized and excluded populations are the most vulnerable to climate shocks and disasters. They are also the least likely to participate in the reconstruction of affected communities and will often see their interests sidelined in aid and adaptation programs. ATD Fourth World’s work in defining and communicating this relationship between poverty and environmental sustainability has driven Mr. Palacio’s work and represents his strongest contribution to the climate discourse. Mr. Palacio helped define ATD Fourth World’s environmental policy and will be representing ATD Fourth World at the 2014 COP in Lima. It is integral to his assignment that he begins networking with climate experts in September. This exposure will significantly enhance his work this December and in future climate-related advocacy. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1iIzkZSctnfNl9oS0c3T25BcEE/edit?usp=sharing | Included in CV | |||||||
301 | 8/13/2014 11:02:07 | World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) | Luisa Volpe | luisa.volpe@wfo-oma.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Rose Akaki | World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) | www.wfo-oma.org | Ugandan | Uganda | Female | 58 | English | Ms Rose Akaki is a member of WFO, a member-based organization of farmers whose mandate is to bring together farmers’ organisations and agriculture cooperatives internationally. WFO’s mission is to advocate on behalf of farmers for the adoption of policies aimed to improve the economic environment and livelihood of producers and their families. Climate change poses a myriad of threats to agriculture, including the reduction of agricultural productivity, production stability and negative effects on farmers’ incomes. Agriculture has the potential to be part of the solution, through the mitigation of a significant amount of global emissions, hence the WFO is keen to collaborate with other stakeholders to look for common and successful solutions. Ms Akaki is a high-level expert on agricultural issues and a family farmer herself. She has a broad experience in international settings. | Rose is a teacher specialized in education. She works in a training institution that trains students who qualify to teach in primary schools. Her activities focused on: • Conducting continuous professional development courses to teachers in service • Mobilizing the community on the policies and innovations introduced by the Ministry of Education. FARMING She began as a subsistence farmer in 1986. This initiative helped her to support the family, pay school fees for the children and worked as a basis to mobilize fellow teachers to go into farming while pursuing their profession. She reinvested the profit and started carrying out mixed farming, speciliazing in maize growing and cattle rearing. She improved on her breed and now produces seeds which her fellow farmers buy to improve their breeds. She also deals with cattle trade. My customers come from within and outside Uganda. She mainly receives cattle traders from the Republic of South Sudan. They buy cattle for beef supply in their country. The Ugandan customers buy bulls to supply beef for the local markets. Her farm also attracts local farmers interested in animal traction. Animal traction is becoming increasingly important for tilling the land among the rural poor in Uganda. She has also embarked on apiary. She formed a Bee keepers’ Association and are practicing modern methods of bee keeping and harvesting. This has helped to keep a constant supply to the processing plant which we have put up. The farm is being used as a demonstration centre for sensitization of the rural women on the use of bio gas as a cheap and sustainable source of energy for cooking and lighting. This is in effort to ease the lives of the rural women in looking for firewood for cooking. Through her community mobilization skills, she has mobilized women in her community to form village Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOS) where they save and borrow from their savings to enable them meet the demands of their homes and start small scale income generating activities. CONFERENCES ATTENDED 1. RIO +20 Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil in June 2012 on the invitation of World Farmers’ Organization. She made a presentation on POST HARVEST LOSS 2. Rural Farmers’ Conference which took place at the WFO Headquarters in October 2012. Facilitator in one of the discussion groups 3. Feeding the World 2014, The HAC, London. 4. CSW 2014, New York | http://www.wfo-oma.com/women-in-agriculture/case-studies/maruzi-bee-keepers-association-empowering-rural-women-farmers-through-modern-honey-bee-keeping-practices.html http://www.wfo-oma.com/women-in-agriculture/case-studies/women-farmers-a-mean-to-sustainable-food-security.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmm8FIEyEcQ | ||||||||
302 | 8/13/2014 11:14:55 | World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) | Luisa Volpe | info@wfo-oma.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Dyborn Chibonga | World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) | www.wfo-oma.org | Malawi | Malawi | Male | 55 | English | Mr Chibonga is the CEO of NASFAM and member of WFO, a member-based organization of farmers whose mandate is to bring together farmers’ organisations and agriculture cooperatives internationally. WFO’s mission is to advocate on behalf of farmers for the adoption of policies aimed to improve the economic environment and livelihood of producers and their families. Climate change poses a myriad of threats to agriculture, including the reduction of agricultural productivity, production stability and negative effects on farmers’ incomes. Agriculture has the potential to be part of the solution, through the mitigation of a significant amount of global emissions, hence the WFO is keen to collaborate with other stakeholders to look for common and successful solutions. Mr Chibonga is a climate change expert with a broad experience in international meetings and policy fora. | Mr Chibonga manages the National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM) as Chief Executive Officer. He has served in this role since June 1999, managing the membership association of over 100,000 farmer members and a staff of about 390 in 19 locations across the country. In his experience with NASFAM, Mr. Chibonga has led a dynamic team in taking the project from an initiative to becoming a model rural producer organization in Southern Africa. NASFAM pioneered the establishment of The Agricultural Commodity Exchange for Africa (ACE) in 2004 and entered into Fairtrade production of peanuts in 2005. NASFAM won the Yara Prize for an African Green Revolution in 2009 and was awarded Runner Up for Advocacy in the 2013 Africa Farmer Organisation of the Year Award by AFRICRES in partnership with AGRA. Mr. Chibonga holds a Masters Certificate in NGO Management and M.Sc. in Landscape Ecology Design and Maintenance from Wye College (University of London). He also has a B.Sc. (Credit) and Diploma (Credit) from Bunda College of Agriculture (University of Malawi). His general experience includes various board roles with both for-profit and non-profit organizations, task forces and committees dedicated to improving the lives of the underprivileged through their active participation. Mr. Chibonga has represented smallholder farmers at World Economic Forum on Africa in 2010, 2011 and 2012; the Grow Africa Investment Forum in 2012; UNFCCC COP 15-19 and; UN Rio +20 Conference in 2012. Mr. Chibonga is a member of the Trade Policy National Working Group (TPNWG) and part of the Malawi Government agriculture cluster for World Trade Organization (WTO) and EU-ACP EPAs negotiations. He also sits on the Boards of Press Agriculture Ltd (PAL) and the Natural Resources College (NRC). He has been a Board Director of the African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC) since April, 2010, Member of the European Economic and Social Follow-Up Committee (EESC) from October 2010, Member of India–Africa Business Council from November 2011 and Councilor of Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) from April 2012. | http://climatechange-tv.rtcc.org/2010/12/10/dyborn-chibonga-and-rodney-cooke-december-2010/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnpWjF5Jgtc http://brusselsbriefings.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/br34_chibonga1.pdf http://www.wfo-oma.com/news/commentary-why-we-still-need-a-work-programme-on-agriculture.html | ||||||||
303 | 8/13/2014 11:21:56 | No Planeta B | Ramon Perez | info@noplanetab.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Yocamille Arditi-Rocha | U CLIMATICA | www.Uclimatica.org | USA | PERU | FEMALE | 42 | English, Spanish, Portuguese | Yoca Arditi-Rocha is the President & founder of U CLIMATICA, a non-profit Youth Climate Change (CC) initiative launched in Peru this year by No Planeta B in collaboration with the Ministry of the environment and the US Embassy in Peru. Its main goal is to educate, engage, inspire & drive to action against CC the millennial student generation while giving them a united voice to demand a global climate agreement in Lima, COP20 negotiations this year & later in Paris COP21. Yoca, is a CC Al Gore-trained educator that believes the Youth generation is key for solving the climate crisis. She utilizes former VP Al Gore's personal CC presentations & consistently engages with different stakeholders groups. She participates regularly in environmental educational/awareness campaigns like GREEN APPLE DAY OF SERVICE from USGBC and will serve as a mentor in the next CC training Session for the Climate Reality Project in Brazil later this year. Available for travel & does not need a visa. | Yoca Arditi-Rocha is an international Sustainability Professional with over 15+years in experience. She is a Biologist, holds a degree on Corporate Sustainability from the Institute of Global Sustainability at the University of Vermont and is currently pursuing her Master's degree at Harvard University in Sustainability & Environmental Management. She is an Al Gore trained Climate Change Speaker, an active member of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP), the Climate Reality Project, and a certified LEED-Green Associate. She is the founder and director of No Planeta B, an organization that specializes in Climate Change education and assisting K-12 schools, Universities & Small/Medium organizations in reducing their environmental footprint in the Latin American region. As a motivational and inspiring speaker, she has has participated in many Conferences promoting sustainability and bringing Climate Change awareness to different stakeholders. She serves as the Sustainability advisor of Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt of Lima and as the President of U CLIMATICA, a non-profit organization that empowers youth to become Climate Leaders in Perú. She speaks English, Spanish & Portuguese. | http://pe.linkedin.com/in/yocamille/ | Upcoming Speaking Engagements: http://global-issues-network.org/lsba2014/gin-lsba-keynote-speakers/ Few Past Speaking Engagements: http://global-issues-network.org/lsba2014/gin-lsba-keynote-speakers/ https://www.facebook.com/NoPlanetaB/photos/a.511077968984930.1073741830.365435080215887/526138400812220/?l=ef6465c19b https://www.facebook.com/NoPlanetaB/photos/a.512546602171400.1073741831.365435080215887/512546638838063/?l=c88cfd56cf | |||||||
304 | 8/13/2014 11:22:02 | FADE | Madam Mariam Youssouf | fade.network@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | SAID AHMED MOHAMED | FADE DJIBOUTI | DJIBOUTI | DJIBOUTI | male | 40 | english | Dr. Said Ahmed has been active for over 10 years in the civil society in Djibouti. The Horn of Africa is a region terribly affected by climate change and Dr. Said has always been the voice of the most vulnerable. He fought for the rights of women and girls, for the mobilization of resources to mitigate the severe conditions of climate change on the rural population. He worked with IGAD on the prevention of border disputes related to drought and resources become scarce. Dr. Said is an agent of change and I think his presence is a duty for all of us | After studying in France, he integrated the Department of Education. It occupies all echelons (Professor, Head of Establishment, director ...) then he joined the Djiboutian civil society of which he is a heavyweight. He is currently the President of Djibouti FADE Dr. Said is a researcher who has many writings. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0jHU_NqBYsYZzNMcGZuVkJrRnc/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0jHU_NqBYsYZzNMcGZuVkJrRnc/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
305 | 8/13/2014 11:37:24 | World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) | Luisa Volpe | info@wfo-oma.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Daniel Gad | World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) | www.wfo-oma.org | American | Ethiopia | Male | 66 | English | Mr Gad is member of WFO, a member-based organization of farmers whose mandate is to bring together farmers’ organisations and agriculture cooperatives internationally. WFO’s mission is to advocate on behalf of farmers for the adoption of policies aimed to improve the economic environment and livelihood of producers and their families. Climate change poses a myriad of threats to agriculture, including the reduction of agricultural productivity, production stability and negative effects on farmers’ incomes. Agriculture has the potential to be part of the solution, through the mitigation of a significant amount of global emissions, hence the WFO is keen to collaborate with other stakeholders to look for common and successful solutions. Mr Gad is a climate change expert with a broad experience in international meetings and policy fora. | Daniel Gad is the owner and Managing Director of Omega Farms Plc. a leading vegetable production farm in Ethiopia. Omega Farms is engaged in the production and export sales of pre-packed exotic high value vegetables to the EU & UK markets. Prior to returning to Ethiopia his homeland, Daniel Gad had a career in the telecom industry with AT&T for 18 years. In his last assignment as Vice-President and Client Partner, he steered the development of AT&T Solutions and secured a $1.6 billion outsourcing contract with JP Morgan. In addition, he also led the venture capital funded IPO of Opus 360, which was later acquired by another company. In 2003, Daniel Gad returned to Ethiopia where he was born and raised and established MetroLux Flowers, a company that produced and exported large T-Hybrid roses to direct high value markets in the EU, Russia, and the Middle East. In 2009 divested his interest in MetroLux Flowers in order to concentrate on the development of Omega Farms. Most recently Daniel Gad led the national project funded by PepsiCo aimed at improving smallholder productivity in the production of Chickpeas. In addition to this he has been a speaker on the subject of PPP (public private partnerships) and participation of the private sector in aid effectiveness at the OECD, IMF and World Bank annual events and more recently at the Food Security and Nutrition forum of the G8 in Washington DC as well as the Global Forum for Agriculture (GFFA) in Berlin, CAADP/NEPAD African Union agriculture conference, and at the African Export Import Bank annual shareholders AGM. Currently Mr. Gad is working on the development of a large scale PPP project with several hundred small holder farmers in Ethiopia in collaboration with and assistance of development partners of Ethiopia as well as the development of an Aquaculture business. Mr. Gad serves as a board member of the Ethiopian Horticulture Cooperative, as well as being an active member of the World Farmers Organization (WFO) and is the Treasurer and Board Member of the Ethiopian Post Harvest Network Organization. Just recently Mr. Gad was appointed by the EU Parliament as a member of the ACP-EESC (Africa Caribbean & Pacific-European Economic & Social Committee) for a three year term. | http://www.wfo-oma.com/media/k2/attachments/WFO_3rdGA_Presentation_Speaker_Daniel_Gad.pdf http://www.wfo-oma.com/images/Gad_Daniel_Innovative_Models_of_Financing.pdf | ||||||||
306 | 8/13/2014 11:37:58 | Soroptimist International | Deborah Thomas | deborah.thomas@soroptimistinternational.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Paul Allen | Centre for Alternative Technology | www.cat.org.uk | British | UK | Male | 53 | English | Paul Allen B.Eng (Hons) FRSA is widely recognised as an outstanding advocate for development and implementation of community based solutions to mitigate climate change. A pioneer in the field his many years of experience enable Paul to be more than compelling; delivery reflecting his evident knowledge. Paul's vast experience with the Centre for Alternative Technology based in Wales have culminated in him being appointed as co author and project leader of the widely acclaimed report "Zero Carbon Britain" Sir John HoughtonFormer Co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) commented: “The last report published by CAT in 2010 – ZeroCarbonBritain2030: A New Energy Strategy – was well received & contained valuable arguments & information. It is with this evidenced based approach in mind that I commend Paul Allen to be invited to be a civil society speaker. | Paul Allen B.Eng (Hons) FRSA 25 years with the Centre for Alternative Technology, assisting with development & production of a wide range of renewable energy systems including solar powered medical systems plus helping develop spin-out Dulas Ltd. Paul is currently External Relations Officer, leading the Zero Carbon Britain research programme since 2006, mapping out sustainable futures scenarios and liaising directly with key policy makers in Government, business, public sector to disseminate the findings of the work. Key positions: Winston Churchill Memorial Trust fellow (2013) Science Advisory Council for Wales (2010) Climate Change Commissioner for Wales (2007) | Paul's major work has been heading up the ZCB research see www.zerocarbonbritain.com, there are also some web interviews on that site. Paul also writes in the Ecologist magazine can be accessed via http://www.resurgence.org/magazine/article4188-we-made-a-cultural-shift.html | ||||||||
307 | 8/13/2014 11:51:14 | ACT ALLIANCE | VITUMBIKO CHINOKO | vch@actalliance.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | REV. CORNELIA FULLKRUG-WEITZEL | BREAD FOR THE WORLD | www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de | GERMAN | GERMANY | FEMALE | 59 | ENGLISH, SPANISH, ITALIAN AND GERMAN | .Reverend Dr Cornelia Fullkrug-Weitzel has followed climate change since 1992 Rio Earth Summit and has campaigned for climate justice. She has managed to mobilize the organizations for climate action at various levels. In this video http://climatechange-tv.rtcc.org/2009/12/17/cornelia-fuellkrug-weitzel-december-2009/ she is engaged with a journalist on climate change.. She has engaged in climate policy work at international level both at UNFCCC and non UNFCCC spaces. In this article http://www.zukunftsfaehiges-deutschland.de/en/sustainable_germany/the_project/bread_for_the_world/cornelia_fuellkrug_weitzel/ Cornelia demonstrates the works she has done in Germany. During the Climate Summit, Cornelia will lead the ACT Alliance to co-host “Climate Equity Breakfast Dialogue” meeting with the governments of Sweden, Bolivia and Switzerland. She is the perfect woman to represent faith voice on climate change. | Reverend Dr Cornelia Fullkrug-Weitzel is an ordained Minister with the Protestant Church Berlin Brandenburg since June 1988. She worked as Assistant Minister within the Management Board of the Berlin Mission between 1988-1990. For the next two years Cornelia worked as a Human Rights Consultant in the Education and Public Relations Division of Protestant Church in Germany, Hannover, Germany where she continued to head the division in 1992 and promoted to Deputy Director in 1997 and Acting Director in 1998. From 2000-2012 Cornelia has been Director of the Ecumenical Diakonia Division within the Social Service Agency of the Protestant, Diakonie Emergency Aid (DKH), Hope for Eastern Europe until 2011 when in same year she was appointed Vice President of the Social Services Agency of the Protestant and in August 2012 she was appointed President of the Bread for the World. Cornelia is a member of Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Executive Committee of the Joint Conference for Church and Development (GKKE), member of the Chamber for Global Ecumenism and indeed member of the Bread for the World Foundation. Cornelia is the President of Bread for the World Bread. BFTW is a global relief and development agency of the Protestant Churches in Germany. She holds Master of Arts in Divinity (Protestant Theology), Political Science and Educational Science) from Free University Berlin, Germany, and Doctorate in Divinity (Protestant Theology from the same University. She is fluent in German, English, French and Italian. | https://drive.google.com/#query?view=2&filter=documents | http://climatechange-tv.rtcc.org/2009/12/17/cornelia-fuellkrug-weitzel-december-2009 | |||||||
308 | 8/13/2014 11:56:19 | Christian Aid | Alison Kelly | akelly@christian-aid.org | Attend Summit only | No | Mohamed Adow Iman | Christian Aid | http://www.christianaid.org.uk/ | Kenyan | United Kingdom | Male | 35 | English, Swahili, Somali | Christian Aid is an international NGO which insists that the world can and must be swiftly changed to one in which everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We work globally for profound change; tackling the roots of poverty as well as its effects and striving to achieve equality, dignity and freedom for all, regardless of faith, or nationality. We work to support long-term development and humanitarian response across the globe. Climate change is one of Christian Aid’s core organisational priorities, implemented through programme, policy and advocacy work, including high-profile public campaigning calling for a fair and effective international agreement on climate change. We were one of the first international development and relief NGOs to publically and popularly make the link between climate and poverty and its human dimension. Christian Aid has a long history of campaigning for the greater international action that is required to secure a fair and equitable deal in 2015. | Mohamed Adow, a Kenyan, leads Christian Aid’s global climate policy and advocacy work. He observes the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and other climate change and sustainable development negotiations, where he engages and influences governments and other stakeholders in favour of the world’s poor people and countries. Mohamed has worked in international development and climate change for over 10 years, helping to improve disaster risk reduction and drought management capacities, climate change adaptation and sustainable energy access. At Christian Aid, he leads the international climate policy and advocacy agenda, specialising in developing countries issues, and supporting the organisation’s climate advocacy in Africa, Europe and at the United Nations. Mohamed, has cooperated over the last few years with the key civil society groups and negotiators and is uniquely connected to the relevant decision makers in the climate negotiation and the sustainable development processes. Mohamed has made significant contributions towards strengthening their capacities of civil society groups and policy makers from the developing countries through shared climate policy analysis and materials, and direct policy and advocacy support within the negotiations. Mohamed also chairs the international board of Climate Action Network (CAN) International, a network of network of over 900 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in more than 100 countries, working to promote government and individual action to limit humaninduced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. Mohamed has published a wide range of articles and reports on disaster risk reduction and management, climate equity, low-carbon development, and the climate negotiations. He has also spoken at many conferences around the world. | |||||||||
309 | 8/13/2014 12:49:04 | PLURIELLES | Wilda Destin | wildadestin@hotmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Alexandra Vanessa D. PIERRE | PLURIELLES | pluriellesinternational.webs.com (under construction) | Haitian | Haiti | Female | 25 | English-French-Haitian Creole | Alexandra is a young woman pretty involved in the water sector in and out of Haiti. She received 2 awards: a Blue passport in Holland by the International Secretariat of Water and a nomination as the Most Outstanding Young Person of Haiti for the environment category by the Junior Chamber International. Beacause of her language and speaking skills, she represented the haitian youth in international environment event organized by UN Agencies, most of the time as speakers. And, because of farmers origin considered as vulnerable groups in Haiti while having a strong education in the environment sector, Alexandra became an effective bridge, liaising between the rural communities and the state institutions. Youth representative of Haiti, she is recognized by the Haiti Youth Ministry. And also, Alexandra is a gratuated Ingineer Architect. She's actually ending with a Master degree program in Water & Environment in Haiti in a joint program in Education for Sustainable Developement in France. | Alexandra V. Destin Pierre is the founder and the President of an organization called PLURIELLES, working for the economic integration of woman and youth in the haitian society. Also, she is currently the Regional Commitment Coordinator of the World Youth Parliament for Water for Latin America and the Caribbean. Her candidature to be the Haiti delegate at the WYPW has been supported by UNICEF. As a young leader, she’s been to Texas to have the Youth included as a social and productive group for an effective transition of the OAS countries to Green Economy, to Bali at the Global Youth Forum participating in producing recommendations for the post-2015 United Nations development agenda putting youth rights at the heart of development, to the Hague with Wings for Water for a new definition of water corporation through a youth perspective, to Istanbul at the Global Power Shift for the elaboration of concrete actions to fight against climate change. She’s also been a Youth Panelist at the GIWA event, hosted by UNICEF in New-York, talking about the water and sanitation situation of Haiti. She’s been the environment coach of the Haiti Representative, Carolina Richere at the Miss Earth ecobeauty contest.She traveled to Panama to take part to the Tunza conference. Alexandra is the outreach coordinator of the Haiti Reef Check team, where she is working on protecting the marine environment of Haiti by educating the Youth. She trained fishermen for a better comprehension of the marine ecosystem in the South of Haiti for AquaDev. She also worked as a volunteer for the Foundation Etre ayisyen (FEA) which helped Haitian youth who were displaced by the earthquake in 2010. As a Youth Representative of Haiti, she works with the Youth Ministry, speaking at numerous events, organizing presentations, photo exhibits in Youth Clubs to raise awareness about water, youth and environmental causes in Haiti. Past year, she advocated for the French Ambassy against violence and sexual abuse on children with 2 other Youth Representatives in Haiti. Right now, Alexandra is a youth representative of the SIDS at the SIDS conference in Samoa and she will be a speaker at the youth side-event. She was selected by UNESCO. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7E-JMPmWkLtT25Zd2NfSnlkX1k/edit?usp=sharing | Video for nomination: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ttwoot3wdk28tru/Alexandra%20Vanessa%20D%20Pierre.m4a?dl=0 File link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EjueO9wZMEatvasKR4mXkq3R0ysUs4VCkebqlkg7TAo/edit?usp=sharing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Samples link: http://www.sie-isw.org/en/news?start=10 http://lenouvelliste.com/lenouvelliste/article/103962/La-participation-haitienne-au-parlement-mondial-de-la-jeunesse-pour-leau.html http://www.i-wash.org/portfolio/ http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/100000001030590/ruin-and-hope-on-haitis-reefs.html http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/earthrise/2012/08/20128214628624220.html http://bizhaiti.com/episode-16-4/ | |||||||
310 | 8/13/2014 12:56:54 | ENDA ENERGY | Secou SARR | secousarr@endatiersmonde.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | ABY DRAME | ENDA ENERGY | http://www.endaenergie.org/ | Senegalese | SENEGAL | Female | 46 | French, English | The candidate Aby DRAME represents the NGO Enda Energy which is a member of ENDA network, an international NGO, very representative of civil society organisations. She is authorized to speak on behalf of the NGO. She actively participated in large meetings on climate change, for example: COP 18 in Doha and COP 15 in Copenhagen with a contribution in side events, exhibition and development of policy brief papers. She took part in a meeting organized by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) of UNEP and the 2nd Meeting of the High Level Political Forum. She has a proven experience of working with civil society actors and grassroots communities from the phase of raising awareness on the climate convention to its implementation. Ms. Aby DRAME is available to be at UN Headquarter at 8:30 am on 23 September, he has a valid visa to travel to the USA. | Aby DRAME is a program officer. She is working for over ten years in Enda Energy. She has a background of Environmentalist and geographer. She has contributed greatly to the implementation of several development projects. She coordinates the Indigenous knowledge Bank project of C3D + program. "Capacity Development for Adaptation to Climate Change and GHG Mitigation" (C3D +), Co-financed by the European Commission, Austrian Development Cooperation and Switzerland Government. United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is developing this program in partnership with ENDA, the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND). She has a good understanding of the environment and more specifically issues related to climate change and sustainable development. This earned him good appreciation of her interventions during meetings at national, regional and international levels. She capitalized experience through the various projects she monitored on-field or through networks. Thus, she is in touch with the local communities, civil society organisations, researchers and policy-makers. She is president of the National Committee of IUCN in Senegal comprising 8 members, of whom 7 of the civil society organisations and one member state. Aby DRAME is the Vice-President of the members of IUCN West and Central Africa. She actively participated in important climate meetings Doha COP18 and COP15 Copenhagen. She has conducted activities of building capacity on climate change in several West African countries, Burkina Faso, Mali, Benin, Gambia, Senegal. She is the author of publications on vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. She has developed several position papers on this theme shared at the COPs, with partners and on ENDA website. She holds an Advanced University Degree (DEA) in Environmental Sciences, a High Degree in Diplomacy and strategy and Master Degree in Geography, with the option: Environment. She is PhD student. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwg0cprSFl2yM0tkay1feUZJU0U/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwg0cprSFl2yV3huYklwc2FjeW8/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwg0cprSFl2yOHg5M3NWX2I0cEE/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
311 | 8/13/2014 13:20:19 | Secretary, Government of Chhattisgarh | Subrat Sahoo, Secretary, Indian Administrative Services | sub.right@yahoo.co.in | Attend Summit only | Yes | Ujjawal Deepak | Samajik Chetna Manch | Indian | India | Male | 33 | English, Hindi | Mr.Deepak is one of the youngest member who has made it to the President of Non Government Organisation Samajik Chetna Manch. He has represented India as a keynote speaker at a renowned conference in Naples' Florida in 2008. He left his flourishing career at India's biggest corporation, Reliance Industries to work for social awareness in his native state of Chhattisgarh which is primarily a tribal dominated state affected by left wing extremists. Climate Change is a subject which is new to this state and offers lots of opportunities in Chhattisgarh & he will definitely add value by attending the summit and bring back to India, knowledge which he loves to share and contribute to the society.He is currently in a leadership position, working with the Honourable Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh state in India and can influence policy decisions. A leader in making, this Summit shall provide Mr. Deepak,the requisite knowledge on climate change to raise the topic effectively in the state. | The legacy of a politically active journalist father, his early demise, shouldering financial responsibility to support the family by doing sundry sales jobs from an early age shaped Mr. Deepak's formative years. A Post Graduate in Communications from one of the Elite Communication Schools in India, Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad, MICA, he has earned many accolades in the 7 years spent in decision making management positions in two of India`s most renowned corporates, Tata and Reliance. However they could not satiate his innate desire, either genetic or caused by the large number of hardships faced in his sojourn to contribute directly in the socio-political transformation that India was undergoing. This strong desire motivated him to go back to his roots and open a much-needed teacher-training institute in his village which now trains 100 teachers annually, thus contributing to fulfil the scarcity of qualified teachers. However, this was just the beginning of his quest. He ploughed further to work for the state government firstly in advising senior bureaucrats and secondly as a communication strategy expert in the assembly elections. In his corporate roles he could never dream of impacting so many lives in such a significant manner. However, this exposure to the decision making at the highest level sensitised him to many grass root level issues in the state and now he is aiming high to highlight some of the very sensitive issues which Chhattisgarh is currently facing. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-nwsB-MuvBbUkN1YnlxUnlzZnc/edit?usp=sharing | Link to the brochure of the Conference in 2008 where Mr. Deepak was a Keynote Speaker. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-nwsB-MuvBbcnNmb3hJN0wzZGc/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
312 | 8/13/2014 14:14:40 | LES ECOLOGISTES | JEAN BAPTISTE MPIANA KABAMBA | papympiana2@yahoo.fr | Attend Summit only | Yes | JEAN BAPTISTE MPIANA KABAMBA | LES ECOLOGISTES | CONGOLAISE | REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO | MASCULIN | 34 | FRANCAIS ANGLAIS | Notre objectif a cette rencontre internationale est de participer et d’informer notre base sur les conclusions. car ,plus personne n’ignore la problématique du changement climatique. Beaucoup d’entres nous peuvent percevoir ses effets. Canicule en été, hiver sans neige, dérèglement du climat ("il n’y a plus de saisons"), inondations dans un coin de l’Europe tandis qu’un autre subit de terribles sécheresses, le changement climatique se manifeste sous des formes diverses. Au-delà du climat, ses conséquences sont bien plus complexes. Le réchauffement de l’eau et la fonte des glaces font monter le niveau des mers, ce qui met en péril de nombreux archipels et terres basses, comme les Pays-Bas ou le Bangladesh. Le 21ème siècle sera peut-être le premier à voir l’apparition de « réfugiés climatiques ». Les conséquences géopolitiques seraient énormes. Ces bouleversements climatiques perturbent la faune et la flore. Ces changements impactent l’agriculture, la santé, l’économie. | Journaliste chargé des questions climatiques membre de l’Organisation « Les ECOLOGISTES », Co rédacteur du rapport d’enquête indépendante de la société civile sur l’exploitation forestière à Oshwe, dans la province du Bandundu, RDC. (Rapport publié en mars 2010). De 2005 à 2010 (Reporter, Enquêteur et Analyste), membre de la rédaction de l’Agence de presse D.I.A. (Documentation et Informations pour l’Afrique), media de la Conférence Episcopale Nationale du Congo, Cenco. Mise à jour des nouvelles en ligne www.dia-afrique.org et envoi des nouvelles aux abonnés par courriers électroniques. A participer à l’atelier sur l’évaluation des contrats miniers, avec le forum de la société civile, coordonné par le centre d’études pour l’action sociale, Cepas Kinshasa, 2007. A participer à l’atelier national de sensibilisation de l’initiative de transparence dans la gestion des revenus des industries extractives, Mai 2007, Kinshasa. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B93SJmuEUM-6NGFkdDFCXzRJRFU/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||||
313 | 8/13/2014 15:38:43 | Earth Child Institute | Maryann Celis | MaryAnn@earthchildinstitute.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | MaryAnn Celis | Earth Child Institute | www.earthchildinstitute.org | American and Filipino dual-citizen | United States | Female | 30 | English, Japanese, Tagalog | MaryAnn's contributions to the research and advocacy for climate change and children for the Earth Child Institute makes her an excellent nominee for the 2014 Climate Summit. Furthermore, MaryAnn's passion translates well in her advocacy work, from presenting and speaking at numerous panels for the UNFCCC COP19 in Warsaw and the UN Commission on Social Development and to the developing of advocacy papers. She is currently in the process of authoring a paper for ECI that on the importance of combating climate change through childhood education. | MaryAnn currently serves as the Program and Development Adviser for the Earth Child Institute. She currently holds a Master's degree in International Education Policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her areas of expertise include education, teacher professional development, curriculum development, and monitoring and evaluation.She has over 8 years of working in the education sector internationally, including NGOs, private companies and nonprofit organizations, championing the rights of children and youth. MaryAnn is deeply interested in the holistic approach to education, the role of integrating climate change adaptation initiatives within education and creating multi-sectoral collaborations in order to empower children and their communities. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-dXt0q8L8eEMm0yYVE1SS1peHc/edit?usp=sharing | Writing Sample: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YwQjO-uNCZNTPYXLTuI-tbF87PUxnv591F0cNuBhB7c/pub Speaking Engagements: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bB13fVEpqBsR0jbij5GtAW-vrCBBPSgDyKu4bLuXTqA/pub Youtube video during COP19 Warsaw on why children need climate change education: http://climatechange-tv.rtcc.org/2013/11/15/cop19-mary-ann-celis-on-why-children-need-climate-change-education/ | |||||||
314 | 8/13/2014 18:06:45 | Acacias for all | Sarah Toumi | sarah.toumi@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | TOUMI SARAH MAGIDA | Acacias for all | www.acaciasforall.org | TUNISIAN | Tunisia | FEMALE | 26 | FRENCH/ENGLISH | Sarah Magida TOUMI is a 26 years old female Tunisian leader on climate change. Founding Acacias for All in 2012, she is working at local levels with Tunisian farmers in order to offer them access to awarness campaigns, trainings and thanks to a reforestation agricultural program, her organisation manage to offer a concrete solution for farmers to adapt to climate change and escape poverty. She is a TEDx speaker, a speaker at Muhamed Yunus conference (Tunis, 2013), winner of a Youth prize at Rio+20 with Peace Child International and coordinator of the French Youth participation to RIO+20 consultation, and a Plant for the Planet Ambassador in Tunisia. She has now ambition to develop REDD+ programs in Tunisia and make farmers benefit from carbone finance. | Sarah Toumi was born in Paris from a french-tunisian familly. She got involved very young through the creation of a rural NGO with her father. In 2006, discovering the issue of desertification, she proposed an idea to Ashoka to offer concrete solutions to Tunisian farmers to adapt to the desertification process. During her studies in communication in Paris, she created DREAM, the network for exchange and action for development. Working for TakingITGlobal, Sarah was the Tread Lightly coordinator for France and attended COP15. After the 2011 Revolution she decided to go back to Tunisia to implement her idea : Acacias for all was born. She became a climate change activist and an actor of change in Tunisia. She got selected for the Women for Change Prize in 2013, the "100 innovators for Africa" in 2013, and got selected to represent Tunisian youth at ECOSOC Youth Conference (2014). Sarah is an empathic and strong woman. She was able to raise the community of the village of Bir Salah to start her initiative, supported by 483 women farmers. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8wYzh7c5VJ3SGxIX1ZGeXJhbDg/edit | VIDEOS http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x14aoct_women-for-change-sarah-toumi-tunisie_news https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxe4p7LOkWw&list=PLsRNoUx8w3rNZr-rnyW8Ojv1bSv1_69rl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVGGIS0T1uU TEXT : French Youth RIO+20 consultation https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8wYzh7c5VJ3OUFPWDdRenlpVzJwaVlfZmVRdUJmakdkTmpZ/edit http://sarahtoumi.tigblog.org/ | |||||||
315 | 8/13/2014 20:17:43 | Arab Youth Climate Movement & Women's Earth and Climate Action Network | FADOUA BROUR | fadoua.alci@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | FADOUA BROUR | Arab Youth Climate Movement & Women's Earth and Climate Action Network | www.aycm.org / www.wecaninternational.org | Moroccan | Morocco | Female | 23 | English, Arabic, French | Fadoua has created the first national platform of youth climate activists, NGOs and experts in Morocco called the Moroccan youth Climate Movement, and coordinates succefully the WECAN Climate Training for 70 MENA women;during 5 weeks so to build their capacities and implement a regional action plan to tacke climate related challenges in their respective countries, She organizes several on the ground activities in her country And the MENA region to raise awareness and education on climate change Fadoua works patiently on climate change issues, very ambitious and aims to contribute in achieving a just and clean transition from fossil fuel to renewables and more educated generation about climate and environmental issues to ensure a healty Earth for the current and future generations, she stands for the rights of women and youth in pushing the climate agenda forward and shape a real climate justice, | Fadoua Brour is a climate change Activist from Morocco. She is National Coordinator of “Arab Youth Climate Movement” in Morocco and President Founder of “Moroccan Youth Climate Movement” a non-profit organization that works to create a generation-wide movement to solve the Climate Crisis and promote the role of youth and women in the sustainable development process. Fadoua works on sustainable development and Climate Change issues across the Mena Region and Morocco in particular by organizing caravans, conferences, campaigns, Workshops and trainings in favor of Youth and women in order to build their capacities in terms of Sensitization, Mobilization and Leadership techniques and also the environmental advocacy process. Her aim is to drive formal and informal climate and environmental education, building the capacity of local populations to understand the effects of climate change on their communities and to take action as well as to ensure a clean development and just transition from fossil fuel energy to renewable energy fadoua is also the Middle east and north Africa ( MENA) Coordinator of women's earth and climate action network intenrational (WECAN) She is newly Lawyer after her graduation in the business Law studies ( MBA in business law) From the University of Fes-Morocco. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8_acwqXkkGYTEFmQWt0TUJVeEk/edit?usp=sharing | Video for nomination: https://www.dropbox.com/s/r3qopnn0nirtniz/Fadoua%20Brour%20Climate%20Summit%20Video.mp4?dl=0 https://docs.google.com/document/d/14rBnFabGL_78iTwJWOJRZnHAQkHf7YkS4_zpejm1sIM/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
316 | 8/13/2014 20:41:17 | Global Footprint Network | Melissa Fondakowski | melissa.fondakowski@footprintnetwork.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Pati Poblete | Global Footprint Network | http://www.footprintnetwork.org | Filipino | United States | Female | 44 | English, Conversational Tagalog | Ms. Poblete’s presentations on the Ecological Footprint concept from Russia, to Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, the ASEAN and the Philippines has resulted in negotiations with several of these nations on Footprint collaborations and studies, particularly the Philippines national government. The demands on our planet’s natural resources continue to exacerbate the symptoms of climate change, water shortages, and a host of negative environmental impacts, and also significantly effect economies—particularly in poorer regions where communities are more directly reliant on ecosystem services to maintain their livelihood. The Philippine government has become a leading voice in the international community advocating for immediate climate change action. The study and integration of Footprint applications builds on the Philippines international position, and provides the international community with substantive impacts and renewed discussions in favor of national climate change action. | Pati Poblete has been the Asia Regional Director for Global Footprint Network since 2008, leading Ecological Footprint applications and policy implementations throughout Asia. Prior to her association with this international nonprofit agency, Global Footprint Network had not had widespread success engaging and collaborating with Asian governments on Ecological Footprint thinking and applications—with the exception of Japan. Pati’s efforts presenting the Ecological Footprint concept and educating and training Footprint practitioners from Russia, to Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, the ASEAN and the Philippines have resulted in negotiations with several of these nations on Footprint collaborations and studies, particularly the Philippines national government. Building on her on-the-ground policy expertise as a journalist, Pati has engaged with more than six Asian national governments and various international institutions including AusAID and the ASEAN Secretariat. Currently, Pati is working with the Philippines Climate Change Commission, the Office of the Presidential Adviser for Environmental Protection Philippines, Asian Development Bank and the French Development Agency on various Philippine national and subnational applications of the Ecological Footprint. The need for living within ecological limits has become well known with governments around the world that are already beginning to utilize ecosystems valuation and ecological resource management tools. But the demands on our planet’s natural resources are nevertheless growing. This troubling trend continues to exacerbate climate change, water shortages, and a host of negative environmental impacts. Prior to joining Global Footprint Network, Pati was a journalist for 15 years, working as a columnist and editorial writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, deputy editorial page editor for the Honolulu Advertiser and staff editor at numerous Bay Area daily newspapers. Her yearlong editorial series on foster care reform in California for the San Francisco Chronicle helped lead to numerous changes in the state law, and won her numerous national awards, including first place in the National Headliners Award, Scripps Howard National Journalism Award, Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Chi Award and the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism. Pati was also the Chronicle’s nominee for Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing in 2006 and 2007. She is the author of “The Oracles: My Filipino Grandparents in America.” | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxFprnPfiy26UHE3VzdjaDNid3M/edit?usp=sharing | http://bcove.me/abj1eiwp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7By0JoIjQU http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Typhoon-reminds-us-climate-change-is-about-people-4986186.php http://www.footprintnetwork.org/images/article_uploads/Philippines_2013_Ecological_Footprint.pdf http://www.footprintnetwork.org/images/article_uploads/Philippines_Footprint_Report_2012.pdf http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/ACCULTURATION-The-Oracles-In-an-excerpt-from-2486752.php http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Foster-care-hope-emerges-Reform-efforts-gain-2556027.php | |||||||
317 | 8/13/2014 21:31:03 | Pastoralist Forum Ethiopia | Daniel Temesgen Gelan | danieltemesgen2011@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Daniel Temesgen Gelan | Pastoralist forum Ethiopia | Ethiopian | Ethiopia | Male | 45 | English,Amharic,Afan Oromo, | Pastoralists are vulnerable to climate change hazards of droughts, floods , conflict, displacement. The Forum I am working for have played a great role in leveraging advocacy for the inclusion of the voice of pastoralist in the climate adaptation and mitigation policy. I have been involved in : • Technology Need and Institutional Capacity Gap Assessment to Climate change adaptation and mitigation • Developed Communication toolkit for Climate change adaptation for four pastoral regions of Ethiopian. • Developed climate change adaptation program of Afar region • Documentation of best practices in community based adaptation practices in Afar and Somali regions Hence, My experience in advocacy and involvement in community Climate change adaptation and mitigation activities prove my track record. Therfore,I strongly belief that, my attendance in this summit will enhance my exposure to global stage to voice for pastoralists. | Daniel Temesgen Gelan was born in 1969 in the town of Harar in the Harari Region of Ethiopia from my father Temesgen Gelan and my mother Frehiywet Benti. He received elementary education at Lutheran Mission Junior Secondary School in Harar and completed High School in 1987 at Harar compressive senior Secondary School in Harar. He then joined the then Alemaya University of Agriculture where he earns B.Sc Degree in Agriculture in 1991 . After for about six years service in community development , awarded scholarship to join University and earned Masters degree in Extension Education and rural sociology in the year 2000 and PhD in 2007 in Rural development from Indian Institute of Agricultural research. Then in 2008 joined Pastoralist forum Ethiopia An advocacy organization working for pastoral people and voicing pastoralist right has proven track record of effective advocacy or implementation of community based solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation in Ethiopia. Serving as full time policy advocacy officer, networking and partnership manager. Actively engaged in Pastoralist Policy Research and Advocacy. In 2013 promoted to Associate professor in Rural Development : Institute of development studies and cooperatives, Ambo University Ethiopia. Holding par time teaching and research position. In September 2011 Elected as Vice chair of Ethiopian Pastoral Development Research and development Network a civil society organizations. In August 2012 Elected as Secretary of Ethiopian Society of Animal Production serving in both organizations to present. I am married with Ms Selome Tibebu in 2007 based in Addis Ababa. My Hobby is reading and working with margilized people. I have Excellent Speaking and writing skills in three local Ethiopian languages in addition to English. I have published three e-books and several articles on youth and land ,Women business, Pastoralist Social protection, climate change impact on pastoralists resilience, and community based climate change adaptation. | Regional Disaster Risk management and Resilience: Community Perspectives in Ethiopia | |||||||||
318 | 8/14/2014 0:32:49 | Asesores en Conservación y Desarrollo AC | Victor Verdiguel Gonzalez | verdiguel_v@hotmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Marisol Violeta Sanchez Avendaño | Asesores en Conservación y Desarrollo AC | www.acd.org.mx | Mexicana | México | Female | 37 | Spanish | Marisol has experience working with indigenous communities in environmental conservation and mechanisms of social participation and gender equity, experience in actions to mitigate climate change have resulted in successful projects for local communities. With the Master studies in climate change has strengthened its ability to positively impact on communities and environmental conservation. | Marisol Sanchez was born in Mexico, for 20 years has worked with nonprofit agencies and international organizations to take action with local participation that promote environmental conservation and strengthening of local capacities. his first work experience, I take her to support communities in the Mayan jungle, during the following years of experience, worked with UNDP to implement actions to promote gender equity in different parts of the country, recently concluded his studies in climate change Master and ongoing support to marginalized indigenous groups of central Mexico. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Ylq6Mxmh1QX3RIZzJ0X3dIMTA/edit?usp=sharing | No File | |||||||
319 | 8/14/2014 1:01:52 | INECC | Ajita Tiwari | inecc1996@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | AJITA TIWARI PADHI | INECC | www. inecc.net | INDIAN | INDIA | FEMALE | 36 | ENGLISH/ HINDI | The nominee has an excellent micro- macro mix of experience. She has worked with the indigenous ( adivasi ) communities in several backward states in India and therefore is rooted in her understanding and analysis of the Climate reality. She has been part of the team devising solar home lights, micro hydro, sustainable farming practices and other community based adaptation and mitigation responses. She has been engaging Indian youth from across diverse backgrounds to get them on board for Climate Dialogues titled " Yuva Drishti" She has also been attending and following the climate negotiations since CoP 15 at Copenhagen.She is currently playing a key advocacy role for a national network in India which relates to the Climate question from an ethical dimension | A marine biologist by academic qualification,she realised that working with the marginalized communities was her her calling. Grassroots engagement is what she enjoys .She has worked extensively on issues of girl child education in the Indian context.She has been involved with looking at the Climate question for the last 8 years now. She has been part of micro studies on energy need assessments across 4 key states in India. She has undertaken studies on Clean Development Mechanism; biofuels and has questioned the nature of sustainability met by such Climate responses at the grassroots.She has conceived and guided mitigation and adaptation processes at the grassroots for facilittaing resilience. She is currently a Research Scholar at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS,) Mumbai , endeavoring to study the nature and extent of vulnerability due to climate Change among two Primitive tribal groups ( indigenous) communities in India. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B90lPHrX93XURkhINF9kbFVyRlU/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B90lPHrX93XUTVl3ZnJ4R3BmVUk/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B90lPHrX93XUR2RVdEQtd25zNFk/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B90lPHrX93XUMjJoaFVmbjJycFE/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B90lPHrX93XUWFdwWTR1NFhHMDA/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B90lPHrX93XUTzlCOHA1WEx2eTg/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
320 | 8/14/2014 1:24:40 | Japan Solar Energy Education Association | Satoko Shirai | solar_energy@hyper.cx | Attend Summit only | Yes | Satoko Shirai | Japan Solar Energy Education Association | Japanese | Japan | Female | 41 | Japanese, English | I belong to Japan Solar Energy Educational Association since 2005 and have promoted renewable energy as a tool of tackling climate change for more than 10 years. I have been involved in implementing different types of community based solutions for climate change mitigation or adaptation through renewable energy education. What’s more, I have also been engaged in advocacy activities and networking of all relevant stakeholders such as NGO/NPO, corporations, and National/Local government to promote renewable energy. Since NGO networking and corporate commitment against climate change are still weak in Japan, I am keen to work on accelerating a wider range of activities for tackling climate change. I am confident to say that I have enough experience, knowledge, and robust network to perform this task. | I studied International Environmental Cooperation at Hosei University and received a Master's degree in Environmental management. I worked with Conservation International to advocate Key Biodiversity Area and REDD+ to be promoted as a climate change mitigation measure; I was later transferred to Global Environmental Outreach Center and contributed to NGO-networking for Rio+20 and SDGs and get their voices heard into the global decision making process. In addition, I have been involved in various activities to tackle climate change at home and abroad on my own, including implementing different types of community based solutions for climate change mitigation or adaptation through renewable energy education and working closely with local and U.S. NGOs. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxtDx5vy4996RnFBWW5VeHpuMkU/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxtDx5vy4996b20yYVhxNzZXUW8/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
321 | 8/14/2014 1:27:16 | International Human Rights Observer(IHRO) Pakistan | Dr Z U Khan | info@ihro.org.pk | Attend Summit only | Yes | Khalid Pervaiz Sulehri | International Human Rights Observer(IHRO) Pakistan | www.ihro.org.pk | Pakistan | Pakistan | Male | 44 years | English | Mr. Khalid Pervaiz Sulehri is one the human rights activist who has fifteen years advocacy experience of the United Nations Universal Charter of Human Rights and other conventions. As a founder of a NGO International Human Rights Observer (IHRO) Pakistan, he worked a lot to promote the mandate of the United Nations on every topic on human rights and related topics. He is also one of the great campaigners of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Pakistan. He believes that Global Climate change holds dramatic implications on human rights especially in poor countries .H has written many articles on “Climate Change and Human Rights “and covered many topics climate change and poor countries, climate refugees ,indigenous people , fleeing low-lying , changed areas , disease spread etc. He has also played a role to realize the government policies on environment , human rights and climate change . | Dr. Khalid Pervaiz Sulehri (known as Dr. Khalid Aftab Sulehri) was born on 7th February 19968 in the rural area of the famous district of Pakistan “Sialkjot”.He is founder of International Human rights Observer(IHRO) Pakistan which enjoys now special consultative status with the United Nations since 2011 . He is also founder of first ever ‘International Human Rights University in Pakistan which is under process. He is one of the renowned human rights activist and social worker in Pakistan working for last twenty years having honorary doctorate degree in social work. His main distinction is that he defended the image of Pakistanis and other communities at United Nations, Europe and North America, Japan and Africa with respect to human rights. His second qualification is that his organization believes in the field work along with public awareness and advocacy on human rights. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4X3Grva_nN7WmtSRjZ0aEdWQjg/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4X3Grva_nN7WmtSRjZ0aEdWQjg/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
322 | 8/14/2014 2:08:30 | Indian Ocean Commission; Association pour la preservation du Gombessa | Leon Razaka and Mohamed Ali | gombessa.km@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Said Ahamada | Forum AIDE-APG NGO | http://gombessa.tripod.com/ | Comorian | Mauritius and Comoros | Male | 42 | French and English | Mr Said Ahamada has in his actif several sucees stories working with local communities and decentralised government as well as regional and international organisations in the field of sustainable marine and coastal management. Most of his activities deals with integrated coastal management including alternative solution for building the capacities of local communities in climate change daptation. Mr Said Ahamada has been working for several years for sustainable coastal development. His connection with field actors in the indian ocean commission members states in general and Comoros in particular will help to links efforts deployed in this part of the world with other international initiatives. He particularly supported local communities in climate change adaptation livelihoods projects related to coastal and upland erosion management, coral reefs and associated ecosystems conservation... He also key person in the development of the the climate change capacities building strategy for the Indian ocean Commission Islands States. His participation at this summit will help him to contribute to link field actors in this part of the world with other international stakeholders for the implementation of better solutions to climate change issues. | Mr Ahamada is born on 4th February 1972 in the small village of Itsoundzou south of Grand Comoros. He holds a Master degree in innovation, development and societies with some certificates and diplomas in environement management. He has been working for mor than 19 years in the field of enviroment and development. He was speaker in 3 major conferences: - Johanesbourg sustainable development world summit civil societies sessions (2002) - Saragoza Indigenous world conference (2005) - Reunion Islands ICRI general assembly (2011) Mr Ahamada is graduate in experimental sciences and indangered species management with master degreee in innovations , development and societies. He has more than 18 years professional experience in environment and development. He is actor of several success stories in the southwestern indian ocean and the comorors working in alternatives livelihoods activities developement and biodiversity conservation especially with vulnerable population. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_19CXj2qt2gSlVYMVZqUGFtNVE/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_19CXj2qt2gZkJ1Y2J6SGlzcU0/edit?usp=sharing_eil https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_19CXj2qt2gN0F4OS11VnFEd1E/edit?usp=sharing - participation at the 2002 sustaible world summit in Jobourg - presentation at the 2005 and 2012 ICRI general assembly in Seychelles and REUNION - presentation at the indigenous conference in ZAragza spain 2005 | |||||||
323 | 8/14/2014 2:21:51 | Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project | Cecilia Miguel | facrp1@yahoo.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Kemba Nefertiti Jaramogi | Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project | https://www.facebook.com/facrp | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | Female | 29 | English | Kemba Jaramogi has been a consistent activist in the fields of environment and culture from the tender age of 9. She has represented her country at a national level sitting on national committees which deals with water resources, food production and youth work. She has also represented her country at the SIDS meeting in Mauritius, done voluntary work in that spans from the Caribbean, England and Ghana. She has also participated on live climate change debates on Al-Jazeera which was televised globally. Kemba works with and mentor thousands youths each year in the field of environment as well as communities that battles with issues of climate change, mitigation and adaptation in Trinidad and Tobago. I do believe that she has what it takes to add to the dynamic cohort of persons speaking and participating in this year's forum. | A Youth Cultural/Environmental Activist and a Creator/Designer of Wearable Art, with international experience, her envious track record in environmental awareness, community work, volunteerism, and youth activism has set her apart from other young people and has placed her at the forefront of youth achievement. Born in 1985, Kemba grew up in the hills of Fondes Amandes, where collective work and responsibility was a way of life.The second of six children, Kemba, at the tender age of 9, because of the untimely passing of her father, was forced to assume the responsibilities of helping to caring for her siblings and well as working in the management of the Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project (FACRP) which was founded by her parents. In spite of severe challenges, Kemba, throughout her school life was actively involved in many activities. In 2005 she participated in the Youth Visioning for Island Living Event held in Mauritius at the United Nations Meeting for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing State, with over 100 delegates from the Caribbean, AIMs and the Pacific Region. Environmental, economic and social issues affecting youths in the Small Islands and Developing States (SIDS) were addressed. In July 2008 she was accepted by the University of East London (UEL) to pursue her BA Hons degree in International Development: The Third World with NGO Management. She obtained her degree and completed her work placement in Ghana working with two NGO’s: 1) HEPPENS, an organization focusing on Health, Sanitation and the Environment where she helped to establish the organization’s first headquarters and assisted in forming strategic partnerships with other NGO’s. 2) Trashy Bags Organization, where developed a training manual that is being used currently to train unemployed youth in the skill of making tote bags from recycled plastic bags. She returned home to take up the position of Technical Director. She works with thousands of students from primary to university level, mentors and supervises volunteers and interns at FACRP, interested in different aspects of Development Studies and action learning in community forestry management. Her work at FACRP has engendered job creation and helped to foster a greater appreciation of the natural environment through sustainable use forest resources. It has also created a reduction of environmental hazards such as flooding, forest fires, wildlife loss and water pollution. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwoB1igJz5HUeTM4RVhNNWdJcm8/edit?usp=sharing | http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201309120021-0023043 see link | |||||||
324 | 8/14/2014 2:35:47 | 350 Pacific | Aaron Packard | aaron@350.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Arianne Rozalexandra Kassman | 350 Pacific | http://350pacific.org/ | Papua New Guinean | Papua New Guinea | Female | 24 | English | The candidate was the only participant from Papua New Guinea to attend the Global Power Shift in 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. She founded a 350 chapter in Papua New Guinea and organizes and facilitates events on our behalf in Papua New Guinea. Through her advocacy and awareness raising activities, she has established partnerships with other climate change organizations in PNG, including government agencies and continues to work closely with other 350 chapters in the Pacific to build the Climate Warrior Base. The candidate was recently nominated by the Government of PNG to attend the World Youth Conference 2014 in Sri Lanka and together with other Pacific Island Delegates, was instrumental in making sure that Climate Change was included in the Colombo Declaration of Youth. | The candidate is a 24 year old female from Papua New Guinea. She currently works as the Youth Against Corruption Association (YACA) Coordinator for Transparency International PNG Inc (TIPNG). She is passionate about fighting corruption, especially in Papua New Guinea. She shares the same passion for Climate Change, contributing to overall discussions in the Pacific and in PNG. She has organized Youth Forums, spoken at Climate Change events and organized 350 events in PNG. | http://yacapng.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/yaca-takes-part-in-the-climate-change-exhibition/ http://yacapng.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/350-png-hosts-very-first-climate-change-warrior-training/ http://yacapng.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/official-lauching-of-350-pacific-in-png/ | ||||||||
325 | 8/14/2014 2:38:39 | Africa Initiative for the Needy Uganda | Wasswa Francis | kidsuganda@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | SSEBULIBA NALUSWA WILSON | AFRICA INITIATIVE FOR THE NEEDY UGANDA | www.ainuganda.jigsy.com | UGANDA | UGANDA | MALE | 31 | English | I strongly recommend the applicant for his great commitment and motivation for the climate change. He is our Country Director as well as a board member, and I have known him since 2003 under Africa Initiative for the Needy Uganda. Throughout this period, he has been a hardworking and very dedicated worker who did not hesitate to go an extra mile to achieve set goals in his work. Being an inquisitive person, he is a great potential to conduct research on a climate level. His first degree and subsequent employment has exposed him to various aspects of socio-economic, life and natural sciences, Environmental campaigns all that very relevant to his proposed activity in climate. My work with him has been mainly focused on Environment conservation and climate change and utilization to sustain acceptable livelihoods. | Social Worker with a BA in social sciences from Makerere University. certificates in; Be the Peace Agent from Peace Revolution, Human Rights Defenders, Peace training , Community Policing and Human Rights Abuse, Entrepreneurship Development, child/pediatric counseling, Computer Applications . He has awards/Participation Certificates in Most People Painting Simultaneously, a Guinness World Record Attempt to promote Universal brotherhood and Nuclear Weapons Free World and promoting World Peace on 27 July, 2012, New Delhi, India, Award of Honour for active participation in the IYPF held at Peace-City Chandigarh, India, Award of Honour presented for Extending my Invaluable Support in the organisation of International Youth Peace Fest (IYPF 2012), Plant For The Planet: Billion Tree Campaign part of UNEP Award In Planting Trees And Catalyzing Environmental Action In Service Of The Earth And For The Benefit Of Humankind. Also awarded a Certificate of Participation, Awarded a certificate of Appreciation in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1fWzcHEb2-8cWM4TzhuT3gzeW8/edit?usp=sharing | Non as per now. He has been doing this through training's of communities, Social media campaigns and liaising with other civil society organisations. | |||||||
326 | 8/14/2014 3:20:26 | Scorpion Youth Organisation | Focus Muyanga | muyangafocus@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | No | Andrew Longwe | Youth and Society | Malawian | Malawi | Male | 34 | English | The nominee has just received funding to work on improving the governance of Viphya plantations in Malawi the largest man made forest in southern Africa on the basis of climate change adaptation.The nominee will learn from the summit on best practices and programming which could add value to collaboration,networking and creation of linkages for the project and for sharing of results . | The nominee is an environment activist with a proven track record in program delivery.The nominee is the previous winner of the world bank development marketplace award,the commonwealth youth award and the previous board member of the national youth council of Malawi. | The nominee is an attendance only. | |||||||||
327 | 8/14/2014 3:35:22 | Croix-Rouge Malagasy | RANAIVOMANANA Harinoro Mbolatiana | com.redcross@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | RANAIVOMANANA Harinoro Mbolatiana | Croix-Rouge Malagasy | www.croixrougemalagasy.org | MALAGASY | MADAGASCAR | FEMALE | 34 | FRENCH | Je suis responsable de la communication dans un organisation qui met en œuvre des projets de réduction des risques des catastrophes liés au changement climatique. Le changement climatique m'intéresse vivement. Cette année, je viens de gagner le concours de meilleur photo sur "l'homme face au changement climatique, en milieu rural". Le changement climatique est un problème majeur à Madagascar, beaucoup de personne ont manifesté leur volonté d'agir mais très peu ont traduit cela en acte. Il faut des actions pour les sensibiliser à agir car la situation s'aggrave Je travaille dans un organisme qui met en ouvre des projets de réduction des risques des catastrophes liées au changement climatique et nos efforts consistent à renforcer la résilience de la communauté. | Je suis sociologue de formation. Mais j'ai été journaliste social en début de carrière. J'ai fait 5 ans de journalisme à la Gazette de la Grande Ile. En ce temps, j'ai écrit un certain nombre d'articles sur la dégradation de l'environnement liée aux changements climatiques. Je suis actuellement en charge de la communication à la Croix-Rouge Malagasy qui met en oeuvre des projets visant à augmenter la résilience de la population à faire face aux catastrophes dues au changement climatique. Licenciée en Sociologie Journaliste de 2003 à 2007 Responsable de la Communication de 2007 à ce jour Primées au concours meilleurs reportages sur la biodiversité en 2005 et 2006 Gagnante du concours de meilleure photo sur le changement climatique en 2014 | https://docs.google.com/document/d/19CwSeirtEoolKISHcuI5RaItuFiut7GMknmJMItYOXY/edit?usp=sharing | La fréquence et l’intensité des catastrophes ne cessant d’augmenter, il devient difficile de renforcer la résilience des communautés, surtout dans les pays pauvres. Je réaffirme ma volonté de s’associer aux activités visant à renforcer la résilience de la population. Le temps est venu de traiter à plus grande échelle la résilience et les actions s’y rapportant. Il faut traduire les engagements en acte: accroître les capacités des populations, des communautés, des systèmes et des pays à anticiper et gérer divers risques ainsi qu’à s’y adapter, accroître la capacité des institutions clés, locales et régionales, à développer la résilience et catalyser les alliances au sein d’un large choix d’acteurs afin de susciter les investissements en matière de résilience. Donnons nous la main et agissons ensemble pour une meilleure planète pour nos enfants ! | |||||||
328 | 8/14/2014 4:25:08 | Paryavaran Mitra | Mahesh Pandya | maheshrpandya@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Pandya Maheshkumar Revabhai | Paryavaran Mitra | paryavaranmitra.org.in | Indian | India | Male | 48 | Hindi, English | “From very early age, I was helping needy people around me, my parents transmitted to me the sense of duty to help people, especially the poor and oppressed. My activist life started when I was a student. I feel that it is my duty to participate in my country's development and environmental preservation". I am currently working at local level with knowledge of international climate developments – linking procedures/policies with ground level realities and working for obtaining climate justice for vulnerable people through different advocacy efforts. Social-enviro monitoring of CDM projects in the state of Gujarat – through our advocacy efforts state government established a CDM cell at state level. Also did advocacy efforts for proper public participation in stakeholder consultation for CDM projects. | After getting degree in Environmental Engineering, started working for voluntary organization on industrial pollution issues. My organization is working as a watch dog and doing monitoring of implementation of environmental. From 1996, joined as Programme Coordinator of Environment cell with Centre for Social Justice, Ahmedabad [a non-governmental organization]. Currently director of same organization renamed as Paryavaran Mitra (Friends of Environment), which is a project of Janvikas. Climate Change related issues and their analysis, Clean Development Mechanism process in India, Environmental Clearance process of India and its legal analysis, Public Interest litigations in pollution issues, Use of Right to Information Act in monitoring purpose, Networking and advocacy in print and electronic media, Editor and Publisher of environmental newsletter. Understanding of livelihood with respect to natural resources. Published papers on different issues related to environment, climate change and sustainable development at national level: Participated in ‘Cut the carbon’ march in U.K. 14th July to 11th August 2007 organized by Christian Aid to create awareness among people and Politicians to reduce consumption of carbon intensive commodities. Television interviews and newspaper interviews/quotes have been released for environmental issues in different newspaper/magazine/television channels. Make critical review of Environmental Public Hearing Process in 1999 and filed Public Interest Litigation in Gujarat High Court. Got landmark judgment for amendment in Environment Public Hearing under my leadership and guidance Editor of bi-monthly magazine called 'Paryavaran Mitra', from 1997 - till date published more than 170 issues in a popular language. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ggQHiuBT5oRW5kQnJyTldfaUk/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ggQHiuBT5oLWFzQU9PLVVVdjA/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ggQHiuBT5oVzhUdlBWVjA3cWs/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ggQHiuBT5oSll5MGhWellhdG8/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ggQHiuBT5oSlBWbFpXVzJwSVk/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ggQHiuBT5odjZiMWNycW1UTVk/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
329 | 8/14/2014 4:39:31 | Shri Pushkar Sarovar Samvardhani (RegIstered) | A P Ganeriwal, President | venugopalrangnath@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Jagdish Haridutt Kapri | Shri Pushkar Sarovar Samvardhani Samiti | under development | Indian | India | Male | 68 years | English | The nominee is an advisor to Shri Pushkar Sarovar Samvardhani Samiti which is registered non-government organization with proven track record of effective advocacy and implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation or adaptation. Mr Kapri has excellent communication skills including developing and making structured presentations and is also a compelling public speaker also attended the COP 19 in Warsaw last November. He also spoke in one of the side events. He has competency with climate change issues and is experienced with presenting climate change issues in public fora, and is able to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders. Mr Kapri is available to be at UN Headquarters in NY at 8:30am on 23 September, 2014, and for travel if necessary. Mr Kapri already has a visa for travel to the US. | Jagdish Kapri alias Swamiji is a top corporate honcho turned wandering monk. He travels around the world with message of Love and Harmony in his heart and Name of God on his tongue - his only support! He is an adviser to the State Govt of Uttarakhand and few other organizations, including Shri Pushkar Sarovar Samvardhani Samiti. He attends as many climate change events as possible that are held within India and also attended COP 19 in Warsaw! He is all set to go to Lima later this year and Paris next year! Kapri has also been presenting Pushkar case International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) international conferences. The next one is scheduled for Sept 1-5 in Perugia, Italy where Kapri is scheduled to speak. | wlc15perugia.com | ||||||||
330 | 8/14/2014 5:30:41 | Global Fuel Economy Initiative | Sheila Watson | s.watson@fiafoundation.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Sheila Watson | Global Fuel Economy Initiative | www.globalfuelecon.org | British | UK | Female | 48 | English | The Candidate is Director of Environment and Research at FIA Fou ndation, which is a leading global advocate for safe and sustainable mobility. She is also Executive Secretary of the Global Fuel Economy Initiative, which brings together six global organisations including UNEP, IEA and ITF to promote global policy solutions to improving fuel economy, and thereby mitigating the impact of a growth in the global car fleet on the climate. GFEI's work - under Sheila's leadership - has been recognised by for example, Sustainable Energy For All as a Accelerator in the Secretary General's climate process. She has spoken in many global fora, most recently at the Abu Dhabi Ascent, as well as in the UN (see below) Her understanding and experience of climate change issues as they relate to transport and beyond is extensive, and she is available to attend the conference, without travel support on the 23rd September at 08.30am. | Sheila Watson is Director of Environment and Research at the FIA Foundation, a UK-based Charity which is committed to promoting safe sustainable mobility across the world (www.fiafoundation.org). She is also Executive Secretary to the Global Fuel Economy Initiative, which seeks to support the development of fuel economy policies across the world (www.globalfueleconomy.org). An economist, with many years experience as an advisor and consultant, her most recent role was as Senior Special Adviser to the UK Labour government at the Department for Trade and Industry, The Privy Council, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the Foreign Office. During the 10 years she spent at the heart of the UK government, she specialised in a range of environmental and resource protection issues from sustainable farming and food production to international climate security. Her former roles include Deputy Director of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies, and Policy Researcher at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Sheila has an Honours Degree from the University of Oxford, and an MSc in Economics from Birkbeck College, London. Sheila is married, with 3 sons, and lives in London. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B948GR_DVbcsTUFieFNvdEk3SUk/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B948GR_DVbcsMVdXQWZncEJvM3c/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B948GR_DVbcsS2dyUGlpaW9HRTA/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
331 | 8/14/2014 6:28:15 | The Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility (The Nansen Initiative, IOM,UNHCR,UNDP, UNU-EHS, ILO, NRC/IDMC, Sciences po, Refugees International) | Marine FRANCK (coordinator of the group) | franckm@unhcr.org | Attend Summit only | No | Erika Pires Ramos | RESAMA - South American Network for Environmental Migrations | https://www.facebook.com/pages/Resama/359025984121127 | Brazilian | Brazil | Woman | 38 | Portuguese; English; Spanish | The UN Climate Summit will be a turning point for the RESAMA activities. Brazil is a major country in environmental global scenario, and attending the Summit will motivate our network and develop our capacities concerning international advocacy practice with the lessons learned and experiences shared during the event. I am looking forward to enjoy this unique opportunity to connect and work with people from different backgrounds and nationalities, exchanging experiences on issues of our common interest and global relevance to improve our work of sensibilization of authorities to the climate change challenge at the regional and national level and further engaging with academics, practitioners and professionals from environmental, social and legal issues to appeal for the urgency of integrated solutions for the complex and multiple climate change dimensions, especially to make more visible the human faces in the future climate negotiations and agreements. | After she completed a master's degree in environmental law in 1999, her intention was to change São Paulo whenever possible to experience new realities and new learning. However, one night in April 2005, news changed this whole plan: a UN study estimated that in 2010 approximately 50 million people could become "environmental refugees" because of disasters and the effects of climate change. She decided to write a PhD project joining her passions: the environment, human rights and international law. She promised herself that day, her thesis will not just be another publication but would make a difference. To undertake her researches, she joined a NGO in the Netherlands, called LISER - Living Space for Environmental Refugees. Since then, she started to connect with people engaged in the recognition of people affected by global environmental change. In 2011 she founded the RESAMA to shed light in South America region on the topic. The RESAMA gain influence in the region and beyond to Africa and Asia. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Xm4uwxxt1gUkViMzJ6SDNZMzQ/edit?usp=sharing | 1. 2014 Thematic workshop at the 1st National Conference of Migration and Refuge (COMIGRAR): "What are the public policies for environmental migrants?"http://migramundo.com/2014/05/09/saiba-quais-sao-as-oficinas-tematicas-que-acontecerao-na-comigrar/ 2. 2014 1st COMIGRAR to the brazilian new migratory policy : http://www.slideee.com/slide/comigrar-caderno-de-proposta 3. 2014 Brazilian New Migratory Law Draft: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8_5pDP_cr7CWm9ET1p5T2trM05mclRLUHY5eGZTZmxNeE5z/edit 4. 2013 Climate Change, Law, Development and Diplomacy Conference and a Special Session on Training for African Diplomats in Kenya supported by the Rule of Law Program for Sub Saharan Africa - Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_36485-1522-2-30.pdf?140102072109 5. 2013 Documentary "Persecuted", Rede Record, Brazil http://noticias.r7.com/videos/brasil-e-um-dos-principais-destinos-de-pessoas-perseguidas-no-planeta/idmedia/513d29a9b61c250a91b537bb.html | |||||||
332 | 8/14/2014 7:32:09 | Action Group on Governance and Environmental Management (AGGEM), Cameroon | Ngufor Desmond | aggemcameroon@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Ngang Eric Ndeh Mboumien | Action Group on Governance and Environmental Management (AGGEM), Cameroon | http://www.freetocharities.org.uk/aggem/index.php | Cameroonian | Cameroon | Male | 33 | English | Eric is Founder of the AGGEM-Cameroon, a community research and youth centre. For example, he has initiated and led research on the Perception of small farmers (youth and women) on climate change in relation to conventional farm practices in some rural communities of Cameroon and suggestion of climate smart approaches. In addition to improving community knowledge on the issue, the project seeks to harness local indigenous traditional practices and strategies transferred orally and practically from generation to generation through a process of mutual and collective learning that have enabled rural communities to successfully ensure food security in extreme weather and climate conditions. Through this, Eric is seeking to make bottom-up contributions to current local and national discourse and planning on climate mitigation and adaptation. Eric is has a good understanding of climate change issues and capable of engaging with diverse stakeholders on the theme. | Eric has a unique mix of experience spanning networking and partnership building, organisational development, civil society governance and a good understanding of the global civil society sector. He is able to demonstrate analytical and strategic ability to utilising a consultative approach at all levels to effectively analyse and show programme requirements and capable of using his excellent communication skills to build and maintain relationships between diverse organisations and stakeholders. For 8 years, Eric directed his knowledge, energy and enthusiasm on betterment of his Cameroonian society, through promoting democratic, dynamic and relevant community groups. This resulted to improved performance and service delivery amongst CSOs in different constituencies and also greater negotiation power with state actors. He has participated in many local, national, and international policy and networking forums where he has made contributions to policy formulation and to the body of knowledge on sustainable development through presentation and peer reviewed publications on themes including capacity development for organizations in the global south, sustainability, energy, climate change, community water management and Strategic and project level impact assessments. He authored a chapter in a 2010 Commonwealth Foundation publication titled “Governance in the Commonwealth; Current Debates”. He received a BSc. in Environmental Science in 2003, from the University of Buea Cameroon, a Masters of Environmental Management and Sustainability in 2013 from the University of South Australia and a certification in Project Management from the Project Management Institute, Pennsylvania USA in 2013. Eric is a recipient of many awards and scholarships including the prestigious Australian Government Development Scholarship, award by Canton of Switzerland to undertake a course on Understanding Economic, Cultural, Social, and gender Right and Dignity International 9th Annual Global Linking and Learning Programme Fellowship on Human Rights Based Development. He equally holds membership in many professional and academic bodies such as Golden Key International Honour Society, a worldwide organization (GKIH) for High-achieving students and a member the International Society for Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4QX7LAANNh-cWxuWjQ4TFBpeDg/edit?usp=sharing | Writing Samples 1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4QX7LAANNh-V1d2NDhRMEhnWkk/edit?usp=sharing 2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4QX7LAANNh-VkhNUWx0VUV5Tzg/edit?usp=sharing 3. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4QX7LAANNh-UE5vYkJaZXUyTms/edit?usp=sharing 4.https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4QX7LAANNh-NWgtWWk4ZXUxTFE/edit?usp=sharing SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS 1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4QX7LAANNh-MEViMTQ5OXJYUGs/edit?usp=sharing 2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4QX7LAANNh-ZFRoQXYxSDVRU0k/edit?usp=sharing 3.https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4QX7LAANNh-UnhXV3JHOGpjeEE/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
333 | 8/14/2014 8:19:45 | asosciation jeune volontaire | alasssane djiby dia | contactjeunevolontairewalydiant@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | alassane djiby dia | lutte contre désertification | mauritanienne | mauritanie | masculin | 40 | françai | bonjour je suis porteur projet de lutte contre la désertification en Mauritanie L'association de la jeunesse volontaire a walydiantang (A J V W _ONG non Gouvernementale) a vocation environnementale. la présente association a identifiée et fixée les objectif qu'elle entend réaliser conformément a ces statuts et dans le respect de la réglementation en vigueure en Mauritanie | le préfet de elmina a Nouakchott en Mauritanie a rejette notre dossier sans conduction et voila la preuve de notre dépôt du dossier ONG A_J_V_W au préfecture d elmina numerio au registre 14317E et le date 04/03/0214 | mr le maire ba louty la ceinture verte et developpement durale a la mise en oeuvre des programmes( nationaux regionaux ou internationaux) de lutte contre désertification et offrir au population des village une amélioration de leur condition de vie soutien dans d'autopromotion communautaire et solidair | |||||||||
334 | 8/14/2014 8:54:07 | The Global Education and Leadership Foundation | Gowri Ishwaran, CEO | swo@tgelf.org | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Riddhima Yadav | The Global Education and Leadership Foundation | www.tgelf.org | Indian | India | Female | 19 | English, Hindi, Sanskrit | At a young age, Riddhima realized that youth are integral stakeholders in the developmental dialogue and yet their role in decision making isn't proportional to their importance. Riddhima is from a developing country, India, where the juxtaposition of contrasts greatly influenced her thoughts about the concept of sustainability. She has constantly strived to prove that age is just a number by undertaking environmental initiatives and being at the helm of several projects and ideas. Riddhima is a tGELF Leader, a member of our prestigious Leader's Forum. The Global Education and Leadership Foundation was established to nurture young ethical leaders who will be future change agents. The foundation has worked on cross cutting issues of climate change, poverty, inequity and corruption with more than 500,000 students and 573 schools and NGOs in 12 countries, aligning with UN agencies, governments and civil society organizations. | Riddhima is currently a freshman at Yale University and has worked tirelessly on environmental issues since she was 10 years old. A Climate Policy Coordinator with the Indian Youth Climate Network and a student researcher with CliMates, Riddhima is a prolific speaker and has spoken at innumerable international conferences like TEDxYouth, UNEP Tunza Conference, Asia Youth Leader's Summit, REX Conclive, Future Leader's Cafe, Asian Development Bank Youth Forum, TERI YUVA Meet and the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2014, often being the youngest of the speakers. A LEADearth Fellow and REX Global Karmaveer Fellow, Riddhima founded YFTE - Youth for the Environment when she was 13 years old, an organization that seeks to engage young people in environmental action. She campaigned as a CNN Ibn Citizen Journalist for energy issues and was subsequently the youngest Indian to be invited to the Young Indian Leader Awards 2012. She has been awarded by Sanctuary Asia (The Young Naturalist Award), ICONGO (Karmaveer Chakra), Centre for Environmental Education, South Asia Youth Environment Network, INTACH, Ramakrishna Mission (Winner, National Future Leader Discovery Program ahead of 50,000 other students), National Geographic Student Expeditions - for biodiversity and conservation (the only indian student selected) and Education Program for Gifted Youth at Stanford University (for environmental science). Riddhima also conceptualized E3 - Environment, Education and Empowerment, a community level project that has been widely recognized and adapted by schools in the region. Additionally, she has been invited to be a panelist at the Leader's Forum on Women Leading the Way on Climate Action organized by UN Women and Mary Robinson Climate Justice Foundation as part of the Climate Summit Events and also to the WECAN (Women Earth and Climate Action Network) caucus. She will also be participating in other events before the summit as part of a Yale student delegation. She has written articles for Terra Green (India's flagship environmental magazine), Energy Future, WWF India, Your Commonwealth among others. In the future, Riddhima aspires to lead international negotiations in Climate Change and environmental diplomacy to a fair and equitable agreement for our future generations. | https://drive.google.com/a/yale.edu/file/d/0B-peDDBShZIaTXB4MFAxbXh1dGM/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/a/yale.edu/file/d/0B-peDDBShZIaZTBFTGJXNDZwLTQ/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
335 | 8/14/2014 9:22:23 | CliMates, The Verb | Elizabeth Buchan | buchan.elizabeth@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Elizabeth Buchan | The Verb, CliMates | Australian | Australia | Female | 24 | English | I am a young climate change and policy professional passionate about working collaboratively in international negotiations on climate change solutions. I have climate change specific tertiary qualifications, policy development experience and project management experience. I have attended several UN negotiations sessions as a volunteer delegate. working with youth on interventions to influence the negotiations at COP18 and the Social preCOP. I lead a climate change negotiations tracking project for CliMates- a think and do tank that develops new and innovative solutions in the fight against climate change. It will be important to have a representative at the summit to continue our research and engagement with the negotiations process and to inform our work on climate change negotiations solutions. If selected, I will be able to represent two organisations- The Verb and CliMates enhancing my ability to engage with youth and civil society outside the summit through media. | I am a young Australian with passionate about working with young people to influence the UN climate change negotiations. I have an excellent track record on engaging with a range of stakeholders from different backgrounds to develop climate change solutions both in Australia and internationally. I have a particular interest in communicating climate change science and policy solutions. I have extensive experience in UN climate change forums representing a range of NGOs including Australian NGO Global Voices, and international NGOs CliMates and The Verb and Citizens Climate Lobby. I am trained presenter with Mr Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project and have mentored other young people through the training process. I have experience and training in engaging with media and online audiences. I’m currently employed by the Australian Government and work renewable energy policy. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B00VfCi59mQAQ0F4U2VMTFlUYms/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.globalvoices.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Elizabeth-Buchan-The-Australian-National-University-Engaging-Indigenous-Peoples-in-Carbon-Markets.pdf http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=14435 | ||||||||
336 | 8/14/2014 9:26:20 | The Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility (The Nansen Initiative, IOM,UNHCR,UNDP, UNU-EHS, ILO, NRC/IDMC, Sciences po, Refugees International) | Marine FRANCK, on behalf of the Advisory Group | franckm@unhcr.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | ADELINA MILAGROSA SEVILLA ALVAREZ | Disaster Risk Reduction Network Philippines (DRRNetPhils) | Filipino | Philippines | Female | 61 | English; Filipino | The Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility (The Nansen Initiative, IOM,UNHCR,UNDP, UNU-EHS, ILO, NRC/IDMC, Sciences po, Refugees International) has informed me of their support to my nomination to attend the UN Climate Summit on 23rd September 2014. I hope that this is because of the work that I have been doing not only as Lead Convenor of the DRRNetPhils, but also by my twin advocacies on people's right to information, and people's right to participation. Together with partners on the ground, I have been promoting community-based approaches and mechanisms in resilience and sustainable development given climate impacts. I hope to share the Philippine experiences in the Summit, especially coming from this country which has been devastated by disasters, and expect to continuously be so given the "new normal" complexities of climate change. | ADELINA SEVILLA ALVAREZ has been representing the Disaster Risk Reduction Network Philippines (DRRNetPhils) since it was established in 2008 as the only coalition of civil society organizations working for the promotion of community-based disaster risk reduction, integrating climate change adaptation in sustainable development. She is currently the Lead Convenor of the Network, and sits as one of the four proactive CSO representatives to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) since March 2013. Ms. G, as she is popularly known, represents the DRRNetPhils in all related activities at local and international levels, promoting and advocating for disaster risk reduction and climate risk resilience in communities, particularly in shepherding the implementation of Philippine DRRM Act (RA 10121), which the Network has helped passed in Congress in 2010. She has also been a long-time member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Disaster Preparedness, Inc., a leading training and education institution on community-based disaster risk management, and actively been involved in its advocacy, networking and training programs. She served as President of the institution since 2008, until June of this year. ADELINA's life revolves as well around a media development organization called the Center for Community Journalism and Development, Inc. (CCJD) as Vice President of the Board of Trustees and concurrent Director for Programs. As a media practitioner all throughout her professional life, she was introduced to development work on early 1990s and found inspiration in linking this with the mainstream media work that she was doing. In 2000, with her media partners, they established the CCJD, and started promoting media-citizen engagement through its flagship program, Public Journalism, with community journalists. Her involvement with the two organizations of CCJD and CDP, have helped her design and introduce a program on Media and Reporting on Disasters, precursor to what is now known as Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Community Development through Media-Citizen Engagement. | PARTICIPATION IN : Nansen Initiative Civil Society Meeting on “Disasters and Displacement in South-East Asia” Bangkok; June 30 - July 1, 2014 (AMCDRR); - Bangkok, Thailand; June 22 -26, 2014 “Post- Haiyan – A Way Forward” Asia-Europe Meeting Manila Conference on DRRM Philippines; June 4 -6, 2014 Second AADMER Partnership Conference as AADMER Advocate and National Platform Focal Point-- Da Nang, Vietnam; November 27, 2013 Getting the Message to the Communities: Lessons from the Field Emergency Warnings and DRR Broadcasting Kuala Lumpur; March 8-9, 2013 Advanced Seminar on Migration, Refugees, Climate Change and Law; Participant, Discussant-- Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP); Geneva, February 13-14, 2012 Ms ADELINA SEVILLA ALVAREZ has participated in the publication of the following: “Gender and Vulnerability in DRR: PHILIPPINES” a briefing paper under “Mapping of Institutions Involved in DRR/DM in ASEAN:September 2013. | |||||||||
337 | 8/14/2014 9:30:19 | ASSOCIATION FEMMES ET ACTIONS POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT | MARIAM MANSA CAMARA | maryammassa74@yahoo.fr | Attend Summit only | Yes | MARIAM MANSA CAMARA | ASSOCIATION FEMMES ET ACTIONS ?POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT | / | GUINEENNE | CONAKRY | FEMME | 38 | FRANCAIS | J’ai une évaluation des situations prévalant dans notre pays dont les femmes participent à la formation ; dégager les points communs et les différences avec la situation en Afrique de l’Ouest,C'est pour le changement de comportement, c'est pour l'affirmation des femmes aux postes de décisions, c'est pour la promotion des femmes à tous les niveaux (politique, administratif, économique et social). | Je suis une activiste sur les droits des femmes je serais heureuse pour ma participation à la tenue de cette Assemblée sur le changement climatique. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_7e-3ZJttzsc3FEU0FyUzc0T0k/edit?usp=sharing_eil&invite=CNPc7ZUK | je suis connecté | |||||||
338 | 8/14/2014 9:40:32 | Community Resource and Development Center | Catherine Nampaso | crdcenter2000@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Daniel Olomae Ole Sapit | Community Resource and Development Center | under construction | Kenyan | Kenya | Male | 40 | English, Kiswahili and Maasai | Daniel is the Managing Trustee of our organization and has been instrumental in the development of our strategy in designing community resilience projects in climate change which is one of our key areas of concern. He has represented our organization which is a nascent indigenous peoples organization in international and regional forums as well as national processes and possesses the requisite capacity to engage and share our experiences and network. The Center is striving to develop collaborative and partnership agreements with regional and global organizations to provide a platform for community deliberations on and dissemination of knowledge derived from global forums and other processes on the latest strategies and recommendations in enhancing the effective and full participation of Indigenous People and Local Communities in effectively shaping the frameworks of climate change strategies at all levels. | Daniel is a graduate of Business Administration from Africa Nazarene University with extensive experience in community collaborative project development after working as the Project Liaison and Finance Administrative at the WWF Mara Project which managed one of the most successful river basin management projects in East Africa that had transboundary aspects. The project undertook significant research on natural resource aspects with community focus especially on water and the dynamics of of alternative livelihoods options for farmers in the upper streams of the Mara River Basin. Daniel is currently holding the position of official Anglophone Observer for Indigenous Peoples in the processes of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Readiness Fund and the African Indigenous Peoples Observer for the Carbon Fund of the same Facility. He is also the designated observer for the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) of the World Intellectual Property Organization as well as the IPBES mechanisms. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByGgGq5bw_QNMFdZRWtibFMwLVk/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByGgGq5bw_QNYXlxMHN2SGRPZ3M/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
339 | 8/14/2014 9:58:40 | The Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility (The Nansen Initiative, IOM,UNHCR,UNDP, UNU-EHS, ILO, NRC/IDMC, Sciences po, Refugees International) | Marine FRANCK (coordinator of the group) | franckm@unhcr.org | Attend Summit only | No | Emad Adly | The Arab Network for Environment and Development (RAED) | http://www.raednetwork.org/EnglishNew/Home.aspx | Egyptian | Egypt | Male | birth: Sep. 3, 1957 | Arabic; English | More than 35 years experience in issues related to climate change and participatory development in dealing and fostering partnerships with stakeholders including grass root organizations with geographical emphasis on Africa, Nile Basin, Mediterranean and Arab regions. Being the General Coordinator of RAED and a GNDR Board Member for North Africa and West Asia. Strong involvement with CSOs in the Arab Region. His role as a Consultant with NRC to lead “Climate Induced Displacement” project activities in Egypt and Sudan. Founder and Chairperson of the Egyptian Sustainable Development Forum established in 2012, a “think tank” to facilitate dialogue among stakeholders to mainstream policies in relation to CC issues aiming to build linkages with national CC talks in Egypt. Chairperson of the Arab Office for Youth and Environment and National Coordinator of the GEF Small Grants Programme’s in Egypt will assist in the capacity development of youth and NGOs at national and local levels. | An environmental Specialist with extensive experience in dealing with international agencies, governments, civil society, and grass root organizations, media and NGOs. More than thirty five years of professional practice and extensive experience in fostering regional and international partnerships and fund raising activities. Demonstrated ability to manage programs and projects and lead teams of professionals to solve technical and regulatory issues. Have extensive experience in issues related to sustainable development including environment, water and sanitation, climate change, disaster risk reduction, energy, biodiversity, MDGs, SDGs and participatory development and governance. General Coordinator of the Arab Network for Environment and Development (RAED), a GNDR Board Member for North Africa and West Asia. RAED is an International NGO, established in 1990. The Arab League has recognized RAED as a representative ofcivil society in the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment (CAMRE) and Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for Water Resources. Has initiated the process of involving the CSOs in the Arab Region in the HFA and DRR. He is the Chairperson of the Egyptian Sustainable Development Forum (ESDF) established by RAED’s Secretariat in July 2012, acting as a “think tank” to facilitate a process of dialogue among different stakeholders and determine the policy gaps in relation to legislation, strategies and national planning to achieve sustainability. The issue of CC is one of the main challenges discussed by “ESDF”. Co-founder and Chairman of the Arab Office for Youth and Environment (AOYE) since 1978. He is the National Coordinator of the GEF Small Grants Programme’s since 1992. SGP directly provides financial and technical assistance to initiatives, implemented by CSO that generate global environmental benefits in ways that also address country sustainable development priorities. More than 50% of the initiatives are in the area of CC. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Xm4uwxxt1gVXRHTk1Ha2F3d1k/edit?usp=sharing | Somali voices from displacement in Kenya and Egypt http://www.vikramkolmannskog.no/resources/Somali-voices-from-displacement-in-Kenya-and-Egypt.pdf Demand Side Strategies and Buildings Energy Efficiency – Opportunities in the GCC Region- UNFCCC-Doha (2012) http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop18/enbots/29nov.html Climate Impacts and Solutions in the Middle East (2012): http://mideastenvironment.apps01.yorku.ca/2012/11/the-dirty-weather-report-24-hours-of-reality-middle-east/ Opening remarks to the Civil Society Dialogue on Mediterranean Processes: UfM Ministerial on Environment - Climate Change- COP Copenhagen, Cairo, Egypt (2009) http://www.mio-ecsde.org/_uploaded_files/_TMP_MIO_PDF_FILE_201408141650_U902K3PWZAYT8R1183F151V84FT78GXPPUXA5PQ7Q7N7NZ3WL8.pdf Presentation African Development Bank: The Role of Civil Society in Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Risks, http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Generic-Documents/0136_EN_WORKSHOP%20PROGRAMME.pdf | |||||||
340 | 8/14/2014 10:08:45 | World Future Council | Fiona Woo | Fiona.Woo@worldfuturecouncil.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Anna Katharina Leidreiter | World Future Council | www.worldfuturecouncil.org | German | Germany | female | 28 | German, English | Anna is a representative of a civil society organization and officially authorized to speak on the organization behalf. She has proven track record of effective advocacy specifically on Renewable Energy. She has established the first international campaign on 100% RE and successfully coordinates hundreds of stakeholders from around the globe to promote 100% RE as the solution to mitigate climate change. She has excellent competency with climate change issues, experience with presenting climate change issues in public fora, and demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders. She is available to be at UN Headquarters in NY on 23 September. | Anna Leidreiter joined the World Future Council in October 2010. In her main capacity as Policy Officer, Anna works on enabling policy frameworks for a global energy transition towards 100% renewable energies (RE) and coordinates the first global campaign on 100% RE. Besides that, Anna is member of the supervisory board of an energy cooperative in the North of Germany as well as member of the Future Influencers network, initiated by Siemens. Before joining the WFC Anna gained practical experiences in the renewable energy industry. Working for a photovoltaic company she implemented a community owned solar system in the North of Germany. Further, Anna has worked at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA Hamburg) on the topic of climate change and resource management in Africa. Writing her thesis on „Community Participation in Natural Resource Management”, Anna carried out her fieldwork in rural Ethiopia. She authored and co-authored various articles and publications on climate change and renewable energy subjects and speaks frequently on international conferences. Anna holds a Masters degree in International Development Studies focused on Environmental Governance from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. | http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/anna_leidreiter0.html | Anna frequently writes for several online platforms incl Renewable Energy World (http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/u/anna-leidreiter) and Outreach (http://www.stakeholderforum.org/sf/outreach/index.php/component/content/article/184-cop-19-day-2/1556-re-energising-climate-efforts) and speaks on international events (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qCWkCRqmds, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBCsq9iEVVg) | |||||||
341 | 8/14/2014 10:12:47 | VOLUNTARY ACTION FOR DEVELOPMENT | Lutaya Dan | vadmpigi@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Lubyayi John Bosco Seguya | VOLUNTARY ACTION FOR DEVELOPMENT | VOLUNTARY ACTION FOR DEVELOPMENT | UGANDAN | UGANDA | Male | 50 years | English | Hon Lubyayi John Bosco Seguya is a former Member of Parliament of Uganda and he works with VAD a local NGO that is engaged in development work including attending seminars on Climate Change. With this vast knowledge he will carry how many ideas on Climate Change interventions. | He was born on 22.9.1963 married with three children, he is a development worker and politician, he has engaged in so many challenging activities in the NGO and in the country arena when he was an MP | He gave papers on matters to do with climate change during his time as Member of Parlaiment | ||||||||
342 | 8/14/2014 10:16:02 | The Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility (The Nansen Initiative, IOM,UNHCR,UNDP, UNU-EHS, ILO, NRC/IDMC, Sciences po, Refugees International) | Marine FRANCK (coordinator of the group) | franckm@unhcr.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Lucy Kiama | the Refugee Consortium of Kenya | http://www.rckkenya.org | Kenyan | Kenya | Woman | Birth: 7th May, 1969 | English | She is a woman leader representing Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK) that works to promote the rights and dignity of refugee, IDPs, those displaced by effects of climate change and natural disasters as well as other forced migrants in Kenya and within the East African region. RCK was appointed by the Nansen Initiative to join the steering committee representing the civil society and helped mobilize participants for the civil society pre-meeting in Nairobi Kenya as a build up to the regional governmental consultations this year. She is the official spokesperson of RCK and she has proven track record results based advocacy as evidenced by the enactment of the Sexual offences Act 2006, IDP Act 2012, Policy on Internal displacement in Kenya. The IDP Act 2012 provides for protection and assistance of IDPs who are displaced due to forest evictions, natural disasters and climate change. She has reasonable experience in delivering compelling speeches in national and international forums. | Lucy is the Executive Director of the Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK) she works to protect and promote the human rights and dignity of refugees, Internally displaced persons (IDPs), cross border displacement caused by natural disaster and climate change and other forced migrants. She oversees the access to legal and social justice, advocacy and policy development, Communication, research and monitoring programmes of asylum seekers, refugees, internally displaced persons and other forced migrants. Previously, Lucy was the Senior Programme Advisor for Gender Based Violence (GBV) & Human Rights at the GIZ Health Sector Programme in Kenya. Lucy also worked as a Program’s Manager of the Nairobi Women’s Hospital, as the Programmes Manager for the Gender Violence Recovery Centre. Lucy is the East African representative of the International Advisory Board of the International Detention Centre (IDC). She is in the international advisory board of the Forced Migration Review (FMR) of Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University. Lucy is also alumni of the International Summer School course on Forced Migration from the Refugee studies centre of Oxford University. Lucy is also an alumni of the Forced Migration Course of the Summer Institute of North Western University, USA. Lucy holds a Masters of Arts in Gender and Development Studies and Bachelors degree in Social Work from the University of Nairobi. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Xm4uwxxt1gTGNqV3NJZzMzZTA/edit?usp=sharing | The following are the links to some of my most recent speeches, of interest to you may be the my welcome remarks to the Nansen Initiate Civil Society Pre-Meeting that we hosted in Nairobi as build up to the Regional Nansen Meeting for Governments. http://bit.ly/1nMaXO5 (UNHCR 2014 NGO Consultations Presentation-IDP Session) http://bit.ly/Vijulc ( welcome remarks during the Nansen CSOs pre-meeting in Nairobi) http://bit.ly/1AbhoTI (UNHCR 2014 NGO Consultations Closing Remarks) http://bit.ly/1Abiv5L (Press Release of your Speech for Annual Forced Migration Course) http://bit.ly/1sOfLXJ (Lucy Kiama’s opening remarks for the Annual Forced Migration course) | |||||||
343 | 8/14/2014 10:49:05 | Franciscans International; Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Carmelite NGO; Sisters of Mercy of the Americas; Dominican Leadership Conference; Congregation of the Mission; International Presentation Association; Curia Generalizia Agostiniana; Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd; Medical Mission Sisters | Amanda Lyons | a.lyons@fiop.org | Attend Summit only | No | Eduardo Andres Agosta Scarel | Carmelite NGO | http://carmelitengo.org/ | Argentine; Italian | Argentina | male | 40 | Spanish, English, Italian | Dr. Acosta has extensive scientific expertise on climate change and variability and experience advocating at the national and international level. He represents the Carmelite NGO (Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC) before the UNFCCC and has also followed the UN Sustainable Development debates, including Rio+20 and post-2015. Dr. Acosta also brings a variety of experiential learnings, including a current freshwater management program involving the peasant and indigenous peoples in Miraflores, Chaco. Dr. Acosta is being nominated in representation of 9 Catholic organizations at the UN. These faith-based networks count on a broad-based membership working at the grassroots and policy level to address climate change and its repercussions on vulnerable groups. Importantly, Dr. Acosta’s attendance would ensure that the momentum and learnings from the Summit were shared with the diverse faith-based and secular networks in which he is deeply embedded. | Eduardo Andres Agosta Scarel is a Catholic priest, member of the Carmelite order. He is a researcher at the School of Sciences and Engineering of the Pontifical Catholic University (UCA) of Argentina. He has a Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (2006) from the Buenos Aires University (UBA) and has done extensive research on the climate variability and climate change in southern South America. He is an Associate Researcher of the National Scientific and Technique Research Council (since 2009) and he is also an Associate Professor at the La Plata State University in Atmospheric Dynamics (since 2013). He belongs to the postgraduate teaching staff of UBA and UCA (since 2007). In addition to his scientific work, he reflects on the relationship between science and faith, and between spirituality and ecology. He also belongs to the International Commission of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation of the Carmelite Order since 2008 (Rome), and he is a consultant to the Earth, Society and Environment Pastoral Section in the Latin American Council of Catholic Bishops [CELAM] since 2007 (Bogotá). Since 2011, Eduardo has also been a member of the Coordinating Team of the Carmelite NGO (New York) and, since 2013, its representative at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCC]. As a catholic priest he serves a parish in the dioceses of Lomas de Zamora in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and fosters social and environmental actions in cooperation with a local group of the Argentine Scouts Society. Dr. Acosta is a consultant to the Earth, Society and Environment Pastoral Section in the Latin American Council of Catholic Bishops (CELAM). Most recently he has been assisting to organize continental seminars and conferences related to environmental issues and climate change. He has recently been involved in the edition of a book entitled “Una Tierra Habitable para Todos” (An Earth Habitable for All) - an interdisciplinary approach to the global ecological crisis providing some social clues to help communities to be engaged in concrete local actions. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5u8xxmONB-WSGdGQlNyWElMOVk/edit?usp=sharing | Extensive list of publications and conference participation: CV in Spanish: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5u8xxmONB-WT0d6Y3hzUWp0OGs/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
344 | 8/14/2014 11:03:50 | Yachay Wasi | Marie-Danielle Samuel | yachaywasi@nyc.rr.com | Attend Summit only | No | Luis DELGADO HURTADO | Yachay Wasi | http://yachaywasi-ngo.org | Peru and USA | Peru | Male | 58 | Spanish, Quechua, English | Luis Delgado Hurtado will attend UNFCC COP-20 in Lima, Peru (December 2014) Luis, who resides in Cuzco, Peru, is the Quechua speaking co-founder and President of Yachay Wasi, an Indigenous NGO based in USA and Peru, accredited with UN/ ECOSOC, DPI, UNESCO, UNFCCC and a member of the Mountain Partnership. Projects concentrate on Culture, Spirituality and Environment Issues and are implemented in his high altitude native village of Acopia. Luis has organized periodic local information conferences in several Indigenous communities in the High Andes with very little funding. Luis was funded by CBD to speak at UNESCO/CBD Biodiversity conference (Montreal, June 1010), COP-10 in Nagoya, Japan in October 2010 and by FAO to attend the Mountain Partnership Fourth Global Meeting in Turkey (Sept. 2013). Luis travels to NYC every year to participate in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues where he speaks at side events organized by Yachay Wasi and hosted by UNEP NY Office. | Luis Delgado Hurtado was born on 21 June 1956 in the Andean village of Acopia, Province of Acomayo, Department of Cusco, Peru. He now resides in Cuzco. He speaks Quechua, Spanish, English, some French. He lived in New York City, USA, from 1985 thru 1990, where he met Yachay Wasi co-founders. He is a Self-employed photographer, Tour organizer and Bed & breakfast operator. He volunteers as the President for Yachay Wasi (from Quechua: House of Learning), the NGO which he co-founded in 1993. Luis was motivated by his deep concern for the children of his native land who do not seem to know about and be proud of their Inka heritage. As he already was sharing his pride in his own heritage thru photographic workshops in Cuzco in collaboration with the mayorship of the late Daniel Perez Estrada in the early 90s, the next logical step was the creation of Yachay Wasi during the 1993 UN International Year of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Luis is in charge of Yachay Wasi’s long term projects in the Cuzco region, mostly in his native village of Acopia. For example: From 2004 thru 2008, he directed the Water and Sanitation project “Recovery of the Circuit of Four Lakes” in the Peruvian Andes where Acopia is located. He performed a 2004 field study funded by Yachay Wasi. Then supervised the cleaning of waters and banks of two lakes and environmental training which benefited Indigenous communities. Project was funded by Rotary International and was registered as a Partnership for Sustainable Development with UN CSD since 2005, then transferred to Rio + 20 website. Currently: May 2011 thru today: Establishing Sustainable Tourism in Circuit of Four Lakes in Dept of Cuzco, Peru. May 2008 thru today: Leader of Campaign “Planting 1 Million Native Trees in the Circuit of Four Lakes” in the Peruvian Andes. As a photographer, Luis tries to convey through his art the pride and love he has for his heritage and his people. His photos have been seen in venues such as: United Nations Hqrs (2005, 2003, 2000) and various venues in USA since 1986, including NYC Baha’i Center and American Museum of Natural History. Besides funded international participation already listed in Rationale, Luis was funded by UNESCO in 2001 to participate in UNESCO World Heritage Indigenous Peoples Council of Experts Workshop in Winnipeg, Canada. He also was funded by OHCHR in 2001 & 2002 to attend the Working Group on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. | Not applicable | ||||||||
345 | 8/14/2014 11:04:26 | Fundacion Etnica Integral | William Charpantier | ong.fei@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Ruth Helen Paniagua de los Santos | Fundacion Etnica Integral | www.fundacionetnicaintegral.org.do | dominicana | Republica Dominicana | Femenino | 41 años | español | La Sra. Ruth Paniagua ha participado en diferentes escenario a nivel nacional, regional e internacional trabajando las recomendaciones de Sociedad Civil en los Post-2015, en este trayecto ha realizado propuesta en temas climático, genero, desarrollo entre otros, y en la República Dominicana participo como Sociedad Civil trabajando en la formulación de políticas de Desarrollo al 2020, en la mesa de Genero, Cambio climático y Políticas migratorias. Ademas de que ha multiplicado las recomendaciones realizando encuentros y charlas sobre estas recomendaciones y promoviendo el mundo que queremos en la agenda de Desarrollo del 2015. promoviendo ademas la importancia del medio ambiente y los cambios climáticos en población inmigrantes, jóvenes y campesinos. y cumple con los requisitos propuesto por los organizadores de este evento. | Ruth Paniagua nacio en San Juan de la Maguana de la R.D. en el a;o 1973, es Licda. en Administracion de Empresas, Master en Adm y Políticas Publicas, Estudiante de medio termino de la Carrera de Derecho, desde muy joven trabaja en la promocion de los derechos de las mujeres y jóvenes a través de charlas, cursos y talleres iniciando esta labor en barrios marginados de la capital, tiene una vasta experiencia en inicidencia politica y ha logrado colocarse en varios espacio del saber para el desarrollo social. a contribuido al desarrollo institucional de la FEI a traves de sus aportes y conocimiento en el area. asi como tambien ha acompaño a Grupos de Bases Comunitaria para su empoderamiento. | http://www.socialwatch.org/es/node/232 Informe República Dominicana | ||||||||
346 | 8/14/2014 11:06:07 | Association Nigérienne des Scouts de l'Environnement (ANSEN) | Noura Fatchima Djibrilla | scout_envirt@yahoo.fr | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Mme Noura Fatchima Djibrilla | ANSEN | Nigérienne | Niger | Female | 50 ans | Français et Anglais | Je pense que compte ténu de mon rôle au niveau de la société civile de mon pays et sur le plan sous régionale, et habitant dans un pays qui vit dans sa chaire le changement climatique à travers les aléas climatiques et les phénomènes de dégradation évolutive de l'environnement. En effet les 3/4 du territoire du Niger sont désertiques, avec tout ce que cela engendre comme problèmes, à savoir sécheresse, famines récurrentes, perte de la biodiversité continue, conflit, migration, inondation car les pluies sont mal réparties dans l'espace et dans le temps. Et vu les activités que nous menons en vue de remédier à cela pour inverser la tendance, | Géographe de formation, Coordonnatrice de l'ANSEN de 2001 à 2011, présidente du réseau Sahel Développement, Environnement, Formation et Insertion Sociale, Vice Présidente du Comité National de Coordination des Organisations de lutte Contre la désertification du Niger, Secrétaire à l'information et à la Promotion du Genre du Réseau de l'Environnement pour un Développement Durable (REDD). Membre du Comité Technique National du Programme de Développement Économique et Social du Niger (PDES 2012-2015). Membre du comité national sur la Gestion des Risques et Catastrophes naturelles. Présidente de l'Alliance Nationale Contre la Faim et la Malnutrition. | Je m'engage à fournir sur demande toute communication nécessaire afin d'étayer ce que nous disons sur nos activités pour un renversement de la tendance, afin de lutter contre le changement climatique et d'autre phénomènes qui nuisent sur l'environnement. Au sein de l'Association Nigériènne des Scouts de l'Environnement, nous avons mené depuis 1994 des programmes et des projets sur l'éducation environnementale en milieu scolaire, de lutte contre la désertification et changement climatique, à travers les plantations de masse, la restauration des terres, la sensibilisation pour la protection de la biodiversité, etc que cela soit sur le plan national, ou transfrontalier, nous pensons être capable d'apporter notre contribution au niveau de cet important évènement que ce sommet sur le changement climatique. C'est pour toutes ces raisons que je pense pouvoir utile a cet évènement, et que je demande à faire partie des participants. | |||||||||
347 | 8/14/2014 11:11:50 | ENVIRONIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL | William R Godfrey | b.godfrey@environicfoundation.org | Attend Summit only | No | Pamela Puntenney | UN SD Education Caucus | President | American | United States | Female | 68 | English | Pam Puntenney is the Co-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Education Caucus and Co-Coordinator on Climate Change. Pam is the primary voice informing, speaking for, and disseminating community-based climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies throughout this very large, global ESD network. The size and reach of her network probably has few equals. Her work-rate and effectiveness as a global advocate and community-based networker are stellar. I have known Pam for nine years and seen her effectiveness in the full range of formal, official settings and local gatherings. I have worked with her at the UN, in the classroom and on-line. I am constantly amazed at her ability to absorb and synthesize knowledge of the issues, change-agents and relevant community-based strategies from all corners of the planet and communicate articulately with any stakeholders with complete transparency and equanimity. | Bio: P.J. Puntenney Founder - Director of Environmental & Human Systems Management a firm that seeks to facilitate and support the further implementation of sustainability strategies through: learning processes; research and influencing policy; provision and distribution of key information; training and capacity building. She serves as Co-Chair of the UN SD Education Caucus and Co-Coordinator on Climate Change. Also on Advisory Boards such as the World Environmental Education Congress, member of IUCN-Commission on Education and Communications contributing her expertise on policy/ advocacy as well as management and evaluation of organizational systems in terms of engaging diverse stakeholders, intergenerational platform, and environmental education. Pam holds a Ph.D. in natural resources, education, and anthropology from the University of Michigan and graduate degrees in human development from the University of Kansas. Dr. Puntenney’s work focuses on cross-cultural solutions, the impact of global systems on local communities, public choice and public responsibility, learning systems and sustainable solutions. She’s served as a lecturer and research scientist; as a senior foreign policy advisor; presented keynote addresses throughout the world on a variety of sustainability issues. She’s authored over a dozen peer-reviewed publications, edited several books and dozens of general publications; recently, book chapters on Climate Change, “Where Managerial and Scientific Knowledge Meet Sociocultural Systems: Local Realities, Global Responsibilities”; “Sustainable Societies: The Future of the Climate Change Regime”. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-C7p3oTjzGkREFMSkhtVDFnY1k/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-C7p3oTjzGkNjBsOU5HeU1RUmM&usp=sharing | |||||||
348 | 8/14/2014 11:18:58 | Third World Network | Meenakshi Raman | meenaco@pd.jaring.my | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Meenakshi Raman | Third World Network | www.twn.my/ | Malaysia | Switzerland | Female | 56 | English | Candidate is a representative of CSOs from developing countries as an active observer to the Green Climate Fund. Has wide experience in local, national and international advocacy on climate action initiatives. Has worked with local communities in Malaysia fighting for climate solutions. Is also very well versed in international climate negotiations. Has written numerous articles on the subject and has valuable perspectives to represent the voice of CSOs in the developing world.. | She is coordinator of the climate change programme of Third World Network and is an expert on the UNFCCC negotiations. She is also Honorary Secretary of Friends of the Earth Malaysia and Legal Advisor to the Consumers’ Association of Penang in Malaysia. From 2004 to November 2008, she served as the Chair of Friends of the Earth International, which is an international organization with 72 member groups around the world. She currently is an elected member of the Executive Committee of FOEI. She graduated from the Faculty of Law, University Malaya in 1982 Upon graduation in 1982, she set up the first public interest law firm in the country and began her legal practise assisting local communities in public interest litigation including defending the rights of indigenous peoples against logging and land conversions as well as numerous other local communities defending their environmental rights and forests. She is currently very actively engaged on climate change and climate justice issues and has participated in several climate change meetings internationally. She has written numerous articles related to climate change and climate justice issues. Friends of the Earth Malaysia is a leading environmental organization in Malaysia which won the Right Livelihood Award, known as the Alternative Nobel Prize in 1988. SAM was also accorded the UNEP Roll of Honour in 1978. The Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) is a leading non-governmental organisation in Malaysia and has been in existence since 1969. Meenakshi heads the Community Mobilisation Section of CAP, which works with farmers and fisherfolk. The Third World Network (TWN) is an independent non-profit international network of organisations and individuals involved in issues relating to environment, development and climate change and is headquartered in Penang, Malaysia. | http://climatechange-tv.rtcc.org/2010/06/17/meenakshi-raman-june-2010/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e3At5ksA6Q http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?page=article_s&id_article=1848 | ||||||||
349 | 8/14/2014 11:20:35 | Asabe Shehu Yar'Adua Foundation | Dr. Aisha Mohammed | asabeshehuyaraduafoundation@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Asabe Shehu Musa Yar'Adua | Asabe Shehu Yar'Adua Foundation | www.asyarf.org | Nigeria | Nigeria | Female | 56 | English, Arabic, Hausa | Dr. Asabe Shehu Musa Yar'Adua is the Founder/ President of Asabe Shehu Yar'Adua Foundation an NGO/Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Asabe Shehu Yar'adua foundation works in line with the United Nations. Asabe Shehu Yar'Adua Foundation is into women, Children and Youth, frown at child abuse, injustice and promote climate change mitigation. she has been running the foundation since 1998 to make it 16yrs as of today. she has been using the foundation to touch lifes in various ramifications. She has used the foundation in building bridges across the various ethnic and religious groups, she has also used the foundation to promote peaceful coexistence and climate monitoring and protection. She is an advocate of Gender Equality and women empowerment, promote with every capacity child development and frown against any form of injustice. All these sacrifice and clamour for humanitarian services and development have earned her 30 humanitarian awards and heart for the poor. | Dr. Asabe Shehu Musa Yar'Adua was born in Kano State, Nigeria, on the June 6th 1956, she got married to the Late General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua the vice President of Federal Republic of Nigeria Second Republic, when General Olusegun Obasanjo was the president federal republic of Nigeria and he is the Elder Brother to late president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. She attended St. Louis Girls High School Kano State, where she obtained her Higher School Certificate, she then proceeded to Royal College of Arts, London United Kingdom where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts respectively, She also attended Elizabeth Arden finishing school, Zurich, Switzerland. She was awarded a doctorate degree on Public Policy by Novena University, Delta State. She has been awarded several awards such as Diamond Awards, International Age of Character Club, FSM Strategic Administration and Planning in changing Environment Ghana to mention few. She is an articulate speaker, advocate of peace and promoter of gender equality and women empowerment.She is also the mouth of people with disabilities, Ageing, children and she strives on a daily basis to bring hope to the down trodden and empowerment of the Indigenous women. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ojeW3CIRQNd0lsR09jQmU4LW8/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ojeW3CIRQNMXRPRk1UMlFURzA/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ojeW3CIRQNdm8tSDVfeFcyN1k/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
350 | 8/14/2014 11:25:03 | Caribbean Youth Environment Network | Reginald Burke | executivecoordinator@cyen.org | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Waynelle Jo-Anne Collymore-Taylor | Caribbean Youth Environment Network | www.cyen.org | Barbadian | Barbados | Female | 24 | English | Waynelle Collymore-Taylor has been representing our country on many occasions she has been the Barbados Youth Delegate to the UNFCCC COP 18 in Doha and have represented the organisation in the TUNZA Youth regional meeting and the Social PreCOP in Margarita where she delivered presentations and made interventions at decision making sessions. She has a valid visa and has full authorisation to speak on behalf of our organisation and is available. She is knowledgeable about climate change and its impacts and she coordinates and conducts activities in relation to this and sustainable development. She also has had experience speaking about climate change in different forums whether at schools, TV talk shows, consultations and discussions. She is also a great speaker and is not a stranger to the stage therefore will be comfortable to represent civil society at this climate summit. | Waynelle Collymore-Taylor is a 24 year old female who works with the CYEN-Barbados and where she develops and implements activities and programmes to develop youth as well as increase their awareness of sustainable development issues and environmental matters. Some of these were educational outreach programmes in relation to climate change such as the youth think tank, youth awareness research just to name a few. She loves what she does and had always had a keen interest in public awareness and working with an environmental NGO. Her background is in the sciences where she holds a Bachelor Degree in ecology and earth science which she had studied at the University of the West Indies Cavehill Campus which she has loved and enjoyed. She has also studied NGO management at the University of the West Indies Open Campus during the year of 2013 to 2014.She is a keen worker and excellent public speaker and a person who rises above any challenges. She is the National Coordinator of the Caribbean Youth Environment Network-Barbados and currently sits on the National Climate Change Steering Committee where she inputs on the development of climate change programmes for Barbados. She is also responsible for coordinating and implementing. She has also had national, regional and international experience working within the environmental and sustainable development field. She has also conducted research for the organisation on the awareness of Barbadian youth on SIDS and Climate change research. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uaexsuV-PbO9HcCUDpJt0q5EdpghMrwxAVEGi99FgUc/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5-wEkfnlyHKQUdIN1RGWEtSRFU/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k-ScZCQeq872iHAfd9q4bVuGSpJjEH1XxcfGpn5jnF0/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
351 | 8/14/2014 11:54:13 | Niue Climate Action Network | Kahealani Hekau | kaheaeva@gmai.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Jazinta Manogifitiolive Anthea Levi | The Child of the South Pacific Incorporated Society | http://csp-niue.weebly.com/ | New Zealand | Niue Island | Female | 23 | English and Niuean | Niue is a Small Island Developing State in the South Pacific who is most vulnerable to the continuing impacts of climate change. The island survived a series of intense cyclones in the last 40 years. Its people have adapted to the environment as a matter of necessity and often without warning. Key discussions at this global event will open pathways to sharing knowledge and building community based solutions in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The opportunity will build capacity and support the work of civil society in Niue and that of her global partners. Niue's young woman nominee Jazinta Levi is strong advocate in the preservation of the Niuean culture, its people and its pristine environment and will add value to the Summit. | Jazinta is a bright and capable young woman who has shown a strong commitment for service to the community. She has sound understanding in community based solutions for food security (farming and agriculture), cyclone preparedness. On the ground Jazinta has been a contributing member to her Village youth group and has risen to the national level as a key officer and supporter of the Child of the South Pacific Society and the Niue Climate Action Network. She brings insight to the organisation and maintains a high work ethic in her role as part time media and accounts officer. Jazinta understands that education is a key tool for helping her people make climate wise choices.( early warning systems/ mapping of evacuation centre for her village) and communication ( sharing information to indigenous community).She has learned through traditional knowledge, various community based solutions to survive in times of hardship. From ground to policy development and implementation, Jazinta has a promising future ahead of her. She is patient, honest and virtuous in her dealings with everyone around her and is a fit candidate with credibility to represent Niue. A natural extension of her qualities is her care for the surrounding environment. The Niuean lifestyle is subsistence farming, fishing, hunting and gathering. It is a highly environment dependent lifestyle that at the same time understands how to balance demand and supply. From the ground level volunteering and full membership at her village and other civil society organisations, Jazinta leads by example. She believes that the best time to sow is 20 years ago and the second best time to do so is, right now. The decisions that our contemporary society will make has far reaching impact and must be done with careful consideration and inspired counsel. The opportunity the Climate Summit offers Jazinta a floor to meet and network with like-minded individuals who will help make the future of this world, liveable. The learning and the experience of the Climate Summit will accelerate Jazinta’s commitment to preserving her environment, perpetuating her culture and the development of her people. She is keen to dialogue with The Elders of their own experiences and will draw upon their wisdom to guide her in channelling her energies to producing outcome oriented solutions. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_tyuJb8o1maMkRTTjR4QzFJYXM/edit?usp=sharing | Not applicable. The applicant is applying for one of the funded position as Summit Attendee only. | |||||||
352 | 8/14/2014 12:06:43 | Asociación Catalana para el Agua y el Ambiente | Eva Carazo Vargas | evacarazov@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Jorge Mora Portuguez | Asociación Regional Centroamericana para el Agua y el Ambiente (ARCA) | c | Costa Rica | Male | 47 | Spanish; English | Jorge Mora is ARCA´s President and has been working since advocating for public policies related to Integrate Water Resources Management, Climate Change and Human Rights. At International level has been participating and advocating for the recognition of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation by the World Water Forum leading in the Americas Regional Process on HRWS thematic, and in the UN General Assembly supporting the Bolivian Government. At Regional Level was part of the working group for the Central America IWRM Strategy and the Regional Climate Change Strategy. At national level, has developed projects for community based solutions to mitigate Climate Change, promoting sustainable transport with the aim of reducing carbon emissions and contribute to the goal of Costa Rica CO2 neutrality by 2021. The idea is to change mobilization habits, change private cars to active mobility (walking, using bicycles or public transport friendly with the environment) in the Metropolitan Area. | Jorge Mora is a lawyer, focused on environmental laws. Throughout more than 17 years he has worked as a consultant and researcher in various processes related to water resources management, environmental management, civil society participation, urban planning and land use, and climate change. I has taught courses in environmental law at the National University (UNA), at the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and the University for International Cooperation (UCI). I has done consulting and led projects for organizations such as the World Bank (WB), the Global Water Parternship (GWP), the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Freshwater Action Network (FAN), Both Ends Foundation of Holland, WaterAid for the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Sri Lanka, UN entities and UNEP, as well as various Ministries of Environment, Health, Agriculture, Housing in different Central American countries. He had coordinating various processes of building networks, joint spaces and combine efforts in Central America and outside the region such as the American Red Water Action (FANCA), the Global Water Partnership (GWP) of Alliance for Water in Central America, the Freshwater Action Network (FAN) and chapters in Mexico and South America, the Alliance for the Defense of Water Costa Rica (ANDA), the Urban Mobility Environmental Network (RAMU), Alliance for Water in Central America, among others. He had lead several international processes aimed at promoting the participation of civil society organizations at the level of United Nations (MDGs CDS XII, XIII CDS Agenda Post 2015 Climate Change); World Water Forums (from Kyoto in 2003 to Marseille in 2012) and other similar events. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz_Jfu_OSB17RXlwbnNuUGxQaW8/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz_Jfu_OSB17X3JTSl92MlUtdDQ/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz_Jfu_OSB17bmE2WmxOaVM3WVE/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
353 | 8/14/2014 12:37:50 | AMBER-PAN COMPANY | JOHN KOFI CRENTSIL | DZENBII@YAHOO.CO.UK | Attend Summit only | No | JOHN KOFI CRENTSIL | AMBER-PAN COMPANY | NONE | GHANA | GHANA | MALE | 37 | ENGLISH | WE THINKING INVOLVING DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION TO SPEAK OR SHARE IDEAL .WE CAN ALL ACHIER OUR GOALS. WITH IDEAL OF AMBER-PAN .IT WILL HELP AND AMBER PAN WILL ALSO GAIN FROM THE SUMMIT | WE HAVE SHORT NOTE....WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AND ORGANIZATION IN GHANA AND ALSO ATTEND EVENTS TOO. | NONE | ||||||||
354 | 8/14/2014 12:46:42 | Y-PEER & SONYO Umbrella | Mustafe & Saeed Ahmed | sonyoed@gmail.com, mustafekhaire@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Ahmed Abokor Mohamed | SONYO/YOVENCO & SOYDCO | Somali | Somaliland | Male | 28/32 | English, Somali, Arabic | The nominee meets the criteria and even outperforms as a suitable youth leader who can contribute to the Summit and also take up the outcomes of the Summit to a higher level and to his grassroot youth communities in his country- which is a vital element in making the Summit impactful.Ahmed Abokor and his organization has extensive experience in climate change issue. He is capable enough to provide remarkable speach and to answer questions from the participants comfortably. I am confident Ahmed will postively contribute to the Climate Summit. | Ahmed has been a Chairperson of YOVENCO and other youth organizations for more than a decade. He was elected as a members of SONYO National Council for three terms (six years). He also served a project management officer at various INGOs in the past decade. He speaks English fluently and has very good background in environmental issues, climate change in particular, as he lead an environment activist organization. Ahmed is a masters degree in Education Management. He has been in the civil society sector for the last 10 years. He is well-known activist and a human rights advocate. | Ahmed Abokor has written around a dozen article on environmental issues. Unfortunately, I have none of the papers in my computer for the time being. | |||||||||
355 | 8/14/2014 12:48:34 | MAONI NETWORK | Daniel Lago | maoni_scholar2002@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Daniel Lago Okomo | LAMBWE BEECOT SELF HELP GROUP | NON | KENYAN | KENYA | MALE | 52 | ENGLISH, SWAHILI,,LUO | It was not my personal interest to present it this way, but logics dictate I do so. As per Agenda 21 of Earth Summit of 1992, the urge was and remains THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY. It is therefore practical I do so.I am a native resident of Lambwe Valley Ecosystem in Kenya, which combines both Ruma National Park and Lambwe forest, within Lake Victoria basin. My authority is instructive from Lambwe Beecot Self Help Group[LBCSHG], who after being elected to Office, within the Provisions of Forest Act[2005], Kenya requested me to help them do fund-raising for Bee-Hive and Honey Production equipment.Their letter may be forwarded on demand at any time.. | Former Publisher, The Scholar Magazine, Kenya Currently fund-raising for a wind energy project for off-grid power, one for mini-10 Kilowatts Turbine, and another one that can generate upto five[5] megawatts on a hilly ridge near Lambwe forest I am also trying to organise a water users workshop in Homa-Bay Municipality, Homa-Bay County, Kenya.. | [1]Please visit United Nations Office for Outer Space AffairsUNOOSA] records during the Global Navigation Satellite Systems[GNSS] meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, in June 26-30th, 2006 [2] Visit World Bank {WB] Renewable Energy consultations on Energy on June 19th, 2010, Hilton Hotel, Nairobi from their videos to get my voice dictions and expression. [3] Visit United Nations Office in Nairobi[UNON] press conferences and read my questions during press conferences or make your own enquiries.My last accreditation as a journalist was in 2011, but the same started in 1999, but I have since stopped because of competitions from Digital media. You may remember, even the more mightier NEWSWEEK also folded beacause of stiff technology competitiveness. | ||||||||
356 | 8/14/2014 12:51:09 | Women Environmental Programme | Priscilla ACHAKPA | pmachakpa@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Zenabou SEGDA | Women Environmental Programme Burkina | Burkinabe | Burkina Faso | Female | 43 | French and English | The nominee is the coordinator of WEP in Burkina Faso where they are working to protect and promote environment. They are now focusing on renewable energy advocating for Energy access to women particularly clean cook stoves and on adaptation to climate change with their school field for training on adaptation technics. They are member of three networks at national, regional and international level and are willing to share experiences and conclusions to these groups after the meeting. She has worked in the field of environment and climate change since 2006 on the ground, trying to adapt with communities to advert effects of climate change. For dialogue on climate change, she acquired during the past 5 years since COP 14 experience with UN inter-governmental processes, including preparing position papers, statements, advocacy proposals, during the COPs and UNFCCC intercessions She has a valid visa and can travel for the summit by 21st september | Zenabou SEGDA Birthday : 27/04/1971 in Ouagadougou Single Adress: 06 BP 10743 Ouagadougou 06 Tel. +226 70234930 Organization website: www.wepnigeria.net, or http://climatdeveloppement.org/lercd/women-environmental-program-burkina-faso/ | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6DAwc2FilimSTcycGtXQWUwUU0/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.youtube.com/watch for WEP panel in Doha COP 18 https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/25193/CCAFS%2520VBS%2520Site%2520Analysis%2520Burkina%2520FINAL.pdf?sequence=1 for study http://www.cler.org/CLER-Infos-no94-Cooperation-et http://climatdeveloppement.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Rapport-atelier-post-Doha-et-2015.pdf http://news.aouaga.com/h/7213.html | ||||||||
357 | 8/14/2014 13:31:24 | jeff cobb | Jeffery Cobb | peacefuljeff@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | William McKibben | 350.org | www.350.org | American | USA | male | 50 | English | Only person on the planet to actually have any real significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Prevented thus far the Keystone XL pipeline. | www.350.org, www.billmckibben.com | www.billmckibben.com | ||||||||
358 | 8/14/2014 13:32:54 | International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) | Alison Tate | alison.tate@ituc-csi.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Sharan Leslie Burrow | ITUC | www.ituc-csi.org | Australian | Belgium | Female | 60 | English | Sharan Burrow is the elected global head of the trade unions, representing 176 million members in all regions of the world (in 161 countries). She leads international union efforts to support advocacy and practical action on climate change and for investment in industrial transformation for a low carbon future. She is well known in civil society, investment networks and intergovernmental fora as a strong spokesperson for social justice and addressing the needs of those impacted by climate change as well as for proposing action by governments, communities, workers, businesses, and other stakeholders. She is known for the catch phrase "there are no jobs on a dead planet". | Sharan Burrow: General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Sharan Burrow was elected as General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in 2010. The ITUC is the world’s peak labour union body and represents 176 million workers in 161 countries and territories and has 325 national affiliates. Sharan was previously Vice-President of Education International from 1995 to 2000, the international organisation of education unions representing 24 million members. Sharan began her working life as a high school teacher in Australia. She became a union organiser and served on various union bodies during the 1980s and 1990s. Sharan continued her leadership role in the union movement when she was elected as President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 2000-2010. She played a critical role in resolving industrial disputes, and led union negotiations on major economic reforms. Sharan is well known for her international advocacy on labour standards, corporate responsibility, climate change, investment in infrastructure and the green economy, global migration and employment. She has represented workers and civil society groups in global policy discussions at the G20, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and United Nations bodies, including ECOSOC. She has served as a member of the Stakeholder Council of the Global Reporting Initiative, the UN Global Commission on International Migration (under UN Secretary General Kofi Annan) and the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation. Sharan has represented trade unions at the World Economic Forum (WEF) for the past 12 years. In 2011 she was a Faculty Member of the WEF as Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Employment and Social Protection. She currently serves as a member of the High Level Advisory Committee to the Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice and is a commissioner on the Global Commission on Economy and Climate. Sharan Burrow maintains close working relations with civil society groups across a range of current debates and development and climate related forums. | Sharan Burrow – Climate links: http://www.responsible-investor.com/article/pri_burrow/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzcuXFWcCp4 http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/investment-strategies-push-reset-button http://www.ituc-csi.org/time-to-push-the-reset-button-on.html http://www.top1000funds.com/news/2011/09/21/union-leader-calls-for-investors-to-drive-new-green-future/ http://www.top1000funds.com/analysis/2012/05/02/oecd-ituc-call-for-more-green-investment/ http://www.ituc-csi.org/union-leaders-announce-their?lang=en http://treealerts.org/region/europe/2014/05/no-jobs-on-a-dead-planet-unions-demand-ambitious-paris-climate-deal/ | ||||||||
359 | 8/14/2014 14:15:38 | Climate Action Network-Ghana | Mary Jane Enchill | mjane.enchill@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | SAMUEL CONFIDENCE DOTSE | Climate Action Network- Ghana | Ghanaian | Ghana | Male | 46 | English | Samuel Dotse holds masters degree in Environmental Management policy from the University of Cape Coast Ghana. He has thirteen (13) years of experience in international policy advocacy and practice, and has participated in the UNFCCC negotiations since 2014. He also benefited from Climate Action Network International Southern Fellowship programme. He was a Fellow at the Regional Institute for Population Studies under the CDKN project funded by IDRC Canada. | Samuel Dotse is the first Ghana’s Non State Actor elected as the Regional Focal Point for GEF NGO Network for West Africa, and a member of the Coordination Committee. The GEF-NGO Network is overseen by a Coordination Committee made up of up to fifteen Regional Focal Points (RFPs) and three representatives from the Indigenous People’s Organizations (IPOs).The Coordination Committee acts as the final ruling body of the Network and makes decisions on its behalf. The work of the Coordination Committee is facilitated by a Central Focal Point based in Malaysia. Samuel Dotse is the current head of Africa Center of Excellence on Climate Change (Climate Change Resource Center) Regional Institute of Population Studies- University of Ghana- Legon a sponsored project of IDRC. Mr. Dotse (Environmental Management and Policy Expert on Climate Change) is leading the African Union (Civil Society) –on (European Union –Africa Union) Partnership Strategy on Climate Change and Environment and a member of the AU CSO Steering Committee. Hosted the UN-Special Envoy on Climate Change, former President of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor on an International Climate Change Colloquium on the theme 'Political Commitment towards the 2015 Global Climate Change Agreement' in preparation for the UN Secretary General's Summit. Samuel is the Current Chairman of the AU ECOSOCC Technical Cluster on Rural Economy and Agriculture and a member of the ECOSOCC standing committee. Mr. Dotse is the lead Consultant to Africa Adaptation Program (AAP) CSO Component on Capacity Development and Training being executed by the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) –Ghana and Implemented by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA-Ghana) a Japanese Sponsored Program for 20 African Countries. He was the Assistant Consultant to Mr. Philip Acquah- Lead Consultant on Ghana’s National Climate Change Policy Review Clinic sponsored by MESTI-Ghana and CARE-Ghana. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByDTb4t5EEMNSTFQaTZwWjVSTTQ/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByDTb4t5EEMNRlZlVWJEUFJrVTg/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByDTb4t5EEMNZi16SklfcEJKa0k/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
360 | 8/14/2014 14:20:58 | Vision India; Centre for Adivasee Studies and Peace; Global Gender and Climate Alliance | Dr Telagathoti Mary Srividya; Cara Beasley; Badugu Suvarna | visionindiagnt@gmail.com, cara@gender-climate.org, adivasee@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Nagella John Jayakar | Association for Rivers and Coastal Ecosystems Conservation and Centre for Adivasee Studies and Peace | adivasee.org http://ecoconserve.org/ | Indian | India | Male | 40 | English | The Nominee has been associated with Association for Rivers and Coastal Ecosystems Conservation (ARCC) as secretary, since its beginning, is an active member in our network groups of indigenous people, women. ARCC purpose is to countering Climate Change issues, challenges, and to initiate Adaptation Mitigation and to promote Millennium Development Goals relating to the Indigenous People of the Krishna River Valley and all the tribal People of Andhra Pradesh. ARCC is working towards common consensus for mainstreaming gender in climate change and adaption efforts in women. ARCC has nominated its chair to Climate Investment Funds (Meeting of the CTF Trust Fund Committee) in May 2009. ARCC is a member of Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA). As a representative of ARCC I am actively involved in UNFCC process… promoting gender balance and empowerment of women in UNFCC process. He will make known / spread the summit outcome, all the announcements made by the leaders of government, business, finance and civil society to the Chenchu Communities spread across the Krishana River Valley. And: to catalyze the Summit’s outcome, all the announcements made by the leaders of government, business, finance, and civil society on the actions they will take to address climate change by preparing action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen climate resilience and to mobilize people especially women towards achieving, legally binding in conformity with the international climate change agreement by 2015 in our region related to indigenous peoples, Chenchus of Nallamalla forests of the Krishana River, Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India. | John Jayakar Nagella, a social worker by qualification, is presently working in Health, Medical & Family Welfare Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, as office assistant, and also has been voluntarily working as Secretary for Association for Rivers and Coastal Ecosystems Conservation (ARCC), since 2009. John Jayakar is personally interested in Gender issues since the beginning of his joining into NGO, and is on mailing list of Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA). As there is very less participation of Indigenous Peoples Groups in Climate Change, John Jayakar as an Indigenous People representative is a representing a group of civil society organizations, and we are officially authorising him by organization to speak on the organization behalf of the tribal peoples involvement in climate. He is involved in climate change programmes and has got competency with climate change issues, experience with presenting climate change issues in public fora, and demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders. He can make himself be available at UN Headquarters in NY at 8:30am on 23 September, and for travel if necessary. He would like to be one amongst funded participants at the summit. Previously he has taken part in few meetings of United Nations held at Geneva, Switzerland: 1) Commission on Human Rights, Sub commission on the promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Geneva, August 2002. 2) Commission on Human Rights, Sub commission on the promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples. Geneva, 21 - 25 July 2003. 3) World Summit of Information Society, Prep. Com 2. Geneva 17 Feb. - 28 Feb. 2003. 4) World Summit of Information Society, Prep. Com. 3, Geneva, 9 Dec. 2003. 5) NGO FORUM to the ECOSOC High –Level Segment on “Rural Development”, Geneva, 27 June 2003. 6) Commission on Human Rights, Sub commission on the promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples, Geneva, 2004, 7) 1st International Indigenous Peoples’ Documentation Training – Organized by : Documentary Network of Indigenous Peoples in collaboration with HURIDOCS and doCip, Geneva, July 12 to 16, 2004, and has a proven track record of effective advocacy or implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation or adaptation. His participation in UN Meetings was of great assets to our organization and will be more useful to the tribal people in our state. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3CZ7aG04xZ9VTFyVElFcTBnaTA/edit?usp=sharing | Nil | |||||||
361 | 8/14/2014 14:53:17 | Elephant Energy | Julia Alvarez | juliaalvarez@elephantenergy.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Douglas James Vilsack | Elephant Energy | www.elephantenergy.org | USA | USA | Male | 33 | English | Mr. Vilsack has founded numerous non-profit organizations and business addressing some of the world’s most pressing problems and is currently active as the Board Chair of Elephant Energy (www.elephantenergy.org) and the Executive Director of the Posner Center for International Development (www.posnercenter.org) in Denver, Colorado. Through his work with Elephant Energy, he has pioneered strategies to distribute small scale renewable energy technologies through business networks in rural Africa and Indian Country in the United States, including the development of pay-as-you-go solar technology through a spin-off for profit, divi (www.divipower.com). He has authored numerous articles and reports on the subjects of renewable energy development, carbon trading, small scale solar distribution and other energy and climate change-related topics. He has presented on the subject of carbon trading and small scale solar distribution in numerous venues across the United States. | Doug Vilsack is the founder and Board Chair of Elephant Energy (www.elephantenergy.org), a social venture that distributes small scale renewable energy technologies in Southern Africa and the on Navajo Nation in the USA. He is also the Executive Director of the Posner Center for International Development (www.posnercenter.org) in Denver, Colorado, the first shared workspace for international development organizations, which boasts over 100 tenants and members. Mr. Vilsack is a trained lawyer in the practice areas of environmental law, Indian law and renewable and alternative energy law. He focused on environmental and energy-related issues while attending University of Colorado Law School. Mr. Vilsack first traveled to Namibia in 2005 to work for the World Wildlife Fund and has returned on numerous occasions to continue his work with community-based conservation organizations. Prior to his work in Namibia, he attended Colorado College and founded the Paddle for the Presidency, a non-profit venture that organized an expedition that canoed the entire length of the Mississippi River and registered over 2000 young voters during the 2004 Presidential election. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By7uOpK7F-50Q19KT2ExbXJnQW8/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.elephantenergy.org/images/documents/Namibian_Renewable_Energy_Policy.pdf http://www.elephantenergy.org/images/documents/Eagle_Energy_2012-2013_Report_FINAL.pdf http://www.elephantenergy.org/images/documents/WE_Project_Final_Report_(Elephant_Energy_2012).pdf http://www.elephantenergy.org/images/documents/Final_Report_-_Namibia_Flood_Relief_Energization_Plan__2011_.pdf | |||||||
362 | 8/14/2014 15:40:41 | Réseau ESG UQAM | Florent Turlin | turlin.florent@uqam.ca | Attend Summit only | Yes | Florent Turlin | none | French | Canada | Male | 25 | French | 1) Je veux sauver notre planète et ce qui y vit, en luttant contre les changements climatiques. Je suis une personne particulièrement sensible pour cette cause, pour laisser un avenir meilleur a mes enfants. Je veux vivre dans un environnement idéal. Et je veux que tout le monde ait cette chance. Je fais partie d'un groupe de ramassage d'ordures au quotidien. J'aimerais faire partie de lobby pour pousser la découverte technologique dans ce sens. 2) Je détiens une maitrise en stratégie de gestion, responsabilité sociale et environnementale. J'ai une forte capacité d'analyse et je peux mettre en place des plans d'action pour que nous réussissions. 3) J'ai 3 années de formation en débat oratoire. J'ai participé aux compétitions nationales francophones canadiennes à Ottawa et à Montréal. J'ai formé plusieurs étudiants de l'Université du Québec à Montréal. Je sais être efficace, percutant et aussi avoir une écoute active des autres. | Je suis né en France, le 2 septembre 1989, dans la ville de Nicéphore Niepce, l'inventeur de la photographie. À 4 ans j'ai déménagé au Cameroun pour y vivre 4 ans avec ma famille. À 9 ans j'ai déménagé en Côte d'Ivoire pour y vivre encore et faire mon éducation. 5 ans et demi plus tard, j'étais de retour en France. J'y ai vécu une des étapes les plus marquantes de ma vie : les coups d'État successifs, la révolte civile, le chômage, les meurtres... Je détiens un baccalauréat ES de l'ile de la Réunion. À 17 ans j'ai quitté ma famille pour m'établir au Québec. Un continent encore nouveau pour moi. Après quelques années d'études, je peux dire que je détiens un Baccalauréat en administration des affaires, profil gestion internationale de l'ESG UQAM, et une maitrise en stratégie et RSE de cette même université. J'ai occupé le poste de président de la délégation des Jeux du commerce 2012 de l'ESG UQAM en 2012. Depuis 2011, je travaille pour l'association des diplômés de l'ESG UQAM. Cet emploi n’amène à rencontrer et connaitre beaucoup de monde pour établir le réseau le plus vaste possible. Ayant vécu 4 ans au Cameroun, 5 ans et demi en Côte d'Ivoire, 2 ans à l’île de La Réunion et, depuis 7 ans au Québec, je suis résolument orienté vers l'international et intéressé à faire des voyages d'affaires. Je suis une personne particulièrement internationalisée et consciente des enjeux mondiaux et sociétaux. Derrière mes airs de rêveur, je suis profondément rationnel. Mais au fond de nous je sais que c'est possible. Ce serait une maladresse philosophique que de dire que ce qui peut ne pas exister existe. Car ce qui peut exister existe. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6vKivOM6AHhdElSWlJVaEFkWlU/edit?usp=sharing | https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=83900723&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile | ||||||||
363 | 8/14/2014 16:05:27 | ClimateMama, The Mothers Project | Harriet Shugarman | Harriet @climatemama.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Harriet Shugarman | ClimateMama/The Mothers Project | www.climatemama.com www.themothersproject.org | American/Canadian | USA | Female | 53 | English | Harriet is the Executive Director of ClimateMama, board member with The Mothers Project and a mentor and leader with Climate Reality. Harriet has a proven track record of effective advocacy and implementation of community based solutions for climate change demonstrated through here work on numerous boards, local and regional commissions where she advocates and implements mitigation and adaptation plans and programs. Harriet is a national spokesperson on climate change solutions, speaking at EPA hearings, conferences, training sessions, rallies, schools, businesses, houses of worship and more. She has appeared on television and in videos. Harriet is a compelling public speaker and passionate activist who works tirelessly on of our youngest generation. Harriet has excellent competency and experience with presenting climate change issues in public. Harriet first worked on climate issues as a representative of the IMF in the lead up to the first Earth Summit. | Harriet has worn many hats: she has been a ski instructor in Western Canada, an orchard worker in Israel, and a member of her college sky diving club. Harriet has spent most of her professional career working as an economist, policy advocate and educator. Harriet worked with the Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario governments in Canada, and spent 13 years at the United Nations as a representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the spring of 2007 Harriet was selected from thousands of individuals from around the world to participate in a training program conducted by Former Vice President Al Gore and sponsored by The Climate Reality Project. Harriet is one of the first 1000 individuals personally trained by Mr. Gore to educate the public on climate change, and has served as District Manger and Mentor for the Climate Reality Project in the NYC Metro/NJ/PA/DE areas. Harriet has spoken with thousands of individuals around the United States on climate change. In late 2009 Harriet launched ClimateMama, an climate change education, advocacy and advisory organization, targeted at parents of all ages who want to learn more about climate change, what it’s all about, and what they can do about it. The ClimateMama community reaches individuals in over 110 countries and all 50 states and works with colleges, school children and their parents, educators, businesses, PTA groups, civil society and non profit organizations and houses of worships to empower individuals and to support collective actions that make our world a better place. Harriet serves as the chair of her New Jersey town’s Environmental Commission and Green Team. Harriet works with local and national environmental organizations and has been a Mentor for the national Green Faith Certification program. Harriet sits on the Boards of numerous local, regional and national, environmental and social policy groups. Harriet’s writing has been featured by national media outlets and organizations, including: MSNBC, Christian Science Monitor, Lifetime TV, Huffington Post, the Rodale Media Network, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, The Global Team of 200, Healthy Child Healthy World, The EPA, USAID and many more. Harriet is a vocal advocate and activist at the state and national levels for legislative action on climate change and for the promotion and adoption of an energy policy that focuses on clean, renewable energy. | Background on Harriet, path to climate leader http://climaterealityproject.org/blog/mother-climatemama Writing Samples: 1. Climate Revolution Begins With You http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/the-peoples-climate-march-begins-you?cid=sm_m_main_1_20140730_28791446 2. On Earth Day 3 Live Lessons for My Children http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/earth-day-three-lessons-my-children 3. Fracking Vs. Food http://www.naturalawakeningsmag.com/Natural-Awakenings/July-2014/Fracking-Versus-Food/ 4. ClimateMama Blog www.climatemama.com/blog 5. Lessons from the Field, Making the Sandy Climate Connection http://www.climateaccess.org/blog/lessons-field-making-climate-connection-sandy About Harriet: From Mama to Climate Mama http://climaterealityproject.org/blog/mother-climatemama Video: Climate Voices http://vimeo.com/69262267 Harriet has spoken to thousands of people around the United States on Climate change. | ||||||||
364 | 8/14/2014 16:45:23 | Greenpeace international | Kumi Naidoo | kumi.naidoo@greenpeace.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Kumaran Shunmugam Naidoo | Greenpeace International | www.greenpeace.org | South African | The Netherlands | Male | 49 | English, Afrikaans | Kumi Naidoo is currently the Executive Director of Greenpeace International and is an enigmatic and compelling speaker on both Climate change and Civil society. | Kumi Naidoo Born in South Africa, Kumi Naidoo became involved in the country’s liberation struggle at the age of 15. In 1986 he was charged with violating the emergency regulations and was forced underground for almost a year before fleeing to exile. During this time he was a Rhodes Scholar and later earned a doctorate in political sociology. After Nelson Mandela’s release in 1990, Naidoo returned to South Africa to work on the legalization of the African National Congress. During the democratic elections in 1994 he directed the training of all electoral staff in the country and was one of the official spokespersons of the Independent Electoral Commission. Kumi Naidoo has served as Secretary General of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, was the founding executive director of the South African National NGO Coalition (SANGOCO) and also the founding Chair of the Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP), where he remains global ambassador. He previously served as a board member of Global Reporting Initiative (2006-2011) and Earth Rights International (2008-2011), while he presently sits on the board of Food and Trees for Africa and is a member of 350.org’s international advisory board. Naidoo has also served as a board member of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) and in 2003 was appointed by the former Secretary General of the United Nations to the Eminent Persons Panel on UN Civil Society Relations. In 2012 he was appointed to the UN Women’s Global Civil Society Advisory Group. Kumi Naidoo is currently Executive Director of Greenpeace International. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/19GloRzByaAaAGDK14V54YU5ljSbdMDBCWXOgQd1_9cs/edit?usp=sharing | Writing examples: http://www.dhf.uu.se/publications/development-dialogue/boiling-point-%C2%BB-can-citizen-action-save-the-world/ Recent Speaking engagements: Women Deliver, Kuala Lumpur 2013 Global Powershift, Istanbul 2013 Arctic Circle, Reykjavik 2013 Transparancy International, Berlin 2013 DEEEP Building a global citizen's movement , Johannesburg, 2013 Public Lecture, Oxford university 2014 Africa on the Rise, Berlin 2014 Sustainable cities seminar, Durban 2014 Climate Leadership, Climate reality project, Johannesburg 2014 Global Agribusiness forum, Soa Paulo 2014 OECD Forum, Paris 2014 | |||||||
365 | 8/14/2014 16:46:16 | Africa Clean Energy Summit(ACES) | Juddie Passion | jpassion@africacleanenergysummit.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Victor Fodeke | Africa Clean Energy Summit(ACES) | http://africacleanenergysummit.com/ | Nigeria | Nigeria | Male | 63 | English | Dr Victor Fodeke is a 1988/89 Fulbright Exchange Fellow (Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow), and Member of the Technical Committee of Conference of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC). As Nigeria's Lead Negotiator, Designated National Authority (DNA) and Focal Point for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), led Nigeria to the Conference of Parties (COP)/ Meeting of Parties (MOP) 14 in Poznan 2008, and COP/MOP 15 in Copenhagen in 2009. | Dr. Fodeke has a Ph.D. in marine biology from the University of Benin and was a Fulbright Exchange Fellow in 1988-89. He served for fifteen years at Nigeria's Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA) where, among other things, he advised the senior officials on how to secure a commitment for the removal of illegally imported toxic waste. Dr. Fodeke has managed a wide range of projects involving clean-up and conservation while serving at FEPA offices in various parts of the country. His recognition of the imperative of local community environmental action drove him to leave his government post in frustration in 1994 and actively pursue his student mobilization strategy. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7GmrpB9R5MgeDZaUUotQ29FMlk/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7GmrpB9R5MgdzZHOWtoWkZLVWs/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
366 | 8/14/2014 17:25:31 | U.S. Embassy, Majuro - Department of State | Tom Armbruster | ArmbrusterTH@state.gov | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner | College of the Marshall Islands (Her environmental NGO, Jo-Jikum, does not have a website yet) | http://www.cmi.edu/ | Marshallese | Marshall Islands | Female | 26 | English, Marshallese | Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner is an ideal candidate to speak at the Opening of the 2014 Climate Summit. Her home country, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is at the front line of climate change with most of the country just a few meters above sea level. Kathy is an outspoken young Marshallese leader whose poems on rising seas and forced migration inspire dialogue. Her poetry is smart, passionate, and powerfully captures the humanity of climate change, transforming it from abstract concept into a threat involving real people and places. Having competed in slam poetry and performed at conferences, Kathy has excellent public stage experience. She is a published journalist and founder of Jo-Jikum, an NGO empowering young Marshallese with environmental education and the impacts of climate change on their lives. With her Masters in Pacific Island Studies, and her new role as a teacher at the College of the Marshall Islands, Kathy is in a unique position to speak for her generation and country. | Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner is a Marshallese poet, spoken word artist, and journalist. Her poetry has been featured in the Marshall Islands, Hawai'i, San Francisco, LA, New York, Taiwan, and in London at the Poetry Parnassus Festival where she represented the Marshall Islands. She has reported for the Marshall Islands Journal, the Campanil, and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. In 2010, she co-founded non-profit organization, JO-JIKUM, or Jodrikdrik in Jipan En eo Ekutok Maroro, an organization dedicated to promoting environmentalism and climate change activism amongst the youth of the Marshall Islands. This past year she completed her Master's degree in Pacific Island Studies at the University of Hawai'i, where she studied Marshallese literature and Marshallese oral traditions. She now lives and works in the Marshall Islands as a faculty member at the College of the Marshall Islands. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzsfh7RK11ckZzhxNE1zX2RhX3M/edit?usp=sharing | Video for nomination: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wx7noc1d9sy7kmy/Kathy%20Jetnil-Kijiner%20Marshall-Islands%20Video.m4v?dl=0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9D88ST9qbw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sbtpazYra0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIIrrPyK0eU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjGrSu22v58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJm0pCbHB6Y Writing samples: http://www.blackmailpress.com/Index36.html http://jkijiner.wordpress.com | |||||||
367 | 8/14/2014 17:59:54 | 350.org | Emma Biermann | emma@350.org | Attend Summit only | No | Diana Eurydyka Maciąga | Pracownia na rzecz Wszystkich Istot (Association Workshop for All Beings) | http://pracownia.org.pl/ | Polish | Poland | Female | 29 | Fluent Polish and fluent English | Diana is a relentless justice organiser. Passionate about the environment, she is fighting some of the biggest threats to today’s planet - one of Europe’s proposed coal-fired power stations. And she won’t stop until it’s history. A climate leader not just in Poland, but regional wide, she is organising with local frontline communities, whilst rallying globally online, speaking at events, pressuring investors, filing legal challenges - and sharing it all with the media - and it’s paying off. The power plant is now struggling to go ahead and Diana has has showed what is possible with her pioneering campaign against politically and financially rich, dirty industry. Diana does not hesitate to stand up and speak for what is morally just for communities, locally and globally. Speaking from the heart she reaches many audiences communicating the possible mitigation today, to limit the adaptation needed tomorrow, while highlighting the solutions that are available. | Nature protection has always been my main interest and is what has drawn me to the climate movement in the first place. I have volunteered in many wildlife protection projects including birds and mammals conservation in Poland, Portugal and Venezuela. I graduated from Jagiellonian University in biology with distinction and later joined a Polish NGO Workshop for All Beings which specializes in protection of the wildest treasures of Poland which far too often fall victim to human unsustainable and destructive activities. I am also a PhD student in biology. I’ve participated in Global Power Shift organised by 350.org and Power Shift Central & Eastern Europe. Now I’m sharing the experience I’ve gained through campaigns and coordinate a training for Polish local leaders called “Guardians of Climate”. In my free time I enjoy good reading, birdwatching, wolf tracking and wildlife photography. Within the team I’m one of the organizers of the Stop Elektrowni Północ power plant campaign (http://www.stopep.org/en), a new coal-fired facility, the construction of which means making another big step right into the climate crisis, pushing further away the very much needed transition from fossil-based to low-carbon economy and increasing Poland’s deep dependence on coal. But this struggle is also of great importance on local ground as it will set the future of the whole region, it’s people, cultural heritage and precious wildlife, which has been free from heavy industry so far. I hope that bringing this issue to NY as part of the global struggle against the fossil fuel trap will support the campaign. It is a great honour for me to represent both the campaign and the Polish climate movement as 350.org Global Climate Ambassador. As a citizen of a country whose policy is so climate-destructive it has recently become infamous as 'Coaland', I want to bring the message from the people of Poland who support climate protection and stand in solidarity with those suffering the consequences of greed and indifference of the few. Coming to New York is also a unique chance to share experience and learn from others whose hard work all over the globe makes the dream of a safer and just world within our reach. To make it come true, though, we first need to wake up. I want to believe that the NY Climate Summit will become a wakeup call for those with power to change the course of history - a clear and powerful message that no longer can be ignored. I come to join this epic choir of voices. | http://350.org/ray-of-hope/ and https://docs.google.com/a/350.org/file/d/0B7Nsc_1fJiz3T3c2Wk5rYUNlVVhKOF9KY0ItVkJDMllxTGx3/edit | ||||||||
368 | 8/14/2014 18:12:19 | Plan International | Laura Brazee | laura.brazee@planusa.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Caroline Dodd | Plan International | www.planusa.org | USA | USA | Female | 16 | English | Caroline has been actively engaged in Climate mitigation and adaptation for years and is a youth leader on climate change in the US. In addition to being a youth leader with Plan International, Caroline serves on the Student Advisory Committee of the Adirondack Youth Climate Summit where she plans, schedules, and organizes youth participation in the Summit. She has been featured in the Climate Change documentary, The Resilient Ones, and uses arts, music and public speaking to engage her community in climate change solutions. She has hosted events and written grants to support youth-led climate change initiatives with the Wild Center. | Caroline Dodd grew up in Saranac Lake, NY in the heart of the Adirondack Park. Throughout her life she has performed onstage as a singer, flautist, pianist, actress, and ballet dancer and has received numerous awards and honors in each of these arts. She has also enjoyed the many activities the mountains and lakes have to offer, including skiing, canoeing, biking, hiking, and maple tapping, all of which depend on a stable and unchanging climate to preserve their longevity. She has always cherished the outdoors, so it has come to her attention that even the harsh mountain climate of the Adirondacks has changed drastically just in her sixteen years of life. Her real interest in and passion for finding solutions for the reversal of climate change began with her involvement with the annual Adirondack Youth Climate Summit. Caroline is aware that she is a member of the generation under twenty-nine years of age that has never seen a normal climate, and her local Climate Summit was the perfect event for her to learn and engage in discussions about climate change and how it affects local schools and communities, as well as how it impacts the whole world. This event has also given her opportunities to create solutions for positive change locally and globally, as well as organize and help to lead the Summit that brings together students and advisors from high schools, colleges, and universities all over New York and Vermont. Caroline particularly enjoys researching and interviewing experts on every aspect of climate change and inviting these experts to present and speak at the Summit. She is an active member of her high school environmental club in which she writes grants, gives away reusable bags in her community, and maintains the school garden, among other activities. She also volunteers at her local Wild Center: The Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, where she writes grants to maintain the museum and its sponsorship of events such as concerts, movie screenings, and the Adirondack Youth Climate Summit. Caroline will enter her senior year of high school in the fall of 2014. After graduation, she plans on attending college with an intended focus on the environment, particularly environmental law and policy. Her guiding philosophy is that though her generation was not the one to create rapid climate change, she and others in her generation must repair and preserve the environment for future generations and she believes that is entirely possible. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVuE_34Cn0zR2VHQXRuUzBvbHc/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HdsQ4UkC3XOcOmWx-1mcrcPfJhtqb79JHf5oY8fXHfA/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
369 | 8/14/2014 19:04:46 | SolarAid | Andrew Webb | andrew.webb@solar-aid.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Linda Onyenya Wamune | SolarAid | http://www.solar-aid.org/ | Kenyan | Kenya | Female | 35 | English and Swahili | Linda is an off-grid lighting expert who specialises in creating demand for solar lights in rural areas. Under her leadership, SolarAid has worked with headteachers to distribute over 300,00 lights. Each light saves 200kg of CO2 emissions per year, for 3-5 years (UNEP, 2012). Linda is a compelling public speaker having spoken at a range of events and public fora nationally and internationally over the last 5 years, including the Hult Global Case Challenge. Linda has represented SolarAid with senior decision-makers in Kenya and internationally, including government officials, aid agency staff and business leaders. Most recently she organised a press conference to encourage the government to re-instate VAT and tariff exemptions on solar lighting. She has a broad understanding of climate change in East Africa, and expert knowledge of kerosene for lighting, an issue acknowledged by UNEP as an 'attractive area for achieving quick, cost-effective climate benefits'. | Linda is an experienced programme manager with strong leadership and communication skills, as well as an effective team builder, working at the cutting edge of technology-based solutions to climate change. She is a naturally strategic thinker and a highly articulate public speaker, often selected to represent SolarAid at international events, as well as managing SolarAid's strategic relationships in Kenya. Linda grew up and went to University in Nairobi, where she won the award for the best female science graduate, before going on to do an MBA at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. She began her career working for Davis and Shirtliff, the leading supplier of water related equipment in East Africa, where she worked first as a Sales Engineer and then as a Sales Manager. He role was to oversee the design, commissioning, construction and installation of solar lighting and pumping as well as water supply and treatment projects. There she learnt about green technology adoption in rural Kenya - the importance of product demonstration, trust and endorsement by respected peers, if technology is ever to be adopted at scale. In January 2011 she became Country Manager of SolarAid Kenya, responsible for managing a $2 million solar programme funded primarily by Barclays Bank. Linda led a team which installed 89 'macrosolar' systems on schools and clinics across the country. She piloted, refined and rolled out the 'School Campaign' approach which is now widely recognised as a key driver for the rapid adoption of off-grid lighting technology in East Africa. Becoming Operations Director for SolarAid Kenya in October 2012, Linda built a rapidly growing team as she continued to drive the organisation's growth and impact. Linda has driven a notable increase in SolarAid Kenya's recognition as experts and influence amongst policymakers. Speaking of the model pioneered by Linda's team in Kenya and now rolled out across four countries, Dan Murphy, Senior Energy Specialist at the World Bank, remarked that 'SolarAid’s approach, providing modern, affordable, and clean light to those most in need of it, is transformational. Their model has proven itself to be a success both in East and West Africa, and as it continues to scale out could make a major contribution to delivering sustainable energy for all'. Dr. Wieber Boer, CEO of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, said SolarAid had 'cracked the code on the distribution side of solar lanterns in East Africa'. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2CTd8QfhR6ncFc1anVTZzBDZUU/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2CTd8QfhR6nU2FEMUd6SllWazg/edit?usp=sharing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7aYmRtg7L4&list=UUL4ShU6B2K1jc21dHYptCwA http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/interview/2334587/women-in-solar-sunnymoneys-linda-wamune http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/kenya-rescinds-vat-on-solar-products_100015379/#axzz3ALvNrHKP http://allafrica.com/stories/201406031206.html | |||||||
370 | 8/14/2014 19:08:47 | Regional Sustainable Energy Center For Excellence For Sub Saharan Africa (RSECESA) | Ibrahim Aminu | southernenergynig@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Sa'eed Danwakili | Regional Sustainable Energy Center For Excellence For Sub Saharan Africa (RSECE) | Rsece.org | Nigeria | Nigeria | Male | 27 | English | Sa'eed has been choosen to be our nominee after meeting the recommanded criteria in our organization. As an environmentalist with Bsc. Qualification in Geography and Regional Planing from Bayero University Kano he has lead our crew members on advocacy outreach in environmental sustainability to succession. | Sa'eed Danwakili is a 27 year old married man with no kids, originated from the northern part of Nigeria. He finished his senior secondary school in 2006 at Hassan Ibrahim Gwarzo Secondary School Kano which he excels to his degree program. Sa'eed have served his nation in the year 2013-14 in Sokoto state where he joined MDG corpers and runs as an enterpreneur in the state. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxH44x11iD0ydEVnZ3lNUnZBc1E/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxH44x11iD0ydEVnZ3lNUnZBc1E/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
371 | 8/14/2014 19:30:14 | CAMARADERIE Association of San Fernando, Cajidiocan, Magdiwang, Romblon Inc. | Elizabeth Ibanez | punong.kahoy2007@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Rodne Galicha | Sibuyan Island Sentines League for Environment Inc | www.sibuyan.com | Filipino | Philippines | Male | 35 | English, Filipino | Rodne Galicha has educated more than 50,000 Filipinos on the reality of climate crisis. In 2008, he led the relief operations for the victims of Typhoon Fengshen. In 2009, he was trained by former US Vice Pres. Al Gore's The Climate Reality Project (TCRP) and has been appointed Philippine district manager. He has been mentoring TCRP's climate leaders since 2011 in Jakarta, San Francisco, Chicago, Johannesburg and Melbourne. Together with top climate negotiator Naderev Sano, he led the first teachers' climate summit conducted in Typhoon Haiyan-hit Tacloban city. In an artcle published by Sydney Morning Herald, he considered Typhoon Haiyan as 'climate crime' in which 'climate justice' is necessary. | Rodne Galicha comes from an island where its population of 57,000 is enjoying 90% of energy from a hydro power plant. He is one of the founders of an organization which prevented a global mining giant from extracting nickel in his island-home called Sibuyan, dubbed as ‘Galapagos of Asia’. He was then tasked by national environment and human rights advocacy network Alyansa Tigil Mina to coordinate activities and campaigns of mining-affected partner communities in the Philippines from 2009-2013. A University of Santo Tomas philosophy graduate, he has been exploring the relationship of cosmology and spirituality of economy as ‘oikos+nomos’ – the management of household - which is expounded in his book titled We Are Nature. In 2013, Rodne received a national individual award for environment heroes called ‘Gawad Bayani ng Kalikasan’ organized by the Center for Environmental Concerns - Philippines. He now works as pro-bono Executive Director of Sibuyan Island Sentinels League for Environment Inc. and leads the Forests and Biodiversity thematic group of Aksyon Klima Pilipinas while serving as The Climate Reality Project's pro-bono district manager in the Philippines. He was trained in Melbourne and has conducted over a hundred localized Al Gore's slideshow presentations since 2009. In an article published by Sydney Morning Herald, he considered Typhoon Haiyan’s disaster as climate crime with climate justice as solution. His day job is being the Southeast Asia Coordinator of the Bank Information Center. Read his blog: www.rodgalicha.com. | http://rodgalicha.com | http://rodgalicha.com | |||||||
372 | 8/14/2014 19:44:48 | RIPESS-Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of the Social Solidarity Economy | Yvon Poirier | ypoirier@videotron.ca | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Elizabeth A. Henderson | URGENCI-International Network of Comminity Supported Agriculturer | urgenci.net | USA | USA | Female | 71 | English, French, Russian | Food, one of the most basic human necessities, is impacted by climate change. To feed the 8-9 billion people the planet will have soon, and considering climate change, radical changes need to be made in the production of food. Community supported agriculture (CSA) and organic farming are showing the way for the fundamental changes that are necessary. CSA and organic farming also pave the path for local food systems, with limited ecological footprints, less food mileage, and less petrochemical products that destroy the soil of the earth. Scientific evidence shows that these approaches to agricultural production can feed more people than the industrialized, chemical based, production, while, at the same time, respecting nature in all its aspects. We find that Ms Herdersen fully fits the requirement of a «proven track record of effective advocacy or implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation or adaptation»; | Elizabeth Henderson is a renowned farmer, author, speaker and activist for social justice in sustainable food and farming, a huge part of the sustainable food movement that has not had as much attention. Here is a little bit about Ms. Henderson. She farmed at Peacework Farm, a CSA farm in Wayne County, New York, and produced organically grown vegetables for over 30 years. At Peacework Farm CSA members help farm and harvest their produce to ensure a real connection to the farmers and the land. She wrote, with Robin Van En, "Sharing the Harvest - A Citizen's Guide to Community Supported Agriculture" the first book to be published about CSAs. She also wrote A Food Book for a Sustainable Harvest for the 300 members of Peacework Organic Community Supported Agriculture (aka GVOCSA) in its twenty sixth year in 2014. She started working on farmworker justice issues early on in her farming career when she found it so hard to make a living. She has been working for farmworker justice for many years, helping to organize the Domestic Fair Trade Association and working to establish (with The Farmworkers Support Committee (CATA), Rural Advancement Foundation International, and Florida Organic Growers) the Agricultural Justice Project, a domestic food justice certification organization. She is the founding president of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) in Massachusetts, serves on the Board of Directors of NOFA New York (1989- present), and represents NOFA in the national discussions of organic standards and on the Management Committee of the Agricultural Justice Project to which she devotes 500 hours a year. She chairs the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board in Wayne County. She has also been involved at the international level, participating in IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement) pre-conferences on fair trade and justice for food workers. She will be going to Turkey in October for the next one. In 2001, the organic industry honored her with one of the first “Spirit of Organic" awards, in 2007, Abundance Co-op honored her with the “Cooperating for Communities” award and in 2009 NOFA-NY honored her with a Lifetime Achievement Award and then a Golden Carrot in 2013. This year she was awarded the "Justie" at the 34th Annual EcoFarm Conference in CA in recognition of her advocacy for Social Justice in Sustainable Agriculture. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRJybZjZ1a2RUQtWDdOVnpCTjQ/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRJybZjZ1a2T2h1bXRjWF9wOHc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRJybZjZ1a2Vlg0ZloycnBIQ1k/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRJybZjZ1a2S0piNzVIN09BSjA/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRJybZjZ1a2M29MLThzTlE5bHc/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
373 | 8/14/2014 20:20:20 | ANU College of Law | Matthew Rimmer | drmatthewrimmer@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Matthew Rhys Rimmer | ANU College of Law | https://law.anu.edu.au/staff/matthew-rimmer | Australia | Australia | Male | 40 | English | 1) Dr Rimmer is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, working on Intellectual Property and Climate Change. He is an associate professor at the ANU College of Law, and an associate director of the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture (ACIPA). 2) Dr Rimmer has a proven track record of effective advocacy. He received the ANU Vice-Chancellor's Award for Public Policy and Outreach in 2013. He was one of Managing IP's 50 most influential intellectual property people in 2014 3) Dr Rimmer is a compelling public speaker. He has delivered 177 presentations to a wide variety of audiences and communities. 4) Dr Rimmer has experience in dealing with climate change issues, and engaging with a variety of stakeholders. 5) Dr Matthew Rimmer is already travelling to New York for the 23 September 2014. | Dr Matthew Rimmer is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, working on Intellectual Property and Climate Change. He is an associate professor at the ANU College of Law, and an associate director of the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture (ACIPA). He holds a BA (Hons) and a University Medal in literature, and a LLB (Hons) from the Australian National University, and a PhD (Law) from the University of New South Wales. He is a member of the ANU Climate Change Institute. Dr Rimmer is the author of Digital Copyright and the Consumer Revolution: Hands off my iPod, Intellectual Property and Biotechnology: Biological Inventions, and Intellectual Property and Climate Change: Inventing Clean Technologies. He is an editor of Patent Law and Biological Inventions, Incentives for Global Public Health: Patent Law and Access to Essential Medicines, and Intellectual Property and Emerging Technologies: The New Biology. Rimmer has published widely on copyright law and information technology, patent law and biotechnology, access to medicines, clean technologies, and traditional knowledge. His work is archived at SSRN Abstracts and Bepress Selected Works. | http://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/cv.pdf | Representative Publications Matthew Rimmer, Intellectual Property and Climate Change: Inventing Clean Technologies, Cheltenham (UK) and Northampton (Mass.): Edward Elgar, September 2011, http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=13601 Alexandra Phelan and Matthew Rimmer, 'IPCC Makes Climate A Human Rights Issue', New Matilda, 1 April 2014, https://newmatilda.com/2014/04/01/ipcc-makes-climate-human-rights-issue Charlotte Wood and Matthew Rimmer, 'Think Global, Act Local: The Role for Councils in Climate Change', Crikey, 30 January 2014, http://www.crikey.com.au/2014/01/30/think-global-act-local-the-role-for-councils-in-climate-change/ Research on Law and Climate Change http://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/subject_areas.html#Intellectual_Property_the_Environment_and_Climate_Change Publications and Speaking Engagements https://law.anu.edu.au/staff/matthew-rimmer?tb=5#tabset-tab-5 | |||||||
374 | 8/14/2014 21:11:11 | Action on African Women Foundation - Ghana | Maxwell Amohakohen | actiononafricanwomenfoundation@yahoo.co.uk | Attend Summit only | Yes | Isaac Kweku Otchere | Action on African Women Foundation - Ghana | www.aawfgh.org | Ghana | Ghana | male | 42 | English | Mr. Otchere qualify for this, the reason been that he is the founder and the executive director of our organization. He is also a member of UN Global Compact, International trade council, Gender and energy network Ghana, Practitional network Women in law and development Ghana (WILDAF) etc. Mr. Otchere was among the speakers at the global summit 2012 in London, World Future Energy Summit at Dubai 2013. He also represented metropolitan Assembly at the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 13)at Doha in 2012. Isaak Kweku Otchere also attended the 2014 UN South South Cooperatition Expo at Qatar Doha 2014 | Isaac Kweku Otchere is the Founder and Executive Director of Action on Africa Women Foundation. He is a Social Development Specialist with 13 year working experience in Social Development with strong analytical capacity on Social and gender issues. He is a member of United Nations Global compact New York (USA), a member of Gender and energy Network Ghana, member of YWCA, and a member of Women in Law and development.(WILDAF GHANA) and a formal chairman of district sub-project review and approval committee at Tema Metropolitan Assembly (T M A). Due to his commitment and dedication to others, he was awarded as an Ambassador for Peace. Mr. Otchere has participated in both local and international conferences and spoke on issues related to Women, Youth Empowerment and poverty alleviation. | Speaker Global Summit 2012 London Speaker World Energy Summit 2013 Dubai | ||||||||
375 | 8/14/2014 21:19:11 | SustainUS | Adam Hasz | adam.sustainus@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Timothy Jeremiah Damon | SustainUS | www.sustainus.org | American | USA | Male | 25 | English | Timothy Damon is a uniquely thoughtful, globally-minded young man who has been instrumental to the mission of SustainUS to educate and empower American youth to act on climate change. He will represent SustainUS at COP20, and has previously attended UNFCCC meetings in Warsaw, Bonn, and Durban on behalf of civil society. The combination of his 5 years of leadership advocating and implementing community based solutions to climate change, his interdisciplinary research and competency with climate change issues, and his abilities as a compelling and articulate public speaker make him an ideal candidate to represent youth and civil society at the Summit. In particular, his thought-leadership among global youth concerning the economics of climate change would enable him to make a uniquely valuable contribution to the discussion of pragmatic steps for enhancing the economic case during the Summit's Thematic Discussion on "The Economic Case for Action", in which he keenly hopes to participate. | Timothy Damon currently serves as a U.S. Youth Delegate to COP20 with SustainUS and as the Economic Adviser of the Intergenerational Equity Group (IEG) composed of youth from around the world who engage with the UNFCCC. He is very experienced at working constructively with a diversity of perspectives and stakeholders in a UN environment, having previously represented youth and conducted academic research at UNFCCC meetings in Warsaw, Bonn, and Durban. His academic background includes an MSc in Climate Change and International Development from UEA (UK) and a BA in Law & Policy from Dickinson College (USA). His masters dissertation investigated the ethics and economics of climate change from a youth perspective, directly guiding the subsequent policy position of the IEG and establishing Timothy as an international thought-leader among youth on these issues. This youth policy platform was expressed in an article he co-authored for YouthPolicy.org and Future Justice, and he has delivered multiple conference presentations and workshops for youth on the subject. As a student, Timothy spent 5 years effectively advocating and implementing community based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaption in the form of campus sustainability policies and projects. His leadership and passion in this area earned him a unique student position among the College's senior staff to advise on sustainability from the highest level of the institution; his personal involvement extended from strategic climate action planning and the development of sustainability curricula to the detailed execution of infrastructure projects to reduce emissions and improve the health and well-being of students and the community. Timothy thus made important contributions to the development of sustainability education and practice at Dickinson College, which is today recognized as a national leader in this field. He brought a similar expertise and enthusiasm to UEA during his masters studies there, working through the student union and other avenues to help promote climate action on the campus. Timothy is characterized by his civility, thoughtfulness, and dedication. Always eager to engage and empower his peers, he has received past recognition from the Future Educators Association for his work. These qualities would not only enhance the Summit itself, but also enable its value to spread widely through his work and speaking to many other youth in civil society, in the US and abroad. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5qsSsY8Jbhnc2tNenNXeXp1aWs/edit?usp=sharing | 2014: Earth 2100 Conference, Youth Keynote Speech Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2XRjwM-20&list=UUOaoYw-8qxGq4QVdNb36AOw# 2013: COP19, The Ethics and Economics of Climate Change Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQEpQ6GmtAI&feature=youtu.be 2013: COP19, Interview for RTCC on Inter-generational Equity Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z82HmsdRebg 2013: COP19, Youth Press Conference Speaker Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AsjjyDbuGE 2013: Don't Discount Our Future (online policy article) Link: http://www.futurejustice.org/blog/guest-contribution/dont-discount-our-future/ | |||||||
376 | 8/14/2014 21:42:40 | Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre | Emem J. Okon | emembridget@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | No | Dorothy Ejuwa | Ugborodo Women's Association | Nigeria | Nigeria | Female | 56 | English | Dorothy represents the indigenous women in Ugborodo that is Escravos, where Chevron operates in Delta state, Nigeria. she needs to be present at the summit to represent her people. | Madam Dorothy Ejuwa was one of the women who shut down Chevorn oil tank farm in July 2002. There is need to link local activism to international actions. Dorothy is a community mobilizer, women leader, women advocate and activist. | Madam Dorothy was at the World Social Forum in Dakar in 2011. www.indymedia.org | |||||||||
377 | 8/14/2014 21:54:30 | SustainUS | Leehi Yona | leehi@dartmouth.edu | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Leehi Yona | SustainUS | www.sustainus.org | Israeli, Canadian | Canada/US | Female | 21 | Hebrew, French, English, basic Spanish | My qualifications include my vast climate change advocacy (Divest Dartmouth, UN delegations, scientific research in Greenland, climate change research in Israel, Arctic and tar sands organizing, Montreal conservation work), and my prior attendance of Rio+20, CSocD51, COP18, COP19, and CSocD52. This year, I will attend COP20 and serve as the co-Coordinator for SustainUS’s UN youth delegation program. Some awards I’ve received, such as Canada’s Top Environmentalist Under 25 and the Lieutenant Governor of Québec’s Youth Medal, are a testament to my dedication to environmental issues. I am also under 30 and female. I could apply for the speaker position as an Israeli citizen (developing country) or another position as a Canadian living in a country on the frontline of both climate change and tar sands expansion. As a public speaker who also spoke at both COP18 and COP19, as well as delivered an intervention during CSocD-51, I | Leehi Yona was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, and grew up in Montreal, Canada. After completing a Diploma of Collegial Studies in Arts & Sciences with a Third World Studies Certificate at Marianopolis College in Québec, she now attends Dartmouth College, where she is pursuing her undergraduate studies, double majoring in Biology and Environmental Studies and minoring in Public Policy. She is deeply passionate about the intersection of science, policy, economics, health, and society as they pertain to climate change and climate justice. At the age of eighteen, Leehi was unanimously elected to the Board of Directors of the Green Coalition – a Montreal-area green and blue space conservation organization – and is still currently serving as its youngest Board member. She went on to found the Green Schools Coalition of Montreal, an alliance of the student leaders of environmental clubs and organizations in elementary and high schools in the region. She has attended the COP18, COP19, and Rio+20 United Nations climate conferences, as well as the United Nations Commission on Social Development (CSocD-51), where she also co-led a youth delegation (CSocD-52). She will be on the SustainUS youth delegation to COP20 in Lima, Peru this year and will be serving as a co-Coordinator of their youth delegation program. Domestically, she also helped organize PowerShift Canada in 2012 and PowerShift U.S.A. in 2013. In 2014, she served on the national core team for XL DISSENT, a youth-led act of nonviolent civil disobedience against the Keystone XL pipeline, and conducted independent research on intersectional climate change in Israel. She is also a lead organizer of the Divest Dartmouth fossil fuel disinvestment campaign. Leehi’s passion for Arctic issues has taken her to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory and Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, where she met fellow youth from Arctic nations and conducted climate science research, respectively. At COP18 in Doha, Qatar, she spoke as a youth representative on an Arctic Council panel of environment ministers, advocating for more ambition from Arctic nations, particularly Canada. She will be conducting research on Canada’s Arctic Council Chairmanship as a James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar at Dartmouth this upcoming year. Leehi received the Lieutenant Governor of Québec’s Youth Medal in 2010 and was a national finalist for Canada’s Top 20 Under 20 award in 2010, 2011, and 2012. In 2013, she was named Canada’s Top Environmentalist Under 25 | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3WQysMHtdvXN0IyOVE5S2o3Mmc/edit?usp=sharing | - Op-eds published in Montreal Gazette: “Far From Spoiled, Young Adults Are Changing the World” & “When It Comes to Making the World a Better Place, We Have to Learn to Talk – and Listen – to Each Other, Politicians and the Public Alike” (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3WQysMHtdvXOHg1S2VEZHR6Vzg/edit?usp=sharing) - Opinion for PolicyMic: “If Millenials Don’t Act Now, Our Children Will Have Even Fewer Opportunities Than We Do” (http://mic.com/articles/54597/if-millennials-don-t-act-now-our-children-will-have-even-fewer-opportunities-than-we-do) - Arctic Council Panel Presentation, Doha COP18: Part I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN1qIE47Daw), Part II (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVjEpPbCsrg), Part III (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf2lILIN9ak) - Dartmouth Dialogue on Divestment Presentation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq3NkSNOc58) | |||||||
378 | 8/14/2014 22:00:16 | Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre | Emem J. Okon | emembridget@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | No | Emem Jeremiah Okon | Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre | www.kebetkachewomencentre.org | Nigeria | Nigeria | Female | 47 | English | Emem has participated in many national and international conferences she can grant media interview and can present the Niger Delta issue in an articutate manner. | Emem J. Okon is a community mobilizer; a women leader and a human rights activist as well as an environmental campaigner. Ms Okon holds a first degree in Education and Political Science and has worked in the Niger Delta for the past 14 years undertaking community development activities, human rights training and environmental justice campaigns. Emem is the lead character in the video documentary titled "Naked Options", where she spoke strongly about environmental devastation in the Niger Delta and their discourse. | US Africa Network Environmental Justice Tour website. | ||||||||
379 | 8/14/2014 22:02:34 | r MIT/AAG | Amy Glasmeier, professor | amyglas@mit.edu | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | No | Diana Margaret Liverman | University of Arizona/AAG | http://environment.arizona.edu | US/UK | US | Female | 60 | English/Spanish | Liverman has worked for more than 30 years on issues of climate vulnerability and climate policy. Her work on social vulnerability to climate change, the impacts of climate change in Latin America, studies of carbon offsetting in the developing world, planetary boundaries, climate communication, and climate change and food security. Her community work involves climate justice and solutions in Arizona and along the US-Mexico border. She is an outstanding speaker on climate change issues and has a deep knowledge of all aspects of climate change. She has mentored many young climate scholars and activists, especially women, and her former students are leading voices for climate in UN organizations and NGOs and countries that include Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Norway, and South Africa. She will be an enthusiastic, constructive and wise contributor to the Climate Summit. | Born in Accra, Ghana, Diana Liverman has worked on climate change since 1976 when she was fortunate to study with leading climate scholars at the University of Toronto (Ian Burton, Ken Hare, Anne Whyte) and then at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research with Steve Schneider. She is currently the co-director of the Institute of the Environment at The University of Arizona and a Regents Professor in the School of Geography and Development. She is also visiting professor at Oxford University’s where she is the former director of the Environmental Change Institute and a member of the Tyndall Center for Climate Change. She has authored or edited seven books on climate and environmental change, more than 100 journal articles and book chapters and has supervised more than 60 postgraduate students from around the world. She has served as an author and committee member for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Working Group 2), the US National Climate Assessment, the international design committee for ICSU/UNEP/UNESCO/UNU Future Earth initiative, the Inter American Institute for Global Change and the US National Research Council – including co-chairing their Human Dimensions committee and the panel on Informing America’s Climate Choices. Her community commitments include advocacy for climate and environmental justice issues in Arizona and the US-Mexico border, and working with NGOs that include Oxfam, Cape Farewell, the Mind-Life Institute and the Nature Conservancy. She is the recipient of the Royal Geographical Society’s Founders Gold Medal and the Distinguished Scholarship Award of the Association of American Geographers for her contributions to understanding the human dimensions of global environmental change. Currently she has a Guggenheim fellowship to write on climate and poverty in the Americas. | http://environment.arizona.edu/files/env/Liverman%20Long%20CV%20Jan%202014.pdf | Link to writing samples: http://environment.arizona.edu/diana-liverman/publications Link to speaking engagements http://environment.arizona.edu/diana-liverman/video Link to CV | candidate does not meet the criteria for this role | ||||||
380 | 8/14/2014 22:20:45 | Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen | Archbishop Douglas Young. SVD | dwy.cmht_hagen@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Edward Yamai | Caritas Mount Hagen. | Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | Male | 32 | English | EdwardCoordinatestheCaritasEnvironmentalJusticeProgramfortheCatholicArchdioceseofMountHagenHisinitialworkwas the preservation of the NaturalEnvironment and teaching sustainable methods of resource harvesting from theNaturalEnvironmentforruralforestlandowners.Since the establishment of theOfficeofClimateChangeinPapuaNewGuinea,Edwardhasworked with theGovernment including otherCivilSocietiesinconductingawareness,advocacy andimplementationofprograms that helped reduce the harmful changes totheClimateandingeneraltheGlobalWarming.In the last four years his team and visited more remote locationsdelivering awareness and restoration programs. Hebelieves everyone’s contribution towardsrestoringtheEnvironmentwillreduceemissionsthatcreateGlobal Warming.Hehas astrongdesire tobe innovativeinharmonizing techniques,methods and universal practicetothepreservation oftheenvironmenthascauseustonominatehimas a attendeetothe Climate Summit.Hewillbeavailableonthe23rdofSeptemberandthreeweeks from that date. | Mr Edward Yamai is from the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. He graduated from the University of Papua New Guinea with a Degree in Business Management. After completing studies he has served with various organizations in the field of Community and Social Development. He currently works for the Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen here in PNG. He is 32 years of Age, married with three Children. He has with him ten years of experience working in Community and Social Development Fields and currently most of what he is doing is very much related to the objectives of the 2014 Climate Change Summit. He has participated in such high level meetings and his contributions to the serving organizations have been immense especially in the field of HIV/AIDS. With his current roles and responsibility he will surely deliver back to his job and the community in a bigger way by engaging in the continuum of the programs that he currently works on. He has also demonstrated that he can contribute significantly by working with the relevant Government Agencies and other partner stakeholders and can do more given he attends such high level informative meetings. Edward is still a young man and his potential to be innovative and competitive will continue to be realised as he works in the years to come. His attendance at the Climate Change Summit would boost his work tremendously and I have no doubt recommending his participation. Because we are a Church Organization we are unable to offer financial support to his participation at this time and would be very appreciative if he can be awarded financial support as a Civil Society Attendee by the Secretary General’s Office in New York. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/wbix1rkykli0gfc/Edward%20Yamai.docx | |||||||||
381 | 8/14/2014 22:26:42 | Yale Climate & Energy Institute | Mark Pagani | mark.pagani@yale.edu | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Parker Robinson Liautaud | Yale Climate & Energy Institute | http://climate.yale.edu | United States. Also a citizen of France. | United States | Male | 20 | English, French | For his work in climate change, Parker was honored by The White House as a Champion of Change. In 2013, he was also named to Time Magazine's 30 Under 30 list. Parker speaks regularly on climate issues. Recent talks include a lecture at The Harvard Club of Boston and a one-on-one interview with Former Vice President Al Gore at the 2013 Social Good Summit. He was invited to speak at the Clinton Global Initiative's 2014 Annual Meeting as part of the climate change plenary session, which is scheduled to take place on the day before the United Nations Climate Summit. Parker has received direct authorization from the Yale Climate & Energy Institute to represent the organization at the summit. He is from a developed country, and is under 30 years old; both criteria to be a panelist. His work has reached all of the questions outlined in the Concept Note. Recently, he wrote an article on the links between gender inequalities and climate change for UN Women as part of the Beijing+20 campaign. | Parker Liautaud is a polar explorer and climate change campaigner. He has undertaken three expeditions to the North Pole and one to the South Pole. In 2013, Parker led the Willis Resilience Expedition. During the two-part journey, he and his team crossed Antarctica from coast to coast – 1900km – in a custom-built scientific support vehicle conducting research on the climate system, and then completed the fastest human-powered trek to the South Pole – 565km – becoming the youngest man to walk to the pole at the time. The expedition implemented a 16-episode live broadcast dedicated to climate change, which hosted 25 debates and discussions with leading experts from the scientific community, civil society, the private sector, and government. It also featured daily live streaming video from the expedition to engage with followers on climate change issues, as well as live discussions from Antarctica with television programs such as The Weather Channel’s Morning Rush, CNN’s New Day, and CNBC’s Squawk Box. Through his expeditions, Parker has partnered with leading academic institutions, including the International Atomic Energy Agency, GNS New Zealand, and others to conduct research on the climate system. Parker has also worked closely with the United Nations Foundation on the communication of climate science, including during the release of the first working group of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Parker’s work has been featured widely in the international press, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, and The Guardian. In March 2014, he was honored by The White House as a Champion of Change for engaging the next generation of conservation leaders. He was also named to Time Magazine's 30 Under 30 list of people changing the world in 2013. In April 2014, Parker joined the Directorate of the Yale Climate & Energy Institute and became a Fellow at the institute. | https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8rAJdn8PJ6uZ2lQLVMweVhtUkE&authuser=1 | http://beijing20.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2014/6/parker-liautaud http://new.livestream.com/Mashable/sgs2013/videos/30702877 Future: https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/meetings/annual-meetings/2014/agenda/day-2/#2 | |||||||
382 | 8/14/2014 22:30:44 | Asociación Regional Centroamericana para el Agua y el Ambiente | Jorge Mora Portuguez | jmorapo@arca.co.cr | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Vanessa Dubois-Cisneros | Freshwater Action Network Central America (FANCA) | www.fanca.co.cr | Costa Rica | Costa Rica | Female | 31 | Spanish; English | Vanessa has been working for FANCA since 2007, as Regional Project Coordinator of the Executive Secretariat. Working very close to Community Water Management Organization in Central America, in strengthening their capabilities relating to governance, transparency, climate change and risk management, human right to water and sanitation and helping them to engage in the different international (World Water Forum), regional (Community Water Management Fair or national events. He also has represented FANCA in international forums such as the 6th World Water Forum where together with the Butterfly Effect Coalition actively participated in the Ministerial Process, incorporating comments from civil society to the ministerial statement and designing key messages related to governance and human right to water and sanitation. He has also participated as a panelist at high profile events such as the 2014 High Level Meeting of Water and Sanitation for All. | Vanessa grew up in a rural area of Costa Rica (South Caribbean coast), is a professional in environmental management. She start her studies in Ecotourism (Bachelor degree at the University of Costa Rica 2001-2004) and continuo a Masters in Environmental Management with an emphasis in policy design for ecotourism (University of Costa Rica 2005-2007). Since May 2007 she works for FANCA, that is the largest venue for the articulation and coordination of Central American civil society organizations. It is affiliated with the Freshwater Action Network (FAN), a worldwide network based in Geneva. Founded in 2003 to facilitate the participation of local and national stakeholders in the development of water-related policies at all levels; FANCA maintains ties and relationships with organizations worldwide. FANCA seeks to strengthen the competencies of social organizations by sharing experiences and through training, dissemination and increasing awareness of its activities | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz_Jfu_OSB17Yk9UWWJVMWQzRlk/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz_Jfu_OSB17WUFmZ1ZTZktwclU/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
383 | 8/14/2014 23:26:01 | Citizens' Climate Education Corp | Joseph Robertson | jr@citizensclimatelobby.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Joseph Eugene Robertson III | Citizens' Climate Education Corp | www.citizensclimatelobby.org | USA | USA | Male | 39 | English, Spanish | Joseph has been building a policy analysis portfolio that has informed the World Bank Civil Society Program, 5 annual grassroots lobby days on Capitol Hill, executive directors at the World Bank and IMF, and the work of more than 6,500 volunteer policy advisors around the world. Through CCL, on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, Joseph will be releasing a Whitepaper detailing how carbon pricing can facilitate a global climate agreement and boost economies while doing so. CCEC has requested Joseph be granted a pass for the Summit and be able to present this material. The Whitepaper is action-oriented, and proposes building support for economically efficient actions that can build political will deliberately and inclusively. | Joseph Robertson is Strategic Coordinator for the non-partisan non-profit Citizens Climate Lobby. He was Citizens Climate Lobby’s first group leader in the northeast, and served as volunteer coordinator for New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He is author of the 2010 report Building a Green Economy: On the Economics of Carbon Pricing & the Transition to Clean, Renewable Fuels and is in the process of co-authoring a hundred-year plan for a clean economic transition. Joseph is the founder and president of Geoversiv Envisioning, a social-benefit endeavor that aims to discover and deploy the ingredients of a clean future of global abundance. He is an emeritus faculty member of the Villanova Center for Energy and Environment Education. From 2000-2007, he was lead online translator into Spanish for the Earth Policy Institute‘s Eco-Economy and Plan B updates on ecological economics (online at FuturismoVerde.net). | Joseph Robertson's past speaking engagements and seminars: http://poeteconomist.com/past-speaking-engagements Summary of REMI's study of a revenue-neutral fee and dividend plan: http://poeteconomist.com/remi Report on CCL seminar at Spring 2014 World Bank Civil Society Forum: http://geoversiv.com/2step Primer on Economically Efficient Carbon Pricing: http://poeteconomist.com/pricing On stakeholder-focus and building first-level resiliency: http://geoversiv.com/first-level The Note — monthly short essays on generative climate economics: http://poeteconomist.com/category/the-note Beyond the Bulb roundtable in Hershey, PA (video): http://www.novapub.info/climate/beyond Building a Green Economy (free ebook + video): http://geoversiv.com/building Spanish-language ecological economic reporting and translations of Lester Brown's work: http://www.futurismoverde.net ClimateTalks.info roundtable on GOOD Economics at Villanova University: http://bit.ly/ct8good | ||||||||
384 | 8/14/2014 23:45:34 | Equidad de Género: Ciudadanía, Trabajo y Familia/Gender Equity, Citizenship, Work and Family & Women's Environment and Development Organization | Emilia Reyes, Program Director, Gender-Responsive Public Policies and Budgets & Eleanor Blomstrom, Program Director/Head of Office | emilia@equidad.org.mx | Attend Summit only | No | Bridget Burns | Women's Environment and Development Organization | www.wedo.org | USA/IRELAND | USA | Female | 29 | English | Bridget has been engaged in the UNFCCC space since COP15 in 2009, attending all COPs and almost all intersessionals held since then. She has actively engaged in the work of the Women and Gender Constituency, currently acting as co-Focal Point and building strong partnerships and networks across its members, facilitating meetings and conference calls on-site and in between sessions, drafting and delivering interventions, facilitating actions/ letter campaigns, and representing the Constituency in meetings with the UNFCCC Secretariat. Beyond the UNFCCC, Bridget is also active in WEDO's work as an Organizing Partner of the Women's Major Group, heavily engaged in the outreach and political analysis in preparation for the Rio+20 process, and follow-up on the recent Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) / Post-2015 process. | With several years’ experience managing projects, networks and strategic communications in the areas of women’s rights and sustainable development, at WEDO, Bridget works to implement the organizations advocacy goals and influence policy through multiple channels of communication- from traditional and online media to multi-stakeholder outreach and capacity building. She currently specializes in policy advocacy, research and mobilization around the linkages between gender equality, women’s human rights and climate change; particularly in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) across key areas in relation to mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology, and capacity building. She also administers a project called the Women Delegates Fund, which over the past 5 years, has facilitated over 40 women from the Global South to participate as part of their national delegations in UNFCCC meetings and intersessionals. Prior to WEDO, Bridget worked at LEAD International conducting leadership, communications and negotiations skills training and coordinating a global network of cross-sectoral leaders who were focused on promoting sustainable development and systems thinking. She obtained a Masters from the London School of Economics in Gender, Development and Globalization, where the focus of her research was on eco-feminism and the deployment of gender analysis in climate change policies and project design. In 2007, she obtained a Bachelors in International Policy from Marist College in New York. Through this work and study, Bridget has also spent time completing on-site practicum on a wide variety of development issues in several countries: renewable energy infrastructure in China, global health issues in Tunisia, disaster risk and resilience in Thailand, and women’s economic development in Costa Rica. She has been and is currently engaged in a number of local and international climate activist/ women’s rights groups, including local NY alternative energy / food justice campaigns as well as a feminist writing collective. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By9tPSflkRPNU1dKeFNSZ05TYVk/edit?usp=sharing | (2013) WEDO. Report on Women’s Participation in UN Climate Negotiations (2008-2012) http://www.wedo.org/wp-content/uploads/WomenUNFCCCParticipation2008-2012FINAL2013.pdf "Grains of Sand Can Move the World"-- http://www.wedo.org/themes/womens-leadership/grains-of-sand-can-move-the-world-reflections-on-cop18 "Transforming Representation at the UNFCCC"- http://www.wedo.org/news/transforming-representation-at-the-unfccc Speaker at CDKN 'Climate Consensus' Debate-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cssu3_ehy8c Interview on young feminists in sustainable development debate-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIP_1QeDrz4 Interview: Why I am going to the People's Climate March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlSQIFn4h04&list=PLF6f8dmqrysh4XnlbhYklpEruE5zkCuuK&index=8 | |||||||
385 | 8/15/2014 0:21:19 | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts | Michelle Alvarez | mitchlopezalvarez@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Michelle Lopez Alvarez | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts | www.wagggsworld.org | Filipino | Philippines | Female | 24 | English, Filipino | Michelle Alvarez is currently one of the Post-2015 Ambassadors of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Known to many as Mitch, she is a proficient writer and an excellent public speaker. This year, she works in the humanitarian field for the emergency response in super typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) affected areas for Gender Based Violence interventions, in one of the poorest provinces in the countries. She can best represent the civil society at large, being a member of WAGGGS, Girl Scouts of the Philippines and employed by an international NGO. She has served as a New Media Writer in the President of the Philippines' Communications Department, and later on worked as a Planning Officer at Philippine Commission on Women. She has attended UN High Level Panel Meetings for Youth in London and Bali. Mitch has Master in International Development Policy degree conferred by Seoul National University. | Michelle Alvarez is a 24-year old passionate young woman to change the world, one girl at a time. She is a learner and a maximizer of her skills and talents. Her undergraduate course is Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication from the University of the Philippines, then she was a recipient of the Seoul National University- Korea International Cooperation Agency Master's in International Development Policy. Upon returning to the Philippines in 2012, she worked as a Planning Officer in the Policy Development and Advocacy Division of the Philippine Commission on Women. She was the focal person for the development of the Women's Priority Legislative Agenda for the 16th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines. Beside her day job, she has a campaign "I Speak I Love I am" to provide psychosocial support and personality development for street children in shelters. She loves traveling, a conversationalist and a lover of life. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-p3LNasflulb2NLSFZUb1lhSEE/edit?usp=sharing | Writing Samples: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-p3LNasflulTHR0RzRPQm54bWM/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-p3LNasflulQmo1WFEybGl1Zmc/edit?usp=sharing; | |||||||
386 | 8/15/2014 0:23:57 | Dutch National Youth Council | Ralien Bekkers | ralienbekkers@njr.nl | Attend Summit only | No | Ralien Catootje Bekkers | Dutch National Youth Council | www.jongerenvertegenwoordigers.nl | Dutch | United States of America | Female | 22 | English, Dutch (+ French, German, Spanish) | 1) Ralien is the official Dutch Youth Representative on Sustainable Development to the United Nations at the National Youth Council (NJR) for 2012-2014. She has represented the Dutch youth / NJR at various international UN conferences and other meetings, amongst which are the Rio+20 Conference, the UNGA Open Working Group on SDGs and UNFCCC Climate Summits COP18 and COP19. As she recently moved to the USA for study purposes, the organization wants Ralien to attend on their behalf (but most of all because she has been most involved). The Dutch National Youth Council is closely related to the European Youth Forum and Ralien also works actively with the Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) at the UN and with YOUNGO, the international youth constituency at the UNFCCC since the beginning of 2012. See biography for the rest of the rationale (answers to 2, 4 and 5). | (cont.) 2) At the age of 16, Ralien started to get actively involved as a volunteer with local and national projects on climate, environment, sustainability and young people. She has given hundreds of workshops and lectures on these topics to inform other young people in the country. She has advised the environmental minister on climate change and she ran several campaigns to get politicians' attention for these serious matters, including the successful #DusMarknaarManhattan, a youth campaign to motivate the prime minister to attend the Ban Ki-moon Summit, which he now will and where he has promised to engage with young people. Unfortunately the government delegations have to be very small so CSO / youth delegates cannot participate (which is really bad, but a practical matter). 4) Ralien just received a BSc in Future Planet Studies (about future challenges and innovative solutions, on the topics of i.e. climate and resources) from the University of Amsterdam and is currently doing a Master’s in Environmental Management at Yale University. She has been involved in climate negotiations over two years and in climate change action for over six years. She has worked (and still does) with many different stakeholders, including international youth, NGOs, businesses, governments and UN entities. She is very much used to public speaking (gave several speeches at the UN, but also at events such as TEDx in The Netherlands). 5) Ralien has a F-1 visa and currently lives close to New York. She will also attend the Women Leaders Forum on Climate Change on the 22nd of September so she will already be in NYC. See CV for full biography. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-cRwwjdKIwTdG4zZkdMZlpteWM/ | http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQL-o29yVpo5KkidHewgsnpjHE0EZ_hty | |||||||
387 | 8/15/2014 1:57:31 | Medical Women's International Association | Dr. Shelley Ross | shelley.ross@usa.net | Attend Summit only | No | Padmini Murthy | Medical Women's International Association | www.mwia.net | American of East Indian descent | USA | female | 54 | English/Punjabi | Although not usually thought to be of importance in the world of climate change, health and well-being are intimately linked to the world's climate. You need only look to the deaths of the frail elderly when temperatures soar in the summer and the heat in their apartments and the accompanying dehydration tips the edge. Or look at the deaths related to extreme weather conditions during the past winter on east coast of America or the loss of life in the Philippines after the 2013 earthquake. Dr. Murthy is a Public Health physician who sees the effects of climate change on health. She would be a worthy attendee at the UN 2014 Climate Summit. | Dr Padmini (Mini) Murthy, Associate Professor in Health Policy and Management and Family and Community Medicine and Global Health Director is a physician and an activist who did her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She has practiced medicine and public health for the past 25 years in various countries. She has been working in various arenas of the health care industry including the private sector. She has a Master's in Public Health and a Masters in Management from New York University (NYU). Murthy has been on the Dean's list at NYU Steinhart School of Education and named Public service scholar at the Robert F Wagner Graduate School at New York University. She is also a Certified Health Education Specialist .Murthy is the NGO Alt Representative of Medical Women International Association to the United Nations. She has served as a consultant to the United Nations. Murthy also serves as the communications/ correspondence secretary of the Executive Committee of the NGO CSW Committee of NY at the United Nations. She has been at the fore front of organizing work- shops and seminars internationally on women’s health and the challenges faced. Murthy is widely published and is the author and editor of Women's Global Health and Human Rights a book which is used worldwide as a text book and a reference book. Murthy has spearheaded the Safe Motherhood Malawi initiative at NYMC and the team has raised funds to build a maternity waiting home and collected hospital supplies for a rural clinic. Her research interests include Women’s Health and Human Rights, Promoting Practice of Safe Mother Hood and Activism to improve the health of women in underserved communities with a focus on social determinants of health, Promotion of Distance education and social media in the practice of public health. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_zY4HY-xgtLd3QzbW13LW81bkE/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_zY4HY-xgtLd3QzbW13LW81bkE/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
388 | 8/15/2014 2:03:57 | NGO Forum on ADB | Rayyan Hassan | rayyan@forum-adb.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Rayyan Hassan | NGO Forum on ADB | www.forum-adb.org | Bangladeshi | Philippines | Male | 34 | English, Bengali, Hindi | Mr.Hassan leads NGO Forum on ADB, which is the largest independent civil society network in Asia monitoring the Asian Development Bank's investments in the region. At the forefront of lobbying for sustainable development practices, Mr. Hassan has been directly involved in raising critical questions in ADB's climate finance investments. Mr. Hassan has directly lobbied with the Board of Directors of ADB on several climate projects which have led to displacement, and mass emission of GHGs. Currently he is leading the campaign on emission control of GHGs from all ADB investments as part of Forum’s work on the ADB Safeguards policy evaluation process. Mr. Hassan was involved in the UN HLP in Bali 2013, CSO Roundtables for accountable Means of Implementation of development finance during the Post MDG 2015 CSO dialogues. Being a Bangladeshi national the issue of climate change and climate migration is a serious concern in his advocacy and make him an ideal candidate for the upcoming summit. | Mr. Hassan is currently the executive director of NGO Forum on ADB in Manila. Previously he has been with ActionAid Bangladesh and an academic in Department of Social Science, East West University. His areas of research and advocacy include climate change, natural resource management and critiquing development financing in Asia. He is a Master of Social Change and Development UOW, Australia with a B.A in Environmental Studies. He currently resides in the Philippines and continues direct lobbying with ADB HQ and advocates for greener and equitable future. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B38t5I524he7cTloaFN2aW10RUU/edit?usp=sharing | Panel Speaker Asian Development Alliance. ADA 2, Bangkok 2013: Climate change and sustainable development Panel Speaker ADB Annual Board of Governor's Meeting, Greater Noida 2013, Deconstructing Climate Finance Panel speaker, CSO Roundtable with UN HLP on Post 2015 MDG, Means of Implementation, Bali, Indonesia 2013 Panel Speaker ADB Annual Board of Governor's Meeting, Astana, Kazakhstan, Post MDG 2015 and the ADB Strategy 2020 Hassan. R., Roy.S.S., (2010), ‘Voicing our Roots: A Critical Review of Indigenous Knowledge and Media in Bengal ’ edited by Dr. Dip Kapoor and Dr. Edward Shizha on Indigenous Knowledge and Development in Asia and Africa, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, USA 2010. Hassan. R., (2011), Indigenous Knowledge and NGO Interventions: Humanity, Forest and the Rural Development Program, presented in “Exploring Leadership and Learning Theories in Asia Conference” ELLTA 2011, Co –hosted by Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau, Penang, Malaysia, 2011. | |||||||
389 | 8/15/2014 2:22:22 | TEBTEBBA | Grace Balawag | grace@tebtebba.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Stanley Kimaren Riamet | Tebteba IP International Centre for Policy Research and Education | www.tebtebba.org | Kenyan | Kenya | Male | 44 | Maasai, Suwahili, English | He is a partner and nominee of Tebtebba and the Global IP Partnership on Climate Change, Forests and Sustainable Development, the Indigenous Peoples major group; and ILEPA. He is an active and experienced advocate and champion for Human Rigts in general and oversees implementation of adaptation programs and lobbying informed by local research. He has also served as co-chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) and IP's observer to the WB/FCPF. Has extensive experience ranging from conference paper presentations, panel discussant,moderator of sessions and workshops including at high level segments of the UNFCCC during COPs. He is available to attend the Summit in the indicated time and dates. He is presently holding a valid US visa. | He completed hid BSc degree at Egerton University, a Diploma at Catholic University, both in Kenya, and an MA in Antropology at McGill University, Canada. He co-founded and directs the Indigenous Livelihoods Enhancement Partners (ILEPA), an NGO that works on human rights, Climate Change and Development in Naro County, Kenya. He has overseen the implementation of numerous development projects, including on climate change, human rights and governance supported by international development partners. He has over 10 years experience in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating donor and community-driven development programs ad serves as Deputy Field Director and Instructor for a Field Study Program in Africa administered by Urecht University College in the Netherlands. He has conducted and co-published a number of research projects around indigenous knowledge systems and practices in the context of climate change. He has also engaged in numerous Climate Change related workshops, conferences and seminars like the high level segments of the UNFCCC's COPs, which he has presented as speaker on a range of issues. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4W-6AFdV5vIRUJkYkQ5UEhmM2c/edit?usp=sharing | Please see this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-87unq4HjuEOzyoYvKmmR8Dekx0_oIgUIvdnICTle2s/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
390 | 8/15/2014 2:39:10 | Global Voices | Amy Coetzee | amy@globalvoices.org.au | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Prudence Helen Pickering | Global Voices | www.globalvoices.org.au | Australian | Australia | Female | 26 | English | Prue is dedicated to combating climate change and that’s why she's the perfect choice to represent Global Voices. Prue coordinates our Environment and Sustainability Programs, which includes coordinating our youth delegations to the UNFCCC's annual COPs. She led our delegations to both COPs 18 and 19 as well to the recent UN Environment Assembly. She has shown great ability to advocate for ambitious and just climate solutions not only through her own work, but as a mentor to other youth delegates. She also creates opportunities for youth domestically. For example, she coordinated an event with Dr. Pachauri, Chair of the IPCC, where young people could discuss the best ways of communicating climate science. Prue has degree in environmental studies and is a great communicator. She is a hard-worker whose energy and passion would make a positive impact on the Summit’s proceedings. Prue is available to be in New York and we would be so proud if she represented us at this important event. | Prue was raised in a small town and now lives in Melbourne, Australia. She has an undergraduate degree majoring in Communications and International Policy. She has recently completed her Master’s of Environment at the University of Melbourne, where she was awarded the Postgraduate Environment Student Award. Her Master’s thesis focused on how farmers can make the most of carbon markets and she has presented this research at research forums, demonstrating her ability to speak confidently in public fora. Prue has interned at the Victorian Environmental Protection Authority, volunteered as an International Student Volunteer in Costa Rica, and is a member of the Bottom-lining Team to the Youth NGO Constituency to the UNFCCC (YOUNGO). Currently she works at Global Voices. She has been in this role for two years and has made a remarkable impact on our work. She has successfully coordinated our UNFCCC delegations as well as founding and coordinating our delegations to the UN Environment Assembly and to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. She also co-founded our Nairobi Study Tour on Sustainable Development, which was a fantastic opportunity to learn more about implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation projects in communities. In post-delegation surveying 100% of delegates have rated working with her as a positive experience. Prue has professional facilitation training and is therefore able to communicate and build relationships with a multitude of people. She also developed valuable workshop coordination skills through her facilitation course. The Mary Robinson Foundation and UN Women have selected Prue as a youth participant for the upcoming Leaders’ Forum on Women Leading the Way: Raising Ambition for Climate Action event. This event will precede the 2014 Climate Summit in New York. Women all around the world are disproportionately impacted by the impacts of climate change and Prue would love to bring some of the lessons learned from this forum to the Climate Summit. Prue’s work and experience to date are evidence of the fact that she is dedicated to ensuring young people have the opportunities to have their voices heard in the global climate change debate. Prue will be self-funding her way to New York if selected and is looking at options to make that possible. Any funding available for this opportunity would be appreciated, but she won’t let a lack of money stand in the way of representing youth at such an important event. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6dCG99mfK7TWG5ZbnJGUC14WXM/edit?usp=sharing | Report writing sample: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6dCG99mfK7TWFJ0MDE0TXc2cms/edit?usp=sharing Academic writing sample: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6dCG99mfK7TOHY3VFdhaF9OZEk/edit?usp=sharing Op-ed writing sample: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6dCG99mfK7TMzBSdWY2NF8zRWM/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
391 | 8/15/2014 3:42:06 | INSPIRE NIGERIA | CHRIS OGBU | inspirenigerianow@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | OLANREWAJU LAWRENCE OSHO | INSPIRE NIGERIA | www.inspiringnigeria.net | NIGERIA | NIGERIA | MALE | 47 | ENGLISH | 1) The nominee is a representative of a civil society organization -Inspire Nigeria Initiative, and officially authorized by the organization/network to speak on the organization's behalf; 2) He has proven track record of effective advocacy or implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation or adaptation; 3) If allowed to speak, h meets the criteria outlined for that role, and is a compelling public speaker (please include links to writing samples or speaking engagements if possible - there is a field for entering these below);** 4) He has excellent competency with climate change issues, experience with presenting climate change issues in public fora, and demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders; and 5) The candidate will be available to be at UN Headquarters in NY at 8:30am on 23 September, and he has a visa, for travel to the US. | Olanrewaju Osho is an environmentalist, Community development and communication professional with outstanding mobilization and management skills anchored on high-energy and desire for positive results. He holds a Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science degrees in Mass Communications from the University of Lagos Nigeria. A consummate champion of environmental safety, community development and volunteering, Osho has Championed environmental safety campaigns to schools, media organizations and policy makers through the Earthday and World Environment day campaigns since 2002. Osho has been an active crusader in climate change mitigation since 2001 when in partnership with the RCCG Bethel Sanctuary began climate change mitigation awareness campaigns in the RCCG network in the Federal Capital Territory. In February 2002, he was invited by the United States Embassy to be part of the Planning Committee for the Earth Day Celebration in Nigeria. He worked assiduously with other partners to focus the attention of Nigerians to the danger of environmental degradation through indiscriminate refuse disposal and bush burning. He has been a key partner with the United States Embassy since then on the issue of environmental protection and climate change mitigation. Osho is a passionate believer in the power of the civil society to play critical roles in national development and has contributed significantly in using this platform to promote change in Nigeria. Some of his contributions include: • Initiated the Volunteering and Leadership Development program in 30 secondary schools in the Federal Capital territory which resulted in increase in community development consciousness and activities in the schools and their environment. The program was funded by the United States Government. • Created and managed the National Day of remembrance of victims of road traffic crashes which increased awareness of road traffic crashes as a non communicable disease in Nigeria; and guided 12 senior and secondary schools and other stakeholders to successfully organize the 2nd United Nations Road Safety Week in Abuja and Lagos State. • Developed the Nigeria Arise Project which led to the Inspire Nigeria Lectures, Awards and the production of the Nigeria will be Great Music Album to promote national re-orientation and rebirth.. • Identified the need for the Nigeria Regulatory Agencies Directory and guided the publication of the first two volumes. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4x_RLPOEWB5em1DVS03eDJ6d0E/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4x_RLPOEWB5ZUNCNmFfVndoNkk/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4x_RLPOEWB5RnlVMGtsX1R0RlU/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
392 | 8/15/2014 4:13:21 | African Youth Movement | Chiamaka OLERU | aymnig@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | OTU, Uwem Robert | African Youth Movement | www.africanyouthmovement.org | Nigerian | Nigeria | Male | 42 | English | Otu, Uwem Robert is the President of African Youth Movement- an NGO in Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC/DPI of the United Nations. He has been engaged as the Country Chair, Global Network for Disaster Reduction and he is the Executive Director, Global Advocacy for Toilet and Sanitary Standards Initiative.Uwem has convened various developmental programmes such as National Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, the October 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction Campaign in Nigeria Uwem has a Master of Science degree in Biochemistry from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. He has an International Diploma in Environmental Pollution Control and Waste Management at the Institute of Science, Research & Technology, Tunis, Tunisia. He also has a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Biochemistry, from University of Uyo. | He was the elected representative of the 2002UN Global Youth Forum to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, where he met with Heads of Government. He has partnered with the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), organizers of the World Water Week where our research work have been presented in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, and 2011, and is a member of the World Water Council, the Global Water Partnership, the Water Sanitation Science Collaborative Council, the Millennium Development Goals Steering Committee in Nigeria amongst others. In 2011, 2012 he spoke on disaster management at the World Innovation Summit on Education at Doha, Qatar. - http://www.wise-qatar.org/uwen-robert-otu In 2013, he pioneered and convened the National Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction which held on May 14, 2013 at the Benue Hall of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. It was addressed by the SRSG, Margareta Wahlstrom, Head of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3rxd1ksveE In September, we attended the UNGA where our input was highlighted and accepted. Here is the link to the outcome video of the UNGA which featured our ideas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E82PzJXO_G8 He will address the 65th Annual UN DPI/ NGO Conference. He will participate in the Roundtable titled “Climate Justice in Practice: Application of CBDR and Means of Implementation.” The session would take place on Friday, 29 August, from 10:00 to 11:30 AM - http://outreach.un.org/ngorelations/conference-2014/ | http://outreach.un.org/ngorelations/conference-2014/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E82PzJXO_G8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3rxd1ksveE http://www.globalnetwork-dr.org/news/290-vfl-gives-young-nigerians-a-voice-at-high-level-meeting-in-ny.html http://akvo.org/blog/stockholm-world-watercube-2011/ | ||||||||
393 | 8/15/2014 4:20:37 | The Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility (The Nansen Initiative, IOM,UNHCR,UNDP, UNU-EHS, ILO, NRC/IDMC, Sciences po, Refugees International) | Marine Franck (coordinator) | franckm@unhcr.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Sylvia Atugonza Kapello | RIAMIRIAM CIVIL SOCIETY NETWORK KARAMOJA | http://www.ugandangodirectory.org/index.php/home/research/181-riamiriam-civil-society-network | Ugandan | Uganda | Female | Birth: 16th November 1980 | English | As a head of a civil society network, coordinating over 50 Local CSOs in a region greatly affected by extreme climatic conditions, my main work revolves around advocating for better conditions for the people of Karamoja sub-region. As a human Rights defender, I have stood at the fore front at both local, national and international media to bring the plight of the Karamajongs to the lime light. Using my experience of working with Pastoralist communities, I have made presentations at regional East African meetings on forced migration due to climate change and proposed recommendations that have been adopted by regional governments. I have spearheaded community consultations to influence the Uganda pastoralism and Rangeland Management policy, and ensured that the voices of the people are captured in the last version of this policy. This policy has a lot of bearing on the issue of local resilience for better mitigation of climate change effects. | Sylvia Atugonza is a climate and development expert with over 8 years experience working with marginalized indigenous communities. She received her Master’s Degree in Peace and conflict Studies from Makerere University. She began working with communities to find solutions for their problems. It was then than she became the programme Coordinator of Global peace Hut Uganda, an affiliate of Global Peace Hut Canada. Atugonza was earmarked by DANIDA-HUGGO to facilitate community trainings in good governance for the then not only unstable Karamoja which had been under decades of conflict due to extremely harsh climatic conditions in Uganda as a country. Her interface with this very marginalized sub-region hatched a special passion to work with these people even more and more especially in advocating for their rights. This passion was translated into action when Atugonza earned herself the position of heading the only Umbrella civil society Organisation that had already collapsed by that time. When Atugonza joined Riamiriam, she was motivated to make it the mouth piece for the people of Karamoja! Riamiriam is now a regional advocacy network that has brought the plight of the Karimajong pastoralists to the limelight. Through her position, Atugonza has gained an extensive experience in sustainable development approaches as a response to climate change. Her personal experience as a woman working under extremely difficult conditions has sharpened and added to her passion of working with and for the suffering communities of Northern and Eastern Uganda. Working with Riamiriam Civil society network, Ms Atugonza initiated and personally designed and a model of “Community parliaments” (2years old now) which has empowered communities to rightfully demand for accountability from the duty bearers in Karamoja sub-region. The model is being replicated and supported by development partners like Oxfam, Trocaire, DGF and Safer world. She was identified as a key presenter at the Nansen Initiative’s pre-civil society consultative meeting on Climate change, and this compelled the entire meeting to second her as the representative of more than 50 civil society from over 5 countries at the Horn of Africa Consultation on climate change in Nairobi. Here, she presented the outcomes but also participated in leading key sessions especially on forced cross-border pastoralist migrations as a result of harsh climatic conditions and natural hazards. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Xm4uwxxt1gb3EyWUpEb0NQNDg/edit?usp=sharing | engagements during the nansen initiative consultative meetings: http://www.nanseninitiative.org/sites/default/files/Horn%20of%20Africa%20Civil%20Society%20Meeting%20Report%20FINAL%20%2818%20May%202014%29_0.pdf http://www.nanseninitiative.org/greater-horn-africa-regional-consultation | |||||||
394 | 8/15/2014 4:31:58 | ACT ALLIANCE | VITUMBIKO CHINOKO | vch@actalliance.org | Attend Summit only | No | VITUMBIKO CHINOKO | ACT ALLIANCE | www.actalliance.org | MALAWIAN | SWITZERLAND | MALE | 37 | ENGLISH | I have followed Climate debates both in my country, Malawi and also at international level through the UNFCCC since 2009. I have been involved at national level in designing programs to address climate change both on adaptation and mitigation. I have managed to also design climate policy programs both at national level to ensure that the Malawi development frameworks take climate change into consideration at all levels. At international level, I am working as Climate Change Policy and Advocacy Officer for ACT Alliance where I advice the alliance on climate policy engagement and i have actively engaged in the UNFCCC process since Copenhagen in 2009. | I have a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography from the University of Malawi with a major in Physical Geography. In 2011 I obtained a Master of Business Administration from the Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA), in Durban South Africa. I have worked in several organizations on programmes to do with political governance and development. I have worked with Christian Aid in Malawi where I have implemented Climate Change adaptation and mitigation programmes | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzqb8mDpsG8nWE1yLUhNb3Q4bjA/edit?usp=sharing | Not for speaking engagement | |||||||
395 | 8/15/2014 4:42:52 | Association of Global Humanists and Ethics (AGHE) | Iftikhar Ali | iftikhar.kiu@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Syed Ijaz Hussain Shah | Association of Global Humanists and Ethics (AGHE) | www.aghepakistan.org | Pakistani | Pakistan | Male | 40 | English and Urdu | Mr. Syed Ijaz Hussain Shah is well known social activist and educationist in Gilgit Baltistan. He served here from different platforms and voiced for the mountaineer communities on different issues especially on the women and children issues and environmental issues that are being faced by the local communities. He has excellent advocacy and capacity building skills as he advocated the environmental issues through advocacy workshops, awareness raising campaigns, and by his newspaper articles on food security. Mr. Ijaz Hussain has excellent professional and academic background so it is my great pleasure to nominate him for the Climate Conference. We are co-worker and co-researcher. We have recently completed our study on Gender Differentiated Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security: A Case Study of Gilgit-Baltistan. To me, his participation and input in the Climate Conference will be very effective and praiseworthy. | It is indeed my pleasure to write that I know Mr. Syed Ijaz Hussain Shah both as a highly organized and effective professional and a sincere human being for the last several years. Syed Ijaz Hussain Shah has been serving the development for last fifteen years in different capacities like manager, chief executive officer, trainers etc. He served the Aga Khan University’s Professional Development Center, North (AKU-PDCN) as a faculty member for five years, Education Department Punjab for five years and with other national and international NGOs for five years. I have worked with him as a colleague and critical friend on various staff development and advocacy projects, and was impressed with his farsightedness, enthusiasm, curiosity, critical stance, and quest for knowledge. As environmental activist, Mr. Ijaz Hussain undertook several projects like celebration of mountains week in collaboration with IUCN Gilgit, he led Protect and Beautify Queen of Hills Project in Murree which a famous tourist point in Pakistan. As an educationist, he wrote books for the teachers training for Allam Iqbal Open University and conducted various workshops on the environmental issues for the teachers and students. Basically a trained graduate teacher who served in different educational institutions, his contributions with regard to delivering quality educational services and leading the professional development sessions effectively had always been praiseworthy. He trained more than thousands of teachers, in particular, his contributions to the cause of AKU-PDCN’s flagship program of Whole School Improvement Program (WSIP) were great. His lectures, presentations and workshops on the environmental issues and education were very effective. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bws1U_r3kpjrYUJSUFdmUFhBR1k/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bws1U_r3kpjrV2E1aVZCOVJBMnc/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
396 | 8/15/2014 4:47:22 | The Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility (The Nansen Initiative, IOM,UNHCR,UNDP, UNU-EHS, ILO, NRC/IDMC, Sciences po, Refugees International) | Marine FRANCK (coordinator of the group) | franckm@unhcr.org | Attend Summit only | No | Jatani Sora Liban | Gayo Pastoral Development Initiative (GPDI) | http://gpdi-ethio.org/ | Ethiopian | Ethiopia | Male | 36 | English ;Amharic ;Afan Oromo | Gayo Pastoral Development Initiative (GPDI) is working in Ethiopia, Oromia Regional Status. Before four to five decade the drought occurred once in three decade. The Borana Zone has been recurrently affected by drought and chronic food security resulting from insufficient and erratic rainfall. Historical records show that the drought in most part of the southern part is associated with La Niňa events. Due to the failure of both small rainy seasons and main rainy seasons rain there are already drought situation in most part of the Borana zone. There are huge problems of drinking water for human and livestock, food and feed problem for human and animals, associated animal and human health problems and other social issues. Rangeland pasture condition deteriorated and herders were moving in search of pasture and water. Mobility has been from region to region, zone to zone, district to district and within the district. There was also movement of herders from Kenya to Borana Ethiopia. | I am Jatani Sora Liban, 36 years old and originated from pastoralist background families. I am only person got the chance to attend school from my families of five children. I am holder of BSc degree in Agricultural Resource Economics and Management, Diploma in Plant Science with work experience in pastoralist area, out of that nearest to 6 years as community participatory facilitators at grass root levels in SOS Sahel (Collaborative Forest Management), 3 years as the Field Program Coordinator for Gayo Pastoral Development Initiative (GPDI) and 6 years experience as an Executive Director of Gayo Pastoral Development Initiative (GPDI). GPDI is an indigenous NGO’s operate in pastoralist areas with drought prone area with highly affected due to climate changes of Africa in Ethiopia since 2005. GPDI implements both humanitarian and development program related to pastoralist livelihoods in area of Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR), Community based rehabilitation, livelihoods,..etc. Currently, I am working as an Executive Director for Gayo Pastoral Development Initiative (GPDI) of indigenous NGO’s and had accumulated about 15 years work experience in different organization with different positions from community based levels to the higher leadership. I joined the organization at the capacity of Field Program Coordinator at field levels delegated as the acting Executive Director for 6 months and appointed for the Executive Director Positions as the promotion based on the performance recorded both at field levels and during the period of six months of the acting period. In all the posts, I have been consistently recording an outstanding performance in discharging my responsibility in collaboration with existing team. I got the chance to attend Natural Hazards, Climate Change and Cross-Border Displacement in the Greater Horn of Africa: Projecting People on the Move organized by Nansen Initiative and present the experience of our organization disaster risk reduction in pastoralist context. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Xm4uwxxt1gdnlHSXhFN3JLMU0/edit?usp=sharing | Natural Hazards, Climate Change and Cross-Border Displacement in the Greater Horn of Africa: Protecting People on the Move : http://www.nanseninitiative.org/sites/default/files/Horn%20of%20Africa%20Civil%20Society%20Meeting%20Report%20FINAL%20(18%20May%202014).pdf Pastoralism under Stress: Resources, Institutions and Poverty among the Borana Oromo in Southern Ethiopia : http://www.umb.no/statisk/noragric/publications/phdtheses/boku_fulltext_thesis.pdf | |||||||
397 | 8/15/2014 5:11:01 | World Climate Ltd | Sophie Lin Hansen | sophie@wclimate.com | Attend Summit only | No | Jens Nielsen | World Climate Ltd | www.wclimate.com | Danish | Denmark | Male | 56 | English, Danish, German | Jens Nielsen is Founder and CEO of World Climate Ltd (WCL), a global strategic platform for the green economy, working in partnership with leading global organisations such as GGGI, OECD, CDP, ICC, ICLEI, WBCSD, Siemens, Philips, Danfoss, EIB, BMW Group, VELUX, CNN, Bloomberg and Financial Times. WCL has run the largest green business event along the COP - the World Climate Summit - for the past 5 years. WCL was the event partner of the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) in Copenhagen Denmark in 2011-2013, organizer of the World Green Economy Summit 2014 in Dubai, and partner of the World Summit of Regions for Climate 2014 in Paris. It is also the Founding Partner of the Road to Paris 2015 initiative and the Paris Declaration. The Road to Paris/Paris Declaration for Partnership on Climate, headed by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, will bring together an international coalition of regions, cities, business and finance to support a global deal for climate change at COP21. | Leading entrepreneur in the global strategic and sustainable space, having partners and clients among the absolute global elite among media, corporations, governments, and international organisations. He has been responsible for the programming for more than 10 world leading climate solutions conferences, which have included global green icons such as Christiana Figueres and Richard Branson. Jens' unique model of global, bottom-up, business driven solutions for climate challenges, has received the support and engagement of governments such as Mexico, South Africa, Denmark, Qatar; and leading organisations from business and civil society. A key driver of Jens' success in the green arena, is his ability to frame and communicate climate issues to global media, major stakeholders across sectors, and a WCL community of thousands; generating awareness and spurring collaborations and partnerships. After years in the industry, Jens has acquired a copious amount of experience, and a deep knowledge of green business and the climate space, emerging as a thought leader in his own right. Career highlights: - Experience as international top CEO within strategic communications firm with responsibility of 800plus people and a bottom line result of 20%plus. - Experience as global leader in strategic consulting in the utilities sector within PwC, where I have been responsible for strategy assignments among top companies in the world. - Current or previous Chairman and Board Member for companies in United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Baltics. - Public-Private Partnership experience from around the world: Australia, Canada, Japan, etc. - Strong global mind-set after having worked in 25plus countries on short term or longer term assignments. - Visionary, participatory and result oriented management style with strong analytical and strategic skills. | dk.linkedin.com/pub/jens-nielsen/0/291/4b1 | -Introduced and concluded conference at all World Climate Summits, including WCS Cancun, Durban, Doha and Warsaw. - Spoken at World Green Economy Summit in Dubai - Participated in various press conferences as a spokesperson for green business - Contributor to the State of Green Economy Report (to be published Sept 2014) Road to Paris - https://docs.google.com/a/wclimate.com/drawings/d/1v04oSZXU5jDjcGwHkl7pDM9cQbprOF32xa5iHzvZXHw/pub?w=960&h=720 | |||||||
398 | 8/15/2014 6:29:51 | MPIDO | ANNE SAMANTE | anne.samante@mpido.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | JOSEPH OLE SIMEL | MPIDO | www.mpido.org | KENYAN | KENYA | MALE | 46 YEARS | ENGLISH | Joseph Ole Simel is the Executive Director of MPIDO. MPIDO is an Indigenous Peoples organization working across Africa Region for indigenous peoples on climate change issues and human rights. At the Africa regional level, Ole Simel has been organizing and supporting regional networking meetings for instance the COP 15 to post COP 19, Climate Change review, the East Africa community engagement forum etc. Ole Simel has been attending the UNFCC meetings that have been taking place in Germany and has been a speaker in various side events during these meetings. At the national level, Ole Simel has also been vigorously advocating for an increased awareness among national governments, their key line agencies, as well as among multilateral organizations on the need to include concerns of equity, social justice and poverty reduction, and in particular the rights and needs of indigenous peoples, in national forest conservation policies and REDD strategies. | • Joseph Ole Simel is the Executive Director of Mainyoito Pastoralists Integrated Development organization (MPIDO). • He has been a forefront activist for Indigenous Peoples Human rights for over 20 years especially on Land and natural resources. • Joseph Ole Simel is a board member of several networks on climate change and many organizations locally and internationally for instance he is a board member of the UNDP Civil society advisory Committee. • Joseph Ole Simel was the African Representative for the Indigenous Peoples Global Summit on climate change. • Joseph Ole Simel is currently a member of the Global Coordinating Group (GCG) representing the Africa Region for the World Conference on Indigenous peoples. | Speaking engagements http://climatechange-tv.rtcc.org/2013/11/22/cop19-joseph-ole-simel-on-why-indigenous-peoples-should-be-included-in-climate-change-discussions/ Writing Samples http://www.cbd.int/cooperation/pavilion/cancun-presentations/2010-12-3-Simel-en.pdf | ||||||||
399 | 8/15/2014 6:40:27 | Du Pain Pour Chaque Enfant | LAISSOUB Ferouze | secretariat@dupainpourchaqueenfant.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Karim AKNINE | Du Pain pour Chaque Enfant | www.dupainpourchaqueenfant.org | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Male | 34 | English, French | Karim AKNINE is the President of the NGO “Du Pain Pour Chaque Enfant” which is the only NGO in Luxembourg that is accredited with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. He has successfully completed his Master in management from the University of Luxembourg and has more than 10 years experiences in NGO and improving voluntary work. Karim AKNINE is actively engaged in the field of the protection of the environment and has proposed several solutions for making a better world. He has urged governments to gather all the human ingenuity and material resources to embark on an unmistakable turn of course towards resilience and sustainability. Karim AKNINE has participated to the Fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15), held from 7 to 18 December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark and is able to be at the United Nations Headquarters in New York at 8:30 am on 23 September 2014. | Karim AKNINE is an active member of the Luxembourg civil society for over 10 years and has been awarded in March 2008 by the European Volunteer Award in recognition of his voluntary commitment. He is a motivated in nature and his entrepreneurial spirit and quick thinking allow him to move from project to project quickly. His passions for knowledge and desire to help others have often pushed him to areas of consultation and his greatest strength is his ability to focus on the future while developing creative solutions to unique problem. Karim AKNINE believes that everyone has the right to engage in some form of voluntary activity and thinks that it is one of the ways in which people of all nationalities and socio-economic backgrounds can help to positive social and environmental change. He contributes to promote peace and development initiatives and to encourage youth to be the principal actor in the field of the protection of environment. Karim AKNINE has participated to: • 2013: 8th UNESCO Youth Forum held in Paris, France • 2012: United Nations World Youth Forum, held in Bali, Indonesia • 2012 : Civil Society World Forum and 50th session of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York • 2011: 64th United Nations and NGOs Conference held in Bonn, Germany • 2010: Euromed Youth Forum, held in Alicante, Spain • 2009: 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15), held in Copenhagen, Denmark | www.dupainpourchaqueenfant.org | ||||||||
400 | 8/15/2014 7:28:03 | Zenab for women development | Fatima Ahmed | zenabnj@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Fatima Mustafa Ahmed | Zenab for women development | www.z-w-d-s.org, www.zenab.org | Sudanese | Sudan | female | 52 | Arabic, English | Fatima Ahmed is climate change justice advocate , working at grass roots level with women farmers at rural Sudan , helping them in adaptation and mitigation , programs includes training on new Agriculture techniques , water harvesting , establishment of nurseries to supply forest trees for replanting of trees around the women plots and around the villages to minimize mass cutting of trees for fuel , , advocacy at all level to highlights the effect of climate change on those vulnerable women and their children . | Fatima Ahmed , a graduate of the University of Gezira 1987(UoG) Sudan ,has a Master degree as a joint program between UoG and the International Center for Agriculural Researches In Dry Areas ( ICARDA) , Aleppo, Syria, Fatima leadership started since primary education , at the UoG she advocated for the girls students rights , women farmers .served at the Student Union among 19 boys students and others Students bodies. Found the Organization Zenab for Women Development ( ZWD),in 2000 , Zenab for women development in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)of the United Nation since 2005 , The Name of the organization is after the name of Zenab Mohamed Nour Rahama who is a pioneer woman educator from Eastern Region of Sudan back in 1941 , she Promoted Girls education in the region ,she supported and has fought for girls education for 47 years, she established many girls schools in the region, during that time girls education is prohibited and was not welcome by the communities , because of her contribution to girls education and women advancement in Eastern Sudan she has received many Awards and recognitions also she has been Selected and Nominated Among the 1000 Peace Women across the Globe for Noble Peace Prize 2005. Fatima also is a former member of the Board of Trustee of the African Women Development & Communication (Femnet) which is an active Regional African Women Organization. Fatima advocates for Climate change justice since 2005 at local and Regional levels , Ambassador of Peace Award in USA in 2005. | www.z-w-d-s.org, www.zenab.org | ||||||||
401 | 8/15/2014 7:35:11 | Mata Amritanandamayi Math | Professor Jay Misra | jay@amma.org | Attend Summit only | No | Jayant Misra | Mata Amritanandamayi Math | www.embracingtheworld.org | USA citizen | India | Male | 57 | English, Oriya | 1. Candidate - former faculty member at Stanford Graduate School of Business; won Distinguished Teacher nominations due to clear explanations of complex topics to youth. 2. Candidate has more than 15 years of full time volunteering at ECOSOC affiliated NGO, Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Kerala, India. He is primarily responsible for the Center for a Sustainable Future, focusing on climate change and its nexus with water, energy and environmental health. 3. Candidate's organization is now doing grassroots full scale development of more than 100 villages in India with a focus on the connections between development, equity and Climate Change impact. Please see www.amritaserve.org 4. Candidate is also a Professor at Amrita University, (www.amrita.edu) which has an affiliation with TERI University, Delhi, and its Chancellor, Dr. Pachauri. | Education: 1982 MBA, Harvard; 1978 B.S. and M.S. in Engineering, U of Pittsburgh. Senatorial Scholar, Merit Commendation Scholar Profession: 1996 to now: Philanthropist and Volunteer executive at Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Kerala, India, an ECOSOC Special Consultative Status NGO. Prior: Managing Director at Mr. George Soros' firms. VP at Capital Group. Faculty Member at Stanford Business School. Author of two books. Personal: Retired early to donate all my time to the poor youth in India. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8w2g-o3us2rWU9kTVF1elFYQ3M/edit?usp=sharing | Much of my talks (on a monthly basis) are spontaneous talks to youth. They are in tribal areas or poor areas of India, or to students. They are not taped. However, the organization is well aware of the persuasive power of the talks. | |||||||
402 | 8/15/2014 7:37:40 | CHANDARIA BUSINESS INNOVATION AND INCUBATION CENTER- KENYATTA UNIVERSITY | ADAM BABU | njorogebabu@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | NJOROGE ADAM BABU | KENYATTA UNIVERSITY | www.ku.ac.ke/chandaria-cbiic/ | Kenyan | Kenya | male | 28 | English, Swahili, Kikuyu | the nominee is a youth involved in youth employment opportunities with an emphasis on environmental responsibility therefore maintaining dignified lifestyles in a sustainable environment. being a national youth council elected representative and also an incubate at the Chandaria Incubation center in an effort to actualize a community development project aimed at providing viable alternatives to wood based energy in the form of dung based domestic energy solutions, the nominee will benefit immensely from an opportunity to be involved in forums that keep him abreast of developments in his area of interest. | born in Kenya on the 14th of september 1987, Adam studied in Kamiti primary school, Nairobi, then on to Eastleigh high school near Pumwani where he was exposed to the inter-relation between unemployment, crime and environmental pollution and degradation which encouraged him to work against all of the above vices. he volunteered in various children homes and after seven years Joined Kenyatta University to study fine art with an emphasis on recyclable material art. he is a founder of seven CBO's dealing with youth and environment, a finalist at the Business Daily Next Big Thing and a social media activist. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Z6AGE45u8IbldDYU5GVjN4TjA/edit?usp=sharing | https://www.facebook.com/pages/BUSINESS-OPPORTUNITIES-AND-IDEAS-FOR-KENYAN-YOUTH/262846049178?ref=hl https://www.facebook.com/ChandariaBusinessInnovationAndIncubationCentre?ref=hl https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Z6AGE45u8IbE9yVXpKeUlvajA/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_mwxHV9OmGHSVC52t8UM4WMrhxx-8V7TxRP5EzREiCj_ecfWm8nigXzk2Tn7/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
403 | 8/15/2014 8:43:58 | WWF | Zoe Caron | zcaron@wwf.no | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | David Simon Matthew Nussbaum | WWF | panda.org | British | United Kingdom | Male | 56 | English | David is Chief Executive of WWF-UK, Chair of WWF’s Global Climate and Energy Initiative and Head of WWF’s International delegation to the UNSG’s Climate Summit. WWF is one of the world’s leading independent conservation organisations and a leading NGO initiatives in the sector. David has long years of experience in NGO engagement in UN processes, for example as an NGO delegate on the official UK government delegation to the UN conference on sustainable development ‘Rio+20’. David draws from a wealth of experience ranging from successful large scale partnerships with the private sector to proactive outreach to grassroots and social movements. He is particularly keen to highlight the important links between climate change action and sustainable development. Nussbaum will be present in NY for the People's Climate March and for the duration of the UN Climate Summit. | David Nussbaum became Chief Executive of WWF-UK in May 2007. As well as leading the UK organisation, he also chairs the WWF network’s Global Climate and Energy Initiative. Previously he was the Chief Executive of Transparency International (‘TI’), based in Berlin, the leading global NGO focused on curbing corruption, with national chapters in around 100 countries. David qualified as an accountant with Price Waterhouse before moving into venture capital with 3i. He then worked in manufacturing industry, latterly as Finance Director of the quoted European packaging business Field Group plc through its management buyout and subsequent successful flotation. He joined Oxfam in 1997 as Finance Director and a Deputy Chief Executive, and in 2000 was seconded for six months to head up Oxfam’s operations in India. Between 1991 and 2006, David was a Non-Executive Director, and later Chair, of Traidcraft plc, the leading UK 'Fair Trade' company. From 2006 to 2013 he was a Non-Executive Director of the quoted private equity fund Low Carbon Accelerator; and from 2006 to 2014 he was a Non-Executive Director and then Vice-Chair of the leading Fair Trade finance company Shared Interest. Since 2008 he has been a trustee, and is now the Chair of Transparency International UK; and is also a member of the International Integrated Reporting Council, sits on the Marks & Spencer Executive Advisory Board on Sustainability, and is Vice Chair of the ACCA’s Global Forum for Sustainability. David grew up on a university campus, and has two degrees in Theology, one in Finance, and an honorary doctorate. He and his wife have four adult children, and live in Buckinghamshire. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Je4yiRvJqpU8g9VGfqOS8ZW5KZARZyKPlIAGY7EvDk0/edit?usp=sharing | Article examples: - Climate Change, Five Minutes Before Midnight, Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/david-nussbaum/climate-change_b_3961314.html) - David Cameron has gone cold on climate change, The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/nov/20/david-cameron-gone-cold-on-climate-change) - Emissions: UK is not ‘racing ahead’, The Financial Times (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb656a40-3a73-11e3-b234-00144feab7de.html#axzz3AAZxTTBM) - Climate change will hurt the poorest the most, The Times (http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/letters/article3823523.ece) Public speaking examples: - COP19, Warsaw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1121FUSdKo) - Climate Action at the Sustainable Innovation Forum (COP19), Warsaw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LWCAn-urQ0) Business for the Environment Climate Summit, London (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcTL8jR5Lz0) | |||||||
404 | 8/15/2014 9:04:38 | Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus, Pokhara Nepal | Dayaram Pandey | Lucky.daya99@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Ganesh Puri | Institute Of Forestry | www.iof.edu.np | Nepalese | Nepal | Male | 23 | English | He is Natural Science Student as well as Environmental Journalist. | Khanigaun-1, Parbat, Nepal is my birthplace. I started my school from Shree Bhawani Higer Secondary School. The main occupation of my family is Agriculture so I had to give lots of time to the household activities than giving to the studying activities however I had been obtaining best result in each class due to the inspiration of the personality, abundant help of my parents. I did more labor at the terminal of my school life and passed S.L.C by being first in first division. Now I am studying at undergraduate level of Forestry Science at Institute of Forestry Pokhara Campus, Pokhara Nepal. Due to the only excess of radio in our village I was always listen radio and interested in it to work. Due to my interest, self-confidence and laboriousness I got a chance working on community radio ( Radio Parbat, 103.6 MHz) when I was studying in class 8. At that time I was 14 years and I took a child informative program. I always raised the forest, environment and wildlife related issues. After my School level study I was came to Pokhara City for studying further level. Due to my keen interest I was search the another radio station near my collage to work and finally I found it. Luckly I got an oppournity to work as a media person at 3 Angels Community Radio 94.6 MHz pokhara as a News reader and Program Producer and specially working in Environmental related program. Since last 4 years I was produce 30 minute radio Environmental program in title “Our Earth” which is broadcasted through 20 radio station around the Nepal. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6L5KGViUp36RHlLaXI4NDQyMEE/edit?usp=sharing | How to minimize Climate Change effect on developing country. | |||||||
405 | 8/15/2014 9:26:08 | Ghana Girl Guides Association | Dilys Amoabeng | dilysamoabeng@yahoo.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | SYLVIA OWUSUA YIRENKYI | Ghana Girl Guides Association | ghanagirlguides.org | GHANAIAN | GHANA | FEMALE | 26 | ENGLISH | Sylvia has been actively involved in Climate change issues in Ghana for some years now. She worked with FAO on a JFFLS manual - Community seadbank and challenge badges on Water and Forest. She was part of a team of 7 Ghanaians that attended the Global Power shift in Turkey and are currently organizing a Climate Forum in Ghana. She attended the UNFCCC COP 19 and was a panelist on the YoFUGE celebration where she spoke passionately on behalf of youth from the Global South with other panelist being Ahmad Alhendawi, Christiana Figueres and Jacques Lapouge among others. Being a Guide in Ghana, she has been involved in lot of training and environmental programs in the Association and successfully organized the 90th Anniversary themed on the MDG 7- Environmental Sustainability. Sylvia is well informed on the climate terrain in Ghana and Africa and is therefore well positioned to speak on behalf of the Youth, Women, Girls and People. She has also spoken on platforms in and outside the country. | Sylvia Yirenkyi is one of the young female climate activist in the country giving a new face to the sector that had long been dominated by males. She pursued BSc Natural Resources Management at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) where her passion to ensure a sustainable environment was ignited. With a thesis on government’s management of climate change impacts she realised the gap in the management of climate change and decided to be part of the solution from thence. Since then, she has worked with HATOF Foundation and Water Research Institute until her appointment as a Natural Resources Consultant for the Youth and United Nations Global Alliance (YUNGA) division of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN FAO), Rome-Italy. After the appointment she joined the Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM), a solid part of GYEM’s success story where she works in the position of Finance and Business Development team lead and supports the campaigns team. Sylvia was also part of the team behind the formation of Coalition of Youth Development Organisation of Ghana (COYDOG) where she is currently the General Secretary. She is also a member of the Climate Change and Environment Working Group in Ghana and part of the first graduates of the Commonwealth Youth Leadership Development Programme. She was part of the team that reviewed Ghana’s Forest and Wildlife Policy and the composition of Climate Smart Agriculture manuals by FAO. She produced the technical document on the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) facilitator’s guide on Community Seed Bank Creation. She’s the focal point for Zero Carbon Africa in Ghana as well and loves to volunteer with the Ghana Girl Guides Association because of her love for children and passion to see the younger generation joining to solve social issues. She believes the youth should be more involved and interested in global crisis of climate change and environmental degradation as it is an area that stands to affect all no matter the background. She therefore hold to the fact that we the younger generation hold the keys and solutions to the current challenges in the world and that for a real change to be obtained we have to be adequately involved in the entire decision making process. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxxmvp6mCA1MSUV2aVQ4NmxDdzg/edit?usp=sharing | Speaking at UNFCCC COP 19: http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop19/enbots/14nov.html Writings : http://africa.wagggs.org/en/news/21719 Document: http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap403e/ap403e.pdf | |||||||
406 | 8/15/2014 9:30:29 | Project90by2030 | Blessing Mutiti | blessing@90x2030.org.za | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | Tebello Rampu | Project90by2030 | www.90x2030.org.za | South African | South Africa | Female | 24 | Sesotho and English | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5YGO5wsgxD-ZUVlNWUwVzE1NVk/edit?usp=sharing | Tebello Rampo a young optimistic girl who started in the field of community work in 2010 with an organisation called Justice and Peace within the Catholic Church. This helped her to affiliate with many other influential NGO such as Earth Life Africa (Johannesburg) where her involvement in Climate Change issues grew in understanding. Her activism was shaking more during the COP17 which was held in Durban, South Africa. She embraced working with different communities in sharing information with ordinary people in the spectrum of environmental responsibility. Her passion continue to see her being active in varies NGO’S as she is part of Youth in Climate Change Forum and Climate Justice Network. In 2012 she got accepted to be part of Activate! Change Drivers, a network of young leaders driving change in their different spheres of life. Inspired with innovations she won the 2012 Activate Project Innovation Showcase. In 2013 she became part of team SA for Global Power Shift, 350.org that were organised for young people across the world to meet in Istanbul, Turkey. In joining Project 90by2030 she volunteered to be one of Gauteng school club mentor. She was among the young climate leaders who went to Poland, Warsaw for COP 19. She is part of the established YouLeadCollective with intentions of making their submission as a global south voice heard at the next COP21 in Lime, Peru. In 2014 she volunteered for 10weeks with Tearfund organisation in its programme of International Citizen Service in rural KwaZulu-Natal where her work involvement was in community development. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5YGO5wsgxD-YmEyN1JMRGlJTHM/edit?usp=sharing | https://youleadcollective.files.wordpress.com https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyouleadcollective.org%2F2013%2F11%2F14%2Ftodays-engaged-youth-tomorrows-engaged-leaders%2F http://90by2015.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/my-cop-19-experience-tebello-rampo/ | |||||||
407 | 8/15/2014 9:39:14 | Plan International | Laura Brazee | laura.brazee@planusa.org | Attend Summit only | No | Keara Sternberg | Plan International | www.planusa.org | USA | USA | Female | 18 | English | Keara is an exceptional youth leader with Plan International and has been involved in a variety of community initiatives, including our Global Youth Leadership Summit. During her high school career Keara developed, organized and executed clean energy campaigns with Action Aid and ran several climate advocacy campaigns in her school. She has a love for diplomatic debate and public speaking and she has used these tools to engage her peers in actions that promote climate solutions. In addition to being a climate change activist, Keara was the President of her senior class and call Valedictorian. She is known in her community as a peer leader and mentor and her teachers comment on her ability to break down social silos and authentically engage with a variety of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds. Keara is a humble, thoughtful, observant youth leader and would bring a well rounded youth perspective and critical analysis to climate solutions to the Summit. | Keara Sternberg is an incoming freshman at Skidmore College planning to major in International Affairs and minor in Environmental Sustainability. Keara was named Class Valedictorian and was elected Senior Class President, both allowing her to delight in her passion for public speaking and speech writing. In high school, Keara was a named a four-year tri-honor athlete, editor of the school newspaper for the 2013-2014 academic year, Vice President of the National Honor Society, captain of her varsity dance and tennis teams, as well as Treasurer for the Interact-Rotary Community Service Club at her school. Aside from her involvements in school activities, Keara has been an enthusiastic and passionate musician involved in marching band, choir, symphonic band, and orchestra since Elementary School. She has also been a Girl Scout since Kindergarten, completing her Bronze Award and Silver Award while currently working to complete her Gold Award (Topic: Women’s Empowerment and Self-Image Transformation) and US Congressional Award. Of Keara’s numerous achievements throughout high school, teachers remark that the two attributes that truly set Keara apart from her classmates are her versatility and her ambition. Keara is never found with the same friends on any given day. She has extended her social circle to be inclusive of all “cliques.” Undoubtedly, doing so has lent her the ability to work and communicate with people of various socio-economic backgrounds and ethnicities, as well as those with diverse work ethics and learning/leadership styles. There is no doubt that this quality was largely responsible for her election into student government as ballots were cast by her own peers, which leads to her ambition. As an incoming freshman, Keara told her guidance counselor that she was determined to be a different class officer (in ascending order) for each of her four years in high school. Her social interactions, her likeability among her peers, and her creative methods of campaigning all helped her accomplish this long-term goal. She was her Freshman Class Secretary, Sophomore Class Treasurer, Junior Class Vice President, and Senior Class President. Keara’s aptitude for setting long-term and short-term goals have made it clear that she is very willing to try new things, work diligently in all aspects of her life, and use her ambition to embrace and seize her future and all of the opportunities it presents her with. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVuE_34Cn0zdWZSWmFoRDZUSTg/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVuE_34Cn0zN0FnaHlVdVBTOU0/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVuE_34Cn0zX3NUNmVwaHdyWW8/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
408 | 8/15/2014 9:55:40 | Commonwealth Youth Programme | Layne Robinson | l.robinson@commonwealth.int | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Jean Paul Brice Affana Affana | Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network (CYCN) | www.yourcommonwealth.org/get-involved/commonwealth-youth-climate-change-network/network-leader-jean-paul-brice-affana/ | Cameroonian | Cameroon | Male | 26 | English and French | I'm delighted to nominate Jean Paul for his work as the Coordinator of the Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network responsible to provide support to the Commonwealth Youth Programme to mainstream Commonwealth youth’s participation in climate change agenda. The nominee has served as Focal Point of the UNFCCC Youth Constituency in 2011 and thus is highly motivated and engaged in global climate change agenda. I know his as a good leader and speaker able to engage young people and other civil society stakeholders in climate change projects and policies. He has a relevant track record in facilitating international workshops and side events on youth and climate change and supporting young people's participation of young people in policy meetings on climate change. He has significant experience at the global level within the United Nations, the Commonwealth and his country Cameroon where he also leads a youth NGO working on climate change resilience. | Jean Paul Brice Affana is a Youth and Action Instructor trained by the Ministry of Youth Affairs of Cameroon. His fields of interest and strong experiences include social development, climate change, sustainable development, intercultural dialogue, peace-building, youth empowerment and development, and human rights. Jean Paul is the Coordinator of a youth-led NGO in Cameroon called Vital Actions for Sustainable Development (AVD) since 2008 and has served as the Focal Point of youth NGOs at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2011. He is also the National Coordinator of MasterPeace in Cameroon and work with the Youth Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat as the Coordinator of the Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network. Jean Paul also serves as Head of Youth Programs of the International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges (IAAI) an Austrian based organization. In addition he is actively involved with the African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) and was appointed in 2013 as Co-convener of the Young Professionals Leadership Team of the Commission on Education and Communication at the International Union for the Conservation of the Nature (IUCN). He develops and implement in Cameroon and across the Commonwealth countries specific projects and programmes that involved young people and citizens as main actors of their achievements. He has strong experience in climate policies at local, regional and global levels within the UN and the Commonwealth. | https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=179913636&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile | Nominee speaking to ‘’The Feather Project’’ at the UN (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwnQAB9tDZk&feature=youtu.be Nominee' speaking at the International Conference ‘Knowledge, Youth and Global Commons’ (video): http://vimeo.com/32505298 Nominee' speech at ‘One Young World’ summit (video - speech starts at 00:28:40): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnSfYXJuvvQ&feature=related Nominee speaking at 64th Annual UNDPI NGO Conference at a side event (video): http://vimeo.com/34078302 Speaker at UN High-level Meeting on Youth during a side event: http://vimeo.com/27249079 Publication ‘Outcomes Report of the 2010 World Student Environmental Summit’ (nominee is co-author): http://2010wses.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/outcomes_report_2010_wses_final.pdf UNFCCC Toolkit ’Enhanced Youth Participation and Education in Climate Change’ (nominee is co-author): http://unfccc.int/cc_inet/files/cc_inet/information_pool/application/pdf/enhanced_youth_participation.pdf | |||||||
409 | 8/15/2014 10:16:41 | Environmental Planning & Coordination Organisation (EPCO) | Mr. Lokendra Thakkar | kailashashamp@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Rajiv Sahai | Environmental Planning & Coordination Organisation (EPCO) | www.epco.in | India | India | Male | 61 | English | Each year, as a civil servant, occasions, I was involved in developing points for the annual budget, to help improve the tax regime. In 2010 I was also part of the state-level panel setup to prepare points for the new Good and Services Tax(GST) regime. The regime is currently under parliamentary consideration, and is highly anticipated as an effective tool for valuation of goods and services in the market, countering inflationary pressures in the economy(particularly in food market), and black economy. I have also, on various occasions, advised prominent national level Chartered Accountant associations of good financial practices, by referring to tax and appeal cases from my practice. | I worked with the Indian Revenue Services(IRS) as a senior officer in various capacities. I retired as Commissioner of Income tax in December 2013. I have served as a commissioner since the year 2003, and briefly as Director Investigation for four Indian states from 2006-07. Since 2013, I have been involved with Environmental Planning & Coordination Organisation (EPCO) in matters concerning changing domestic and international financial structures, requirements and advice civil society organisations on matters of Financial aid and adherence. I hold two post graduate degrees in Law(LLb) and Business Administration (MBA). I am also currently consulting on developing sustainable financial solutions for Civil Society and Private sector, through the recently introduced Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) bill in India. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQDhP1_JVrhTE01S2EtajVoSzA/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQDhP1_JVrhU3NfYkFmeFV5aGs/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
410 | 8/15/2014 10:24:28 | Engajamundo | Raquel Rosenberg | raquel@engajamundo.org | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Raquel Rosenberg Lessa | Associação de Jovens Engajamundo | www.engajamundo.org | Brazilian | Brazil | Female | 24 | Portuguese, english, spanish | Raquel is the president of Engajamundo, a civil society organization that aims to inform, empower and engage Brazilian youth in international fora related to climate change, social development and gender issues. She was at COP19, in Warsaw, in November 2013, and 2014 Intersessionals in Bonn, as part of Brazil’s official delegation, participating directly in the Article 6 negotiations. As part of her advocacy/lobbying, it was ensured that civil society could give feedback to the Secretariat on the guidelines of Article 6 National Focal Points, among others achievements. Raquel leads Engajamundo in youth-empowering workshops in all five regions of Brazil, debating major climate issues, their causes and consequences, and proposing solutions. She has spoken in meetings at Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs; in lectures to labor unions and grassroots movements; press conference and side events at COP19 and 2014 Intersessionals; and at UNF’s Google Hangout for International Youth Day 2014. | Raquel Rosenberg, 24 years old was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and graduated in International Relations at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). She has made it her mission in life to work with people and organizations that seek convergence in ideas and purposes for the creation of a better and more sustainable world. As coordinator and director of AIESEC and responsible for iBrics – The BRICS Institute, she had the oportunity to undertake various projects and events of innovative character. Founder of the College Committee for Rio + 20, she was active in the mobilization and engagement of São Paulo’s youth for this UN conference. She attended Journey of Learning in Activism and Mobilization, School of Activism and participated in the Global Power Shift organized by 350.org in Turkey, and the Workshop of Young Latin Americans for Climate in Colombia. Raquel founded and today is fully dedicated to the development of Engajamundo, an organization that aims to empower and engage youth in international negotiations. Still in its first year of existence, Engajamundo has established partnerships with WWF, Greenpeace, academics companies and youth movements around the world. Leading Engajamundo, she has attended the 19th UN Conference on Climate Change, in Warsaw, Poland, November 2013; Bonn intersessionals in Germany, June 2014; and spoke at UNF’s Google Hangout for International Youth Day 2014. She is also engaged in various climate lobbying, activism, and youth representation at a national level. Raquel is a fellow of GCCA’s Adopt a Negotiator since November 2013 and of Wings For Change network in Brazil. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Tm7U5hvnm-itYF2WanaJyeafZZveuVw0RpfiDunyRI/edit# | Video for nomination: https://www.dropbox.com/s/z5ch6wnb8r7k8zs/Raquel%20Rosenberg%20Climate%20Summit%20Video.mp4?dl=0 Speaking engagement: Google Hangout for International Youth Day 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky9QIvOjH00 Meeting at the Foreign Affairs Ministry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpzeWT1A2bk&feature=youtu.be (speech - 3:16) Press Conference at COP19: http://unfccc4.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/cop19/templ/play.php?id_kongresssession=7049&theme=unfccc Engajamundo's presentation (in portuguese): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZXTOgJZ6yo Workshop at University (in portuguese): http://www.livestream.com/tvpuc/video?clipId=pla_0930921d-f5f5-4194-8ca4-37044a4ded98 Writing samples: http://adoptanegotiator.org/author/raquelrosenberg/ http://www.engajamundo.org/blog/ (various articles) | |||||||
411 | 8/15/2014 10:28:25 | Conservation International | Rowan Braybrook | rbraybrook@conservation.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Johnson Hugo Cerda Shiguango | Conservation International | www.conservation.org | Ecuador | United States | Male | 45 | Kichwa, Spanish, English | As the Indigenous Advisor for Conservation International’s Indigenous and Traditional Peoples Program, Johnson Cerda has worked with indigenous peoples at all levels of policy engagement for their voices to be heard in climate change negotiations and policies. He is also a member of GEF Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group (IPAG), in charge of supporting and advising on the implementation of GEF Principles and Guidelines for engagement with Indigenous Peoples. Raised in the Kichwa community of the Ecuadorian Amazon, Mr. Cerda has firsthand knowledge of the need for indigenous involvement in climate issues and the knowledge indigenous peoples can contribute to policy negotiations. He has been working with indigenous peoples on the climate change negotiations since 2000, advocating for indigenous peoples rights language to be included in the negotiation text. Conservation International fully supports his nomination to this climate summit. | Johnson Cerda is a member of a Kichwa community of the Ecuadorian Amazon and has worked with indigenous organizations in Ecuador and the Amazon basin. In Ecuador, he has collaborated with two government institutions, CODENPE and ECORAE. In 2000, Mr. Cerda was nominated by indigenous organizations in the Amazon to serve as Co-Director of the Amazon Alliance in Washington, DC, where he worked until 2005. Based in Washington DC, he built collaborative relations with northern NGOs and indigenous organizations from across the entire Amazon Basin. He returned to work in Ecuador, conducting research related to climate change, biodiversity and protected areas and has three studies published by the International Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Tribal Peoples of Tropical Forest. He is a former member of the GEF-NGO Committee representing indigenous peoples of Latin America and a member of the Panel of Experts of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility of the World Bank. Currently is a member of GEF Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group (IPAG), in charge of supporting and advising on the implementation of GEF Principles and Guidelines for engagement with Indigenous Peoples. Mr. Cerda is currently an Indigenous Advisor for Conservation International (CI). In this position Mr. Cerda is leading two main initiatives: the CI Indigenous Advisory Group and the Indigenous Leaders Conservation Fellowship, as well as supporting training and information on climate change issues to indigenous people’s networks. He has been working with indigenous peoples on the climate change negotiations advocating for indigenous peoples rights language to be included in the negotiation text since 2000. He speaks Kichwa, English and Spanish. Mr. Cerda holds a Bachelor's degree in Social, Political and Economic Science by the University of Loja UTPL, and has taken courses in Protected Areas and REDD+ with CATIE in Costa Rica and on Indigenous Peoples Rights and Extractive Industry with American University, Washington College of Law. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuKsqDt6_70 http://blog.conservation.org/2010/12/indigenous-participation-is-critical-for-climate-change-success/ | ||||||||
412 | 8/15/2014 10:43:51 | Danish 92 Group – Forum for Sustainable Development | Troels Dam Christensen | tdc@92grp.dk | Attend Summit only | No | Jan Mattias Söderberg | DanChurchAid | http://www.danchurchaid.org/ | Swedish | Denmark | Male | 40 | Danish, Swedish, English | The Danish 92 group is a network of Danish development and environmental NGOs, working with advocacy related to sustainable development. Mattias is an active member, representing his own organization, DanChurchAid. He has represented the 92 group in many different situations, and has the mandate to speak on our behalf. Mattias has followed the UN climate talks since 2007, and is a vocal voice in the climate debate. His own organization, DanChurchAid, has a focus on right to food and resilience, and through his work he is in close contact with partners in developing countries. One of his strengths is to engage in debates with various actors, civil society, private sector and state actors. Mattias has excellent skills with both climate change politics and adaptation and mitigation solutions. He has contributed to several reports and publications, and is appreciated for his experiences and knowledge. Mattias is available to attend the climate summit the 23rd of September. | Mattias was born in Stockholm, Sweden 1974. His studies focused on international politics, and he attended courses at universities in Stockholm and Lund in Sweden, and Limerick in Ireland. While he grew up he was engaged in several youth organizations, a commitment which later developed and led to positions of trust in the European Alliance of YMCAs and the European Youth Forum. As youth representative he also attended an interchange program between Sweden and El Salvador and several UN conferences as youth delegate. The interest for global and sustainable development is strong, and has affected his carrier. His first job was at Sida, the Swedish agency for development cooperation. Later he became international secretary at the National Council of Swedish youth organization, with responsibility for programs in Zambia, Nicaragua, Nepal and Middle East. In 2001 he moved to Denmark where he worked as independent consultant, with a focus on development and international cooperation. In 2003 he became international coordinator at the Red Cross youth, with focus on Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya and Middle East, and in 2005 he was employed at DanChurchAid, one of the main development NGOs in Denmark, as advocacy officer. Mattias has continued his work in DanChurchAid and is now Senior Advocacy Adviser. In 2007 Mattias started to follow the climate debate, and in 2009, up to COP15, he was appointed Head of the Ecumenical Climate Secretariat, coordinating the participation of Christian NGOs in the climate summit in Copenhagen. Since 2011 he has been chairing the climate change advocacy work of the global ACT alliance (Action by churches together), including the task as head of delegation to numerous UNFCCC climate negotiations, including all COPs since 2008. Through his work as advocacy officer Mattias has contributed to several reports and publications. He is also an active participant in the climate debates, both in Denmark and internationally. Mattias live, together with his wife and three children, in Copenhagen. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3ZWaJplpgapSlpUalFPdXRBTVU/edit?usp=sharing | Please see the following doc on my google drive for examples of my writing and speaking engagements: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3ZWaJplpgapbHdzOEljUkwzbFk/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
413 | 8/15/2014 10:52:12 | Canadian Co-operative Association | Sarah Shima | sarah.shima@coopscanada.coop | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Catherine Elizabeth Crawley | Canadian Co-operative Association | coopscanada.coop | Canadian | Canada | Female | 32 | French and English | Catherine has a strong grasp of climate change issues through her academic and professional experiences, and she will be available September 23rd to attend the meetings at the UN headquarters. Catherine has focused her career towards environmental advocacy and climate change mitigation. Her work with Sierra Club Canada looks at urgent environmental issues faced in Canada and across the world today. She has also recently gained invaluable experience as a climate change program officer in Uganda. In addition to being the national representative of co-operatives and mutuals in Canada, the Canadian Co-operative Association is a leader in international development. Projects with a focus on climate change are becoming increasingly important within our organization and those of our partners. Catherine's participation in this year's summit would help us build our knowledge in the promotion of climate change mitigation and adaptation at home and abroad. | Over the past 4 years Catherine has worked in the private social enterprise sector of co-operatives. In May she returned from Uganda, where she was a co-operative climate change and environmental project manager for 8 months. The role required coordination and organization of various group meetings, trainings, and discussions with partners, program officers, and stakeholders. She managed, and implemented an energy efficient stove program, in addition to a tree nursery program in Northern Ugandan rural communities. In July Catherine gave a presentation to the Canadian Co-operative Association on her experiences in this role. She shared critical insights on environmental project management, and challenges and opportunities in climate change adaptation in the developing world. She continues non-profit work as an Environmental Communications intern with the Sierra Club Canada Foundation. She is also a research assistant with the Canadian Co-operative Association, investigating the use of carbon markets to fund domestic and international renewable energy projects. With an undergraduate degree in biology and zoology from the University of Toronto, and a Masters degree in environmental sciences from the University of Western Ontario, Catherine has travelled to the High Arctic to study Arctic climate change, and has written a thesis on the use of info-graphics to direct environmental policy and management. Catherine is an organized, well-spoken, and accomplished woman who has a passion for sustainable economies and environmental sustainability. This fall she will be enrolled in a Green Management graduate program, where she will learn how to incorporate environmental sustainability initiatives into corporate bottom lines. With this knowledge she hopes to contribute to progressive, socially-responsible, and environmentally-sound business practices that will help mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on the environment and human livelihoods. A strong, capable, and well-rounded individual with a passion for and experience with climate change mitigation and adaption, Catherine would be an ideal candidate to attend this summit. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4lN8s-1V-h0d3psM2w4T2xSd2NlSm5MTlowZi1xcE42M09J/edit?usp=sharing | ADOPTING IMPROVED COOKSTOVES: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4lN8s-1V-h0VjdTQ0lVR1V3Ung1TEZSeFF5LXppNmFUREdZ/edit?usp=sharing THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TREE NURSERIES IN NORTHERN UGANDA: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4lN8s-1V-h0QjIwN1FHSHFpUEZtUGttS2VtM3Z1MUlhakU4/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
414 | 8/15/2014 10:58:28 | Africa Foundation for Sustainable Development | Ryan Jooste | ryan.jooste@africa-foundation.co.za | Attend Summit only | Yes | Harvey Keown | Africa Foundation for Sustainable Development | https://www.facebook.com/pages/Africa-Foundation-for-Sustainable-Development/189191697787967 | South Africa | South Africa | Male | 50 | English, Afrikaans | Africa Foundation for Sustainable Development is a social enterprise which focuses on community upliftment, social transformation and the empowerment of individuals who previously had no access to opportunities. All of this is done within the framework of a policy of environmental good practice, green living and sustainable development. Harvey Keown is the Managing Director and founder of Africa Foundation for Sustainable Development. The organization has run successful projects in Zambia, Mozambique and all over South Africa. These projects include the transformation of defunct coal mines, rural solar electrification, training communities in the areas of sustainable development and green living, consulting to the mining industry on climate change mitigation and local enterprise development in the renewable energy sector. | Harvey Keown has an exemplary history in the IT, sustainable development, mining and academic arenas. He has extensive business experience in Africa, Europe and the Far East. He also holds a Masters Diploma in Electrical Engineering and is an EXCO member of the Computer Society of South Africa. Harvey is an accomplished conference speaker, summit facilitator and consultant to government and big business. Even though he has risen to the highest levels in business, it is his last 4 years, that are the closest to his heart. As Managing Director of Africa Foundation for Sustainable Development, he has engineered and overseen the establishment of agricultural centers, community projects, electrified and transformed rural schools in SA and abroad, uplifted lives and launched numerous Small Medium Micro Enterprises (SMME's). AFSD is already established in Zambia and Mozambique and is a recipient and member of the Global Economic Forum's (GEF) Small Grants Program and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0uiHAVfzFqWeFM4TnVVTXlHN1k/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0uiHAVfzFqWZGN6OS1zZy05Q2M/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0uiHAVfzFqWUGthNV80dTVEQlE/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0uiHAVfzFqWdF9NT0RobVdwZ2s/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0uiHAVfzFqWcUlrek5kTnM4Mjg/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
415 | 8/15/2014 11:04:14 | Sierra Club Canada | John Bennett | aajb@rogers.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | John Robert Bennett | Sierra Club Canada | www.sierraclub.ca | Canadian | Canada | Male | 63 | English | John Bennett has been in the thick of advocating for climate action in Canada since 1989 when he organized the very first Greenpeace climate change action. Under his watch CAN Canada grew from an informal handful of groups to a full time organization with over 100 members. He remains in contact with climate activists across the country. There is no one better able to tell the story climate change action in Canada. He is one Canada's foremost Climate Action Advocates regularly sough out by the media on all issues related to climate change. Most importantly he is a story telling able relate facts and emotions in way that keeps audience interested and involved. He knows the story of Canada's dance with climate change. | The Executive Director of Sierra Club Canada, John Bennett is a well known and outspoken climate change activist oft quoted in the media His long career includes stops at Greenpeace, Climate Action Network and Climateforchange.ca. He joined Sierra Club in 1998 and was given a mandate to ensure Canada ratified the Kyoto Protocol. He organized ENGO participation in COP5 held in Montreal. For 8 years as ED of CAN Canada he facilitated ENGO participation Canada’s climate plan and at UNFCC COPs. He lead Greenpeace Canada’s atmosphere and energy (climate) campaigns in and the Oil Campaign for Greenpeace International. He organized the first Greenpeace action on Climate Change. and transportation. He issued the first CO2 Infraction notices to car drivers in Toronto, Vancouver, Regina and Ottawa and edited the North American Edition of the “Environmental Impact of the Car”, “The Greenpeace Energy Book” and “Transit in Canada.” He went on to head Belleville Green Check a green community initiative that delivered over 1500 green home energy efficiency visits.. For the last 15 years he has been based in Ottawa working on climate change as well as air pollution, energy policy, renewables and the nuclear power. | https://docs.google.com/a/sierraclub.ca/document/d/1HHgnKmmFFHloKhxW_4DlTu4mfUysgYVHDXHzQv33280/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.sierraclub.ca/en/blog/john-bennett | |||||||
416 | 8/15/2014 11:26:54 | 350.org | Liangyi Chang | liangyi@350.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Kai Sawyer | Power Shift Japan | http://powershiftjapan.jimdo.com/ | Japan | Japan | Male | 31 | Japanese, English | Kai Sawyer is a passionate young leader to the climate cause. With his good practice and learning skills, he has brought up the initial climate action group in Japan, Power Shift Japan, and linked it with many other activists, organisations, communities and individuals, not only in Japan but also in cooperating with many international organisations, including 350.org, WWF, Greenpeace, and the Global Campaign for Climate Action. To further develop the power of youth in the country, Kai is also involved in creative activism and non-violent communication trainings. His innovative act has helped youth within the country to bravely walk out the comfort zone and also lead many inspirational ideas not only in cities but communities. A climate leader should be bold and comprehensive with new solutions and upcoming challenges, and Kai is definitely a strong nominee in this regard representing youth from his country and his local organisation. | Kai Sawyer is the founder and director of Power Shift Japan, which aims to transform Japanese universities into 100% renewable energy powered campuses, and The Future Japan, which stages climate justice actions. His role as a climate activist is to bring climate and energy justice issues to the forefront of the national agenda, and empower youth to be drivers of radical change. His activities include, artistic actions, university talks, youth-focused trainings, and alliance building among anti-nuclear activists and climate activists. Born and raised in Japan, as well as Hawaii and California, Kai has a solid understanding of cultural differences that is essential for effectively organising in Japan. He first came into contact with climate activism while acting as the co-chair for the Education for Sustainable Living Program at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC). The program aims to address sustainability issues through student led action research projects. Through this program and the Campus Sustainability Movement as a whole, students purchased renewable energy credits that made UCSC 100% green energy powered from 2006. Through these activities and practicing organic farming, Kai developed a keen awareness for how to engage youth in personal and social change. In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, Kai decided to leave a permaculture farm he had been living on in Washington, and returned to organising. His mission is to stop nuclear power and carbon emissions in Japan, and act as an ambassador for global environmental justice movements. | http://bit.ly/Xn3H65 | http://bit.ly/1t6CcbN | |||||||
417 | 8/15/2014 11:31:10 | ICRAF | Ravi Prabhu | r.prabhu@cgiar,org | Attend Summit only | No | Anthony John Simons | World Agroforestry Centre | www.worldagroforestry.org | UK | Kenya | Male | 55 | English, Spanish, French, Kiswahili | Tony Simons is a passionate champion of the role of agriculture and forestry in contributing to climate change soultions. He has worked in academia, private sector and public institutions. He is currently the Director General of the World Agroforestry Centre which works in over 35 developing countries. Tony is engaged in multiple fora in advocacy and policy advice on climate change mitigation and adaptation. He chaired the Technical Expert Meeting in June 2014 in Bonn under the UNFCCC Durban Platform. He gave the keynote during the 1st Africa Food Security Conference held in Nairobi at UNEP in August 2013. In May 2013, he gave the keynote at the FAO Forest and Food Security and Nutrition. Tony has been guiding the community based work of the ICRAF, and also of the ASB Programme, LPFN initiative, and sits on the Livelihoods Programme Advisory Board. | Tony Simons has worked for thirty years on issues at the tropical agriculture/forestry interface – in the private sector (Shell Forestry), academia (University of Oxford), official development assistance (ODA/DFID) and research (CGIAR). He holds degrees from Massey University (NZ) and Cambridge University (UK) as well as an Honorary Professorship in Tropical Forestry at the University of Copenhagen. Tony has published over 120 research papers, and is cited in over . Tony is passionate about the transformative and profitable change that the private sector can bring to development having established partnerships with MARS, DANONE, Syngenta, Boehringer and Unilever. Tony is an articulate speaker and convincing writer on integrated development. | http://www.cgiar.org/who-we-are/whos-who/center-director-generals/profile/simons/ | Tony is an articulate speaker and convincing writer on integrated development. Examples include: http://www.fao.org/forestry/80699/en/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhzYbeoM70 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDRzrnDC-s0 http://blog.worldagroforestry.org/index.php/2013/07/15/invest-in-climate-resilient-futures-says-icraf-dg-tony-simons/ | |||||||
418 | 8/15/2014 11:52:46 | Carbon Tracker Initiative | Anthony Hobley | ahobley@carbontracker.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Anthony Hobley | Carbon Tracker Initiative | ww.carbontracker.org | British | UK | Male | 46 | English | We regularly hear how many $ need to be spent to finance the energy transition to a low carbon future. Unless the world’s financial system is set up to funnel money towards clean energy instead of fossil fuels, this won’t happen. CTI created the concept of the carbon bubble and stranded assets to translate these complex financial concepts into daily language. Anthony Hobley joined CTI in 2014 to strengthen its mission to enable a climate secure global energy market by aligning capital markets with climate reality. Anthony is strongly enhancing CTI’s communications outreach, making its research findings accessible to a diversified range of targets, form investors to policy-makers, NGOs and media. Anthony's contribution to the UN 2014 Climate Summit will add a unique value, introducing an innovative point of view to the discussion: how the financial ecosystem can be empowered to play a leading role in tackling climate change. | Anthony has been Chief Executive Officer of the Carbon Tracker Initiative since February 2014. Previously he was a partner at and Global Head of the Sustainability & Climate Finance Practice at global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. He was previously General Counsel to the Climate Change Capital Carbon Fund and Director of Legal Policy for Climate Change Capital which he joined in September 2005. Anthony specialised in climate change and clean energy law as well as UK, EU and international environmental law. Anthony has played a key role in helping to design the UKs pilot emissions trading scheme and in developing key aspects of the EU ETS. Anthony was seconded to Norton Rose Fulbright’s Sydney office between 2010 and 2012 where he was heavily involved in the development of the emerging carbon and clean energy markets in Australia and Asia. He was a key figure behind the creation of the business advocacy group Businesses for a Clean Economy. A coalition of business arguing for a price on carbon. Anthony was also behind the creation of the business group Climate Markets & Investment Association where he is the current President. He also sits on the boards of the Verified Carbon Standards Association and on the Advisory Board to the Climate Bonds Initiative. Anthony holds a First Class Honours Degree in Chemistry & Physics and a LLM in Environmental Law. He qualified as a solicitor of England and Wales in 1994. He has writes and speaks widely on the environment and climate change. Particularly climate risk and investment in the financial sector. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0lfzXJNNZTFWld6OVFSUWZNakU/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0lfzXJNNZTFTWg5REI5OE1pWG8/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
419 | 8/15/2014 11:53:02 | Center for Conservation Education & Research | Chandan Kr Duarah | duworah13@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Mubina Akhtar | CCER | www.assamtimes.org | Indian | India | Female | 42 | English | Since her school days she worked as a regular NGO activist campaigning for the conservation of environment and wildlife in our state. Unabated felling of trees for human settlement and illegal trade had contributed encroachment in the forest land attributed water crisis or irregular rainfall. Insufficient rainfall, drought and man-elephant or man-leopard conflict is now a regular headline in our media. Along with her work, she therefore, took up writing and started contributing for various magazines and journals on conservation issues. Her reports and column "Green Reporting" has established me as an environment journalist She came to be reckoned as an important voice by both the people and policymakers on issues relating to environment, wildlife, water and energy conservation. Her opinion has been sought for whenever there is crisis like climate change, erosion, man-animal conflict etc. | I know Mubina Akhtar as one whose name has become synonymous with the environmental movement in Assam. During the late eighties and early nineties we saw her campaigning for the protection of the Nambor Reserve Forest, the oldest RF in the state, from encroachment. She led the campaigns with a small group organizing awareness meetings in schools, colleges, public places in the adjacent areas. Meanwhile, she completed her post graduation in English literature but abstained from taking up any government jobs. Instead, she had involved herself more into environmental activism. From Kaziranga to Manas, from Nameri to Dibru-Saikhowa—she had taken up the cudgel for environment protection all throughout the state. In order to strengthen the voice of the common people and work as a pressure group so that environmental issues get preference, Ms Akhtar called upon all the environmental groups of the state, big and small, to come together on a common platform. Her appeal did not go unheard. The Assam Environmental NGO Forum was formed with more than 30 organisations of which she has become the coordinator. Over the years her writing and reporting on environment, tourism and wildlife conservation created a base of readers. She participated in a number of national and international workshops and seminars-sometimes as participant and also as resource person. Her writings, especially her column "Green Reporting" published in Asomiya Pratidin ( the highest circulated daily in the region) has not only become very popular among the masses, but it had given a new dimension to environmental reporting in the region. Mubina Akhtar came to be reckoned as an important voice by both the people and policymakers on issues relating to environment, wildlife. Her opinion has been sought for whenever there is crisis like man-animal conflict or other issues concerning wildlife protection. She had been constantly advising the state forest department on various issues from the public fora. Further, she has been writing/voicing her concerns on issues like climate change adaptation, climate refugees etc. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7v4olx5czhwbvx/Mubina%27s%20CV.rtf | No More A Safe refuge - Published on 11/05/2014 (http://www.assamtimes.org/node/10859) China interventions on Yarlung Zangbo/Brahmaputra - Published on 24/10/2011. www.assamtimes.org/node/5363 As Indian policymakers join Rio+20, anti dam activists arrested - Published on 21/06/2012 http://www.thethirdpole.net/as-indian-policymakers-join-rio20-anti-dam-activists-arrested/ www.huffingtonpost.com/mubina-akhtar/sparrows-india_b_2924242.html www.thethirdpole.net/mubina akhtar www.chinadialogue.net/mubina akhtar www.assamtimes.org/mubina akhtar www.twocircles.net/mubina akhtar | |||||||
420 | 8/15/2014 12:00:15 | Lutheran World Federation & CAN International | Caroline Richter | Caroline.Richter@lutheranworld.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Martin Emile Ernest Kopp | Lutheran World Federation | www.lutheranworld.org | French | France | Male | 27 | French and English | Martin Kopp is a Lutheran World Federation (LWF) delegate to COP19-20-21. He is committed in advocacy for climate justice first through the #fastfortheclimate campaign. He is an active member of the international team and is the national coordinator of the campaign in France. He has organized its launch in Paris with the Catholic Church, the French Protestant Federation (FPF), the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops, an Imam and the RAC France with support of Nicolas Hulot, Special Envoy for the Planet of the French President. He also belongs to the working group of the FPF on climate change and COP21. He has drafted the first public statement of the FPF on climate change (published in July). He has been asked to write several papers on climate change and religion, including a request from the French Institute of Strategic and International Relations. He is often invited to speak about this topic. He will be in NY as a member of the LWF delegation to the Interfaith Summit on Climate Change | Martin Kopp was born in 1987 in Strasbourg. In high school he chooses to take the scientific baccalauréat, specializing in physics and chemistry, and passes with the best possible distinction. However, following his curiosity and spiritual questioning, he decides to study Protestant Theology. It soon appears to him as being the right choice. He then keeps studying it until he obtains his Master by research, again with the best distinction. Already deeply questioned by the issue of justice, his Master thesis explores the ancient question of theodicy: how can God be confessed as good and omnipotent when there is so much Evil and suffering in the world? Parallel to his studies, he commits in his Lutheran church as a youth leader and guitarist. He noticeably builds the project of a Youth Assembly for his church and his band is chosen to do the music at the first national-scale French Protestant Gathering Sunday service, in front of 10,000 people. His commitment in youth work leads him to become the youth representative of his church at the 2010 Lutheran World Federation’s (LWF) Youth Pre-Assembly, which gathers during one week before the General Assembly. During summers, he replaces pastors who are on holiday and leads regular Sunday services, but also baptisms, weddings and burials. This experience convinces him that he eventually wants to become a pastor. But before beginning his PhD, he travels around the world for several months. Seven years had been necessary to gather the money for this travel, which he views as an amazing opportunity to discover the way people live all around the globe. His travel comes to an abrupt end when he catches malaria deep in the Amazonian forest in Brazil, where he spent three weeks living with indigenous people. But he nurtures no regret as he is repatriated: his six-month travel in India, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Australia, the USA and Brazil were a life-changing experience. Having faced the reality of life in so-called “developing” countries and having become acutely aware of the ecological crisis the world is facing, he decides to re-orientate his academic research and his life project. His PhD is dedicated to studying a radical ecologist French movement called “degrowth” and he afterwards wants to commit in politics, having still faith in democracy and a noble view of the representation duty. If “politics” is understood lato sensu, his current advocacy for climate justice is already such a commitment | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B367k22lm92CZnZ1dThuQTZUYTA/edit?usp=sharing | Reflection about fasting for climate justice https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B367k22lm92CbGdmRHlNdWpSZE0/edit?usp=sharing Paper on advocacy for climate justice https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B367k22lm92CSFBUc09HQUFUU2c/edit?usp=sharing Public statement of the French Protestant Federation (see name page 2) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B367k22lm92CM1dXcUZFeTZvVm8/edit?usp=sharing Article about #fastfortheclimate http://www.reforme.net/une/monde/jeune-justice-climatique Article about the launch of #fastfortheclimate in France http://www.lutheranworld.org/news/fast-climate-launch-international-campaign Conference at the Faculty of Economics of Strasbourg (from 41:04 on) http://utv.u-strasbg.fr/video.php?id_video=445 Portrait in French Protestant newspaper Réforme http://www.reforme.net/journal/05102012-3464/portrait/martin-indigne Portrait in French Catholic newspaper La Croix https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B367k22lm92CUl9CRWNiOTBMQlk/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
421 | 8/15/2014 12:04:18 | WWF | Zoe Caron | zcaron@wwf.no | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Samantha Jane Smith | WWF | panda.org | American | Norway | Female | 51 | English, Norwegian | Ms. Smith is the Leader of WWF's Global Climate and Energy Initiative, with a global team that works to build support for a just transition to renewable energy enabling a world safe from dangerous climate change. Smith has been involved in climate issues for two decades. Her passion is driven from first-hand experiences of Arctic climate change impacts during ten years of working in the field and on high level policy, including as Director of WWF’s Global Arctic Programme. Smith speaks directly about climate change with an optimistic, personal and realistic perspective, informed by her global and cross-sector experiences. Smith works closely with civil society partners globally and represents WWF globally in high level forums, including addressing the UN General Assembly, World Energy Congress and World Future Energy Summit as an engaging, genuine and inspiring speaker. Smith will be in attendance at the People's Climate March and in NY for the duration of the UN Climate Summit. | Samantha Smith is a lawyer by training and a climate advocate by choice. She is the Leader of WWF’s Global Climate and Energy Initiative, with a global team that works to build support for a just transition to renewable energy enabling a world safe from dangerous climate change. Smith’s team leads WWF engagement in UN climate change negotiations, campaigning, scaling up renewable energy and energy efficiency, engagement with business, and civil society partnerships. She serves various international expert groups and task forces on climate change. Smith has been involved in climate issues for two decades. Her passion is driven from first-hand experiences of Arctic climate change impacts during ten years of working in the field and on high level policy, including as Director of WWF’s Global Arctic Programme. Smith led early efforts to bring Arctic climate impacts to the top of global and regional agendas, including contributing to Arctic treaty agreements to conserve the region in the face of environmental and industrial threats. Smith led project finance and government relations for large-scale renewable energy and emission reduction projects in senior roles within the New Energy division of Statoil in Norway. Her efforts helped establish Statoil’s central offshore wind power project, Hywind. Smith has also served as a corporate litigation attorney working on financial and environmental issues in the United States. Her private practice focused on social justice issues, including co-leading a task force on equal access to justice in the state of California, helping launch a training program for the California court on domestic violence response, and representing pro bono cases on gender rights, children’s rights and poverty law. Smith has degrees in history and law from the University of California, Berkeley. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SNYrKlb_bJZGogcSTCpGb9eRKDB-Pzgp8Pcl1O6NBoc/edit?usp=sharing | Public speaking examples: UN General Assembly: Interactive Roundtable Panel Discussion 1 - Energy Water Nexus (Start 1:26:15) (http://bit.ly/WWFSamSmith1) World Energy Congress 2013 - Day 1 Opening plenary: Tomorrow's Energy Connecting the Dots (Start 29:45) (http://bit.ly/WWFSamSmith6) Samantha Smith WWF Press Conference at the end of COP18 (http://bit.ly/WWFSamSmith7) WWF's take on the key outcomes of the IPCC Working Group 3 report (Berlin, April 2014) (http://bit.ly/WWFSamSmith8) RETHINKING G20 - Samantha Smith (http://bit.ly/WWFSamSmith9) Writing examples: Climate change: no longer just an ‘environmental problem’, The Guardian (http://bit.ly/WWFSamSmith2) Climate Change: Apocalypse Now and the Trillion Dollar Challenge, Huffington Post (http://bit.ly/WWFSamSmith3) Climate Change and the World's Biggest Investment Fund (http://bit.ly/WWFSamSmith4) Out in the cold: climate change in the Arctic, The Guardian (http://bit.ly/WWFSamSmith5) | |||||||
422 | 8/15/2014 12:05:42 | Arab Youth Climate Movement and Cairo University | Mariam Allam | mariam.allam@windowslive.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Mariam Mohamed Abdallah Abdelhafiz Allam | Arab Youth Climate Movement and Cairo Univeristy | http://aycm.org/meet-the-team/ | Egyptian | Egypt | female | 21 | Arabic and English spoken and written | The above mentioned candidate has a passion for the environment and has chosen to focus on climate change and its related issues in both extra-curriculum filed and academic filed as well. She has been a speaker on behalf of NGOs, young women and youth in multiple international conventions. Lately she has been the Egyptian female delegate and a panel speaker on advancing progress in Africa in the UN-ECOSOC Global Youth Forum at the UNHQ june 2014 as well as the SE4ALL forum as the youngest panel speaker on the role of the NGOs in the sustainable energy transition. She has been attending the UN Climate talks since 2012 in Doha and 2013 in Warsaw and has is a member of an Arab team of 4 who are working on an Arab Climate Policy paper. She has a 5-year visa to the USA that ends in 2019. | From a very young age Mariam has been actively involved in environmental and developmental projects locally and internationally as the Egyptian female child delegate to the UNEP conferences on the environment for children and that contributed to her worldview about youth, environment and sustainable development. Since then, she has been actively involved in volunteering for the environment and sustainable development nationally in UNEP, UNDP and UNICEF projects targeting raising awareness on environment and climate change until 2010. Later on, she was representing the Egyptian female youth in a pre-COP17 consultation- on the demands and stance of African woman relevant to climate change. Since 2012, Mariam has been selected to be the National Focal Point of Egypt for the COMESA- Youth Climate Change Alliance. Same year, she has been appointed to be the National Co-ordinator of the Arab Youth Climate Movement- Egypt (AYCM); a Youth led initiative spread across 16 Arab world countries that aims to actively play a role in solving the climate crisis by raising awareness, working on policy, lobbying at the UNFCCC-COP as well as working nationally with the government and other NGOs. She joined an Arab delegation to the UN Climate Talks COP18 AND COP19 as civil society to lobby and push for a stronger will on climate policy and climate action in the Arab region. She also contributed as a climate policy expert among an Arab Team to come up with an Inclusive Arab World Policy Paper on Climate Change. She is the representative of Cairo University in the World Students Environment Network as a platform to connect environment and education. In 2014 the young lady participated in the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s Global Youth Forum in June as a youth consultation for the post-2015 sustainable development agenda, she was a panel speaker on advancing progress in Africa in that event. She was also the youngest panel speaker at the first Sustainable Energy for all Forum on behalf of Youth-Civil Society. Mariam’s aforementioned engagement in civil society activism is a product of commitment, belief and passion about environment and sustainable development. She has decided to pursue her interest by linking between her academic studies and thematic areas on the environment in which she is interested. Mariam hopes to complete a Master’s degree on environmental resource management. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xRvfwQ-pGjVQgxlT-laYC_BBYSv7WUK_zB_kPu_UtY8/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cauyriXaAbgLrWHQRi1yFn8NMp0qTQL3QvyRV-vHor0/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
423 | 8/15/2014 12:11:18 | SNV - Netherlands Development Organisation | Tom Derksen | tderksen@snvworld.org | Attend Summit only | No | Sarah Anne Simons | SNV - Netherlands Development Organisation | www.snvworld.org | British | Kenya | Female | 52 | English, French | As Global Director (Agriculture) at SNV - the Netherlands Development Organisation, currently based at SNV's offices in Nairobi, Kenya; Dr Sarah Simons brings a wealth of experience in addressing Food & Nutrition Security, Sustainable Markets and Empowering Gender and Youth in a Changing Climate. Sarah is passionate about Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions generated by agricultural production, Building resilience to climate change in agricultural production using science-based advocacy and community-based approaches to develop more effective coping strategies; and by empowering gender and youth with new and diversified nutrition-sensitive and climate smart agriculture approaches. Sarah has published widely, notably in the area of managing the impacts of climate change on invasive species in agricultural production systems; and has implemented more than 100 donor funded projects on various aspects of climate smart agriculture. | Dr Sarah Simons brings to the UN Climate Summit, 25 years’ experience of working in the agricultural sector in developing countries, focussing primarily food & nutrition security, sustainable markets and empowering women and youth in a changing climate. For the past 20 years, Sarah has lived in Nairobi, Kenya, where she is currently Global Director at SNV - the Netherlands Development Organisation (an International NGO), having previously worked for the IGO, CAB International, most recently as Director, International Liaison (2011-2013) and previously, as Global Director, Invasive Species (2006-2008); and from 2008-2011, was employed as Executive Director of the Global Invasive Species Programme. Having obtained her first Degree (BSc Hons. in Crop Diseases) from Massey University, New Zealand, Sarah relocated to the UK, where she studied for an MPhil in Applied Biology followed by a PhD in Agriculture, both from the University of Cambridge, UK. After completing her tertiary education Sarah began her career as a DFID-funded Research Fellow at the University of Reading, working on food security challenges in the Caribbean, the South Pacific and Nigeria. To date, Sarah has lived in four different continents and has experience of working in more than 30 countries worldwide. | https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=99484617&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=cc8D&locale=en_US&srchid=994846171408118761270&srchindex=1&srchtotal=75&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A994846171408118761270%2CVSRPtargetId%3A99484617%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary | http://www.unep.org/experts/default.asp?Page=profiles&ExpertID=561&ShowList=no&eName=Sarah%20Simons www.standardsfacility.org/Files/IAS/SarahSimons.pdf https://www.iucn.org/news_homepage/news_by_date/?842/International-authority-on-invasive-species-appoints-new-executive-director books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1118490754 r4d.dfid.gov.uk/PDF/Outputs/CropProtection/R8312_FTR.pdf | |||||||
424 | 8/15/2014 12:23:04 | Vital Actions for Sustainable Development (AVD) | Paul Alain Nana | avd.organisation@yahoo.fr | Attend Summit only | Yes | Tatiana Gómez Orgulloso | Coogrupar PBA | Colombian | Colombia | Female | 32 | Spanish | I have the please to nominate Ms. Tatiana Gomez Orgulloso from Colombia as a delegate to the UN SG's Climate Summit. The nominee is an Environmental Manager of an organization of agricultural producers and farmers in Colombia and also works as a Climate Practitioner with over five years of local and international experiences. She is a member of the Farmers Constituency at the UNFCCC which she always support in the best of her capacity. Ms. Gomez Orgulloso has been engaging herself in the international climate change processes within the UNCSD and UNFCCC and she supported global climate campaigns led by 350.org. She advocates for the voice of farmers within the global climate agenda and this enable her to support them to adapt to climate change consequences in her country. I'm happy to support her nomination as I'm convinced that she will be highly contributing to the summit like she did when advocating at the Rio+20 UN Conference in June 2012. | Tatiana Gomez Orgulloso is a citizen of Colombia who works as an Environmental Manager of an agricultural producers and farmers organization in her country. Member of the Farmers Constituency within the UNFCCC she is also a Climate Practitioner who holds more than five years of relevant work experience. She has implemented a number of projects with farmers in her country that aimed to empower their skills to adapt to climate change and face resilience. She also engaged herself in several global climate campaigns as a supporter of 350.org within the UNCSD and UNFCCC processes. In June 2012 she attended the Rio+20 UN Conference as a delegate and speaker of side events where she has advocated for the voice of farmers to adapt to climate change consequences worldwide. | N/A. I don't have available links for this section. | |||||||||
425 | 8/15/2014 12:26:38 | Global Ocean Forum | Alexis Martin | atmartin@udel.edu | Attend Summit only | No | Biliana Cicin-Sain | Global Ocean Forum | www.globaloceanforum.com | Italian | USA | Female | 64 | English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Serbo-Croatian | Biliana Cicin-Sain is President of the Global Ocean Forum, a non-profit organization of ocean leaders from 110 countries dedicated to promoting good governance of the ocean, sustainable development for coastal and island peoples around the globe, and healthy marine ecosystems. Through GOF, she has led worldwide efforts to incorporate ocean issues in the climate negotiations, organizing Ocean Days at the UNFCCC in 2009-2011. She has been active in the 1992, 2002, 2012 sustainable development summits. She led a global NGO coalition to help member states address ocean issues in the Rio+20 outcome, and organized the Oceans Day at Rio+20. She has been very active in the SDG process, contributing to the formulation of Goal 14, conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources. She is also a professor of marine policy and director of the Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy at University of Delaware, and has received international recognition for her work on oceans. | Dr. Cicin-Sain is the founder and President, Global Ocean Forum, initially mobilized in 2001 to place issues related to oceans, coasts, and island states on the agenda of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development and to agree on a detailed set of global ocean targets and timelines. GOF has brought together ocean leaders from 110 countries to promote the implementation of international ocean agreements, analyze emerging policy issues, and advance international consensus on unresolved ocean issues. She is also the Director of the Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy and Professor of Marine Policy at the University of Delaware. She received her PhD in political science at UCLA and postdoctoral training at Harvard University. She has served (or is serving as) as a policy advisor to international organizations, national governments; and U.S. coastal states and counties. She has frequently participated in United Nations negotiations on oceans and coasts, especially in 1992, 2002, 2012, and annual UN negotiations on oceans. Since 2009, she has been playing a prominent role in bringing the oceans issues into the global climate negotiations in the UNFCCC and into the biodiversity negotiations in the CBD. She is the author of over 100 publications in marine policy, with an emphasis on cross-cutting issues related to integrated ocean and coastal governance. Her 1998 book Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management: Concepts and Practices has been used in academic and governmental training efforts around the world. Her 2000 book, The Future of U.S. Ocean Policy: Choices for the New Century presented a blueprint for national ocean policy reform in the United States. Her co-edited volume, The Routledge Handbook on National and Regional Ocean Policies brings together analyses of the experiences of 16 nations and 4 regions of the world, which have taken concrete steps toward cross-cutting integrated oceans governance. Dr. Cicin-Sain was named the 2010 Laureate for the Elizabeth Haub Award for Environmental Diplomacy. In November 2010, she was awarded an honorary doctorate in maritime law by the President of Korea Maritime University. In 2007, Dr. Cicin-Sain was awarded the Elisabeth-Mann-Borgese Meerespreis (“Prize of the Sea”). In 2007, she was also awarded the Coastal Zone Foundation Award for leadership in coastal management, and in 2002, she was awarded the Ocean and Coastal Stewardship Award at the California and the World Ocean Conference. | https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-cZbYFq5lszanM5bk9IUzNmOWc&usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-cZbYFq5lszQmdXWG1HVWZWLUU&usp=sharing | |||||||
426 | 8/15/2014 12:28:44 | CliMates | Johann Margulies | johann.margulies@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | MARGULIES JOHANN | CliMates | www.climates.fr | French | France | Male | 27 | English, French, Spanish | Johann Margulies was part of the creation team of CliMates, a youth-led organization whose goal is educate & inspire the next generation of climate leaders. Since then, he became Director of communication and public relations of the CliMates worldwide community, stood for youth in many fora in France and at Rio+20 in the MGCY. With double expertise in physics/engineering and international affairs with a focus on sustainable development, Johann has a deep understanding of climate change and has used this expertise being director of energy and climate policy of a town close to Paris (City of Sevran, 50 000 inhabitants) engaging the local community to climate resilience, sustainable energy for all and energy transition in urban areas. He is also lecturer at the School of International Relations at SciencesPo Paris on environmental issues and is keen on analyzing the links from Local to Global on environmental issues. | In charge of the Energy & Climate policy and energy transition for the City of Sevran (city in the Paris suburbs), Johann Margulies has dealt with various scales and actors of decision-making in the field of energy and environmental policy. He graduates with a Master of Engineering in Civil & Mechanical engineering (ESTP - 2010), a Master of Science in Nuclear physics and engineering (INSTN/ CEA - 2010) and a Master of International Affairs in Environment, Sustainable Development and Risks from the Paris School of International Affairs (SciencesPo - 2012). He worked as a research engineer in nuclear physics and energetics in the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, USA). He also has experience in Public Affairs and Lobbying consulting in the field of energy and is the former Director of Communications, Partnerships and Public Relations of CliMates, an international student think and do tank on climate change. He attented Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, as an observer standing in the UN Major Group for Youth & Children. He currently helps preparing young civil society for the 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) of the United Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). | https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=107505997&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile&locale=en_US | http://formation.sciences-po.fr/enseignement/2013/OADD/2150 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454910000459 http://www.slideshare.net/lafabriqueecolo/note-suiviltevp-lfe http://cooperation-territoriale.seine-saint-denis.fr/IMG/pdf/2-_Actes_de_la_conf-climat-energie.pdf http://blogs.rue89.nouvelobs.com/httpblogsrue89comsi-tu-vas-rio/2012/06/15/si-tu-vas-rio-20-tache-de-savoir-pourquoi-227790 http://studentclimates.org/images/telechargement/climates%20a%20rio20%20bilan-1.pdf http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/margot-le-guen/puisse-sandy-changer-la-donne_b_2173722.html | |||||||
427 | 8/15/2014 12:30:51 | Heinrich Boll Stiftung Pakistan, Bargad - Organization for Youth Development | Sabiha Shaheen, Saima Jasam Saleem | saima.jasam@pk.boell.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Syed Muhammad Nishat ul Hassan Kazmi | Heinrich Boll Stiftung Pakistan | http://pk.boell.org/ | Pakistani | Pakistani | Male | 26 | English, Urdu, Hindi | It is my pleasure to nominate Mr. Syed Muhammad Nishat ul Hassan Kazmi (Pakistan) for participation in UN Climate Summit 2014 in New York. In particular, I nominate Mr. Kazmi to be one of the panelists on the special Panel: Voices from the Climate frontlines. Mr. Kazmi is a young climate activist working for the Pakistan office of Heinrich Boll Stiftung. Professionally he has attended and spoken at various national and international climate change workshops and conferences (details provided). Nishat possesses relevant knowledge and presentation skills to brief a global audience about impacts of climate change on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people. He regards Climate Change as one of the biggest challenges faced by the world and future generations. He is determined to take up a dual role of an educator as well as an activist-negotiator; to educate the youth about how climate affects us and to pursue civil society efforts for a fair and equitable global climate deal. | Nishat Kazmi has been working with the Pakistan Office of Heinrich Boll Stiftung since August 2013 and currently manages the program component on ‘Climate Change Governance and Energy’. During his current work he has worked on the assessment of national climate change policy of Pakistan, international climate negotiations, community based adaptation projects and India and Pakistan Track II Dialogue initiative on Climate Change. Prior to his current position at HBS, he worked as an Associate fellow with Institute for Environmental Security, where he worked on two key projects: The Hague Environmental Law Facility (HELF) and Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change (GMACCC). His topics of interest include climate governance, international climate negotiations, Gender and climate change, renewable energy trade, climate finance, loss and damage as well as climate change and security. Nishat has a background in political science and law and holds a graduate degree from Maastricht University, The Netherlands. He is an excellent presenter and debater and won several Model UN Competitions including the Harvard World Model UN Conference 2009. Nishat Kazmi served as one of the most prominent members of the Youth Parliament of Pakistan in 2008-09. Nishat Kazmi is also an Executive Board Member of Bargad Volunteer Network, one of the biggest youth networks in Pakistan. He can be reached at: nishat.kazmi@pk.boell.org | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7cPwhDWkdLkZWhCbEFqSE9uM2s/edit?pli=1 | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7cPwhDWkdLkdGpFVmx0WURXOTQ/edit?pli=1 | |||||||
428 | 8/15/2014 12:31:11 | The Climate Reality Project Indonesia | Amanda Katili Niode | akniode@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | Mirantha Kristanty | The Climate Reality Project Indonesia | www.climatereality.or.id | Indonesian | Indonesian | Female | 23 | English dan Indonesian | Mirantha is a Climate Leader at TCRP Indonesia, trained by The Hon. Al Gore in 2011. In 2011 she participated in The Asia Pacific Leadership Congress in Melbourne, focus on leadership, communication and engagement skills to influence and mobilize communities for a healthy environment. Endorsed by Indonesian National Council of Climate Change, she was one of Indonesian Youth Delegates to attend UNFCCC-COP in Mexico and Durban. In the conferences she represented Indonesian youth in the world youth forum for Climate Change and observed the negotiation process. Mirantha has been active as a Climate Leader and participates in climate change events in Indonesia. She was a Mentor to children and youth in Indonesian Climate Change Expo and Forum in 2013-14. Mirantha is professional, responsible, persistent and organized. As a climate speaker, she is a fast learner and absorbs information efficiently. She is definitely a perfect candidate to attend the UN 2014 Climate Summit in New York. | Mirantha Kristanty is an Architect in Bogor, Indonesia. She graduated with a Bachelor degree in Engineering from Architecture Department in Parahyangan Catholic University Bandung. Currently, Mirantha works as the Head of Design Studio Department at Arsindo Ciptakarya, an Architecture Consultant and Construction Company, where she has work for over a year. She was a lead field researcher and co-authors for An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Communications and Awareness-Raising Activities conducted by UN-REDD Indonesia Programme (March 2010-October 2012) Mirantha is one of the Climate Leader of The Climate Reality Project Indonesia, trained by Al Gore in January 2011. As a climate leaders, Mirantha present about the urgency of Climate Issues especially in the field of Architecture and also Youth. She has presented her presentation in an international audience as well as local audience. In 2011 Mirantha Kristanty participated in The Asia Pacific Leadership Congress in Melbourne, Australia. Organized by the Australian Conservation Foundation, the congress focused on leadership, communication and engagement skills to influence and mobilize communities for a healthy environment. Endorsed by the Indonesian National Council of Climate Change, she was one of the Official Indonesian Youth Delegates to attend the United Nations Framework Conventions on Climate Change Conference of Parties (UNFCCC - COP) in Mexico and Durban. In the conferences she observed the negotiation process as well as represented the Indonesian youth in the world youth forum for Climate Change, where youth from all nations engaged in a discussion of youth combating Climate Change.. Mirantha is an influential team builder. She has good communication skills and good presentation skills. She has a strong background in Environment and Architecture field. She is Professional, Persistent, Responsible, Focused, Determined, and Highly Adaptable. In her spare time, Mirantha is also actively participated in the Parahyangan Catholic University Choir as a Mezzo-Soprano, with recent project, a musical theater “Sang Kuriang”. Nowadays, she is busy with designing buildings while designing a sustainable design. She currently resides in Bogor, Indonesia. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7MjdlweM7XTektwVWRjdHZwbjQ/edit?usp=sharing | Durban, an Experience of a Lifetime. An unpublished article, Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/ 1wx07pMs5zf_AEE8RGa37B7G45_fzHblPtf_QxJqQNSbax1Nn8DHQz_VLveuie01nGIrfLvjnbIn EPE06/edit?usp=sharing Sustainable Concept in Central Kalimantan Betang Architecture. An Unpublished Bachelor Thesis Journal, link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/ 0B7MjdlweM7XTd1lYWGl1VUsxNjZHaVVXYVg2U0l1eUQzMWJN/edit?usp=sharing An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Communications and Awareness-Raising Activities (UN-REDD Indonesia Programme) Lead researcher and co-authors. Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7MjdlweM7XTQVhRdkFCWnhxVWc/edit?usp=sharing Indonesian Delegates to UNFCCC-COP 16, Cancun. co-write, published article in Kompas. Link: http://nasional.kompas.com/read/2010/12/17/04532954/twitter.com | |||||||
429 | 8/15/2014 12:34:00 | United Nations Development Programme - Rwanda Office | Ishmael Dodoo - Deputy Country Director | ishmael.dodoo@undp.org | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Attend Summit only | No | Colombe Akiwacu | Miss Rwanda 2014 / Rwanda Youth Alliance for Climate Actions (RYACA) | www.rwanda-yaca.org | Rwandese | Rwanda | Female | 20 | French/ English | Ms Colombe Akiwacu is a designated youth champion leading the UNDP campaign in Rwanda on Climate change Adaptation and Green Economy/ Green cities promotion with her local organization, the Rwanda Youth Alliance for Climate Actions (RYACA) of which she is one of the co-founders. Being an environment enthusiast, Colombe participates actively in mobilizing youth in Rwanda for more civic engagement, especially their participation in “Umuganda”. Translated as Community Work, Umuganda is a Rwandan home grown solution to environment and community issues. UNDP Rwanda office is planning to support Colombe and 4 other members of RYACA, including the artists who made the campaign music video, to stage a side event at the Climate Summit to showcase some best practices of environment protection by youth in Rwanda. | Colombe Akiwacu is a 19 year-old, passionate and people oriented person, with strong commitment in working with and for youth for a greater communty good. She participates actively in various youth oriented campaigns in Rwanda including those aiming to empower young girls in Rwanda for their socio-economic development and their active participation in the sustainable development of the country. In February 2014, Colombe was crowned as Miss Rwanda 2014, not only because of her beauty but her strength in articulating and advocating for the needs and the Rwandan youth. Colombe knows how to use her position as a beauty queen and strong voice for advocacy to mobilize youth in Rwanda around environment protection in Rwanda, among other things. She has been engaged in climate change issues in Rwanda working with RYACA since she was still a high school student in 2011. For the past 3 months, Colombe and RYACA, and with the support of the US Embassy in Kigali and UNDP, started a campaign called: “Dufashe Isi/ Let’s Save the World: Local Actions, Global Impacts” calling on the global youth to save the planet earth from climate change through more local actions of saving water, saving energy and planting trees. The campaign is ongoing and it including a release of a music video “Dufashe Isi” that is available online and being played on local media channels in Rwanda. The campaign is ongoing and so far they have reached 10,000 youth mostly students across Rwanda with their messages of saving water, saving energy and planting trees. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ihvak4BYhA_EnAALQVnrAEOOOtzhg3BjGYVV5ScmA5U/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
430 | 8/15/2014 12:34:11 | Lutheran World Federation | Caroline Ritcher | caroline.richter@lutheranworld.org | Attend Summit only | No | Eun-Hae Kwon | Lutheran World Federation | www.lutheranworld.org | Republic of Korea | The Netherlands | Female | 27 | Korean, English | Ms. Eun-Hae Kwon, LWF Vice-President for Asia, is representing the younger generation and Asia region in the LWF’s governing body. As a young and committed leader, she will represent LWF during the Interfaith Summit in New York this September advocating for climate justice and the voice of the voiceless people during several meetings. Young Lutherans around the world tackled environmental justice through “LWF together – the earth needs you” launched by LWF. She participated in this program with the local Lutheran youth group in South Korea by analyzing the environmental challenges that they faced in their own contexts. In 2011 she participated in the “Youth for Eco-Justice” which is a transformational training program for young change-makers in churches, faith-based organizations and networks worldwide organized by the WCC and the LWF. She also participated in the civil society activities of the UNFCCC COP 17 in Durban, South Africa. | Ms. Eun-Hae Kwon is the Vice-President for Asia and the Council member in the Lutheran World Federation since 2010. She represents the LWF in the Asia region and moderates LWF church leadership meetings (Lutheran Council in Asia, Asia Church Leadership Conference) in her region. During her tenure, she was a LWF delegate to the China Mission visited to the Protestant Church in China, the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM); the Chinese Christian Council; as well as government representatives and a LWF delegate to Vatican to participate at the private audience that Pope Francis offered to the LWF. As a Young leader in LWF, she participated in several environmental justice programs organized by WCC and LWF and took a leadership role with other young leaders in facilitating an intergenerational encounter during the LWF Council meeting in 2013. She moderated the special intergenerational dialogue to benefit from the rich experience that the different generations bring together. She currently studies in the Netherlands. She is doing her Master degree in Contextual Design at the Design Academy Eindhoven. She majored in Product and Space Design in Seoul Nation University, South Korea | Below is the link to the file. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5FLgkIK_dIQWUpScHFoX0d1VEk/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
431 | 8/15/2014 12:36:44 | Climate Wise Women | Tracy Mann | info@climatewisewomen.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Ursula Regina Rakova | Tulele Peisa | www.tulele-peisa.org | PNG | PNG | Female | 52 | English, Pidgin | Ursula Rakova is a hero from the front lines of climate change. She has demonstrated incredibly skill and courage in the relocation scheme she leads for the Carteret Islanders who are about to lose their home islands through sea level rise and climate change. She is a fluent and engaging speaker. | Ursula Rakova is a courageous woman who never stops to work despite life’s challenging adversity. Born on the tiny islet of Han on the Carteret Atoll, off shore the autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, she is carrying the burden of her people who are struggling to adapt to climate change. As a daughter of the matrilineal atoll community, she answered to her Elders’ call for action in 2006 to set up a local non-governmental organization, Tulele Peisa which means “Sailing in the wind on our own” in the local language. Ursula is the Executive Director of Tulele Peisa and a pioneer in the environmental movement in Papua New Guinea. She coordinated the landmark legal case of the Warangoi when for the first time in the logging history in PNG, traditional landowners succeeded in suing illegal loggers and gaining compensation for a stolen resource. She was instrumental in setting up several environmental NGOs in PNG and later in Bougainville. She is a tireless environmental campaigner and a strong advocate of human rights and access to education for all. In 2005 Ursula set up a community schooling system to ensure young Bougainvilleans have access to on-going literary and numeracy training beyond the near dysfunctional state system. Today she runs two schools entirely from the community’s own resources.In recent years, she has dedicated much of her time and effort to helping her atoll community to find a safer future as their atoll experiences the full force of climate change. Ursula is a woman of vision She walks the talk of community self-reliance. She recently founded a company called Bougainville Cocoa Net Limited through her shear determination and courage to create a means for her people to earn an income. Ursula does not want her people to become dependent on charity of others. As many families will be resettled near cocoa farms, she sees the trade in organic cocoa as a practical and realistic economic activity for the Carteret settlers. She is well linked with the international organic cocoa and fair trade market. This will create a competitive edge to long-term sustainability for the Carteret as well as the wider Bougainville cocoa growers, steering communities away from divisive and destructive large-scale projects such as logging, oil palm plantation and mining. In 2008, Ursula received the Pride of PNG award for her contribution to the environment. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tdykXbgqcrtX4hTOEWJd5vIe_PFTbDNYrydHq_q9vIM/edit?usp=sharing | http://vimeo.com/7355043 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XDHMgqlcEU http://www.foe.org.au/farewell-speech-ursula-rakova-tulele-peisa | |||||||
432 | 8/15/2014 12:41:32 | Climate Network without Broaders | Miracle Allison | miracleallison@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | PRINCE AMADICHUKWU | Our Soil Africa Foundation | Under upgrading/Construction presently | Nigeria | Nigeria | Male | 36+ | English | This nominee has critically followed international climate policies and UN climate negotiations since 2009 and also the NGLS Civil Society Observer issues, CSOs and the Multilateral System and trends and debates focuses on academic publications on civil society issues. In addition, his reaction and response to climate talks and regular survey and blog contributions to agreements at national, regional and international level support his written research and analysis capacity towards meeting the climate challenges. Further, he has attended trainings, conferences and presented papers at different events within an Africa capacity. He has always been vocal in the campaign of raising awareness to bring out the voices of those unheard far away in developing nation through a civil society engagement process from a adaptation knowledge management approach platform into policy process. | PRINCE AMADICHUKWU as a freelancing and independent research policy Analyst is involve in diverse and complex range of partners and stakeholders on contemporary human, environmental and societal problem particularly analysis of climate change policy and generally the ways in which different parts of the world have responded to these problems as well as other related issues on sustainable development, green technology etc., having contributed to world development report on sustainable development and ranges other particularly interests in bridging the worlds of rigorous analysis and practical policy, making him contribute to vita lists of publications, covering topics such on, climate change, environment, technology, engineering, human rights, international relations, education etc. As a research columnist, he has been engaged in consulting activities in various research centers and projects and in global NGOs and civil society forums. | Recent Written sample Paper Title: Comparative Analysis on livelihood approaches, Resilience and Transformability in Agro-ecosystems in West Africa( August 2014) WRITTEN SAMPLE PAPER TITLE CAN SDGs SERVE AS TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BEYOND MDGs IN AFRICA? (August 2014) | ||||||||
433 | 8/15/2014 13:00:33 | WEST AFRICA COALITION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS (WACIPR) | TUNDE SAIKI | wacipr@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | OSARUIGIEMWIN JOSEPH OGIERIAKHI | WEST AFRICA COALITION FOR INDIGENOUS POEPLES' RIGHTS (WACIPR) | NIGERIAN | NIGERIA | MALE | 56 YEARS | ENGLISH | NOMINEE IS AN EXPERT IN CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION AND HE IS THE PROGRAMES DIRECTOR OF THE WEST AFRICA COALITION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS WHO ADVOCATES AND TEACHES SURVIVAL STRATEGIES IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGES OF THE PHENOMENON IN MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN WEST AFRICA.HE IS AN ACCLAIMED TRAINER IN INDIGENOUS ISSUES AND DEFENDS THE THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. NOMINEE HAS ALSO IN DIFFERENT TIMES CREATED AWARENESS FOR THE GREEN BELT INITIATIVE TO CHECK DESERTIFICATION. HE PARTICIPATED AS OBSERVER IN THE NEGOTIATION OF NAGOYA PROTOCOL(CBD) | BA (HONS) 1982; PRACTICING JOURNALIST/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS ADVOCATE; OBSERVER, WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS 2004; OBSERVER, UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES 2006; ILC REPRESENTATIVE, CBD NEGOTIATION MEETING IN MONTREAL 2007; PARTICIPANT(CSO) NATIONAL CONFERENCES ETC | ||||||||||
434 | 8/15/2014 13:05:37 | 350.org | Nicole Barberis | nicole.barberis@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Catherine de Medici Jaffee | 350.org | http://www.350.org | United States | United States | Female | 28 | Turkish, English, Azerbaijani | Catherine Jaffee is the most passionate young entrepreneur, explorer, and activist regarding climate change mitigation and community involvement that I have ever known. She started her career researching the impacts of climate on forced human migration in Eastern Turkey on a Fulbright scholarship. Then she continued on to become a Nat Geo Young Explorer and to start a company working to save threatened Caucasian honeybee species and provide jobs for displaced women from Eastern Turkey. Her efforts won her numerous awards. She has since then returned to the US to start a fossil fuel divestment finance firm and then work for 350.org helping major institutions divest from fossil fuels to put the power of mitigating climate change back in the community's hands. Catherine is passionate, powerful, and has worked with everyone – from international governments and activists to for-profits, non-profits, and community members to make a true difference in climate change globally. | Born and raised on a farm in an old mining town in the center of America, Catherine (Cat) grew up on the frontlines of national energy and fossil fuel debates. Passionate about the environment and activism from an early age, Cat worked to protect birds of pray populations across Colorado while in elementary school, and later study food security and environmental policy in highschool and college. Cat’s work was rewarded with a Fulbright scholarship in Eastern Turkey where she moved to research displaced environmental refugees in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, and using her research she founded a honey tasting trekking company that provided job opportunities for rural women and incentives to protect the threatened endemic honey bee populations. Cat’s exploration and innovative work won her recognition as a National Geographic Young Explorer, a Luce Scholar, an Ashoka ChangemakerXchange winner, and an award for being a rising environmental leader of the Black Sea by the UNDP. Cat recently returned to the US to help establish an environmental investments and money managing company as well as work in community activism and digital campaigning for the climate change organization 350.org. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_qWjdR6VySDRFhPZkZMNXZ0RDA/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_qWjdR6VySDWEpQUTYzaHNSTFE/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
435 | 8/15/2014 13:07:45 | Online Volunteers | Md. Nahidul Islam | nahidulislam2000@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | Md. Nahidul Islam | Online Volunteers | http://onlinevolunteers.wordpress.com/ | Bangladeshi | Bangladesh | Male | 21 | English | Md. Nahidul Islam have done lot of climate related activities and continue his job. He also make a climate movement to make people conscious. He believe that by internet technology, he can be reached all youth and people about climate solution. so he is best suited for nomination. | Md. Nahidul Islam is a founder & president of Online Volunteers and studied Bachelor of business administration (BBA) major in Finance in Jagannath University Dhaka, Bangladesh. He also working as Online Volunteers of United nations Online Volunteers (UNV), executive member of International youth Council (IYC) and general member in South Asian Youth Society (SAYS). He is social activist and independent thinker in any national and international issue like women empowerment and gender equality, young entrepreneur and Social media & internet marketing analyst. He performed lot of activates for world peace and development like my world campaign 2015, social good +, Bring back our Girls and national international issue. He wrote different magazine and website and also regular blogger. He also run some of project like School of Farmers, Rethink efficiency of BGreen and some social project like Bring back our girls campaign. He awarded for his work as United Nations Online Volunteers Award-2013, best public favorite winner in United Nations, Certified from Ministry of foreign affairs of South Korea to contribute in the Seoul conference on Cyberspace – 2013 and got scholarship from International supply chain education Alliance (ISCEA). He wanted to do something different and make the peaceful world. He prefer the humanity and Kindness. He thinks this two adjective can change a life. His aim in life is to lead the world from any parts of the world. And He wanted to say to all please do something that is good for society, for people. | http://www.linkedin.com/pub/md-nahidul-islam-csca%E1%B5%80%E1%B4%B9/66/427/545?trk=shareFB | http://internationalyouthcouncil.com/profiles/blogs/save-loktak-lake-only-floating-lake-in-the-world?xg_source=activity | |||||||
436 | 8/15/2014 13:12:28 | UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme | Delfin Ganapin | delfin.ganapin@undp.org | Attend Summit only | No | Saleemul Huq | IIED | www.iied.org | Bangladesh | United Kingdom | Male | 63 | English, Bengali, Hindi | Saleem has led the organization of 8 global conferences on Community-Based Adaptation or CBA (with CBA8 held last April in Nepal and CBA9 planned for next year in Kenya) where community representatives and CSOs involved in helping poor and vulnerable communities adapt to climate change are able to share and organize joint action. Out of these was formed a global network of CSOs committed to global advocacy for CBA and supporting community-based projects on the ground. Saleem has also led the organization and coordination of Development and Climate Days in UNFCCC COPs that provides CSOs a venue for sharing strategies and projects and coordinating climate related advocacies. As such he has the highest competency from grassroots to global level perspectives on climate change matters and, perhaps more importantly, could implement wide sharing to other CSOs and coordinate the needed support for CSO action after a global event such as the UNSG's Climate Change Summit. | Saleem was formerly Executive Director of the Bangladesh Center for advanced Studies. He then joined the IIED as Senior Fellow of its Climate Change Group. His expertise and work is focused on the links of climate change and sustainable development particularly from the perspective of least developed and developing countries particularly in Africa and South Asia. He has organized the Development and Climate Days in UNFCCC COPs. He is building the capacity and supporting the engagement of the LDCs in UNFCCC ahead of COP 15 through training workshops, policy briefs, and support to the Adaptation Fund Board Research. Saleem has also organized global Community-Based Adaptation Conferences (CBA 1 to CBA8) for CSOs as well as supportive agencies and programs to come together for sharing and formation of joint action. He was the lead author of the Chapter on Adaptation and Sustainable Development in the 3rd assessment report of the IPCC, also the chapter on Adaptation and Mitigation in the 4th assessment report. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Qg5B68aAYMOVdWNDZEQnRrTnc/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Qg5B68aAYMR3loeU04eXdsRm5aOVJSSUZwbl9VRUUyRTFz/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Qg5B68aAYMSVBoTFNWM1hORmZuWm1KLWdwZ21iR1Y5ck9V/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Qg5B68aAYMLV9ZYzdNY2pKN2JjcEY3LVgyNmp0dnhvR2ZB/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
437 | 8/15/2014 13:23:15 | Physicians for Social Responsibility | Robert Gould | rmgould1@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | No | Robert Gould | Physicians for Social Responsibility | www.psr.org | USA | USA | Male | 62 | English | In addition to longstanding work on peace and disarmament issues, Dr. Gould has over the last two decades been a leading physician voice dedicated to educating and organizing physicians and other health professionals on the significant environmental and public health impacts of global warming. Through his longstanding leadership roles in PSR, he has worked closely with organizations such as Health Care Without Harm to help transform health care institutions to be at the forefront of initiatives aimed at prevention, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, giving numerous presentations on these subjects to health professionals in hospital Grand Rounds and other similar fora, as well as to widespread community audiences. He has written often on the subject, and also has been frequently interviewed on radio and other media on these issues. | Robert M. Gould, MD graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and from 1981 until 2012 worked as a Pathologist at Kaiser Hospital in San Jose. In 2012 Bob was appointed as an Associate Adjunct Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the UCSF School of Medicine, to serve as Director of Health Professional Outreach and Education for the UCSF Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE). Since 1989, Dr. Gould has been President of the SF-Bay Area Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), and has served as President of National PSR, in 2003 and 2014. He is also currently a member of the Board of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Since 1992 Dr. Gould has been a leading member of the Environmental Committee of the Santa Clara County chapter of the California Medical Association (CMA), and through this work has authored and submitted numerous environmental health resolutions adopted by CMA as policy. These include 2002 policies “Climate Change and Human Health,” and “Air Pollution, Energy and Health” which contributed to development of strong American Medical Association policy on climate change in 2008. For his work within CMA, he received the Santa Clara County Medical Association’s (SCCMA) "Outstanding Contribution in Community Service" award in 2001, and “Outstanding Contribution to the Medical Society award in 2012. Dr. Gould was also listed as one of Santa Clara County's "Top 400 Physicians" in peer-review surveys published in San Jose Magazine in 2001 through 2007. Since 1986, Dr. Gould has also been a key member of the Peace Caucus of the American Public Health Association, for which he has been Chairperson for numerous years, and in 2009 APHA awarded him the prestigious Sidel-Levy Peace Award. Dr. Gould has been recognized as an expert on the environmental and public health impacts of nuclear weapons, and has been a contributing author to chapters on health impacts of nuclear weapons and nuclear terrorism in “War and Public Health” (2008) and “Terrorism and Public Health” (2011) published by Oxford University Press. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwKllQbUd1rXWmpzN19KeEFvSTQ/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwKllQbUd1rXUW9TNDdhaU5PWVU/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
438 | 8/15/2014 13:24:36 | Tamkeen | Fouad Soufiane KHADIR | Fouadldn@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Fouad Soufiane KHADIR | Tankeen | http://tamkeen-hd.com/ | Algerian | Algeria | Male | 25 | English, Arabic and French | I am a translator in Tamkeen association in Algeria. Part of oue goals is to to protect environment. Therefore, we regularly have a planting project each year followed by raising consciousness. I am interested to attend this program because I am sure that it would open my eyes to explore other new ways to solve environment and get to know how to deal with climate change. This program would widen and enlarge my social circle to get in touch with climate change experts and activities around the world to share information and experiences. | Basically, I'm an Algerian high school English language teacher. I am a president of my school club and a translator in Tamkeen association. Part of my activities is to raise awareness of my students and to the public about how best can we protect our nature and environment, and how best can we stop the damage we cause to the world that lead to climate change. I have a long history in volunteering activities since I was a scout. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B84YuFH0VPG2WWY4TU5lYUxIOTA/edit | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_vyXg9KFRZ6X3M1Y3FtbWVPVUk/edit | |||||||
439 | 8/15/2014 13:24:41 | CONFEDERATION OF UNITED NATIONS YOUTH | ADENIYI ADEYEMI MATTHEW | emperoradeyemi@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | ADENIYI ADEYEMI MATTHEW | CONFEDERATION OF UNITED NATIONS YOUTH | www.cuny.org | NIGERIA | NIGERIA | MALE | 26 YEARS | ENGLISH LANGUAGE | Chairman Board of Directors, TrustFund Pensions PLC Chairman Board of Directors, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF Chairman/CEO, ABLE JES Nigeria Limited Chairman/CEO, Fresh Energy Nigeria Limited Executive Director, JULIND Nigeria Limited. Member Board of Directors, Ajeokuta Steel Company Limited Member, Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE- P) Member, Board of Directors, Sheraton Hotels and Towers. | Chairman Board of Directors, TrustFund Pensions PLC Chairman Board of Directors, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF Chairman/CEO, ABLE JES Nigeria Limited Chairman/CEO, Fresh Energy Nigeria Limited Executive Director, JULIND Nigeria Limited. Member Board of Directors, Ajeokuta Steel Company Limited Member, Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE- P) Member, Board of Directors, Sheraton Hotels and Towers. In 2006, he was made a director on the board of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited by President Olusegun Obasanjo, he was also appointed in 2009 by late President Umar Musa Yar’Adua as Chairman Board of Directors of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF. The First male to hold such position in the country.She saw to the successful enactment into law of the Employees’ Compensation Act in December 2010, and the setting up of necessary human and physical infrastructure for the implementation of theAct.he is currently in the lead to amend the provisions of NSITF Act, so as to position the fund to commence the implementation of Social Security benefits for the aged, unemployed, child care and physically challenged in the country.Since his appointment as the board chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), he has unrelentlessly led the campaign for the provision of adequate compensation to workers both in the private and public sector.he is the convener of the SURE-P sub- committee on Public Works and Road rehabilitation. The Subsidy Re-investment Empowerment is a policy, the Federal Government designed to cushion the impact of removal of fuel subsidy and to accelerate economic growth through investment and infrastructure development in the country. | Chairman Board of Directors, TrustFund Pensions PLC Chairman Board of Directors, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF Chairman/CEO, ABLE JES Nigeria Limited Chairman/CEO, Fresh Energy Nigeria Limited Executive Director, JULIND Nigeria Limited. Member Board of Directors, Ajeokuta Steel Company Limited Member, Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE- P) Member, Board of Directors, Sheraton Hotels and Towers. | ||||||||
440 | 8/15/2014 13:30:24 | National Religious Partnership for the Environment | Cassandra Carmichael | cassandra@nrpe.org | Attend Summit only | No | Rabbi Steve Gutow | Jewish Council for Public Affairs (board chair for NRPE) | www.nrpe.org and www.jewishpublicaffairs.org | US | US | M | 65 | English | Rabbi Steve Gutow is the chair for the National Religious Partnership for the Environment and has long been an outspoken champion on environmental issues. In his role as head of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs he has woven together concern for those in poverty with concern for the planet. His social justice witness and stature as a premier religious leader in the US and abroad makes him an ideal candidate to attend the Climate Summit. | Rabbi Steve Gutow is President and CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA). He is a lawyer, rabbi, and political organizer. Rabbi Gutow has worked in his present position to protect the security of Israel, to move the Jewish community and the US government to end genocide in Darfur, restore civility in public life, fight poverty, and create a sustainable environment. He has been named to the “Forward 50” list of American Jews who made the most significant impact on the news and the Newsweek/Daily Beast list of most influential rabbis in the U.S. three times. Rabbi Gutow has led the JCPA into a leadership position on environmental action nationally and within the Jewish community. The JCPA, which has an environmental initiative called the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL), has become the advocacy flagship for Jewish environmental efforts. He has served on the board of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment and currently serves as its chair. Rabbi Gutow is a member of the MomentUs Faith Executive Committee that helped create and launch its Blessed Tomorrow Program, a coalition of diverse American faith leaders committed to "walking more gently on the earth and inspiring others to lead on climate solutions". For two years Rabbi Gutow served in the leadership of COEJL's climate change campaign, A Light Among Nations: How Many Jews Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb? which assisted thousands of individuals and over 500 synagogues and Jewish institutions across the nation to replace incandescent light bulbs with Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs). In addition, Steve has helped lead environmental campaigns including A Light Unto the Nations, which called on Jewish individuals and organizations to conserve energy. | http://www.nrpe.org/uploads/2/4/4/7/24473122/s__gutow-environmental_biolist_of_attachmentsother_info.pdf | http://www.nrpe.org/chair.html | |||||||
441 | 8/15/2014 13:30:24 | LDC Watch | Mingma Prerna Bomzan | prernazan@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Arjun Kumar Karki | LDC Watch | www.ldcwatch.org | Nepalese | Nepal | Male | 51 | English | Dr. Karki is nominated for panelist by LDC Watch - the only global civil society network, focused on the 48 UN-defined least developed countries (LDCs), on the front lines of the climate change catastrophe. His work is extensively based at the grassroots, mobilising and organising communities to adapt to climate change and loss and damage. He is currently leading a multi-stakeholder, local- and community- adaptation plans of action initiative with community forestry user groups in the hilly regions of Nepal. He is equally engaged at the national, regional and international levels, in policy advocacy with Member States, UN agencies, international organisations and global civil society. He has been an active spokesperson in COP15, COP16 and COP18 - speaking in the opening plenary of the AWG-LCA in COP16 while in COP18, he mobilised the UN-OHRLLS and the government of Nepal in co-organising a side-event on LDC climate finance. He has a visa and will be available for the event. | Dr. Karki is the International Co-ordinator of LDC Watch, the only global civil society network focused on the 48 UN-defined LDCs spanning across Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Asia-Pacific with its international headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal. LDC Watch enjoys Special consultative status with the ECOSOC as well as Observer status with the UNFCCC. Dr. Karki earned his PhD in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia, UK and worked as International Fellow at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Dr. Karki’s present profile engages him at the grassroots, national, regional and international arena of development politics as an advocate and campaigner in and around the issues related to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Istanbul Programme of Action for the LDCs for the Decade 2011-2020 (IPoA) and other internationally agreed development goals (IADGs). He is extensively engaged in the UNFCCC climate negotiations, WTO trade negotiations and the ongoing Post-2015 development agenda process including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Dr. Karki was the Chair and Spokesperson of the Civil Society Forum to the Fourth UN Conference on the LDCs (LDC-IV) held in 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey which adopted the IPoA. Under his leadership, LDC Watch was mandated by the office of the UN Secretary-General to lead and co-ordinate the global civil society track which culminated at the LDC-IV Civil Society Forum. At the opening plenary of the Forum, he shared the panel with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Turkish Foreign Minister Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu and Nepalese Prime Minister Rt Hon’ble Jhala Nath Khanal. Likewise, Dr. Karki has participated in extensive high-level forums with Heads of State/Government, Ministers and Ambassadors at the national, regional and international levels. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0sVV851nnW_R3pEMG1hUEt6RG8/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0sVV851nnW_UThObzlmNmp2RzQ/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0sVV851nnW_V2JaVTdvU2J2bXc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0sVV851nnW_ZFZiMGpYWXlwUnM/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0sVV851nnW_c29aSXVnNUNBd3M/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
442 | 8/15/2014 13:31:22 | Union of Concerned Scientists | Alden Meyer | ameyer@ucsusa.org | Attend Summit only | No | Alden Merrill Meyer | Union of Concerned Scientists | http://www.ucsusa.org | United States | United States | Male | 62 | English | I have deep experience on climate issues. I came to the Union of Concerned Scientists in 1989 to start its climate and energy program, and have participated in the international climate change negotiations since they started in 1990. I’ve been active in the Climate Action Network, and served as USCAN board chair from 1989 to 2000. I helped found the Global Call for Climate Action (TckTckTck), and currently serve as chair of its Board. I’ve worked to influence U.S. climate and energy policy under both Democratic and Republican administrations, and have written and spoken extensively on climate and energy issues. In addition to my leadership in the environmental community, I’ve engaged with business, labor, and other constituencies on climate change issues. I co-chaired the first labor-environmental dialogue on climate policy in the mid-to-late 1990s, which led to the creation of the Blue-Green Alliance, and have served as an adviser to the Business Council for Sustainable Energy. | Alden Meyer is Director of Strategy and Policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and the director of its Washington, DC, office. He provides general oversight and strategic guidance for the organization’s advocacy on climate change, energy, transportation, agriculture, scientific integrity, and arms control issues, and is also the principal advocate for UCS on national and international policy responses to the threat of global climate change. Mr. Meyer has nearly 40 years of experience on climate, energy and environmental policy. He has testified before Congress on global warming and energy issues and has authored numerous articles on climate change, energy policy, and electric utility and nuclear power issues for both environmental and general interest publications. Before coming to UCS in 1989, Mr. Meyer served as executive director of four national organizations: the League of Conservation Voters, Americans for the Environment, Environmental Action, and the Environmental Action Foundation. Before that, he worked as a policy analyst on electric utility issues and nuclear power economics for the Environmental Action Foundation and as energy issues coordinator for the Connecticut Citizen Action Group. He has also served on several federal advisory panels, including the U.S. secretary of energy's advisory board. Mr. Meyer has appeared on ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC, as well as on the Today Show, National Public Radio, BBC, Al Jazeera, and SkyNews. He has been quoted in stories on global warming and energy issues in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Reuters, AFP, Bloomberg News, Associated Press, and many other U.S. and international news outlets. Mr. Meyer received his undergraduate degree from Yale in 1975, concentrating in political science and economics. He received a master's degree in human resource and organization development from American University in 1990. | Here are links to several of my posts on the Equation, the Union of Concerned Scientists blog: President Obama’s State of the Union: the Good, the Not-So-Good, and the Missing: http://blog.ucsusa.org/president-obamas-state-of-the-union-the-good-the-not-so-good-and-the-missing-400 UN General Assembly: Time for Leaders to Deliver Climate Ambition (co-authored with Kelly Rigg); http://blog.ucsusa.org/un-general-assembly-time-for-leaders-to-deliver-climate-ambition-256 Obama’s Climate Legacy: http://blog.ucsusa.org/obamas-climate-legacy Rio+20: Too Little, Too Late?: http://blog.ucsusa.org/rio20-too-little-too-late | ||||||||
443 | 8/15/2014 13:32:18 | Germanwatch | Klaus Milke | klaus.milke@t-online.de | Attend Summit only | No | Sönke Kreft | Germanwatch | www.germanwatch.org | German | Germany | male | 31 | English, German | Leading the International Climate Policy Team, Sönke is active in the UNFCCC since 2008 including COPs and the wider climate architecture. One example of his work is the creation of the AF-NGO Network (http://af-network.org) through which partners in the South can to bring their views on project implementation forward also to improve decision making at Board level. He is an experienced public speaker and well versed on a range of CC issues. In addition to speaking up for the objectives in the GW charta (incl. interest of most vulnerable and avoid catastrophic climate change), his strategic objective is that the summit also impacts the German debate towards higher climate ambition and leadership (re)engagement for a successful conclusion of the international processes in 2015. Sönke will represent GW. GW posses a key role towards German CSO in terms of advocacy and network node and towards media for public interest in UN processes, and is a respected member of the CAN. | Sönke Kreft (31) is Team-leader International Climate Policy at the NGO Germanwatch. In his role he has oversight over a range of activities of the organisation including in the UNFCCC process, in the international climate architecture, in national and international debates and in the work with partners especially from developing countries. He represents the organization at international meetings, in public fora and towards the media on all issues of international climate policy. Sönke is also Research Associate at the United Nations University – Institute for Human and Environmental Security, where his research interest lies in the effective translation of international processes and norms into benefits for vulnerable communities. Before becoming Team Leader he was the Project Coordinator of the “Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Country Initiative” (www.lossanddamage.net). He has an extensive experience in the UNFCCC process, and published on a range of issues such as climate change and development, adaptation, loss and damage, climate finance, climate insurance as well as UNFCCC process in general. Sönke participated in all UNFCCC meeting, including intersessionals since 2008. In 2011 and 2012 he worked in the Project Office of the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (www-climateinsurance.org), conceptualizing and starting an insurance initiative that covers Caribbean smallholder farmers against the vagaries of climate change. Before starting his professional career he did research projects together with Munich Re Corporate Climate Centre, and the GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit). He studied Global Change Management at the University of Sustainability, Eberswalde, and Agricultural Science at the University of Göttingen, and the University of Wales. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwMKXNzNNVBhV2F0SExFdEYtRVE/edit?usp=sharing | https://germanwatch.org/de/7735 https://germanwatch.org/de/7745 http://www.lossanddamage.net/4942 http://www.lossanddamage.net/4944 http://www.lossanddamage.net/4820 http://www.climate-insurance.org/upload/pdf/20121112_MCII_PolicyBrief_2012_screen.pdf https://germanwatch.org/de/2561 http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=39872 http://www.dw.de/studie-zum-klima-risiko/av-17220940 http://unfccc4.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/cop19/templ/play.php?id_kongresssession=6882&theme=unfccc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYYjOj5AJdM | |||||||
444 | 8/15/2014 13:33:46 | Associazione Riconosciuta Ev-K2-CNR | Elisa Vuillermoz | elisa.vuillermoz@evk2cnr.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Stefania Proietti | Associazione Riconosciuta Ev-K2-CNR | http://www.evk2cnr.org/cms/en | Italian | Italy | Female | 39 | English | Stefania Proietti is a scientist active on mitigation of climate change, professor of Energy Systems and Economics, IPCC V AR reviewer, Carbon Trader Specialist for ADB working on the Beijing ETS development. She is a representative of Ev-K2-CNR Committee as Coordinator of Capacity Building on the research project SHARE (Stations at High Altitude for Research on the Environment), as such she is officially authorized by Ev-K2-CNR Committee to speak on the organization's behalf. She has planned project SER2 (SMART ENERGIES RENEWABLES FOR RESIDENTIAL with UNEP), aims at building up technical-economical feasible solutions for households heating, lighting and cooking, based on renewable and clean energy technologies for a sustainable development, to fight climate change and health problems from poor indoor air quality and to reduce energy poverty, through carbon credits as economic tool reducing short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) in particular Black Carbon. | Prof. Eng. Stefania Proietti is currently Associate Professor on Energy Systems and Engines at Guglielmo Marconi University (Roma) and Professor on contract of Economics at the University of Perugia. In 2000 she obtained from the University of Perugia a bachelor of mechanical engineering degree, course of study “energy”, in 2004 a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, in 2003 a II level master's degree in Management of Energy Systems Actually author of 45 scientific publications and patent’s inventor in energy sector, Since 2001 she is also founder, owner and CEO of “Engineering Service System srl”. In 2001 she founded the engineering company ESS, in 2005 founded 2 spin-off company of the University of Perugia. Is currently Chairwoman of the spin-off TREE - Technologies for Emission Reduction Engineering srl (energy sector, plant engineering, renewables, energy efficiency, environmental impact reducing, economic sustainability, Emission Trading System, trading in energy and environmental markets). Since 2011 she is member of the inspection teams at the GSE SpA (Italian Public Company Manager of Energy Services) In 2006, 2011 and 2012 she has reported for the University of Perugia on technologies for reducing greenhouse gases to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. Member of IAEE (International Association of Energy Economics), AIEE (Italian Association of Energy Economists), energy certifier and energy manager. Member of the Working Group GHG of UNI (Italian Organization for Standardization), in 2012 she is appointed national contact point by ISO TC 256 in Carbon Capture and Storage. In 2010 she was among the researchers candidates as author for the preparation of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) IPCC In 2013-14 she was peer reviewer of Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). Since 2013 she is Vice-chair of ONE (One Network for Environment), first network of academic spin-off companies for the environment In 2012 she was appointed as Coordinator of the Capacity Building on SHARE (Stations at High Altitude for Research on the Environment) research project coordinated by EvK2Cnr Committee. She is Carbon Trader Specialist at Asian Development Bank, and she worked as advisor on the Beijing CO2 emission market. She has excellent knowledge of English (spoken and written) and is skilled in the use of software in the energy sector. She is an excellent compelling public speaker, as demonstrate by his attendance at international conferences as chair and speaker. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1-V1lnO_49TV3VaNFBKY3pfb0k/edit?usp=sharing | -Speech at COP12 Nairobi (2006): http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop12/nov11.html -COP17 Durban (2011): interview at Climate Change Studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xnBzhPojRI -Speech at UN RIO +20 SUMMIT Green development approaches in the Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park to reduce environmental impact. A case study of low energy housing and distributed energy supply (2012 Rio de Janeiro) http://www.montagna.tv/cms/41443/dati-affidabili-contro-il-global-warming-a-rio20-presentato-il-geonetwork-portale-del-clima-in-alta-quota) -Speechs at COP18 in Doha (2012) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpUxuH4ICpo and at the side event organized by the Government of Nepal http://www.montagna.tv/cms/44497/doha-evk2cnr-panelist-alla-conferenza-sui-cambiamenti-climatici -One of several interviews by Italian media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-3prmMkH_s -Sample of scientific papers written in the years 2011-14 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1-V1lnO_49TYmFhZGJGUkt0SnM/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
445 | 8/15/2014 13:46:49 | United Planet Faith & Science Initiative | Rachel Winner | rachel.winner@upfsi.org | Attend Summit only | No | Stuart Scott | United Planet Faith & Science Initiative | www.upfsi.org | USA | USA | Male | 65 | English | Stuart Scott has been very active in climate change issues since 2007, when he was first trained by Al Gore's Climate Project. He has given hundreds of very compelling presentations internationally, and helped coalesce the faith community's participation at the climate negotiations, leading to very broad based involvement of people of faith around the world. While he does not fit the age profile for the theme of 'youth', he is perhaps one of the strongest speakers you could get for your panel. | Stuart Scott is a deep-ecologist, strategist, educator and communicator. His professional history includes having been the first environmentalist stockbroker on Wall Street, founding an IT consultancy for major NYC banks, being a software engineer for IBM and a university instructor of mathematics, statistics, and critical thinking (how we know what we know). Mr. Scott left academia in 2008 to engage full-time in environmental advocacy. His varied academic background and experience in public speaking created a uniquely rich, powerful medium through which he was able to communicate complex material in simple terms with a broad spectrum of international audiences. He is sometimes described as an eco-social strategist, devising innovative projects and approaches to influence economic and social factors causing our destabilization of the Earth’s climate and ecology. He is actively involved as an Observer to the UN climate negotiations, and has won acclaim for his public presentations. At present Mr. Scott is Deputy Director General of the International Ecological Safety Collaborative Organization (IESCO), Chief Ecological Officer of NagaCorp, Ltd., Founder and Director of the Interfaith Declaration on Climate Change (InterfaithDeclaration.org, which has expanded in scope to become he United Planet Faith & Science Initiative (UPFSI.org). | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzj4e1sSw60ANFN0bVRSRHFZRkk/edit?usp=sharing | Stuart wrote the Interfaith Declaration on Climate Change in 2009 and it is still being used as source material by interfaith organizations and conferences, such as this year's Interfaith Summit on Climate Change in NYC right before the UN's own climate meeting. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzj4e1sSw60AWW5RbktFWk00UGM/edit?usp=sharing He was a keynote speaker at the World Ecological Safety Assembly in Bali, Indonesia in December 2012 (photo here https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzj4e1sSw60ASXNzSEZuZ2h1MjQ/edit?usp=sharing) He will be speaking at the upcoming UN Alliance of Civilization meeting in Bali at the end of August, at a side event sponsored by the International Ecological Safety Collaborative Organization, of which he is a Deputy Director General. Records of his other recent speaking engagements are retained by the Climate Reality Project, and he is ranked the 26th most active presenter out of 6,076 presenters. He is a very prolific speaker. | |||||||
446 | 8/15/2014 13:52:29 | United Nations Development Programme - Rwanda Office | Ishmael Dodoo - Deputy Country Director | ishmael.dodoo@undp.org | Attend Summit only | No | Landry Ndriko Mayigane | Rwanda Youth Alliance for Climate Actions | www.rwanda-yaca.org | Rwandese | Rwanda | Male | 32 | English/ French | UNDP Rwanda Office is presently partnering with RYACA (Rwanda Youth Alliance for Climate Actions) which is the biggest youth movement working on climate change and youth employment in Rwanda with over 1000 registered youth members from across the country, in its campaign on Climate change Adaptation and Green Economy/ Green cities. RYACA works directly with the US Embassy in Rwanda, Miss Rwanda 2014 office and local artists for this campaign. It is in this regard that UNDP Rwanda office is planning to support the President and Founder of RYACA, Dr. Landry Mayigane, Miss Rwanda 2014 and 3 musicians who are actively participating in the campaign to stage a side event at the UN Climate Summit to showcase some best practices of environment protection by youth in Rwanda. The side event is already registered with the CLIMATE WEEK NYC: http://www.climateweeknyc.org/events/dufashe-isi-lets-save-the-world-local-actions-global-impacts-campaign | Dr. Landry Ndriko has over 10 years of experience establishing youth movements and networks regionally and globally, working on issues such as climate change, youth entrepreneurship and MGDs (now moving to SDGs). He is a founding member of the African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC), the biggest youth movement across Africa working on climate change and sustainable development with over 10,000 members in 40 countries in the continent. He also acted as the Regional Coordinator for the network for East Africa from 2009-2012 and established national chapters of AYICC in the region. From 2010-2012, He contributed in establishing the International Youth Climate Movement, YOUNGO, the official youth constituency at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He acted as a member of the bottomline team and as the logistic coordinator for the global youth participation in the UNFCCC processes including negotiation sessions during COP17 in Durban, SA. He has participated at 4 UNFCCC / COPs so far as a leader of the global south youth delegation with fellowships from the Dutch and the Norvegian governments. He is the founder and president of local youth movement, the Rwanda Youth Alliance for Climate Actions (RYACA), which is a locally based and registered NGO working to build resilience of Rwandan youth to climate change while creating opportunities for youth entrepreneurship. He was selected by the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and featured in their 2014 WMO Official Bulletin sharing his insights on how African youth are being engaged in global climate change politics. Landry is a true and committed local and global youth leader who inspires a generation of many young Rwandan youth who look up to his achievements. In 2012, he received an award from the US State Department for his outstanding leadership in Environment Issues and in May 2014, he was invited as a panellist to give an African youth perspective at the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings that took place in Kigali, Rwanda. He has spoken and represented Rwandan and African youth to several international high level meetings with the UN, African Union and many others international organizations. Landry is also a PhD Student in Population Medicine at the University of Guelph in Canada. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iEfl1cEXhbzOLTPaL55atcVTQvLo5a9On2gKT5ob5mg/edit?usp=sharing | - Statement at the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Annual Meetings, May 19-23, 2014 in Kigali, Rwanda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_49PNWeG3k2nuD7KQBDAcLc0PiOUEnsa438s5po8Vyc/edit?usp=sharing - Video of the above statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx2G2WKLcJc Other important links: - www.rwanda-yaca.org - http://www.irex.org/person/landry-mayigane - http://www.ayicc.net/dr-landry-ndriko-mayigane/ - Article with the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO): http://www.wmo.int/pages/publications/bulletin_en/Bulletin631-2014_AfricanYouth_en.html - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AWL0qmk7OP9v-Qc9TWUHVDv2kgaCEdaPj07f8zNxUHs/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
447 | 8/15/2014 13:56:49 | Huairou Commission | Sri Husnaini Sofjan | sri.sofjan@huairou.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Ana Lucy Bengochea Martinez | Plataforma Comunitaria Comité y Redes de Honduras (WAGUCHA) | Honduras | Honduras | Female | 51 | Spanish | Honduran activist Analucy Bengochea has worked in her indigenous Garifuna community for over 3 decades. She created the Cantarranas Methodology for documenting best practices in community resilience for UNISDR's Resilient Cities. The tool has been adopted in 10 municipalities in Honduras & expanded across 3 countries. Leader of WAGUCHA, a grassroots org born from Hurricane Mitch recovery efforts, she builds capacity, empowers communities, designs & implements projects, forms partnerships around climate change adaptation & DRR. WAGUCHA coordinated local officials, DRR agencies & civil society in 3 countries to sign the Inter-Municipal Pact to create the Resilient Cities Network. In addition to local, national & regional work, her advocacy has gained global recognition: she received UNDP's Equator Prize in 2004, was invited by former UN Women ED Michelle Bachelet to a post-tsunami peer exchange, selected as a high level speaker at COP 12,14,15,16 & alongside Margareta Wahlstrom at WUF7 | Analucy Bengochea is the Coordinator of the Community Practioner Platform on Resilience, Honduras. Ms. Bengochea has 3 decades of experience as a community organizer within Garifuna communities, empowering women through income-generating projects and other community development activities. She was the Director of and today leads the Practioners Platform in Honduras, and is a member organization of GROOTS International (a global network of grassroots women’s organizations), and part of the Huairou Commission, which is a global coalition of networks, institutions and individual professionals that links grassroots women's community development organizations to partners. Through GROOTS and the Huairou Commission, Ms. Bengochea has worked with other organizations worldwide in disaster preparedness and response, has participated in peer exchanges with other grassroots groups, spoken at numerous UN and global conferences, and played a leadership role within both networks at the global level. Ms. Bengochea is an indigenous leader that has been bringing the voice of grassroots women to the global stage. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L38N1lxKC-U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSKEEPopYVo http://vimeo.com/94398275 | |||||||||
448 | 8/15/2014 13:58:07 | ActionAid | Tanjir Hossain | tanjir.hossain@actionaid.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Farah Kabir | ActionAid Bangladesh | http://www.actionaid.org/ | Bangladeshi | Bangladesh | Female | 53 | English and Bengali | Farah Kabir represents ActionAid. She is the Country Director of ActionAid Bangladesh. She has been an advocate of just and equitable climate deal since 2007. Since 2010, Government of Bangladesh invited her to be part of UNFCCC negotiations and contributing in the process of adaptation, finance and gender participation. Under her leadership ActionAid Bangladesh won the UNFCCC Lighthouse Award 2013. ActionAid, as part of NARRI Consortium (http://www.narri-bd.org/) also won UN Sasakawa Award in 2013. She was one of the ‘100 Women on Climate Change’ delegates organised by Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network, International in Sep 2013. She presented and contributed at the UNISDR in Geneva May 2013. She is a board member of Climate Action Network South Asia and in the advisory panel of IIED supported LDC Expert Group on Post 2015 and SDG. Farah holds an USA visa and will be available in New York from 19 onwards. | Farah Kabir has been working in the field of development and research for the last 20 years starting her career with the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS). She has research experience and a host of publications especially on Women in Politics to her credit. At present she is working as the Country Director of ActionAid Bangladesh since June 2007. She worked with British Council for close to ten years both in Bangladesh and UK. She was the Consultant of Participative Democracy in British Council Governance Team with responsibility to develop Governance programmed in Scotland. She is an active member of many professional societies and was a member of the Governance Board of Napier University, Edinburgh Scotland, Board of Trustees for Zero Tolerance, Scotland; Beijing plus five national review committee, served as a Board member of Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE), Member of Education Watch, and continues to be a Member of the Funding Committee of Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF). In the UNFCCC, Farah negotiates on the issue of Gender Balance in Participation. She is a board member of Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) and a member of LDC Independent Expert Group supported by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). She has been associated with the media as a newscaster on both National Television and Radio. She is fond of music, reading and travelling. In her teens she was involved with amateur theater and continues to be involved in culture activities. Farah is married with two sons. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VlCe7q2QAekw5RIiTLKGulxncYkSVzuGQbba7frQJtk/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zF4Wsic6Bhv5RFxukSiHSaCwYYtcM8_76ofbZvGKxno/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
449 | 8/15/2014 14:02:58 | Climate Stewards of Greater Annapolis | Philip Favero | pgfavero@gmail.com, | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Wilfred Candler | Climate Stewards of Greater Annapolis | New Zealand | United States of America | Male | 82 | English | Wilfred (Will) Candler is a founding member of a grassroots organization known as the Climate Stewards of Greater Annapolis in the State of Maryland, USA. He is a leader in climate-change action in the Mid-Atlantic part of the U.S. He has studied the issue carefully, written extensively, and makes a compelling case for public action to end the use of fossil fuels so as to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide. | Will Candler holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Iowa State University. He has held faculty positions in institutions of higher learning in New Zealand, Australia, and the U.S., and he was a development economist in the Canadian Government and for the World Bank. Officially "retired," he works tirelessly and effectively to educate about and advocate for prompt and meaningful climate improvement policies. | Candler, Wilfred "Global Warming: The Answer (The Energy Dividend)" Bloomington Indiana: Author House 2007 | |||||||||
450 | 8/15/2014 14:07:55 | Climate Finance Group For Latin America and the Caribbean | Sandra Guzman | sguzman@gflac.org | Attend Summit only | No | Sandra Leticia Guzman Luna | GFLAC | www.gflac.org | Mexican | Mexico | Female | 31 | Spanish/English | I am the coordinator of the Climate Finance Group for Latin American and the Caribbean. I have been participating in the climate change agenda since 2004, having an active role in the design and implementation of climate policies at the national, regional and international level. I work in the mitigation sector, with plenty of experience in the energy and transport sectors. However the last five years I have been working in the climate finance agenda, studying not only mitigation policies but also adaptation. I have very good skills to speak publically. At the same time I am very good writer, actually I am blogger for the Böll Foundation and the ODI. My role as climate change expert gave me the opportunity to facilitate dialogues with several sectors, including private, social and public sector. I am available to go to New York on the 23 th of December and I already have financial support to attend the session. | I have been working in climate change since 2004, some of my key achievements are: In the International Negotiations of Climate change, I became one of the first civil society members of the official Mexican delegation, monitoring and evaluation the congruence between national and international policy. I have been participating actively in the international negotiations, attending all the Conference of the Parties since 2008 in COP14 Poznan, Poland. In COP17 and COP19 I was part of the Mexican Delegation as advisor from the Civil Society. Among other things my work has been building communication channel with high level decision makers on public policy and legal framework, from the government and non governmental actors. At the international level I am advisor of the Mexican Delegation and other Latin American countries having an active participation in the debate about the Green Climate Fund. At the regional level: I created the Climate Finance Group for Latin America with the participation of 27 NGOs from 10 countries in the region, having as a goal the establishment of a monitoring, reporting and verification system for climate finance in order to support the effectiveness of the climate finance in the countries participating. I also collaborate in the coordination and capacity building process for several networks in Latin America. At the national level: In Mexico I participated actively in the approval of the climate change law and nowadays I am acting as an advisor for the creation of the climate change law in Peru. I participated actively in the analysis and elaboration of the Special Programme of Climate Change (PECC Spanish version). I created a national network for the promotion of a financial architecture for climate change in Mexico with the participation of 15 organizations. I have been participating actively in the definition of key instruments about renewable energy and sustainable transport. For instance, I work in the promotion of the renewable energy as a tool to reduce energy poverty. I promote public policy and regulation package for the expansion of sustainable transportation such as Bus Rapid Transit systems (BRT's) and the introduction and use of clean fuels. I am an active member in the civil society and I have published several articles, have been participating in more than 70 events, and participation in several TV, radio and journal interviews. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6APECbJD6mNTFJPaHZtY3JKaGM/edit | http://intercambioclimatico.com/author/sguzman/ http://www.ambienteycomercio.org/?p=1833 http://cedan.org.mx/bio_sguzman http://www.changemakers.com/users/sandra-guzmán https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWnFNM0v-os http://www.cepal.org/ues/noticias/noticias/6/51966/10._S._Guzman.pdf http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sandra-guzmán-luna/5b/401/b50 /Users/sandraguzman/Google Drive/CC Summit http://embarqmexico.org/becaleeshipper http://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/50-iniciativas-regionales-adaptarse-al-cambio-climatico.html file:///Users/sandraguzman/Google%20Drive/CC%20Summit/COP-MEXICO.pdf | |||||||
451 | 8/15/2014 14:10:09 | United Nations Development Programme - Rwanda Office | Ishmael Dodoo - Deputy Country Director | ishmael.dodoo@undp.org | Attend Summit only | No | Marius Laurent Nzabandora | B Gun Music Group / Rwanda Youth Alliance for Climate Actions | www.rwanda-yaca.org | Rwandese | Rwanda | Male | 25 | French/ English | UNDP Rwanda Office is presently partnering with RYACA (Rwanda Youth Alliance for Climate Actions) which is the biggest youth movement working on climate change and youth employment in Rwanda with over 1000 registered youth members from across the country, in its campaign on Climate change Adaptation and Green Economy/ Green cities. RYACA works directly with the US Embassy in Rwanda, Miss Rwanda 2014 office and local artists for this campaign. It is in this regard that UNDP Rwanda office is planning to support the President and Founder of RYACA, Dr. Landry Mayigane, Miss Rwanda 2014 and 3 musicians who are actively participating in the campaign to stage a side event at the UN Climate Summit to showcase some best practices of environment protection by youth in Rwanda. The side event is already registered with the CLIMATE WEEK NYC: http://www.climateweeknyc.org/events/dufashe-isi-lets-save-the-world-local-actions-global-impacts-campaign | Marius is a famous local hiphop artist in Rwanda, member of the B Gun group and also member of RYACA, with over 15 video musics released including " Dufashe Isi/ let's Save the World" which was done in collaboration with RYACA and Miss Rwanda 2014 to raise awareness about Climate Change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmEyBuvJaww | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmEyBuvJaww | ||||||||
452 | 8/15/2014 14:11:16 | LDC Watch | Mingma Prerna Bomzan | prernazan@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Azeb Girmai Tesfai | LDC Watch | www.ldcwatch.org | Ethiopian | Ethiopia | Female | 45 | English | Ms. Girmai is a strong campaigner of environmental conservation with a keen gender lens, advocating that tackling key environmental challenges will mean tackling key hurdles and struggles of women in Africa and beyond. She is a Board member of LDC Watch as well as the climate change policy advisor with her base in Ethiopia. She provides policy analyses and advice contributing to the advocacy and campaign interventions of the network including publications. She has extensive experience in formulating capacity-building programmes for local authorities and community-based organisations as well as engagement in advocacy and policy dialogue based on community level management outcomes. She is well articulated with the UNFCCC negotiations that have further enhanced her international networking and collaboration, complementing her local and grassroots partnerships with governmental, non-governmental and community-based organisations. She has a visa and and will be available for the event. | Ms. Girmai has successfully led the ENDA-Ethiopia, an Africa-based non-governmental organisation working with marginalised communities in programmes that initiate and strengthen efforts of community development to bring about sustainable transformation, as well as in environmental advocacy and policy dialogue. She has therefore earned a prominent image at the local level in the area of environmental protection & advocacy, as well as responding to the needs of the communities at the grassroots level. She has established capacity-building initiatives to support local authorities in order to improve planning and implementation based on national and international policy provisions and targets on gender and environment, in particular women which include preparation of a training manual and a guideline document. She has commissioned organisational and programme level gender audits, and guidelines for planning, monitoring and evaluation. She has held numerous leadership positions and is currently, a Board member of LDC Watch as well as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society. Ms. Girmai was also a member of the international civil society steering committee of the Fourth UN Conference on the LDCs (LDC- IV) held in May 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey which culminated at the parallel LDC-IV Civil Society Forum and had been the Vice Chair of the National Steering Committee, GEF – UNDP, Small Grant Programs for the period 2008 – 2011. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0sVV851nnW_UDZWWVdET0tkNU0/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0sVV851nnW_Xy1lamNrb1FfVTg/edit | |||||||
453 | 8/15/2014 14:13:45 | United Nations Development Programme - Rwanda Office | Ishmael Dodoo - Deputy Country Director | ishmael.dodoo@undp.org | Attend Summit only | No | Christia Bangura | B Gun Music Group / Rwanda Youth Alliance for Climate Actions | www.rwanda-yaca.org | Rwandese | Rwanda | Male | 25 | French/ English | UNDP Rwanda Office is presently partnering with RYACA (Rwanda Youth Alliance for Climate Actions) which is the biggest youth movement working on climate change and youth employment in Rwanda with over 1000 registered youth members from across the country, in its campaign on Climate change Adaptation and Green Economy/ Green cities. RYACA works directly with the US Embassy in Rwanda, Miss Rwanda 2014 office and local artists for this campaign. It is in this regard that UNDP Rwanda office is planning to support the President and Founder of RYACA, Dr. Landry Mayigane, Miss Rwanda 2014 and 3 musicians who are actively participating in the campaign to stage a side event at the UN Climate Summit to showcase some best practices of environment protection by youth in Rwanda. The side event is already registered with the CLIMATE WEEK NYC: http://www.climateweeknyc.org/events/dufashe-isi-lets-save-the-world-local-actions-global-impacts-campaign | Christion is a famous local hiphop artist in Rwanda, member of the B Gun group and also member of RYACA, with over 15 music videos released including " Dufashe Isi/ let's Save the World" which was done in collaboration with RYACA and Miss Rwanda 2014 to raise awareness about Climate Change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmEyBuvJaww | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmEyBuvJaww | ||||||||
454 | 8/15/2014 14:16:16 | United Nations Development Programme - Rwanda Office | Ishmael Dodoo - Deputy Country Director | ishmael.dodoo@undp.org | Attend Summit only | No | Pierre Abayisenga (Artist) | B Gun Music Group / Rwanda Youth Alliance for Climate Actions | www.rwanda-yaca.org | Rwandese | Rwanda | Male | 25 | French/ English | UNDP Rwanda Office is presently partnering with RYACA (Rwanda Youth Alliance for Climate Actions) which is the biggest youth movement working on climate change and youth employment in Rwanda with over 1000 registered youth members from across the country, in its campaign on Climate change Adaptation and Green Economy/ Green cities. RYACA works directly with the US Embassy in Rwanda, Miss Rwanda 2014 office and local artists for this campaign. It is in this regard that UNDP Rwanda office is planning to support the President and Founder of RYACA, Dr. Landry Mayigane, Miss Rwanda 2014 and 3 musicians who are actively participating in the campaign to stage a side event at the UN Climate Summit to showcase some best practices of environment protection by youth in Rwanda. The side event is already registered with the CLIMATE WEEK NYC: http://www.climateweeknyc.org/events/dufashe-isi-lets-save-the-world-local-actions-global-impacts-campaign | Pierre is a famous local hiphop artist in Rwanda, member of the B Gun group and also member of RYACA, with over 15 video musics released including " Dufashe Isi/ let's Save the World" which was done in collaboration with RYACA and Miss Rwanda 2014 to raise awareness about Climate Change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmEyBuvJaww | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmEyBuvJaww | ||||||||
455 | 8/15/2014 14:22:11 | Viitor Plus - Asociatia pentru Dezvoltare Durabilă (Viitor Plus - The Association for Sustainable Development) | Teia Marina Gavrilescu | teia.gavrilescu@viitorplus.ro | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Felicia Ienculescu-Popovici | Greenitiative Association | www.greenitiative.ro | Romanian | Romania | Female | 41 | English | Felicia Ienculescu-Popovici is founder and director of Greenitiative, a Romanian NGO active in promoting climate change awareness and a carbon-free economy. Since 2007 she has designed and implemented numerous educational and advocacy projects focusing on climate change issues in which more than 6000 students and teachers have participated actively. She has been a speaker at numerous conferences and seminars, constructing her message primarily around her personal experience of lifestyle change with the goal to reduce climate impact. In 2012, Romania Green Building Council awarded Mrs. Popovici the ”Green Building of the Year” prize for her family-home project. In 2014, the U.S. Embassy to Romania presented her with the “Women of Courage” Award for her environmental initiatives. Her latest initiatives have expanded her interest into a new direction, namely climate change adaptation for the energy-poor and sustainable community development with the help of green social businesses. | A graduate of the Bucharest University in the early 90’s, when Romania’s civil society was in its incipient stages, Felicia Ienculescu-Popovici became aware of the many problems facing Romanians after the collapse of the Communist regime. Equal opportunities for women, support for children in orphanages and community development were key topics to which she dedicated many hours of volunteer work. From all these areas of interest, one has proven a long-time winner: the interest in the sustainable development of Romania, based on the country’s unique assets, with respect for the environment and for the right of communities to shape their own future. To pursue this vision, Felicia Ienculescu-Popovici founded a consulting business and, separately, a non-profit organization, called Greenitiative. While the consulting business was initially created as an IT company it has shifted interest towards promoting green building in Romania. In parallel, the NGO has focused on educational activities for the youth, as well as on promoting a mix of social and green entrepreneurship to foster local and low-carbon economic activities. Convinced that Romania will not change if the youth are not connected to the global debates on the topic of sustainable growth, Greenitiative, under the leadership of Mrs. Popovici and with help from friends and supporters from the education, academic, business and NGO sectors, has created complex educational projects focusing on climate change awareness and promotion of low-carbon life style. Greenitiative has its office in an award-winning building that uses cutting-edge energy-efficient technologies and also local craft and building experience. By walking the talk, Felicia and her family promote the idea that investing in the green economy is a wise way to live a quality life that respects nature and the people around you. Since 2010 this personal experience has been presented to various audiences, from Romanian students in architecture to international youth groups who visited the green office of Greenitiative. During the past two years, the activities of Greenitiative have increased their emphasis on the social component. Two groups of vulnerable people became the focus of its projects: children with reduced or no access to education and the energy-poor. Community projects in 2014 include a summer school organized for vulnerable children and assistance for low-income families in improving the energy-efficiency and comfort of their homes. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JuNwUh2O_nSH5dKN1igk5AXOQ9y5yrdjTzGuMPSaUN8/edit?usp=sharing | Presentation on climate change education in Hungary: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2231dRpb6hSNW9wTEkwV0RMLVE/edit?usp=sharing Example of presentation held in a Grundtvig EDD project: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2231dRpb6hSR1JUMWxSMjl0OFU/edit?usp=sharing Example of presentation made to US diplomats visiting Greenitiative office: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2231dRpb6hSeGo3YUgzZkVoRVk/edit?usp=sharing Other links to events coverage by media and interviews: http://www.rfi.ro/articol/emisiunile-rfi-ro/ce-este-o-casa-verde http://www.construction21.eu/romania/articles/ro/construiete-i-triete-verde.html http://viitorulromaniei.ro/cine-ne-formeaza-copiii-femeia-care-aduce-educatia-ecologica-in-scolile-din-romania/ http://ec.europa.eu/romania/news/110511_green_week_ro.htm (from minute 0:39) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XlGOi_bz3M http://romania.usembassy.gov/policy/charge/pr-04102014.html http://www.openpolitics.ro/platforma-de-discutii/dezbatere-gazul-de-sist-2.html | |||||||
456 | 8/15/2014 14:24:00 | YouLead Collective | Blessing Mtuti | blessing@90x2030.org.za | Attend Summit only | Yes | Happy khambule | Project 90 by 2030 | www.90x2030.org.za/ | South Africa | South Africa | male | 24 | english, Zulu, Sotho, Tswana | Happy is a representative of a number of civil society organizations, and has been officially authorized by Project 90 by 2030 and EGI-SA and the YLC to speak on the organization/network's behalf. He has a proven track record of effective advocacy/implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation or adaptation at policy level and community level. I am not nominating him for the speaking role, however he meets the criteria outlined for that role, and is a compelling public speaker: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGt0kATA83Y www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVzbxeA5fWY) Happy Khambule has excellent competency with climate change issues especially those that involve the climate and energy nexus as well as local governance readiness. he has the necessary experience with presenting climate change issues in public fora, and demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders; he is available to be at UN Headquarters in NY at 8:30am on 23 September. | Happy Koti Khambule is a post-graduate law student. He has a special passion for the environment which has led him to participate in numerous programmes. He is an Ashoka Youth Venturer, a British Council “Global Change Maker”, a British Council mentor, a Junior Achievements alumni, Junior Innovators mentor and a former Student in Free Enterprise and also one of the 2013 top 200 young South African to take to lunch. Happy has been involved in instituting a number of grassroot projects, aimed at addressing climate change awareness. Recently he has been involved with National climate change policy and energy planning for SA. He is currently the Policy & Research coordinator at Project 90 by 2030, SA-Climate Action Network coordinator, a member of the steering committee of the YouLead-Collective, focusing on energy policy and local-provincial-national governance. He has been recently been elected as chairman of the Mahlatsi group in Johannesburg. | http://www.linkedin.com/pub/happy-khambule/12/232/6bb | http://www.saaea.org/news/a-youth-perspective-on-the-debate-about-south-africas-energy-landscape http://www.egi-sa.org.za/tag/happy-khambule/ http://90by2015.wordpress.com/tag/happy-khambule/ http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/opinion/keep-it-green-and-clean-1.1370043 http://www.pakistan.tv/videos-plenary-wednesday-june-part-%5BVbyPNTuJjlc%5D.cfm http://www.gci.org.uk/Happy_Khambule.html | |||||||
457 | 8/15/2014 14:24:52 | Scouting and Guiding in Development Research Project (McGill University) | Nhattan Nguyen | nhattan.nguyen@mail.mcgill.ca | Attend Summit only | No | Nhattan Nguyen | Scouting and Guiding in Development Research Project (McGill University) | https://www.mcgill.ca/arts-undergraduate-research/aria-undergraduate-research-awards/2014-recipients | Canada | Canada | Male | 20 | English, French, conversational Spanish and Vietnamese | 1. Advocacy: A) Nhattan is currently serving as the Global Co-Coordinator for the Major Group and Children and Youth facilitating advocacy of youth to UNEP. He also supports participation mechanisms for the youth constituencies to the UNFCCC and Post-2015. B) Nhattan formerly served as the External Youth Representative on climate and sustainability for the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and is now conducting research with McGill University on the impact of community-level scout and guide projects on development, with a focus on climate resilience and adaptation. 2. Competency: Trained and educated on climate, he’s served as a facilitator and tracker for the climate theme in many international events, from the Powershift movement to the climate session at the last World Conference on Youth. He was also a panelist at the last UN Environment Assembly. Adding his research, he has a vast outreach to activists, academia, politicians, officials, young people and even entrepreneurs. | Nhattan Nguyen is a student researcher and global community organizer. Born and raised in Canada, he is now pursuing International Development Studies at McGill University in Montreal. Activist by training and advocate by experience, he is an organizer through building bridges and synergies between youth constituencies and movements. His development studies have had an important focus on climate change. In 2012, he undertook a field course in Costa Rica on sustainability and community resiliency with the UN University for Peace. Following his participation at the Rio+20 Summit, Nhattan served as the External Youth Representative for World Scouting on climate change, environment and sustainable development, interacting in international fora such as UN conferences and Post-2015 discussions. He coordinated the world Scout delegation to the 19th UNFCCC climate conference in Warsaw. Nhattan has a far-reaching involvement in many organizations. In addition to working for Greenpeace, he also volunteered with Oxfam and Amnesty International, the latter on the topic of climate refugees. Nhattan also worked with the City of Montreal’s environment division to develop educational material and raise awareness on water usage, environmental practices and climate change for citizens. He was also invited by the Club of Rome to the Change Course Conference, bringing together young activists, artists, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, scientists and politicians. In late 2012, Nhattan was elected as a representative and coordinator for the UNEP Major Group of Children and Youth. A key member of the governance and facilitation teams of the three main youth constituencies to the United Nations under the sustainable development (Post-2015), environment (UNEP) and climate processes, he is now facilitating youth work across these different processes, both to strengthen the capacity of youth constituencies and ensuring that the 3 dimensions of sustainable development are grounded in particular discussions with importance to cross-cutting issues like development and climate change, particularly during the recent World Conference on Youth. Back in Montreal, Nhattan is currently conducting research with his university on the on-the-ground impact of the Scouts and Guides in the Post-2015 development agenda. Working with citizens, NGOs, officials and businesses in Canada, he is also supporting public engagement in an initiative to leverage Montreal to be designated as a Fair Trade City. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1eDnFbtnzodTGt2WGlERkI2U2c/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1eDnFbtnzodYS1UQWhNd2lvUWs&usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LTPte50ylibo-C8BpphubMb7UrnP7d4rKxYFIXueS88/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
458 | 8/15/2014 14:27:09 | Filles d'Aujourd'hui Femmes de Demain(FAFED) | Mme MANDENG CORINNE | fafed1@yahoo.fr | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | MIGUEG SIBE | Filles d'Aujourd'hui Femme de Demain | CAMEROONIAN | CAMEROON | FEMALE | 23 | FRENCH AND ENGLISH | As a member of Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network, I am currently advocating and mobilizing children and youth to fully participate in CSA processes. Attending this extraordinary summit, it shall permit me share my experiences with my peers enabling them to better understand the current thematic within their member states towards enhancing the new development agenda with main focus on food security and food production. | MIGUEG SIBE is my name, masters in Project Management with minor in environnemental studies and relevant topics in impact assessment. During my voluntary service and advocacy with FAFED, I gain a lot of experiences in monitory and evaluating youth development policy in mitigating and adapting to climate change issue. | I- ETAT CIVIL Nom : MIGUEG SIBE Date et lieu de naissance : 12/01/1991 à MBO Situation matrimoniale : Célibataire Téléphone: 70112257/ 98 28 41 75 Email : migueelodie@yahoo.fr II- FORMATION - 2014 : Master I en gestion des projets et programmes à L’INSTITUT MTAMFEN - 2012 : Licence en Sciences Sociales et Relations Internationales à l’Université protestante d’Afrique Centrale III- EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONNELLE A- Stages - Aout-Octobre 2011 : Stage académique à la Cellule Régionale de Coordination du Programme national de développement participatif (PNDP) • Evaluation des impacts environnementaux des projets sur les populations de NTOUESSONG - Aout 2012 : formation en superviseurs pairs éducateurs B- Activités extra professionnelles - Informatique : MS Project, Word, power point, Excel et Internet. - gender media - Membre de l’association filles d’aujourd’hui femmes de demain(FAFED) IV- LANGUES Français : courant Anglais : moyen | |||||||||
459 | 8/15/2014 14:29:53 | Tongu Youth Agenda for Development | Selassie Freeman Tay | clean_sl@yahoo.co.uk | Attend Summit only | Yes | Selassie Freeman Tay | Tongu Youth Agenda for Development | http://www.nayd.org/tyad.htm | Ghanaian | Ghana | Malr | 28 | English | I wish to attend this conference to contribute share my views on the subject matter, learn from the experts, broaden my horizon so I can inculcate it into my advocacy work in my community. I wish to also strike acquaintances that will useful to the advocacy on climate change. | Selassie Freeman Tay has experience spanning over five year in youth activism, mentoring and empowerment working directly with student unions such as the National Union of Ghana students focusing on advocacy to influence national policies on education and youth development as a National Executive Committee member of the National Union Ghana Students during his term of office as the President of the Student Representative Council of his University College. Having had his basic education in a farming village called Dabala in the Volta region of Ghana, he is very much aware of the challenges that plague his community in the area of education and youth unemployment. In the latter part of 2013 he founded the Tongu Youth Agenda for Development (TYAD), an NGO that focuses on harnessing the synergies of the youth of Tongu to improve lives in the communities, through livelihood skills training and acquisition, mentoring, community service advocacy and empowerment. He currently volunteers for A World at School, an international NGO formed to support the UN Secretary General’s Education First Initiative. He is skilled in advocacy, fundraising, mentoring, public speaking, and strategy formulation and computing. Selassie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration; Banking and finance major from the University College of Management Studies, a certificate in Credit Administration from the National Banking College and have participated in numerous online short courses via Coursera, an online education platform. He currently works as a branch operations manager for an indigenous micro financial institution in Accra. His life objective is to impact his world and leave it a better place than he found it. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_l0n2MHLHk_STdFTlJwLW1TRzA/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E2iMuD8Y9ePhwBBssEk7Q8gd6r0Q9aQflY5u7szO37w/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
460 | 8/15/2014 14:29:54 | Huairou Commission | Sri Husnaini Sofjan | sri.sofjan@huairou.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Marling Haydee Rodriguez Cerros | Las Brumas Union of Women Farmer Cooperatives | Nicaragua | Nicaragua | Female | 59 | Spanish | As President of Las Brumas Union of Women Farmer Cooperatives in Nicaragua-1220 grassroots women in 20 coops- Marling Haydee Rodriguez has demonstrated commitment to sustainable climate development through promoting sustainable agricultural practices, land reforestation, soil conservation & food security. She led the process of grassroots women training of local authorities to understand & implement the Hyogo Framework for Action. In addition to local organizing, she is regional coordinator for GROOTS International & currently represents grassroots women’s priorities on UN Women’s Global Civil Society Advisory Group, selected by Dr. Michelle Bachelet. In her global advocacy, she has spoken on a Rio+20 High Level Panel on DRR & Climate Change Adaptation in High Mountain Ecosystems, on an official plenary at UNISDR’s Global Platform & at CSWs 55,56,57 on topics including indigenous seed preservation to combat changing climate patterns & grassroots inclusion in the post-2015 agenda. | Haydee Rodriguez was born in the municipality of the Regadio, in the city of Esteli, 65 kilometers from Jinotega, Nicaragua. She has dedicated the past 25 years of her life to working with women producers (farmers). Using her ample knowledge of and experience in cooperativism, community leadership, and organizing, Ms. Rodriguez has been especially committed to issues of soil conservation, indigenous seed preservation, food security, land tenure, the preservation of natural resources, and building sustainable and resilient communities. Ms. Rodriguez is the current president of the Board of Directors of the Union of Cooperatives Las Brumas where she has helped 20 cooperatives and a total of 1,220 women producers. Las Brumas is part of the Network of Women and Peace in Central America, Huairou Commission, GROOTS International, and the Cafe Conglomerate through the Ministry of the local government. In addition, Las Brumas was a participant in the Huairou Commission MDG 3/Accountability Initiative from 2009-2011. Since 2012 Ms. Rodriguez is a member of the UN Women Global Civil Society Advisory Group, where she advocates for grassroots inclusion in global policymaking. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PBmh8hqfFE Video produced for UNISDR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva, 2013 featuring partnership between Las Brumas union of cooperatives and former mayor of Wiwilí, Nicaragua | |||||||||
461 | 8/15/2014 14:41:06 | SOCIAL BRIDGE | SUBRATA SARKAR | sarkersubrata@rediffmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | BIDYUT DEBNATH | ISHWAR | INDIAN | INDIA | MALE | 63 | ENGLISH AND BENGALI | He is a representative of a civil society organization, and officially authorized by their organization/network to speak on the organization/network's behalf; He has proven track record of effective advocacy or implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation or adaptation; Hehas excellent competency with climate change issues, experience with presenting climate change issues in public fora, and demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders; and The candidate is available to be at UN Headquarters in NY at 8:30am on 23 September, and for travel if necessary. The nominee must have a visa, or be able to obtain one within 3 weeks, for travel to the US. | Sri.Bidyut Debnath was born on 11th August 1951 at kool…….his father’s name is Late Bholanath Debnath of 2/74 Jatindas Nagar, Belgharia, Calcutta- 700 056 He passed B.A. Examination from Bangabasi College under Calcutta University. He undergone Two years Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Institute of Business Management and Research, Calcutta,WB. He is a Member of State Level Trainers Team (SLTT) of Training of District Level Team ( DLTT) of Panchayet and Rural Development , Govt. of West Bengal. A national level women network of more than 400 women organization called “Nari Adhikar Raksha Samannaya Samity’ (NARSS) in favor of GUP is also acting completely under his guidelines for the empowerment & upliftment of oppressed women. Again he is also Coordinating Community Based Disaster Preparedness program ( CBDP) under UNICEF. He is the Secretary of FRIENDS OF BANGLADESH, a national organization performing on the friendship programme in between India and Bangladesh. He is also became the Joint Coordinator (Indian Part) international organization named “South Asia People’s Union against fundamentalism and communalism” who have been organizing Seminar, Workshop, Conference on South Asian communal harmony and campaign program for promotion of civil society. Presently he is working in formation of a NGO network in West Bengal in which CBOs/Social Activists and NGOs from all the district of West Bengal have been the participants. He is very polite and dynamic working as an agent of social change. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3Bb8qz4JwnkVWFCUTVvLVJ3Mzg/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3Bb8qz4JwnkTTJCRWhtdlAwR0k/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
462 | 8/15/2014 14:45:56 | Warriors of the Wild | Connor Jacobson | cjacobson48000@hotmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Vanessa Alejandro | Warriors of the Wild | warriorsofthewild.org | Mexican American | United States | Female | 21 | English and Spanish | 1) Vanessa Alejandro is the President of the nonprofit (501(c)3), Warriors of the Wild, which focuses on environmental education, empowering minorities to pursue the sciences, and taking minorities outdoors. We now operate in three cities. 2) Vanessa is involved with climate change in a variety of ways. She works in a Marine Geology Lab that studies Antarctica, and she, in particular, is reconstructing the paleoclimate of the Antarctic Peninsula. She is also working on a Sustainable Playground Research Project, which will harness biomechanical energy for electricity and be used as a tool for education in minority schools; thus, tackling both education and sustainability. She is also involved in making her campus more sustainable as a Student Representative in the Sustainability Taskforce and starting the Environmental Club. 4) She was recently was named a Udall Scholar and attended the Udall Conference, where she learned how to facilitate and participate in stakeholder meetings. | Vanessa Alejandro was born in Houston, Texas in 1992. She discovered her passion for the outdoors early on and knew she wanted to pursue a career in the sciences. She enrolled at the University of Houston as a geology major. Since her enrollment, she has been involved in many things, from starting her own non-profit, Warriors of the Wild m(501(c)3), to researching the effects of climate on Marmots in Colorado. Although she is only 21, she has been recognized nationally as an environmental leader by winning the Udall Award this past year. She strongly believes that University Campuses should be places where sustainability experiments are conducted and then, once proven helpful, implemented into the surrounding communities, which explains her interest in her current project, a Sustainable Playground. She will strongly benefit from Climate Summit 2014, because she will be able to bring back ideas and information to her campus. In fact, she will even be able to spread this information to campuses across Texas, since she is co-hosting a state wide conference for student representatives on Sustainable Practices at Universities. She will also be able to contribute as a representative of the younger generations. Ultimately, as an aspiring scientist and environmental activist, Vanessa can greatly benefit from watching national and international advocates of climate change come together to work toward solving a global problem. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BweCnu5s_VxHS3hmTGhXUVdJZ1U/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BweCnu5s_VxHVFBCOVlKMFFoTW8/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
463 | 8/15/2014 14:48:46 | People's Empowerment Trust (PET) | Shishir Shil | mra.sdml@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Mahabuba Rahman | All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPGs) | Bangladeshi | Bangladesh | Female | 34 | English | Ms. Rahman has proven track record to work with the Hon. Members of Bangladesh Parliament on Climate Change issue. She facilitates the training programme for the Hon. MPs on above mentioned issues. In the 9th Parliament, she played an active role to support Hon. MP to take several initiatives for community based adaptation along with the initiatives to make Bangladesh Parliament a 'Zero Carbon Parliament'. She was the assistant researcher of world's first joint parliamentary (British House of Commons-Bangladesh Parliament) equity report on Climate Change, titled- “Climate Change Equity:is it a plan, an aspiration or a fashion statement?” that has been published in COP 15 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark on December 2009 and later published in Bengali with the support form World Bank. She has been playing the role of coordinator of All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPGs) on Climate Change and Environment of Bangladesh Parliament chaired by Hon. Saber Hossain Chowdhury MP. | As a professional of programme, policy and legislative advocacy, Ms. Mahabuba Rahman has tried her level best to stay abreast of the new theories, concepts, perspectives and practices that she believes can be adapted to the development needs of her country. Did her bachelor in Geography and Environment from the University of Dhaka with 2nd class 6th and M.S. (with thesis) in the same department from the same institute positioned 1st class 12th. This knowledge helped her to link natural and social aspects in many ways which she found as initial strength to step for her career. During her more than six years of professional experiences, she has extensive and diverse experience in programme, policy and advocacy with the deeper knowledge of programme development, programme management and its strategic implementation, project management, parliamentary process, legislation, legislative services, policy advocacy, etc. Leadership and good organizational as well as team leading skills she gained through experiences as a Head of Operation of Programme and Policy Advocacy Department of All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPGs) of Bangladesh Parliament. She is able to negotiate and problem solve quickly, accurately and efficiently as well as to make decisions independently. Also able to step forward to accept responsibilities to complete the work within deadline & always achieve the targets. As an expert on programme management, organize and facilitate the training and leadership orientation programme for the Members of Parliament including other programme activities set by the organization. As a panel of editors of APPGs of Bangladesh Parliament, responsible to edit all reports, articles, research paper to publish. She is also a Professional Fellow of U.S. Department of State and worked as Legislative and Governance Fellow at House of Representative, Ohio. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0dS6IhP8u23RlQxTzVuQTZTUEE/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0dS6IhP8u23VHhLT0ZnMXFtRXc/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
464 | 8/15/2014 14:53:54 | Synergy Social Ventures | Jana Svedova | jana@synergysocialventures.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Abigail Yu-Fang Jung | Synergy Social Ventures | www.synergysocialventures.org | American | Hong Kong | Female | 39 | English, Mandarin (conversational) | Abbie has experience in mobilizing people to create collective action and impact through her work with MSF, Nexus, ANDE, Synergy and Social Provocateurs. She worked in aid and development prior to philanthropy, impact investing and social entrepreneurship. One current initiative is the October 24 (International Day of Climate Action) global screening of Chasing Ice--a film about the catastrophic melting of our glaciers. After many years in Asia, she knows this issue, and its causes and consequences, is far removed from the public consciousness and everyday life. She intends to change that by localizing this critical global issue. She is using her contacts in civil society, private sector, government, academia to work toward a common goal. She is engaging next generation leadership through Nexus Global Youth Summit, AISEC and +SocialGood; social changemakers in ANDE, Echoing Green, Ashoka and Impact Hub and private sector companies like BAML, AXA, Insitor and local chambers of commerce. | Abbie Jung is the co-founder of Synergy Social Ventures, a Hong Kong-based nonprofit organization which supports and engages in philanthropy and social entrepreneurship as innovative tools for sustainable development. She has a background in venture capital, social investment, public health and international development working with agencies such as Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières and the World Health Organization. She currently works with early stage social entrepreneurs, philanthropists and intermediaries who utilize the full scope of new social change models and funding tools to solve pressing socioeconomic and environmental problems in Asia. Abbie believes in the power of collaborative communities of social change leaders from all sectors and creates such opportunities in Asia by spearheading the expansion of the Nexus Global Youth Summit (Nexus) into China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand, launching the East and Southeast Asia Chapter of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) and joining the +Social Good Community which leverages technology and new media to make the world a better place. She is creating an annual Hong Kong Sustainability Festival which will focus on a different aspect of Hong Kong’s sustainability each year. This year, the theme is urban food security, food safety and waste management. The festival is designed to educate children and young people through a cradle to cradle approach to food and food systems – sourcing, production, usage and renewal. She created Social Provocateurs to educate young professionals in HK about critical social issues and enable them to take action. She is involved in a global gender equality initiative as climate change disproportionately affects women and girls in a negative way. Given that China is a major contributor to greenhouse gases and voracious consumer of natural resources, she purposely has the underlying theme of Nexus China as environmental sustainability. She has an undergraduate degree in neuroscience from UC Berkeley and a graduate degree in international public health from Columbia University. | https://drive.google.com/a/synergysocialventures.org/file/d/0ByLykMKpUU1WTXUyRS1FYW1HVTQ/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/a/synergysocialventures.org/file/d/0ByLykMKpUU1WNmFSeTAzR2FGVlk/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByLykMKpUU1WTU1yT3d0RF9ocm8/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
465 | 8/15/2014 15:04:04 | Climate and Development Lab, Brown University | Guy Edwards | guy_edwards@brown.edu | Attend Summit only | No | John Timmons Roberts | Climate and Development Lab, Brown University | http://climatedevlab.org | USA | USA | Male | 53 | English, Portuguese, some Spanish | Timmons Roberts is a leader in the social science of climate change, and is creatively advancing solutions, at levels from the global to the local. In 2014 he led a group in the US state of Rhode Island to pass its first climate legislation. He published in June an article on breaking the global climate negotiations impasse in the top journal Nature: Climate Change. His Climate and Development Lab at Brown University provides research support to the Least Developed Countries Group--the world's 48 poorest nations--in the U.N. climate negotiations. With IIED in London they have published eight important policy briefings cited widely in global media and in the negotiations. He is author of A Climate of Injustice (MIT Press) and is completing two books on climate politics for MIT Press, plus key policy briefings, and attending the summit would greatly these important pieces and future work. | Timmons Roberts is Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at Brown University, where he was Director of the Center for Environmental Studies from 2009 to 2012. He is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Timmons was a James Martin 21st Century Professor at Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute in 2006-2007. His 1992 Ph.D. was from Johns Hopkins University in Sociology's Program in Comparative International Development.
Co-author and editor of eight books and edited volumes, and of over seventy articles and book chapters, Timmons' current research focuses on climate change and international development. It has three threads: 1. How shifting economic and political relations between the global North and South affect the United Nations negotiations on climate change; 2. The role of foreign aid in the negotiations and in assisting developing countries cope with climate impacts and greening their economies; and 3. What social factors explain national "pathways of economic development" (being relatively high or low carbon emitters for their level of human development). In all three his core focus is on how inequality affects our ability to address this complex global problem. A co-founder of AidData.org, Timmons is part of an international effort to produce a quantum leap in transparency in climate finance, and in foreign aid more broadly. His Climate and Development Lab at Brown provides research support to the Least Developed Countries Group--the world's 48 poorest nations--in the U.N. climate negotiations. He is a leader in Rhode Island's efforts to plan for climate changes: the RI Climate Change Commission was created in 2010 by legislation written by him and his Brown students; and in 2014 he led a group that successfully passed comprehensive climate legislation in the state. Professor Roberts has worked for many years with students on greening initiatives and with community groups and local, state and national governments. He teaches environmental sociology, globalization and the environment, and practicum group workshop courses on local and global environmental policy issues. He serves on the Board on Environmental Change and Society of the National Academy of Sciences, and awarded the Frederick Buttel Award for Distinguished Scholarship by the Environment and Society Research Committee RC24 of the International Sociological Association. | http://vivo.brown.edu/docs/j/jr17_cv.pdf | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2259 http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/glep_a_00153 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.03.017 http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/17141IIED.pdf? see fuller list of policy briefings here: http://www.climatedevlab.org/policy-briefings.html | |||||||
466 | 8/15/2014 15:05:16 | Policy Advocacy Project Partnership on Climate Change. (PAPPCC) - (Gender Team). | Titi Akosa | titiakosa@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Olutosin Oloye-Oyewole | wome, Girls and Good Governance. | fb page - womengirlsngg | Nigerian | Nigeria | Female | 61 | english | Mrs. Olutosin Oloye-Oyewole is a Media Practitioner/Consultant by profession. she is also an active member of Policy Advocacy Project Partnership on Climate Change. She has contributed immensely to the media and gender Programmes on the issues of Climate Change Policy advocacy and Governance with the Lagos State Environment Ministry and with the Members of the State Assembly. Also as a Broadcaster and Gender activist, Olutosin is the leader of PAPPCC Media team, and a member of the Lagos State Gender Team.(LASGAT) She is running on Radio and Television Program for women and girls where various issues affecting women including environmental issues are highlighted and discussed and engaged on the solution for Climate Change mitigation and adaptation them, their families and community at large. She has also handled assignments and research projects on Gender and Climate Change, Green economy, Investment in Climate Change, Media reporting of Climate Change etc. | My name is Olutosin Oloye-Oyewole, Nee Ojosipe. I was born on The 31st of May 1953 at Ibadan, Oyo State, in Nigeria. I am married to Mr. Francis Oloyede Oyewole, we reside in Lagos, Lagos State in Nigeria. We have Four Children. I am a Media Practitioner/Consultant and a Broadcaster by profession. I was trained as aTV and Radio Producer at Radio - Television Francaise, (TDF) Paris. I also attended Universite de Besancon, Besancon, France. where I studued Practical French. I have a BA degree in French language from The University of Lagos, Nigeria. I worked for The Nigerian Television Authority for over 20 years. After which I withdrew my service to Start a Para-Media Agency, Joyworld Communications. I have had several opportunity to handle several media projects fro local, national and international NGOs among them are Embaasy of USA, British Embassy, UNIFEM etc I am an active member of some climate change NGOs. Where we engage law makers and local and state government in policy making addressing and putting Climate change issues into consideration. I also run programme on air for women and girls where we engage women and the government on salient gender issues including climate change. | CLIMATE CHANGE USE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDIA INITIATIVE: C-CALM Despite the enormous contributions of the Lagos State Government in adapting and demystifying climate change through various means such as the annual climate change summit, the monthly environmental sanitations and other avenues, it is still clear that a broader number of the population in Lagos still lack insufficient knowledge on climate change adaptation and mitigation strategy, and the just concluded Lagos climate change summit also emphasise on the need for more knowledge dissemination and sharing in tackling the challenges poise by change in the climate. Thus, the basis for the Policy Advocacy Project Partnership on Climate Change (PAPPCC) in Lagos to come up with the use of ALTERNATIVE MEDIA as another great way of engaging the general populace on climate change issues. development. | ||||||||
467 | 8/15/2014 15:16:41 | Global Youth Action Network / TakingITGlobal | Liam O'Doherty | liam@takingitglobal.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Liam James O'Doherty | Global Youth Action Network / TakingITGlobal | www.tigweb.org | Canadian | Canada | Male | 28 | English, French | Liam has been mobilizing youth on climate change issues across CSO organizations for ten years. Through his work with TakingITGlobal, The Global Youth Action Network, The Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, Greenpeace & The University of Toronto Environmental Resource Network, he has led, developed & contributed to several successful environmental campaigns. He has developed climate change education programs such as Commit2Act which engage youth in understanding & reducing their ecological footprints & has also facilitated the development of the UNHabitat Urban Youth Fund tracking tool which supports youth led projects in communicating their impact. He is an experienced public speaker, facilitator & youth delegation organizer who is engaged across UN processes including: the UNFCCC's COP meetings, the UNCSD process, The ICPD Beyond 2014 review, Youth 21, The IANYD & The MGCY constituency. We believe he would make an excellent participant for this meeting. | Liam is a community organizer who has recently completed his studies in Sociology and Semiotics at the University of Toronto. In 2006 he founded Avoid.net and is currently working for TakingITGlobal as Community Partnerships Coordinator. He has a background in theatrical improvisation and has trained with advocacy organizations such as Greenpeace, the Rainforest Action Network and the Toronto Public Space Committee. He is passionate about social change, online communities and how advertising can be utilized to promote positive behaviors. When he is not connecting with young people around the world and mobilizing the youth response to global challenges he enjoys riding bikes, cooking without recipes and drinking copious volumes of tea. | https://docs.google.com/a/takingitglobal.org/document/d/1JuFal80sRH9bH_R4S7bs6kvb_HzCQ3RCHQYlbSKkE08/edit | Presentation at COP15 Side event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZnapets84A Toronto Municipal Street furniture Deputation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHzKrrvrKnM Text from deputation: https://docs.google.com/a/takingitglobal.org/document/d/12tnIHVFlJNzsP_GHKUaD9wGk86g5E4Ld_Y5k0pvvJ2k/edit | |||||||
468 | 8/15/2014 15:17:19 | Social Impact Lab Foundation | Laura Walker Hudson | laura@frontlinesms.com | Attend Summit only | No | Laura Emily Hudson | Social Impact Lab | www.simlab.org | British | United Kingdom | Female | 33 | English, German | Social Impact Lab is a US and Kenya-based Foundation dedicated to supporting social change organizations, governments and communities to use inclusive technologies, like low-end mobile, to create systems that are accessible, responsive and resilient. We've worked for over four years on humanitarian responses to climate change-related emergencies such as ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa. We believe that building the capacity of responders and communities in the disconnected ‘last mile’ can help them to make decisions, manage resources and respond locally. Communities grapple with overlapping challenges of land use and allocation, climate change and resilience which are dealt with separately by the development, conservation and humanitarian sectors. We are working to articulate and pilot a holistic approach which focusses on community knowledge and supports existing networks and capacities with sustainable, low-cost technology. | As the Chief Executive Officer of the Social Impact Lab Foundation, Laura supports organizations around the world to use mobile technology to transform their work. Drawing on her expertise in humanitarian aid, human rights law and international development, she brings a cross-disciplinary approach to communications, innovation and information management. Laura writes and speaks about SIMLab’s work, and mobile for social change more generally, contributing to technical resources and journals with understandings of good practice in applied mobile communications, with a particular focus on humanitarian aid, and quality and accountability. Before coming to SIMLab, Laura worked for the British Red Cross on international humanitarian policy and learning, focussed on quality and accountability, innovation, urbanisation, cash transfer programming and civil-military relations, as well as strategic planning. Laura holds an LL.B (Hons) in Law, French and German from the University of the West of England, Bristol, and an LL.M in International Development Law and Human Rights from Warwick University. | https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurawhudson | http://www.laurawhudson.com/speaking https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurawhudson - under 'Publications' | |||||||
469 | 8/15/2014 15:19:39 | United Religions Initiative | Rebecca Tobias | rtobias@uri.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Cheif Arvol W. Looking Horse | Wolakota Foundation | www.wolakota.org | Lakota Sioux First Nation | United States of America | Male | 60 | Lakota, English | Chief Arvol Looking Horse as Spiritual Leader of the Lakota Sioux Nations hosted a Sept, 2013 Council meeting of Indigenous Elders and Medicine Peoples of N and S. America, for 4 days in sacred ceremony. Elders reflected upon the Fukushima Crisis as well as the cumulative degradation to global biodiversity caused by multiple ecological threats. It was recognized that a shared restorative response is called for in Indigenous prophecies which foster intercultural cooperations in managing challenges to our collective well-being. Now is the time to activate and engage these responses, and for humanity to protect and restore the sacred. The Statement has been shared widely in civil-society dialogues, with (UNPFII), Perm. Mission to the Philippines post Haiyan, and (UNAOC) which recommended it be shared with the Pres. of the GA. Working together, Indigenous Peoples, CSO's and scientists can partner with UN organizations to design liveable solutions for shared community and planetary health. | Chief Arvol Looking Horse was 12 yrs old when he was given the great responsibility of becoming 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe Bundle. Since then he has dedicated his life to working for peace, freedom and healing for his own People (the Lakota, Nakota and Dakota) and all peoples sharing wisdoms from Native Prophecies. In 1993, Chief Looking Horse presented with Elders of many Nations at the UN "Cry of the Earth" Conference. When the prophesied White Buffalo was born in 1994, Chief Looking Horse took on the annual commitment to organize World Peace Day on June 21st at sacred sites uniting all Nations upon Grandmother Earth to pray for her healing, to respect all life and to vow to make all decisions with respect for 7 generations yet to come. Through his work, Chief Looking Horse is seeking to establish June 21st as International Honoring Sacred Sites and Cultural Heritage Day at the United Nations. He has kept this commitment for 19 yrs, meeting with other spiritual leaders dedicated to this vision, like the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu. In 1996 he received the prestigious Canadian Wolf Award, and was invited to President Clinton's inauguration to speak about peace and unity. On the Board of the World Peace Prayer Society he helps to fulfill their mission of planting Peace Poles that share the universal prayer, 'May Peace Prevail On Earth' in many languages. In 2006 he received the Temple of Understanding's Juliet Hollister Award for his work in helping to unite all Nations in the name of Peace. Recently taking part at the UNCSD Rio+20 and the Peoples Summit at Kari-Oka and speaking on the importance of protecting and restoring sacred sites. | https://drive.google.com/?usp=folder&authuser=0#folders/0B9IviYkZc2OLNlNNVWdiVjZGcms | https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9IviYkZc2OLNlNNVWdiVjZGcms&usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/?usp=folder&authuser=0#folders/0B9IviYkZc2OLNlNNVWdiVjZGcms Humanity at the Crossroads Statement and International Petition: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/now-is-the-time-to-heal-the-earth.html YouTube: Chief Arvol Speaks of the White Buffalo Prophecy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaujX_Rtch8 YouTube: Council Statement on Fukushima presented/read in Lakota at the UN Tillman Chapel by Chief Looking Horse Nov. 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHqVdZmpRgI&feature=youtu.be Writings of Chief Arvol Looking Horse (Please click on link in Drive doc) http://www.manataka.org/page108.html | |||||||
470 | 8/15/2014 15:22:02 | The Green NGO for the Environment and Energy, Alexandria, Egypt | Habashy Alsayed | habashy10@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Ahmed Hamza H. Ali | The Green NGO for the Environment and Energy, Alexandria, Egypt | Egypt | Egypt | Male | 50 | English, Arabic | I have been nominated Prof. Ahmed Hamza H Ali, because he is working in design, implication and public awareness of renewable energy systems for more than 15 years. In order to service the civil society he leads a group of renewable energy systems implementation and established -The green NGO for the Environment and Energy- in Alexandria, Egypt in July 2014. Prof. Ali is highly motivated towards the factors leads to climate changes from the point of widespread of utilization of New and renewable Energy. Therefore, I think his attendance in the in United Nations 2014 Climate Summit will be benefit to the newly born NGO to serve local society toward green environment and green energy as well as Egypt in general. | Ahmed Hamza H Ali is a Professor of Renewable Energy Systems at the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, in Alexandria, Egypt. In April 1999, I obtained the Doctoral Degree in Engineering from Muroran Institute of Technology, Hokkaido, and JAPAN. He worked as a Professor of Energy Systems at Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Systems and Environmental Engineering, UMSICHT, Germany from March 2006 to April 2008. His principal areas of profession, research and expertise are: leading activities in the basic and applied research in Renewable Energy Systems including Solar Energy Cooling and Heating Systems, Nocturnal Radiation Cooling Systems, Solar Power Generation, Thermal Energy Storage Systems, Thermal analysis for cooling and heating of buildings including Industrial Energy audit and energy efficiency. He served the UNIDO, Egypt as a consultant for documentation of the Project Title: Promoting low-carbon technologies for cooling and heating in industrial applications Country: Egypt, GEF Project ID: 4790, GEF Focal Area: Climate Change, Project Duration (Months): 5 Years (60 Months). (Oct- Dec) 2013. He is the president of the Green NGO for the Environment and Energy established July 2013. Professional activities and honors – Certified Consultant of New and Renewable Energy Engineering, member of the national committee for Promotion of full and Associate Professors, member of International Solar Energy Society (ISES) since 1994 until now. Awards and Prizes: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, Return home Fellowship (May 2008 - April 2009). The Arab Fund Fellowships Program, Kuwait, The distinguished scholar award (March 2010 - Feb 2011). Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, Fellowship (March 2006 - April 2008). Association of International Education, Japan, Honors Professional (April 1998 - March 1999). Japanese Government (MONBUSHO), Japan, Scholarship (Oct.1994 - March 1998). Finland Government, Finland, Award (June 1985 – Sept. 1985). I have been published more than 110 papers (over 45 in refereed Int. Journals, and H index 11), one book and 3 book chapters. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1519vhWAm2ccDYtRkhlLWdsOHc/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1519vhWAm2ca21tWnpvZnB5SUk/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
471 | 8/15/2014 15:24:23 | Paritranaya | Aniket Nikam | nktnikam@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Pravin Sanjay Nikam | Paritranaya | www.paritranaya.org | Indian | India | Male | 21 | English , Hindi, Marathi | Pravin Nikam is a representative of a civil society organization, and officially authorized by their organization/network to speak on the organization/network's behalf; Pravin Nikam is Global Youth Ambassador for A World At School . He is Global Shaper at Global Shapers Community Pune Hub a initiative by World Economic Forum. Pravin Nikam has proven track record of effective advocacy or implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation or adaptation He has a Awarded Lead Earth Fellowship by TERI – The Energy and Resource Institute (New Delhi) for Innovation and Sustainability in Environment. 3)He is a public speaker 4)He has excellent competency with climate change issues, experience with presenting climate change issues in public fora, and demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders | o Currently studying B.A. Political Science from S.P. College, Pune, INDIA. o Appointed as Global Youth Ambassador for A World at School,launched on April 1 by the United Nations Secretary-General Bank Ki Moon and the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown. o Serving as Coordinator of the Indian Students Parliament Students Council for Pune district, in association with Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs Government of India and Ministry of Higher & Technical Education and Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs Government of Maharashtra. This is also supported by UNESCO. o Founder of ‘Paritranaya’ - a youth organization focused on providing education and improving health conditions of the children living in the slums and motivating the youth to actively participate in strengthening democracy and building a better India. More details @ www.paritranaya.org o Named as a Pune Hero by Times of India Pune Mirror for mobilizing Youth for community work. o Selected as National Youth Corp Volunteer at Nehru Yuva Kendra. It is an autonomous organization under the Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports o Selected at I LEAD INDIA a activist program by Times of India which seeks to mobilize the youth, between 18-24 years of age, to make them agents of change. o Awarded Sathshill Vidharthi Puraskar (Best Student Award) by S.P.College o Selected as Global Shaper at Global Shaper community a initiative by World Economic Forum. o Awarded Lead Earth Fellowship by TERI – The Energy and Resource Institute for Innovation and Sustainability in Environment. o Initiated and conducted various awareness campaigns. o Active participation in National and State level workshops and competitions. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B43eNdE8DfBhQm1qQl9EOHV3c2s/edit?usp=sharing | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh-dIeN5P6A | |||||||
472 | 8/15/2014 15:29:27 | Institute of Space Technology | Mirza Muhammad Waqar | mirza.waqar@ist.edu.pk | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | Mirza Muhammad Waqar | Institute of Space Technology | www.ist.edu.pk | Pakistan | Pakistan | Male | 25 | English | Mirza Waqar is working as lecture at Institute of Space Technology, which is the prime institution in Pakistan that is working in the field of Space Technology. Geospatial Research Education Research Lab (GREL) is a research lab working under Institute of Space Technology, this lab is focusing on climate change studies in Pakistan and neighbouring countries. The on going research is directly benifiting socity. The prime concern of GREL is to address community issues related to Climate Change using geospatial data. So far this institution has very good track record. Mr. Waqas has several publications, he is very good speaker on subject topic. The candidate is also available to attend this climate summit if travel grant is provided to the candidate. | Mirza Muhammad Waqar did Bachelor in space science in 2010 from University of Punjab, Pakistan. Throughout his undergraduate degree he maintained 1st position and joined IGIS, NUST in 2010 for master's level study in remote sensing and GIS. He was awarded full tuition Fee Waiver scholarship from NUST. He served as Teaching Assistant at IGIS tutoring Introduction to Remote Sensing & Digital Image Processing, Climatology at under graduate level. He had been involved in several projects related to climate change in Pakistan. He was also involved in a project whose primary aim was to provide highly accurate geographic location without using GCPs. This research was also supported by European Space Agency (ESA). Mirza Waqar deliver talks at many international and national forum in different countries. Currently he is working at Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad as lecturer. His research interests includes: optical, thermal and mircowave remote sensing, applications of remote sensing in climate change and disaster management. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4HLTSY78WSuOVlMbkRoMlpyOG8/edit?usp=sharing | All research papers given at this link are my publications. These papers are written by me and can be used as writing samples: http://scholar.google.com.pk/citations?user=hFgsC1cAAAAJ&hl=en Selected writing samples can be found at the given link https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4HLTSY78WSublZlUGFCelMxVGs&usp=sharing | |||||||
473 | 8/15/2014 15:32:48 | Consejo de Coordinación del Pueblo Kayambi | Luis Wilson Lechón | wilsonsblgo@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Luis Wilson Lechón Sánchez | Consejo de Coordinación del Pueblo Kayambi | http://www.kayambi.org/historica.html - http://www.codenpe.gob.ec/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=147&catid=85 | Ecuaotoriano indigenous nationality Kayambi | Ecuador | Male | 28 years | Spanish | I have a special interest in attending the Climate Summit UN 2014, mainly for the excellence and expertise that characterizes me. I can act as an integrator of the various sectors in the area of climate change, especially considering that indigenous peoples must be part of decision making that years ago and come to be a largely isolated society on issues of climate change. The challenges posed by climate change require global action, which involves an international responsibility that requires finding ways to manage the challenges of climate change. With the knowledge gained will allow me to engage the challenges of climate change, since I have participated in various processes such as: the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth Bolivia, Conference of the United Nations Development sustainable Rio +20 Rio de Janeiro, Rio High Level Dialogue + 20 Bogotá. I am also currently studying a Graduate Specialization in Law and Economics of Climate Change. | Bachelor of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Studying the Graduate Specialization in Law and Economics of Climate Change, Indigenous Ecuadorian belonging to the Coordinating Council Kayambi Pueblo. Born on March 20, 1986 in the city of Otavalo. From an early age he developed a taste for nature conservation. Single. His Indian parents Kayambis. Completed his primary education he entered the Central University of Ecuador to continue his studies in Biological and Environmental Sciences obtained his degree in the year 2011 For the first month of 2014 started the Graduate Specialization in Law and Economics of Climate Change in Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences FLACSO Argentina. I've worked tirelessly for the Pacha Mama, the Youth and indigenous peoples, in the last three years I encounter specializing in science, economics and politics of climate change, as the lack of knowledge severely affect rural area ie peoples and nationalities living according to their organization in communities. Since 2008 I have been practicing professionally and demonstrating my knowledge to them I have been part of the Andean Páramo Project in Ecuador, funded by the GEF for the Andean countries, in the same way for the project "Support to Decentralised Resource Management natural in the three northern provinces of the country Ecuador "funded by the European Union to the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador, for the Foundation ALLPACAMAK projects funded by UNDP, just as I have worked for the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador and I find myself currently developing my activities as a consultant in environmental management and climate change. I have been part of environmental negotiations mostly representing the indigenous peoples of Ecuador and in 2007 I was part of the international meeting on climate change in Latin America, Ecuador, for the year 2010 I was part of the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia thereafter at United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Rio +20 in Brazil, then in the HLD Rio + 20 Colombia. Also in December this year I will be part of the COP 20. In terms of youth participation, Finalist VII Editing BAYER, Global Environmental Youth meeting Warming - Climate Change in Ecuador, representing the Youth of Ecuador in the 6th World Youth Congress, and by December this year will be the 10th World Youth Conference on Climate Change -COY1 in Lima Peru. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BziUgJTK0gBYdXdYMXUwWDY2X0k/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BziUgJTK0gBYZEFBWWNTbjNLdlE/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
474 | 8/15/2014 15:32:49 | System Change Not Climate Change | Zachary Rosenblatt | zjrosenblatt@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Zachary John Rosenblatt | System Change Not Climate Change | http://systemchangenotclimatechange.org | American | United States of America | Male | 22 | English | While at UC Santa Barbara, I organized a chapter of System Change Not Climate Change and held weekly meetings with 20-30 active members. We spent most of our time collaborating with other local groups as there was a local campaign to collect enough signatures to get an anti-fracking initiative on the November ballot. When that campaign was over (and won!), we held workshops as tools for outreach. Our goal was to change the face of environmentalism on campus, to deeply politicize environmentalism as an issue that requires more than driving a Prius and actually implementing policies that change the rules for industry. As our title states, we believe in “system change”, and equally believe that individual lifestyle choices are insufficient to address the magnitude of the climate crisis. As someone who has lead and organized workshops and discussions on a systemic analysis of climate change, I am confident in my ability to offer insights and ideas to the team that will be at the summit. | I was born in London, England and raised in different parts of Los Angeles, California. Through hiking, surfing, and meditating I kindled a sense of interconnection to the environment growing up. As I grew to understand my habitat as intricately linked to who I am, I developed a passion for environmental preservation. In my early years as an environmentalist I went vegetarian and drove a hybrid car. It wasn’t until I arrived at UC Santa Barbara and took a number of environmental sociology courses with Professor John Foran that I realized the magnitude of the climate crisis and the urgency for systemic solutions. During a graduate level course I took with Professor Foran, I realized that nothing is more important to me than working to halt the drivers of climate change. With the help of Foran and some graduate students in the course, we formed a chapter of System Change Not Climate Change, an international environmental organization we felt our values aligned with. I took the reigns of this local chapter with the intention of building an awareness across campus that environmentalism must mean more than picking up trash on the beach; that being an environmentalist must mean advocating for a democracy where all constituencies affected by a decision or policy become a part of the decision making process. Today, I understand the struggle for a habitable planet as synonymous with the struggle for more democratic political institutions. More of an oligarchy than a democracy, our political leaders represent the interests of their corporate donors. As the fossil fuels industry is the most lucrative business in the world, the interests of of this industry are being protected by our policy makers, despite the existence of overwhelming climate science clarifying the magnitude of climate change and the cries from people around the world demanding environmental justice. With a clearer picture of how negotiations unfold, I intend to utilize my experience gained from the Summit toward making a difference at Paris 2015. I know a lot of discussion has been around 2015 being a big moment for the climate justice movement, so I’d like to be there and arrive with experience of how the negotiations apparatus functions. I hope with this experience I can be a greater asset to the climate justice movement as a whole. I also hope to meet other climate activists and form collaborations which will make a greater difference in the world facing a climate crisis. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3okkRLzWSDtUU9aTkVZOVJKZ00/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3okkRLzWSDtZW93eWhDeWs3U2c/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
475 | 8/15/2014 15:38:58 | Canadian Labour Congress | Hassan Yussuff | clcpresident@clc-ctc.ca | Attend Summit only | No | Donald Lafleur | Canadian Labour Organization | canadianlabour.ca | Canadian | Canada | Male | 55 | English and French | Brother Lafleur has made the environmental struggle a priority in both his personal and activist lives. He sits on the executive committees of the Green Economy Network, Work in a Warming World, as well as Trade Unions for Energy Democracy. Within CUPW he has lead the way in incorporating an entire section of the Union’s policies on environmental issues, by raising environmental issues within union ranks but also by pressuring Canada Post and governments to reduce their environmental foot prints. This work has lead to Donald being part of delegations to the UN Climate Change Conference in South Africa, Brussels’ Work in a Warming World Academic’s Forum, Bolivia’s World People’s Conference on Climate Change, as well as Post Expo in Barcelona. | Donald became an activist as a postal worker early in life. Being a descendant of agriculture workers in Eastern Ontario as well as having a step-grandfather who helped unionize the staff at the agriculture college in La Pocatière, Québec, surely influenced his decision to get involved in the labour movement shortly after being hired as a mail handler in Ottawa in 1977. Donald transfered to become a letter carrier, and by the end of 1978 was active as a shop steward in the Letter Carriers Union of Canada (LCUC). In June 1990 Brother Lafleur was elected National Union Representative in grievances, and then National Vice-President in June 1994. As a member of the NEC and NEB of CUPW, Donald was a national negotiator from 2000 to 2007, as well as chief negotiator for the rural and suburban mail carriers in 2007, 2009 and 2012. His responsibilities included staffing, education, consultation, and he also sat on the Canada Post Pension Advisory Council and the CLC environment committee for more than a decade. Donald has been doing union education in high schools since 1989. Brother Lafleur has made the environmental struggle a priority in both his personal and activist lives. He sits on the executive committees of the Green Economy Network, Work in a Warming World, and Trade Unions for Energy Democracy. His work has lead to Donald being part of delegations to the UN Climate Change Conference in South Africa, Brussels’ Work in a Warming World Academic’s Forum, Bolivia’s World People’s Conference on Climate Change, as well as Post Expo in Barcelona. As a national CUPW representative Donald has been involved internationally not only on the environmental front but also with the Postal Telegraph & Telecommunications International, now known as the Union Network International. On May 8, 2014, Donald was elected as Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Labour Congress, a position to which he will be taking all his life’s experiences. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwkjXXESfN7IakhMcnpGeWhvcHM/edit?usp=sharing | Labour Day, Fredericton, Moncton, Charlottetown, September 1, 2014 Agriculture Union, August 14, 2014 CLC Ontario School, July 25, 2014 QFL Outaouais, June 5, 2014 PSAC, Executive Board, Environment, June 3, 2014 Union Education, Beatrice Deloges High School, Orleans, May 21, 2014 CUPW Windsor Local 16 (retirees), May 16, 2014 Labour Radio Talkshow with Lucky Reno, Toronto, May 8, 2014 Scarborough Town Hall, Save Canada Post, April 16, 2014 Labor Notes, Chicago, April 4, 2014 | |||||||
476 | 8/15/2014 15:44:22 | Amazon Watch | Andrew Miller | andrew@amazonwatch.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Melva Patricia Gualinga Montalvo | Kichwa indigenous community of Sarayaku | http://sarayaku.org/ | Kichwa (Ecuador) | Ecuador | Female | 44 years | Kichwa, Spanish | Paty is International Relations Director for the globally celebrated indigenous community of Sarayaku in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Her wisdom & expertise are based in years of activism and a strong, democratic community process which has directly resulted in ground-breaking victories in defense of their ancestral territories. She can present eloquently and extensively about grassroots, indigenous-led solutions to climate change, including keeping oil in the ground, the “Living Forest” (Selva Viviente) conservation concept, and “Plentiful Living” (Buen Vivir). She has been a tremendous and effective force for indigenous rights, advocating tirelessly before multinational oil company CEOs, judges at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the Ecuadorian congress, and many other high-level decision making spaces. Paty is authentic, articulate, and fearless in the face of formal power. What she has to say is what world leaders need to hear. | Patricia Gualinga is a Kichwa indigenous leader, internationally recognized for her long-term defense of indigenous peoples rights, as demonstrated through the fight of her community of Sarayaku in defense of their territory. As an adolescent, the first participated in the Amazonian indigenous peoples march from Pastaza to Quito, demanding legal land titling for collective territories. Thereafter, she produced a community-based radio program called “Kichwa”. For several years she held a public job within the Ecuadorian Ministry of Tourism, but renounced to dedicate herself full time to Sarayaku’s cause. Since 2002, she has focused entirely on the promotion of indigenous rights and has served, in the last three years, as the Women’s Leader within Sarayaku, taking on the challenge of positioning women within other leadership posts. Over the course of the 10-year Sarayaku case before the Inter-American Human Rights System, Patricia helped generate international media coverage for the community, presented at international conferences, and participated in experience shares amongst indigenous peoples. She served as the first of four witnesses from Sarayaku during their hearing before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, as featured in the documentary Children of the Jaguar, co-produced with Amnesty International. Paty currently continues her work, speaking before audiences of indigenous peoples around the region about territorial defense, convinced of the importance of a sustainable alternative for the Amazon. Her current title is Director of International Relations for Sarayaku. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzs6Ane1vunzUmszZVJsNGU1TFk/edit?usp=sharing | Links to videos of select speaking engagements: * Interview re women & climate change @ 2013 WECAN international summit (Spanish w/ English subtitles) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeP1Py-F0U8 * Intervention before Ecuadorian Congress at culmination of Amazonian women's march (Spanish): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj-WvhPyXmg * Select testimony before the Inter-American HRs Court, as part of 30-minute documentary about Sarayaku's struggle called Children of the Jaguar, co-produced with Amnesty International (English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma1QSmtuiLQ | |||||||
477 | 8/15/2014 15:47:09 | Clean Energy Nepal | Sunil Acharya | sunil@cen.org.np | Attend Summit only | Yes | Abhishek Shrestha | Clean Energy Nepal | http://www.cen.org.np | Nepalese | Nepal | Male | 28 | English | Abhishek started working as climate advocate since 2006 and is an instrumental part of the Nepali youth climate movement, and in the past year he has increasingly extended his work to international movement. He have mobilized communities, youth groups to organize actions and helped to connect with climate movement. Shrestha is invaluable part of the youth climate movement both home and internationally and continues to be tremendously inspirational leader.He holds masters on Climate Change and Policy, UK and trained by Al Gore. He follows climate negotiations and work with different advocacy groups. He has served as YOUNGO focal to UNFCCC and represented youth in different climate meetings. He is energetic and passionate youth from indigenous background if selected he will represent and bring voice and concerns of global south youth and communities from one of the poorest countries in LDC. He has organized sharing workshops, wrote articles and tweeted to reach out to wider audience. | Abhishek Shrestha is an energetic and passionate climate advocate from Nepal working with diverse national and international groups. Al Gore in Istanbul Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training trained him. He holds masters in Climate Change and Policy from University of Sussex, UK and awarded with Chevening Scholarships by UK Government to pursue his Masters. He attended 3 weeklong Climate advocacy institute in turkey in 2009. He served as YOUNGO focal person 2012-13 (YOUNGO- Youth Constituency at UNFCCC) at COP 18- Doha and interim focal point at COP -17 Durban. He liaised with secretariat at UNFCCC and worked with the International Youth Climate to ensure positive and constructive participation of the international youth in the UNFCCC official process. He Co-founded Nepalese Youth for Climate Action (NYCA) and organized 1st South Asian Youth Climate Summit prior to Copenhagen Climate Summit. He assisted in building youth climate network in South Asia. He organized Youth climate summits, set up climate groups and Co-led the Nepalese Youth delegation at COP 15 and lead Nepal the delegation at COP 16. He was awarded with British Council International climate champion and organized series of climate leadership workshop. He played instrumental role in building youth climate movement in Nepal and in South Asia. He served as National Co-ordinator for 350.org where he led Global Day of Climate Action in 2009 and 2010 and organized trainings to run climate Campaign and building grass root climate event and coordinated with the local organizers. He served as YOUNGO Delegation Coordinator at COP 16 where he united Youth delegation from different country in single platform and Organized Conference of Youth COY-6 at Cancun. He is working as an active member of the Bottom-lining (BL) team since February 2010 till Present (BL team provides logistical and coordination support to YOUNGO). He is organizing People’s Climate March in Kathmandu and working with international youth group for effective youth participation at COP 21, Paris. He interacts regularly with youth and groups to empower global south Youth and build the strong youth climate movement. His main strength is working with youth group from different parts of the world and raising their voice and concern at different climate forums. He has been selected to attend different climate meetings representing Nepali and international youth. He writes regularly on different issues of Climate Change. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LKQSj-_-lrO9ldQDVG0b3pUhKOVqKo7dj84MY59-CbY/edit | https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Y0BxLSU5pzxRlZLAhKha9iXgaaHVnir9-bGCha9pSk/edit | |||||||
478 | 8/15/2014 15:51:20 | 350.org | Liangyi Chang | liangyi@350.org | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | Yes | Ren, Charlene (Xiaoyuan) | China Youth Climate Action Network | www.cycan.org | China, People’s Republic of China(PRC) | China, People’s Republic of China(PRC) | Female | 23 | Chinese, English | Charlene has been inspiring youth to take on the climate issue in China. She is working as international director within China Youth Climate Action Network, also working on the project entitled MyH2O on China’s water issue for its overall development strategy and social enterprise plan. She has worked supporting youth through the Yasuni initiative, which focuses on climate justice. In addition to her leadership amongst youth and civil society in China, Charlene is also a graduate student in Environmental Engineering at MIT, now starting her journey towards attaining a Ph.D. On the academic level, Charlene has honed her research skills specifically around climate-related issues. Aligned with her talented skills and close network with many Chinese NGOs and social entrepreneurs, she stands in a unique position as a representative of Chinese civil society to raise the cause and push progress forward. | Xiaoyuan “Charlene” Ren, is currently the International Coordinator at China Youth Climate Action Network (CYCAN), where she is the creator and leader of the project “MyH2O” - a crowdsource based water quality monitoring and mapping platform in China. Currently, MyH2O has a strong team of around 10 members, and has successfully gained funding and support from MIT Public Service Centre to implement water testing in rural Beijing and Hebei. She has extensive environmental activism experience even since high school when she led the Roots & Shoots club and carried out several propaganda on banning plastic bag in Walmarts in Beijing. At Vassar College, she was a leading force for successfully banning bottled water on campus. She was also the Water and Reforestation Direct at Vassar Haiti Project where she helped introduce water filters and reforestation plans in a small village in Haiti after visiting the village and communicating with local members about their needs for clean water and better environment. She was also an active participant in the Global Power Shift movement organised by 350.org, and has since been working with CYCAN to organise local Power Shift activities focusing on reducing greenhouse gas production on campuses in China. Apart from environmental activism, she is also a strong leader in women’s issues. She was the president of Seven Sisters in China, an intercollegiate organisation which attempts to form a network of empowerment among young Chinese women interested in liberal arts education, and organised annual conferences on women leadership in Beijing and Guangzhou, engaging over 300 participants. | http://bit.ly/1sJX8aP | Video for nomination: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dqswf0kgb6912vk/Xiaoyuan%20Ren%20Climate%20Summit%20Video.mp4?dl=0 Writing sample: http://bit.ly/1nX9Knd | |||||||
479 | 8/15/2014 15:54:14 | Nobel Women’s Initiative | Liz Bernstein | lbernstein@nobelwomensinitiative.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Jody Williams | Nobel Women’s Initiative | http://nobelwomensinitiative.org | USA | USA | Female | 64 | English | Jody Williams has a proven track record speaking powerfully to government officials, civil society, educational institutions, corporate representatives and philanthropists on the subject of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Together with sister Peace Laureate the late Wangari Maathai, Jody Williams ensured support for women climate change advocates from the frontlines and traveled to Guatemala, Honduras, Chad, South Sudan and Mexico. After a delegation to the oil sands of Canada, she met with media publications and government officials in Canada, the US, and the EU. She has participated in the International Women’s Earth Climate Summit and spoken at numerous events worldwide. As a panelist she can address the existing inequities of climate change, highlight the implications for future generations and bring to light her experience engaging with young women, boys and girls on the climate frontlines and their important role in finding solutions to mitigate the impacts. | JJody Williams received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work to ban landmines through the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which shared the Peace Prize with her that year. Since her protests of the Vietnam War, she has been a life-long advocate of freedom, self-determination and human and civil rights. Williams believes that working for peace is not for the faint of heart. It requires dogged persistence and a commitment to sustainable peace, built on environmental justice and meeting the basic needs of the majority of people on our planet. Since January of 2006, Jody Williams has worked toward those ends through the Nobel Women's Initiative, which she chairs. Along with sister Nobel Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi of Iran, she took the lead in establishing the Nobel Women’s Initiative. They were joined at that time by sister Nobel Laureates Wangari Maathai (Kenya), Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Guatemala) and Betty Williams and Mairead Maguire (Northern Ireland). The Initiative uses the prestige of the Nobel Peace Prize and the influence and access of the women Nobel Laureates themselves to support and amplify the efforts of women around the world working for sustainable peace with justice and equality. Since 1998, Williams has also served as a Campaign Ambassador for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. In an unprecedented cooperative effort with governments, UN bodies and the International Committee of the Red Cross, she served as a chief strategist and spokesperson for the ICBL as it dramatically achieved its goal of an international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines during a diplomatic conference held in Oslo in September 1997. Williams continues to be recognized for her contributions to human rights and global security. She is the recipient of fifteen honorary degrees, among other recognitions. In 2004, Williams was named by Forbes Magazine as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world in the publication of its first such annual list. She holds the Sam and Cele Keeper Endowed Professorship in Peace and Social Justice at the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston where she has been teaching since 2003. In academic year 2012-2013, she became the inaugural Jane Addams Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Social Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zM0jYh6QsRUdJI448PPKf5Sr_JPY4Bf5qLf0_FrU9Hc/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
480 | 8/15/2014 15:55:12 | Peel Environmental Youth Alliance | Sierra Frank | sfrank@ecosource.ca | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Aian Andreji Binlayo | Peel Environmental Youth Alliance | www.peyalliance.ca | Canadian | Canada | Male | 20 | English | Aian serves as Senior Advisor to the Peel Environmental Youth Alliance, a network of environmentally-conscious students with outreach to over 300,000 youth in Ontario, Canada. Aian brings a successful history of advocacy and community-based solutions in tackling issues of climate and the environment. Representing nearly 100,000 students in his school board, Aian was integral in pushing policies that mandated more robust waste management and energy efficiency practices in 150 schools across the region. Aian has also written and presented on issues of climate change. He has delivered presentations to over 5,000 individuals across schools, businesses, and NGOs in both the U.S. and Canada. Aian serves as managing editor of his college’s first journal focusing on the intersection between environment and society. The inaugural issue focused on climate change refugees and adaptation. Eloquent and well-versed on climate change issues, Aian is a strong candidate both to attend and to speak. | Aian is a third-year student at Harvard University, where he is studying Environmental Science and Public Policy, with an emphasis on Environmental Economics. Named among the Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25 and recognized as Canada’s Next Green Journalist, Aian brings a proven track record of representing and rallying youth in environmental activism. Among the youngest to be personally trained by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore to educate the public about climate change, Aian has delivered presentations to over 5,000 individuals across schools, businesses, and organizations in both the U.S. and Canada. He currently serves as managing editor of the Harvard College Review of Environmental and Society, the college’s first publication that aims to provide a multidisciplinary discussion on the competing pressures and interests from environmental groups, the public, businesses, and political leaders. Prior to college, Aian was democratically elected as one of two student trustees to represent the interests of nearly 100,000 youth across his school board. Among other goals achieved in this capacity, he successfully fought for stronger waste management practices and advocated for fair, sustainable trading conditions in the manufacture and sale of school uniforms and sports equipment. Aian was awarded first place by the Foundation for Environmental Education for his journalistic piece on alternative waste management options for schools. He has conducted reporting missions in several countries across the globe, including Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and South Africa. Aian has contributed to some of Canada’s highest circulation newspapers, including the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star, where he has written extensively about environmental issues and the actions youth can take to tackle them. | https://www.dropbox.com/s/k6whb124j3hkjce/Aian%20Binlayo%20-%20Resume.docx | Newspaper op-ed written in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan — https://www.dropbox.com/s/7e1e4xk6zei1ufj/Aian%20Binlayo%20-%20US%20EPA%20Clean%20Power%20Plan%20Op-Ed.docx Newspaper article written as part of Aian's monthly column aimed at educating youth on environmental issues — https://www.dropbox.com/s/tmq7o4k9j0rq963/Aian%20Binlayo%20-%20Newspaper%20Article.docx Speech written and delivered in Aian's campaign for student trustee in his school board — Student Trustee Election Speech — https://www.dropbox.com/s/fpnqjylkf5eqo14/Aian%20Binlayo%20-%20Student%20Trustee%20Election%20Speech.docx | |||||||
481 | 8/15/2014 15:56:39 | United Religions Initiative | Rebecca Tobias | rtobias@uri.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | Rebecca Tobias | United Religions Initiative | www.uri.org | USA | Canada | Female | 51 | English | Global Council Trustee United Religions Initiative North America www.uri.org | Global Council Trustee United Religions Initiative North America www.uri.org | http://www.uri.org/about_uri/global_council_trustees | https://drive.google.com/#folders/0B9IviYkZc2OLNlNNVWdiVjZGcms | |||||||
482 | 8/15/2014 15:56:59 | Huairou Commission | Sri Husnaini Sofjan | sri.sofjan@huairou.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Prema Gopalan | Swayam Shikshan Prayog | http://www.sspindia.org/ | India | India | Female | 58 | English | Founder and ED of Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) in India, an organization of over 80000 women that builds resilience after disasters in addition to working to counteract the effects of climate change through food security and eco-system conservation, Gopalan leads capacity building of rural women’s collectives for access and management of resources and women’s involvement in decision-making. A long-time activist around community resilience, natural disasters and climate change, she spoke on the high level plenary alongside UNSG Ban Ki-Moon at UNISDR’s 3rd Global Platform for DRR and has received numerous awards and honors, including the ASHOKA Globalizer Fellowship. In 2014, she was selected as a Senior Fellow of Synergos for her contributions to rural women’s decision-making around access to renewable water and has been invited to the upcoming Leader’s Forum on Women Leading the Way: Women and Climate Change, co-hosted by UN Women and Mary Robinson Foundation. | Ms. Prema Gopalan is a founder and ED of Swayam Shikshan Prayog founded in 1993. This organization operates in 13 districts across four states in India and focuses on women led initiatives to build resilience post-mass scale disasters and climate change in India. SSP’s mission is to empower women on a grassroots-level, to become social & environmental leaders and entrepreneurs. Prema has led SSP in partnering with the Indian government, global organizations and grassroots women’s networks to leverage rural women’s perspectives and decision-making in basic issues. As a Community Participation Advisor and Consultant, she designed and implemented scaled-up mass interventions that are community-driven and women-centered in WB assisted government interventions across 4000 communities in rehabilitation, water and sanitation, and community development. In 2012, the wPOWER Program grant was awarded by USAID/India to SSP. Through this SSP is committed to empower over 1000 women entrepreneurs until 2015, to launch small businesses around innovative and clean technologies in Maharashtra and Bihar by 2015. In 2014, SSP won the Maharashtra Rural Livelihoods Innovations Forum Award under the Social Entrepreneurship theme. SSP has also won the Bihar Innovation Forum in the Rural Energy Sector. In the World Bank Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction supported South-South Program implemented in four states in India from 2011-2013. SSP was awarded to oversee multi country project Women’s Leadership and Forging Partnerships in local governance and social development in India, Guatemala and Honduras. Prema has received honours which include the ASHOKA Globalizer Fellow, was a finalist for Khemka Foundation’s 2008 Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award and 2007 Mary Fran Myers Award for Gender and Disaster. Prema is a member of GROOTS International, a network of grassroots women’s organizations in 40 countries, and the Huairou Commission’s Global Program on Women and its Community Resilience Program. She is a key facilitator of Disaster Watch, a Huairou Commission initiative that promotes global exchange and evaluation of disaster-to-development policies and programs. She is also a former consultant to the Indian government’s Critical Evaluation of Outcomes of the Disaster Risk Management Programme, and former member of the World Bank’s Advisory Panel to the disaster team. | http://www.synergos.org/bios/pgopalan.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H6ntLf-9X0 (Video on SSP for being Social Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist in India, 2008) | ||||||||
483 | 8/15/2014 15:59:01 | Global Call for Climate Action | Joshua Wiese | joshua.wiese@tcktcktck.org | Attend Summit only | No | Joshua Robert Wiese | Global Call for Climate Action | tcktcktck.org | USA | USA | Male | 34 | English | Through the Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA), the nominee has 5 years of experience working to support civil society groups and individual activists around the world; helping amplify and align their efforts related to climate change. He’s familiar with the international & national climate policies of many countries, and connected to the civil society groups and leaders helping drive them. His participation in the Climate Leaders Summit would enhance the GCCA's ability to realize the event's potential as a catalyst for higher-level and deeper longterm government engagement in climate issues in ways that align with the GCCA's 450+ partner organizations' objectives and priorities. He would do this by representing the shared priorities of GCCA partner organizations inside the Summit, while amplifying the most relevant outcomes in ways they can be built upon outside Summit. The nominee would be supported by a team of Summit-focused staff around the world, working toward the same goals. | Joshua Wiese has 15 years of experience working on social and environmental issues from the local grassroots to the multilateral and heads of state level. He’s served as a consultant supporting the genesis of prominent civil society organizations like The Elders and Carbon War Room; and streamlining the engagement and communications strategies of impact investment and philanthropic efforts like the Mulago Foundation. Over the last 5 years, he’s focused on helping amplify and align the climate change work of hundreds of civil society groups and individual activists in the Global Call for Climate Action’s (GCCA) network of partners. In the latter role, Wiese serves as Director of the GCCA’s Adopt a Negotiator project, a fellowship supporting the meaningful participation of leading youth activists from around the world in UNFCCC negotiations. He also leads a network of bloggers and journalists, helping them track and connect with the efforts and priorities of GCCA partner organizations. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8tMDeu3q5m_TEowZkEwLU9vTWc/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8tMDeu3q5m_dVVJcW1seUkzM0k/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
484 | 8/15/2014 15:59:49 | Rotaract Club of Keroggie | Yanet Samson | yanet.samson@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Yoadan Workneh Shiferaw | Rotaract Club of Keroggie | www.rotaractkeroggie.org | Ethiopian | Ethiopia | Female | 26 | Amharic and English | Yoadan is the residing president for rotaract club of Keroggie. One of the 6 Rotary areas of Rotary being Environment, Rotaract club of Keroggie had been engaged in evironment projects among other activities it undertakes since its establishment in 2004. Over the years the club has planted over 8000 trees, cleaned cities, cleaned river banks and the like. During her presidency, Yoadan has taken up the project for a whole new level and now she is leading a project called Greening Africa by linking up with other rotaract clubs all over the continent, Toast Masters clubs and also Global shapers of Africa with an idea to plant 10000 +trees inorder to see a green Africa. You can find the facebook event page at https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=891876617492554&_rdr I and my collegues believe, such a summit might be an opportunity for Yoadan to learn more about ways forward and means to tackle challenges so she does grand projects in the years to come. | Yoadan a 26 year old ambitious young activist who has a passion to conservation of the environment. In her highschool stay she was an active member of the environment club of Nazareth school. She has a law degree and Peace and Security Studies masters. She is the youth champion for Voice Africa's Future so to work on Post 2015 MDG which among many thematic areas encompasses environmental protection. She is the Global Youth Ambassador for A World at School, Membership extension director for Rotary district 9212,executive member of African Unbound Movement, Addis Ababa Chapter, volunteer at Talent Youth Association and last but not least Club President for one of the most prominent rotaract club in the district- Rotaract Club of Keroggie. She is a born leader and she had demonstrated that in her years of service at the rotaract network. Currently as a president, she is doing so much more to the club and the country and specially in relation to preserve the environment we live in. | Yoadan representing the youth of the world and speaking at the Grand Finale of the Global Partnerahip for Education Conference in Brussels, Belgium https://m.facebook.com/aworldatschool/photos/t.504691795/424105381063761/?type=1&source=42&refid=17 | ||||||||
485 | 8/15/2014 16:00:18 | Caribbean Farmer's Network-CFAN | Ruth V Spencer | rvspencer@hotmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Ruth V. Spencer | CaFAN-Antigua and Barbuda | www.caribbeanfarmers.org | Antiguan | Antigua and Barbuda | Female | 59 | english | Has been supporting NGO and community groups in the organization and the provision of training in environmental and marine issues with a focus on renewable energies. She is also supporting e waste activities-the first of it's kind in the island. She has assisted in project and proposal writing having many successful outcomes. Ruth has developed a network of government and private sector partners who provide in kind technical assistance to the groups she works with. In the last 6 weeks , she has been actively mobilizing NGO's and private sector groups and organizing forums to bring public education, information and awareness on Climate Change and how it is affecting the local islands. The groups attending include hoteliers, churches, educators, community groups and CSO's | Ruth is a developmental economist with a MA in international Development Economics from Yale University and is committed and passionate to bring lasing development. Ruth utilizes the bottom up approach creating linkages and partnerships to enable sustainable development outcomes. Ruth is pioneering Solar Energy and has been actively promoting such developments with the youth, women and outreaching in low income communities. She is networking with companies in other Caribbean countries with commitments leading to the setting up of local assembly type companies. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_E9B3XiNv9FQm1SVlUtLVNTX2c/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuZvp5u18cw#t=18 | |||||||
486 | 8/15/2014 16:08:28 | Save the Children | Debra A Jones | debra.jones@savethechildren.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Tove R. Wang | Save the Children | www.savethechildren.net; www.reddbarna.no | Norwegian | Norway | female | 61 | English, Norwegian | Children bear the brunt of the impact of climate change with increased risk of health problems, malnutrition and migration. The future of the world's children is threatened and their health, wellbeing, livelihoods and survival are compromised despite being the least responsible for the causes. Children are agents of change. When children are involved in disaster risk reduction policymaking, their voices share information on their households and communities that can save lives. Children are vulnerable to the effects of global warming, yet they have been largely left out of the debate. Ms. Wang’s participation at the Climate Summit will share the concerns, hopes and suggestions of children for better and more sustainable and resilient world. Ms Wang will motivate the audience to strive for a world fit for children and for the generations to come. She will urge world leaders to recognize what is at stake for the children of the world and advance climate action and ambition. | Tove R. Wang is the CEO of Save the Children Norway. She was from 2005 to 2010 the Chair of the Save the Children’s global campaign Rewrite the Future providing education for children in conflict affected fragile states. She is presently the Chair of Save the Children International’s Global Education Initiative. Tove R. Wang has broad experience within leadership, organisational development, strategic planning, and child rights programming, including 10 years of field experience from working among other countries in Yemen, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. She has altogether 30 years of international development experience and holds a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxO3QI9TS0q2dDVoak9LLWtBQ2c/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/sites/default/files/docs/In_the_Face_of_Disaster_1.pdf Tove and UN’s former special envoy on climate change: http://www.reddbarna.no/nyheter/eliah-12-utfordret-stoltenberg-paa-klima Children and climate change http://vista-analyse.no/site/assets/files/6712/va_2013-44_children_and_climate_change.pdf Feeling the heat http://www.childreninachangingclimate.org/database/stcuk/Publications/2009_sc_feelingtheheat.pdf http://www.childreninachangingclimate.org/database/CCC/Publications/CCC_RightToParticipate_2009.pdf A right to participate: Securing children’s role in climate change adaptation http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/resources/online-library/children%E2%80%99s-charter-action-plan-disaster-risk-reduction-children-children Children’s Charter for DRR http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/resources/online-library/legacy-of-disasters-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-children Legacy of Disasters: The impact of climate change on children | |||||||
487 | 8/15/2014 16:10:07 | Global Call for Climate Action | Phil Ortiz | phil.ortiz@tcktcktck.org | Attend Summit only | No | Phillip Michael Ortiz | Global Call for Climate Action | tcktcktck.org | American | United States of America | Male | 24 | English | As a representative of a civil society organization and an established advocate of community-based solutions to the climate crisis, Phil Ortiz would be an excellent candidate to attend the Climate Summit. Phil works for the Global Call for Climate Action, whose mission is to galvanize civil society and public support for a safe climate future. In his work at the GCCA, Phil focuses on a communications project known as ‘The Tree.’ This project harnesses a diverse group of influencers, including celebrities, government officials and others, to support ambitious climate action. Working on this project requires sensitivity to the perspectives of many stakeholders. In its wide reaching treatment of climate issues, it also requires a broad knowledge base of climate and energy issues. Phil is well versed in the messaging surrounding international climate negotiations, climate science and the IPCC, the politics of climate change, and the already-occurring impacts of climate change. | Phil Ortiz is an environmental communicator who serves as the North American Junior Editor for the Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA). In this role, Phil tracks developments in the news and produces a rapid-response communications email that assists allies in constructively speaking and writing about developments in domestic and international climate policy, climate science, and the energy industry. In his time with the GCCA, he has covered topics including the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, international financing for coal plants, China’s attempts at cleaning up air pollution, and the risk associated with fossil fuel investments. In his domestic work, Phil has focused on the Keystone XL pipeline fight, the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed regulations for existing power plants, and the impacts of climate change on infrastructure. Previously, Phil has worked for Atlantic Media, the parent company of The Atlantic and National Journal, and for Center for Western Priorities, a nonpartisan think tank that specializes in land use and energy issues in the American West. He also is a volunteer organizer for DC Divest, a group that advocates for the divestment of District of Columbia funds from directly held fossil fuel stocks. Phil grew up in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Colorado Boulder. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1WjH7EY4xhwcGMxVlh4M1MtcjQ/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ceJHAB0TNkhLjUKoGVp7vTwIJYsav0k37iAdVblhrsQ/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
488 | 8/15/2014 16:12:48 | Huairou Commission | Sri Husnaini Sofjan | sri.sofjan@huairou.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Esther Mwaura-Muiru | GROOTS Kenya | www.groots.org/members/kenya.htm | Kenyan | Kenya | Female | 46 | English, Swahili | An environmental specialist with expertise in environmental planning & management, policy development & advocacy, she has ensured that Kenyan local authorities integrate community women’s involvement in environmental planning. She is the founder & coordinator of GROOTS Kenya, an organization of 2500 urban & rural groups, which does climate resilience activities including energy saving stove construction in 50+ communities & public sensitization meetings on energy saving technologies. It trained 60 women groups on sustainable farming practices that helped rural women farmers to increase their yield while protecting the environment. She was involved with waste recyclers in Nairobi, protecting the environment while helping local communities build their livelihood. In 2014, she was invited to speak at the “Building Resilience for Food & Nutrition Security” on resilience building in Ethiopia. She has helped draft the National Policy Land Bill, which is backed by funding from the EU & SIDA. | Esther Mwaura-Muiru is the founder & coordinator of GROOTS Kenya (Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood), a network of more than 2000 self-help groups from poor communities in urban slums & rural areas across the country. Thanks to her leadership, grassroots women in the GROOTS Kenya network have built a solid network & taken leadership roles in their own communities. They have also represented themselves at local, national, regional and international decision-making forums. She has been an active member of the global women’s movement ensuring that grassroots women’s priorities & needs are always on the agenda. She has vast experience in building partnerships among an array of actors including local & national government, as well as regional and international actors. Esther’s motivation to begin organizing and community development work arose from her background, growing up in complete poverty in a rural section of Kenya’s Central Province. She carried herself through school tilling the farms of her rich neighbors, & earned a merit scholarship to attend University. Esther sits in several advisory position for international agencies such as the UNDP and UN Habitat. She has provided consultancy & shared her experiences on various boards and committees that include the UNDP Equator Initiative, the International Forum on Urban Poverty, & the Shelter Forum. She is also a regional organizer for GROOTS International & the Huairou Commission in Africa. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ScrVIUztruW8z8BQ_v-GxKwxom5HOxHOuyjO1kzIT-U/edit?usp=sharing | Esther Mwaura-Muiru, Founder and Coordinator, GROOTS (Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood), Kenya, at the IFPRI 2020 conference on Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security, May 15-17, 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqZmzFCdStg | |||||||
489 | 8/15/2014 16:12:57 | Climate Action Network South Asia; Youth climate Action Network Sri Lanka | Senashia Ekanayake & Navam Niles | senashia@cansouthasia.net, navam.niles@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Vositha Vedhani Wijenayake | Climate Action Network South Asia | www.cansouthasia.net | Sri Lankan | Sri Lanka | Female | 30 | English, French, Sinhala | Vositha has not only specialised in the theory of environmental law but with her work in CANSA and Southern Voices programme, she has been able to advocate for and implement climate change policy in South Asia and beyond. She works closely with the Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka, the UNFCCC, Maldives’ current Permanent Representative to the UN and the current LDC Chair thereby providing her a wide range of insights to the most pertinent issues of climate change in the developing world. Vositha is a dedicated and highly educated activist with a strong legal background that serves to further enhance the discourse revolving around climate change, human rights, and gender. | Policy and Advocacy Coordinator of CANSA and Regional Facilitator for Asia for the Southern Voices Programme. Vositha Wijenayake is a lawyer by profession and has an LLM from University College London. She specialises in International Environmental Law and Human Rights Law. She has been tracking the UNFCCC negotiations since 2009 with a legal and gender focus. Vositha is a lawyer by training, and now co-chairs the CAN legal group. She also works as the policy and communication coordinator for CANSA. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5F6SCIzAYUwNlpHWVlDNlUwQXM/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_F6A1F3LRncR0dMMjE5elZ2Z3c1eVcwVEhYSkRaYWZmbkRN/edit?usp=docslist_api | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cRoS9HQqyiHOP3tC6C4dSvp6D3s5i9K6Z9JlTOODczk/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yjRMnRblQHNL3xpBIYmWcF0_hMs6OeRXWyCV4QJ2ePY/edit?usp=docslist_api | |||||||
490 | 8/15/2014 16:13:45 | Center for Human Development & Management | Professor Dr. A A M S Arefin Siddique | chdm.ngo@email.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Ashraful Alam | Center for Human Development & Management | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Male | 45 | English | Bangladesh has been recognized as the most vulnerable country to climate change because of its disadvantageous geographic location; flat and low-lying topography; high population density. He has been working for the climate change issues for last 15 years in Bangladesh and He nicely presented the climate Hazards and impacts of climate change in Bangladesh in the UNFCCC-2009.. He participated in many national and international seminars and workshops dealing with social and climate change issues. Mr. Ashraful is involved with many socio-cultural organizations of diverse nature and regularly lectures on various aspects of national life. He relentlessly fights for democracy, rule of law, peoples’ right to information and education through his inspirational speeches. He always upholds the spirit of equality, liberty, peace, development which are essential in a democratic politics. | Artist Ashraful Alam was born on 2nd January, 1969 in Gopalganj, Faridpur. He obtained a Masters in Fina Arts (MFA) degree from the Drawing & painting Department, Faculaty of Fine Arts of University of Dhaka and was awarded best media academic award in several times. He has being involved in politics since his boyhood. His father was also involved in politics and participated in liberation war in 1971. Starts Art Exhibition on the brutal killing of Bangabandhu since 1990 with the artists from all over the country of Bangladesh where depicts the brutality of killing. Organized Seminars, Symposiums and Discussions with the poets, artists, literatures as well as the intellectuals of the country. Beside these, organized Children Painting Competitions, Exhibitions and Story Telling programmes in the eve of Birth Anniversary of the Father of the Nation. Mr. Ashraful Alam established CHDM is a non profit national NGO in the year 2000 registered by the ministry of social welfare of Bangladesh Govt. and devoted his career to the cause of environment. He unveiled a new field for activism through environmental law. He fought for establishing the rights of the downtrodden people and within a very short period set an exceptional trend of performing public duty in protecting environment and the interests of the common people. He leads the national level policy advocacy group of climate change. He leads the movement to uphold the democratic values and seek to establish citizens’ democratic rights as they complement their right to a sound environment. Mr. Ashraful is unique in his capabilities for insight, innovation, ingenuity, industry, inspiration. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7VBMQMKg9pRWld4VHJVSEN2eU0/edit?usp=sharing | Attendee only | ||||||||
491 | 8/15/2014 16:13:53 | gedaref digital city organization | ahmed mahmoud mohamed eisa | ahmed22digital@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | ahmed mahmoud mohamed eisa | GDCO SUDAN | http://gedaref.com/ADBCP/recov/newone/ | SUDANES | SUDAN | MALE | 60 YEARS | Arabic & english | There are 87534 registered Telecentres, 76 national networks in 52 countries & 6 regional networks. They share knowledge, & best practices for equal access. GDCO as member works on climate change. The e-agriculture project (PPP Project) developed Gedaref state national resource e-map to improve agriculture through ICT & prevent national resources from eradication, solve conflicts between farmers, forest & shepherd. ICT used for discovering grazing area & water. In Sudan, 3million out of schoolchildren due to climate change, disasters & war. Most children travel with their families looking better grazing area and water resources with their animal where no schools. GDCO out of schoolchildren project founded in Wad Almushmer village where 99% are illiterate. Solar energy used for charging laptops, mobiles, Portable Telecentres in rural areas used for Agriculture extension, telemedicine, e-education. ICT helps in online conferences which limits people movement and reduces CO2 emissions. | Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed Eisa ** chair of gedaref digital city organization (NGO & not for profit) ** B.Sc. Agriculture (agronomy) Khartoum University (1981) ** M.Sc. (Agriculture) Manhattan Kansas USA (1985) ** attended a course in north carolina about striga hermonthica (destructive witch weed for sorghum) ** State Minster of Agriculture Sudan 1988 ** Parliament member 1986 – 1989 ** Winner of seven (7) international ICT4D awards ** Representative of parliament in the national research council (1986 -1989) ** Gedaref & alsharq Universities council’s member ** Certificate from ITU as one of the best Global digital talents 2011 Geneva ** Founder of the first Telecentre academy in Africa and Middle East and the thirteen in the world ** As state minister of agriculture (1988) and parliament member, I passed the law of national forestry corporation, which stated the growing of 10% forest in mechanized rain fed schemes and 5% in irrigated schemes. ** in 1992 I work as volunteer in technical committee to implement the law of 1988 and we grow more than 40 kilometer (15 meter wide) strip of forest along the high way of Gedaref Khartoum ** iam from a big family growing crops in eastern Sudan and my father was the first in Sudan or replanted 2000 acres with forest trees in early 1970s ** as student in Khartoum university we protested against the government 1979 for offering investors 10.000 fedans (4200 square meters) of forest trees to grow sorghum and sesame until the succeeded ** again we protest in may 2014 against offering investors 10.000 fedans (4200 square meters) of forest trees to grow sorghum and sesame until the succeeded | http://api.ning.com/files/p1hCpNEYWCLk7DOr2KDgiIIXrHqIG6PYoB3LujDXy9yMNkl5na4d*-fV4T4thWzugDbtRbLR1fmtklw3PknmoTXAl27DKjA3/cvAhmedMahmoudMohamedEisa.pdf | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cM6JqpUht-tuwKWHNXR9wAtlNh1FuHiGnlqqm6yRgfc/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cM6JqpUht-tuwKWHNXR9wAtlNh1FuHiGnlqqm6yRgfc/edit http://api.ning.com/files/p1hCpNEYWCJEH*3ty2YZ9E4zBrAx2g8nkPGTUjYb9zkvn*Qcnnnbi6FJmQvovFxMysMP83CXhhNKQWX3czQDjIg8gfwkaRyW/ahmedeisaLinks.pdf http://api.ning.com/files/p1hCpNEYWCLk7DOr2KDgiIIXrHqIG6PYoB3LujDXy9yMNkl5na4d*-fV4T4thWzugDbtRbLR1fmtklw3PknmoTXAl27DKjA3/cvAhmedMahmoudMohamedEisa.pdf | |||||||
492 | 8/15/2014 16:21:19 | UPROSE | Elizabeth Yeampierre | Elizabeth@uprose.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Elizabeth Yeampierre | UPROSE | www.uprose.org | Puerto Rican | Unites States | Female | 55 | English and Spanish | Elizabeth Yeampierre is a well recognized Puerto Rican climate justice leader of African and Indigenous ancestry born and raised in NYC. She is Executive Director of UPROSE, Brooklyn's oldest Latino community based, organization. Her vision for an inter-generational, multicultural and community led organization is the driving force behind UPROSE. She is a trailblazer for organizing, environmental, climate justice, climate adaptation and community resiliency efforts. In response to the community after Super Storm Sandy, she created the Climate Justice and Community Resiliency Center-NYC’s first grassroots led bottom-up, climate adaptation and community resilience center. She was the 1st Latina Chair of the US EPA's National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, on the NIEHS and Mayor's Sustainability Advisory Board. She convenes the US’s largest climate justice youth summit. She was invited to give the opening remarks at the White House's first and only Environmental Justice Forum | Elizabeth was born,raised,lives and works in a frontline community and knows first hand the impacts of legacy exposure to toxic harm. Nationally, as former Chair of the US EPA NEJAC, she worked diligently to ensure that environmental justice was incorporated into rulemaking and integrated into federal agencies. A recent effort led to the creation of a US EPA NEJAC workgroup dedicated to developing recommendations for resilience from storm surges for industrial waterfront communities. On the NIEHS Advisory Council she advocates for authentic local engagement of communities in scientific research. Joining national environmental justice leaders to brief the Obama transition team in 2008, led to selection as the opening speaker at the 1st White House Forum on Environmental Justice. Citywide, she was part of environmental justice leadership responsible for getting New York State’s 1st Brownfield legislation passed and NYC’s Solid Waste Management Plan adopted. She helped incorporate environmental justice into the New York’s Climate Adaptation and Integration Plan. She serves on Mayor’s Long Term Planning and Sustainability Advisory Board, and was a Commissioner on the historic NYS Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission. Locally, her work facilitated a community driven urban forestry initiative and contributed to the doubling open space. She successfully organized a coalition and is credited for facilitating the defeat of a 520 mega-watt power plant application. She created a multi-stakeholder process for local brownfield remediation and an agreement that reduced net emissions of a local power plant. She implemented a community participatory model that resulted in a greenway design for her community. Her efforts resulted in significant public investment in Sunset Park including $8.4 million dollars for the greenway and Waterfront Park and an additional $36 million dollars in Brownfield remediation funds for the waterfront park. At UPROSE, she secured a $1,000,000 for local, educational pollution reduction projects. She founded the NYC Climate Justice Youth Summit, the US’s largest convening of young people of color on climate change.This year, they were trained to organize and bring the frontline narrative into the People’s Climate March. In response to the community’s request after Super Storm Sandy, she created the Climate Justice and Community Resiliency Center-NYC’s first grassroots-led, bottom-up, climate adaptation and community resilience project | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bye6DFp4fd-sQVA0eTh0VVFmaUE3eDFMblZrcmhzVXk2c2dz/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NPDopjKWJebOufDn19GxSHKfRIxNzUcXnBptaCQcNPc/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
493 | 8/15/2014 16:30:02 | Global Call for Climate Action | Andrew Schenkel | ahschenk@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | Andrew H. Schenkel | Global Call for Climate Action | TreeAlerts.orf | American | USA | Male | 31 | English | My role with the Global Call for Climate Action is to produce “Alerts” about the most pressing climate issues of the day that can be utilized by a network of influencers across the globe. These “Alerts” contain the most useful information for spreading the news about the urgency of legitimate action on climate change. The Alerts contain talking points, social media assets like tweets and sharable Facebook images along with other useful tools for communicators like quotes, creative commons photos and sharable videos. The influencers in our network have the capability to reach nearly 30 million individuals around the world though their social media and traditional media reach. By being located at the physical summit our “Alerts” will contain information that will be both timely and from direct sources. This will allow the influencers on our network to be best equipped to communicate the developments from this very important moment in the climate movement as efficiently as possible. | Andrew Schenkel is a communications strategist specializing in international climate and environmental issues. Schenkel serves as the Managing Editor and Director of Special Projects for the Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA) where he oversees various projects. Schenkel attended Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Mass Communications and the Maxwell School of Citizenship studying broadcast journalism and public policy and earned degrees in 2006. Following his studies at Syracuse Schenkel served as the chief political correspondent in for an NBC affiliate in Cheyenne, Wyoming where he covered the energy industry, state and national legislation and pretty much anything else that happened in a 200 mile radius. Following his time in Wyoming, Schenkel moved to Washington, DC to pursue a freelance journalism career focused on energy and environmental issues. This lead Schenkel to begin working on various communications projects surrounding the COP 15 climate meetings in Copenhagen and the COP 16 climate meetings in Cancun. In addition to his work on climate issues Schenkel worked on various projects including video production during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and serving as the political correspondent for the Mother Nature Network. Since 2012 Schenkel has exclusively worked with the Global Call for Climate Action where he overseas “The Tree” communications project, aimed at getting high powered influencers to communicate with confidence about timely climate issues around the world. Andrew resides in Washington, DC where he volunteers his time on various clean energy and political causes. He skis, runs, hikes and reads when he's not working. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4TP7cyO_EwYYVRJclRld1hZTUE/edit | http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/politics/blogs/americas-energy-solutions-are-out-there http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/blogs/libya-the-real-costs-of-war-and-oil http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/politics/blogs/jon-hunstman-call-me-crazy-for-believing-in-science-0 http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/politics/blogs/protesters-released-after-eco-activist-gets-2-years-in-prison http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/politics/blogs/conservative-senator-is-liberal-on-oil-handouts | |||||||
494 | 8/15/2014 16:30:21 | Operation Peace Through Unity | Iris Spelling | geocolors1@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country) | No | Martha Gallahue | United Religions Initiative | peacethroughunity.info/ | American | NYC USA | female | 76 | english | Martha is dedicated to the work of the United Nations in numerous ways -- As a resident of New York she is available to speak at the summit and has endless credits to her name. Martha Gallahue, ECOSOC representative for United Religions Initiative, a worldwide interfaith organization with 650,000 members, has served as an NGO representative at the UN for sixteen years. | Martha Gallahue, ECOSOC representative for United Religions Initiative, a worldwide interfaith organization with 650,000 members, has served as an NGO representative at the UN for sixteen years. She participated in UN World Conferences on Sustainable Development and Climate Change at Johannesburg, Cancun and Durban and co-presented a Side Event on Ethics, Spirituality and Sustainability in Johannesburg. She co-founded an NGO Working Group on Climate Change in support of the work of the UNFCCC and served on the Councils of the Values Caucus and Earth Values Caucus at the UN. She continues on the Spiritual Caucus Council at the UN. She formerly was Main Representative for National Ethical Service where she continues as clergy Leader with Ethical Culture. She is a psychoanalyst in private practice whose focus is with the international community in public service. | http://www.linkedin.com/pub/martha-gallahue/20/7b5/506 | Please view this utube of Martha speaking at Ethical Culture on Spirituality Environment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVYvb3sIlC4 | |||||||
495 | 8/15/2014 16:39:25 | Huairou Commission | Sri Husnaini Sofjan | sri.sofjan@huairou.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Josephine Basibas Castillo | Damanyan ng Maralitang Piipinong Api (DAMPA) Inc. | Filipino | Philippines | Female | 54 | English, Wary, and Tagalog | Josephine Castillo is national coordinator of DAMPA people’s federation of 217 grassroots orgs (100,000+ women) across the Philippines. DAMPA approaches climate change & resilience through mobilizing & organizing communities, building partnerships, enhancing climate initiatives & initiating pro-poor legislation. DAMPA holds trainings on disaster preparedness & risk mapping and runs programs like water coops, solid waste management & urban agriculture. DAMPA convenes and is the only grassroots org in the Philippine DRR Network. In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, DAMPA partnered w/ local and national govts to monitor relief distribution & negotiated a permanent resettlement site. Castillo has represented DAMPA, GROOTS Intl & Huairou Commission in multiple forums on climate change & resilience, e.g. Rio+20, COP & UNISDR Global Platforms. She serves on UN Women’s Global Civil Society Advisory Group & will speak at UN Women & Mary Robinson Foundation’s Leaders Forum on women & climate change. | Josephine Castillo was born in Tanauan Leyte, Philippines, a region that was hit by typhoon Hyan on the 8th of November 2013. She is 54 years old and is married with four grown-up children. She speaks her native dialect Wary, in addition to Tagalog and English. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science in Criminology and in 1989 to 1990 was trained as a community organizer and leader by the COPE Foundation. In her earlier years, she started out as a youth leader in her hometown where she was elected as a youth Council head (kabataang barangay Chairman) in barangay during the 1972 Election. In 1988, she became a leader in her own community when her community on Luzon Avenue, Quezon City was threatened to be demolished. She became the chair of the board of NAMALU Home owners association, which was organized, in her community. Her first fight on security of tenure was also in her community NAMALU HOA that lasted seven years. This was a big project that awarded 421 families, three hectares of land through the Community Mortgage Program resulting in a successful outcome for Josephine. Consequently, she has lived in this area for the last 30 years. Since 1996, Josephine has been an organizer and leader of a big federation of grassroots, which is a women lead organization of Damayan ng Maralitang Pilipinong Api (DAMPA). This is an organization that consists of 217 grassroots organization members nationwide in the Philippines. Through this organization Josephine has facilitated different modes of land acquisition; the first was the Community Mortgage Program (CMP) which was benefitted 1,200 families; the second was Direct Purchase where 5,000 families were able to buy land; and the third was through land sharing and negotiated resettlement which awarded to 31 families. Josephine was selected as a Board of Directors of an Asian coordinating NGO, Asian Bridge in 2003 and has held this position to date. She also represents her federation in the Global network partner HUAIROU Commission & GROOTS international. She represented her federation as a convener and was on the project management committee of the big network, the Philippine Disaster Risk reduction network (DRRNET). She was also nominated to represent Urban Poor women as a Commissioner of the Philippine Commission of women. She is also a nominee for the local housing board of Quezon City, representing the 3rd district. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dVom8kmDH_dNcpsglgKlZmlHat5ezvd0i_LTlYmJPhA/edit?usp=sharing | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Id2m36vAMY Interview at Rio+20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOaLm5il2Jk Mary Robinson Foundation interview on climate change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaVBLgI9ipk | ||||||||
496 | 8/15/2014 16:41:03 | Friends of the Environment Association "Ahbab EL Biaa" | Somia Torki | aae_enviro@yahoo.fr | Attend Summit only | Yes | Assia Korichi | Friends of the Environment Association "Ahbab EL Biaa" | Algerian | Algeria | Female | 43 | Arabic, French, English | Assia Korichi is officially designated to speak on behalf of Friends of the Environment Association,which is a full member of The Algerian Associations for the Promotion of Sustainable Rural Development Network.Since 2006,she has been advocating to raise climate awareness through her direct involvement in activities and events promoting community practices implementation,designing awareness campaigns,exhibitions,and participating in radio programs Living in an arid region,highly vulnerable to climate change, Assia’s aim is to drive climate and environmental education, building the capacity of local population,especially youth to understand the effects of climate change on their communities and to take action.As a member of the National Steering Committee of The GEF Small Grants Programme for Algeria,Assia has a vantage point of working directly with communities on the frontlines of environmental conservation encouraging and helping them implement climate change mitigation projects | Assia Korichi is an Algerian environment Activist. She is founder and president of Friends of the Environment Association - Ahbab El Biaa (1996), a non-profit organization that works to protect environment and promote the role of youth in the sustainable development process, and creating then a generation to help solve environmental issues especially Climate Crisis, land degradation, and biodiversity preservation. Assia works on sustainable development and Climate Change issues in Biskra in particular by organizing campaigns, consultations with decision makers and different stakeholders, and various activities in favor of Youth and children in order to build their capacities in terms of sensitization, and environmental advocacy process. Assia took part, on behalf of the Algerian Civil Society, at both the Rio+20 UN Conference in Rio De Janeiro, Brasil in 2012, and the First Arab States Regional South-South Development EXPO in Doha, Qatar in 2014 co-organized by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation and the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Arab States. She is a member of different climate related international forums, and a reviewer editor of the African Adaptation Knowledge Network-AAKNet Newsletter : http://www.aaknet.org/index.php/knowledge-base/newsletters Korichi received a Certificate of recognition from the African Climate Award for her contribution to awareness raising of Climate Change Issues in Africa. She is a research assistant at The Scientific and Technical Research Center on Arid Regions in Biskra - Algeria. She took part in the research project « Climate change, environment and Migration – Social-ecological conditions of population movements in the Sahelian Countries Mali and Senegal », organised by The Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), in Frankfurt (Germany). Assia Korichi graduated from both University of Annaba and University of Biskra (Algeria). Attending the Summit will be an opportunity vis-à-vis experience exchange and solutions sharing. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2AR29Dc_1fiU1oySzhxUFRmd28/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2AR29Dc_1fib3piWV95Q2RKREk/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
497 | 8/15/2014 16:42:54 | Huairou Commission | Sri Husnaini Sofjan | sri.sofjan@huairou.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Relinda Melania Sosa Perez | National Confederation of Women Organized for Life and Integrated Development (CONAMOVIDI) / GROOTS Peru | http://conamovidi-peru.org/ | Peru | Peru | Female | 53 | Spanish | She is Founder & President of CONAMOVIDI, a federation of 150,000 grassroots women across 65 provinces in Peru & largest member of national network GROOTS Peru. She organizes & builds leadership of women in communities vulnerable to landslides, earthquakes, floods, food insecurity & loss of livelihoods to understand global & national policy frameworks, be involved in planning processes & advocate for priorities at district, regional, national & global levels. Her advocacy helped pass Law 25307, the only law explicitly recognizing the right to food in Peru. GROOTS Peru has enabled local communities to share & incorporate their community risk mappings with govt agencies including the national disaster agency. She is a powerful speaker, representing grassroots approaches to climate change adaptation & resilience at the WUF7 Gender Assembly & speaking out on grassroots inclusion in the post-2015 agenda during CSW58, & represented the Community Practitioners Platform at a UNISDR side event. | Relinda Perez's social work began in August 1989 when she started a soup kitchen called Virgin of Nazareth. When it started, the kitchen provided meals to over 6,000 people. In 1990 a change in economic policy in Peru (FUJISHOK) led to the devaluation of currency heavily impacting poor & middle-class families. In the aftermath of this crisis, the demand of the kitchen tripled to an average of 20,000 individuals revealing the scope of her social work. Similarly, this demographic was made vulnerable with the appearance of cholera in1991. This led to Ms. Perez's involvement in promotional activities such as training and dissemination of relevant information to counteract the disease which contributed to effectively improving the quality of life to these families. Despite, the threatening political atmosphere, in 1991 the group achieved the passage of Law 25307, which is currently the only law which explicitly recognizes the right to food. In 2005, she created the Confederation of Women Organized for Life & Integral Development Coordinator GROOTS CONAMOVIDI and was elected President. The organization aims to work & strengthen the citizenship of women in rural & urban areas, protecting them from violation of their rights. CONAMOVIDI has helped promote social organizations from 65 provinces and in 16 departments, & has trained 120 women to improve participation in social management with local governments. In addition to this, over two hundred women participate in social spaces & another 150 women participate in economic ventures. Since 2008, CONAMOVI has been promoting community resilience actions through community mapping to identify vulnerable areas and risks, submitting these to the authorities in order to influence them to place these issues on their future investment plan. We also develop measures to adapt & mitigate the effects of climate change including activities that involve afforestation and the diversification of urban agricultural land. She is also heavily involved in gender equality issues & through CONAMOVIDI has promoted the implementation of a gender equality plan, partnering with the board of the Ministry of Women and civil society to monitor the plan, for which she was the Chair from in 2008. She is also the GROOTS Coordinator in Peru. She is involved as an advisor in a process of advocacy with the Ministry of Development of Social Inclusion to incorporate gender in social programs through the pilot program "Program Together." | Relinda speaking at the Gender Equality Action Assembly at World Urban Forum 7 in Medellín, she starts speaking at 1:54:00 in the video http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/conferencessummits/world-urban-forum-7-5-11-april-2014-medellin-colombia/watch/gender-equality-action-assembly-world-urban-forum-7/3442425961001 | ||||||||
498 | 8/15/2014 16:42:59 | Huairou Commission | Sri Husnaini Sofjan | sri.sofjan@huairou.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Maria Teresa Rodriguez Blandon | Fundación Guatemala | Guatemala | Guatemala | Female | 50 | Spanish and English | She has extensive experience promoting women's empowerment in sustainable development, providing strategic guidance to women in Guatemala’s disaster-prone areas to use policy frameworks & budgets at all levels. She is a member of Women & Habitat Network in LAC & Director of Fundación Guatemala, implementing environmental conservation activities such as reforestation, controlling soil erosion & diversifying land use to mitigate the effects of climate change. Along with the National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED), she has participated in annual national assessments of Hyogo Framework. In addition to extensive high level speaking experience, she recently shared methodologies created by grassroots women on a partnership forum for gender equality at Rio +20, at WUF6 at a Resilient Cities panel & at the WUF7 Roundtable on civil society orgs. She was invited as part of the official delegation for Guatemala to the 4th Regional Platform for DRR in Guayaquil. | Maite Rodriguez is the Director of Fundación Guatemala. She leads the Women and Peace Network, in coordination with the Arias Foundation. She currently serves on the UNDP Gender Expert Task Force, UNDP Gender Unit, and on the Coordinating Council of the Huairou Commission. Ms. Rodriguez grew up during Guatemala’s civil war and has spent more than 15 years working with grassroots women’s movements struggling for land rights and women’s rights. In addition to leading Fundación Guatemala, she founded the Women and Peace Network in Central America with grassroots women’s organizations from Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador and later Costa Rica and Honduras. After Peace Treaties were signed in Guatemala, Ms. Rodriguez actively contributed to include women in the Land Cadastral Process in Guatemala. Ms. Rodriguez has also worked to advance advocacy plans for women on community resilience and safety by supporting women in cities and communities to claim safe space, and to create partnerships with government stakeholders to design public policies to reduce risk and vulnerable conditions for women and girls. She has a long history of supporting the empowerment of women as central actors in sustainable human settlements and communities, promoting sustainable development with a focus on comprehensive risk management and adaptation to climate change, and progress in promoting gender equitable opportunities. | Guatemala Program Community Foundation: Practitioners Platform for Resilience http://youtu.be/96f__bhnU7g | |||||||||
499 | 8/15/2014 16:43:53 | AIDS-Free World | Gillian Mathurin | gm@aidsfreeworld.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Stephen Lewis | AIDS-Free World | www.aidsfreeworld.org | Canadian | Canada | Male | 76 | English | Stephen Lewis is a celebrated Canadian diplomat, orator, advocate, and author. During his tenure as Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations, he chaired the first international conference on Climate Change in 1988. Since leaving the United Nations, Stephen Lewis has served as co-director of AIDS-Free World, an international advocacy organization working for more urgent and effective global responses to HIV and AIDS. He has also served as a professor of Global Health at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University in Toronto, where he addressed the impact of climate change on global health. His lifelong commitment to multilateralism, his role as the head of a civil society organization, and his reputation as one of the greatest speakers of our time make him an excellent choice for a speaking role and a civil society delegate to the United Nations Climate Summit 2014. | Mr. Stephen Lewis is the co-founder and co-director of AIDS-Free World. Stephen Lewis’ work with the United Nations spanned more than two decades. He was the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa from June 2001 until the end of 2006. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Lewis was Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF at the organization’s global headquarters in New York. From 1984 through 1988, he was Canada's Ambassador to the UN. In addition to his work with AIDS-Free World, Mr. Lewis is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University in Toronto. He recently served as a Commissioner on the Global Commission on HIV and the Law; the Commission’s landmark report was released in July 2012. Mr. Lewis serves as the board chair of the Stephen Lewis Foundation in Canada, and he is a Senior Fellow of the Enough Project. He is an immediate past member of the Board of Directors of the Clinton Health Access Initiative, and Emeritus Board Member of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. Stephen Lewis is a Companion of the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest honor for lifetime achievement. In 2005, Mr. Lewis was named by TIME magazine as one of the ‘One hundred most influential people in the world’ (he was cited in the category that included The Dalai Lama, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and Nelson Mandela). In 2007, King Letsie III, monarch of the Kingdom of Lesotho (a small mountainous country in Southern Africa) invested Mr. Lewis as Knight Commander of the Most Dignified Order of Moshoeshoe. The order is named for the founder of Lesotho; the knighthood is the country’s highest honor. Mr. Lewis is the author of the best-selling book, Race Against Time. He holds 37 honorary degrees from Canadian universities, as well as honorary degrees from Dartmouth College and Johns Hopkins University in the United States. | Links to public speeches by Stephen Lewis on climate change: Stephen Lewis on Climate Change (TVO's Big Ideas -- a speech broadcast on Canadian public television): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVzBobF-k7E Stephen Lewis and Bill Clinton at AIDS 2006: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6bUognn0pA Stephen Lewis on why we need climate change action now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMwLfJ6NvuM Stephen Lewis addresses the closing plenary of the International AIDS Conference in Toronto (2006): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EkIQBmJ_VM | ||||||||
500 | 8/15/2014 16:49:48 | IDEAS For Us | Clayton Louis Ferrara | Clay@ideasforus.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Stephen B. Lavalah | Youth Exploring Solutions (YES) | http://stephenlavalah.wix.com/liberiayes | Liberia | Liberia | Male | 29 | English | Stephen B. Lavalah is an exceptional person. Brilliant, charismatic, and driven - he has impressed me time and time again since the US DEPT of State sent him to work with me in 2013. In a recent trip to Liberia, I was able to witness the amazing work he does, helping men, women, and children to believe in themselves, improve their lives, escape poverty, and have a hand in building a sustainable country for themselves. Stephen learned to read by moonlight, he put himself through school, and even was a war refuge for 13 years in the 1990's and early 2000's. When he returned, he started an organization that works with youth to create positive community solutions. There is not enough good things to say about Mr. Lavalah. He is a wise teacher, and great public speaker. He has my highest praise and support. | Stephen B. Lavalah is a native of Liberia, community organizer, advocate, researcher, public speaker and writer. He spent most of his formative years in the dark green forest of Zorzor, Lofa County and in the slum of Buzzy Quarter. For nearly over two decades, Stephen has been involved with educational, environmental, and humanitarian work. He started volunteering at the age of 7. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Youth Exploring Solutions, an accredited Liberian nonprofit, voluntary and grassroots youth-led development organization that focuses on helping people to become problem solvers as well as tolerant and critical thinkers. Stephen engages, educates and empowers communities to make informed decisions and smart choices in the areas of environmental conservation, sustainable development, human rights, education, health, and agriculture. He also coordinates a coalition of youth-led development organizations that seeks to address critical barriers in achieving universal access to water and sanitation across Liberia. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8CKa9OL-SEEcnBCUi11TW9BRVk/edit?usp=sharing | The Author (Mr. Stephen B. Lavalah) has been published many times. There are links to his wonderful writings below: http://allafrica.com/stories/201404091494.html http://www.frontpageafricaonline.com/index.php/lifestyle/people-innovation/2214-building-a-sustainable-liberia-a-venture-incorporating-everyone http://www.news.heritageliberia.net/index.php/columns-opinions-letters/heritage-forum/1693-warwick-s-guns-versus-the-pen-clash-for-unceasing-press-freedom-in-liberia http://www.thenewdawnliberia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10806:extolling-the-armed-forces-of-liberia-grandfathers-rekindled-hope&catid=50:special-feature&Itemid=85 http://www.frontpageafricaonline.com/old/op-ed-editorial/commentary/5494-spotlight-on-international-womens-day-time-for-gender-equality.pdf http://allafrica.com/stories/201210011035.html | |||||||
501 | 8/15/2014 16:59:53 | Heinrich Boell Foundation Palestine and Jordan | Rita Kamal | ps-trainee1@ps.boell.org | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Attend Summit only | Yes | Sara Suwan | Heinrich Boell Foundation Palestine and Jordan | http://ps.boell.org | Palestinian | Palestine | Female | 22 | Arabic, English | The above mentioned candidate has a passion for the environment and has chosen to focus on climate change and its related issues in both extra-curriculum filed and academic filed as well. Sara is a uniquely thoughtful, globally-minded young women who has been instrumental to the mission of Arab Climate Movement to educate and empower Arab youth to act on climate change. She has previously attended UNFCCC meetings in Doha and Warsaw on behalf of civil society. | Sara Suwan is a social change advocate and has been working on environmental issues for the past four years. She has a background in community organising, campaigning, journalism and strategy development. From a young age Sara has been actively involved in environmental and developmental projects locally and internationally as the founder of Ecology Friends Association in her city and that contributed to her worldview about youth, environment and sustainable development. Later on, Sara has been selected to be the National Co-ordinator of the Arab Youth Climate Movement- Palestine (AYCM); a Youth led initiative spread across 16 Arab world countries that aims to actively play a role in solving the climate crisis by raising awareness, working on policy, lobbying at the UNFCCC-COP as well as working nationally with the government and other NGOs. She joined an Arab delegation to the UN Climate Talks COP18 and COP19 as civil society to lobby and push for a stronger will on climate policy and climate action in the Arab region. Sara is a contributor journalist of The Verb. The Verb is a newswire service telling the stories that matter. They specifically cover the UNFCCC negotiations. Sara is currently doing internship at Palestine and Jordan Office of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, a German non-profit political foundation affiliated with the Green Party. She is based in Nablus, Palestine with extensive experience overseas. Sara hopes to complete a Master’s degree on natural resource governance. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rhg69AggX7m8Q8W_mr-OTBP34sFoCttUJzuF6wXxynA/edit?usp=sharing | Video for nomination: https://www.dropbox.com/s/msgils9ihrq334i/Sara%20Suwan%20Climate%20Summit%20Video.wmv?dl=0 http://theverb.org/where-do-arabs-fit-in-2/ http://ps.boell.org/en/2014/01/09/fruits-desert | |||||||
502 | 8/15/2014 17:13:28 | Labour,Health and Human Rights Development Centre | Adeyemi Oloye,Ag Chair,BOT | lhahrdev@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | No | AKELE,Ayodele Sam | Labour,Health and Human Rights Development Centre | Nigerian | Nigeria | Male | 60 | English | Our nominee is our present ED a representative of CSO and authorized to speak if need be.He is Highly competent and experienced in this area of our work on climate change,leading the organization on effective advocacy or our implementation of community based solutions for climate change mitigation or adaptation He has demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders .Leader of our delegations to many United Nations Conference on Climate Change,COPs. As the ED he effectively processed our admission into Observer Status with the UNFCCC some years ago and our admission into the Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC since 2014 Has valid US visa and will be available.He can be trusted and indeed in a very good position to replicate as usual knowledge gained at this summit within and outside the origination in furtherance of our work | Born 9th January 1954,Mr..Ayudele Akele has a Higher National Diploma (BSc. Equivalent) in Quantity Surveying from Yaba College of Technology, Nigeria’s foremost technological institution . Sat for and passed with distinction,the Test of Professional Competence Examination of the Nigeria Institute of Quantity Surveyor to become and Associate Member of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors(ANIQS) in 1989.Registered to Practice In Nigeria as a Registered Quantity Surveyor by the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN) IN 1990.Worked with the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation, LSDPC, Nigeria in several capacities .These include Project Quantity Surveyor, Assistant Chief Quantity Surveyor, ACQS, Project Manager before bowing out in 2012.As student Mr Akele was the Secretary, Constitution drafting committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS and pioneer Secretary General of the apex Students Union body in the country at the first convention after the ratification of the Constitution in1989/80. His flair for activism made him to head the over 100,000 strong work force in Lagos State Nigeria,while also volunteering in NGO work .No wonder he was immediately offered employment as pioneer ED of Labour,Health and Human Rights Development Centre after bowing out of public service.A Centre he has buil from the scratct to an enviable status in Nigeria among other NGO and to the satisfaction of its BOT | http://carllevan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Civil-society-letter-from-150-August-15.pdf http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2012/cop18/eng/02r01.pdf http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/tackle-oil-sector-crimes-special-unit-csos-tell-fg/ http://saharareporters.tumblr.com/post/23185515858/kidnapping-in-lagos-state-civil-society-organ... http://carllevan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Civil-society-letter-from-150-August-15.pdf | |||||||||
503 | 8/15/2014 17:32:07 | TakingITGlobal | Liam O'Doherty | liam@takingitglobal.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Saket Mani | TakingITGlobal | http://www.tigweb.org/programs/ | India | India | Male | 21 | English & Hindi | Saket is committed to building strong partnership for sustainable development and the implementation of progressive agendas. As a Panellist in Thematic Debate, he’ll be able to have an impact on the mobilizing processes & highlight the intergenerational implications of climate change as to why young people’s views (especially from global south) on climate change are so vitally important & must be heard and acted upon in the decision making process through this event. He will leverage online social networks to: • Sensitize i.e. raise awareness to promote the outcomes of the UN 2014 Climate Summit and post 2015 development agenda • Empower People i.e. support wide scale civic participation, proper representation, accountability and knowledge of Post-2015 Agenda. • Harness Technology i.e. use technology and promote innovation to enable, support and strengthen solutions and their reach. See biography & CV for the rest of rationale. | Saket Mani is the Children & Youth Representative to UN (representing TakingITGlobal & Global Youth Action Network). He is the Global Youth Advocate for the My World 2015 & World We Want 2015. He’s a member of UNICEF Global Youth Council on the Global Partnership on Children with Disabilities (GPcwd) and an active member of the UN Major Group for Children & Youth. Saket focuses on facilitating strong partnerships with UN entities, private sector & civil society to engage Global South Youth in the development discourse. His main intention is that young people should be at the heart of designing & implementing the national & global policies. Being an active member of YOUNGO (the official youth constituency at UNFCCC) he has been advocating for increased efforts in climate change mitigation, adoption of green technologies and green energy sources for the global & Asian sustainable future. As a Global Youth Ambassador for A World at School, he has been advocating for more investment in the sustainable education (including comprehensive sexuality education) for climate change mitigation & adaptation and for young people to be self-reliant & empowered. As an Ambassador to raise awareness about gender equality using technology for ‘Young Men 4 Gender Equality’, he has been advocating for reduced gender inequalities and gender-based violence by engaging young men & boys and empowering girls as well as promoting gender-transformative & gender-inclusive policy frame guided by principles of gender equality & equity. During his participation in COP (both virtually and offline) & UN meetings, he has been lobbying to ensure young people's adaptation, by asking the governments to put in place an international action plan for increasing climate finance, pursue adequately resourced adaptation policies in vulnerable countries (such as SIDS) to help communities cope with the effects of climate change, particularly on those who are hardest to reach and most vulnerable as well as advocating that both developed & developing countries (like India) should champion a globally ambitious and legally binding treaty by 2015 that protects young and future generations from the challenges of climate change. Refer to CV for more details. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxPHu9mqvBStTU1qUlJJdk1ha1U/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T4kSBvfhhj3dE7DziMveuV7cPKDvYE0bI3lQ2lnDivU/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
504 | 8/15/2014 17:35:15 | Siembra Juventud | Pablo Alpire Cespedes | pabloalpire@bolivia.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Pablo Manuel Alpire Céspedes | Siembra Juventud | www.facebook.com/siembrajuventud.nu | Bolivia | Bolivia | Male | 19 | Spanish, English | Meets the criteria to be a young woman from a developing country and that from childhood is an activist who has worked for environmental causes and sustainable development. He has conducted awareness projects involving hundreds of young people across our country, and so conjoined working with various agencies of the United Nations. | Pablo Alpire nació en Trinidad - Beni, Bolivia el 15 de Marzo de 1995, inició sus estudios primarios en el Colegio La Salle, posteriormente sus estudios secundarios en el Colegio La Salle de la ciudad de Santa Cruz de la Sierra y en la Unidad Educativa Cáritas, actualmente estudia Comunicación Audiovisual. En el año 2008 fundó la Organización Juvenil "Siembra Juventud" que está presente ahora en los 9 departamentos de nuestro país, en 2009 fundó la Red de Organizaciones Medioambientalistas del Beni, en 2011 llevó a cabo el Congreso Nacional de Jóvenes sobre el Agua, en 2012 junto con Naciones Unidas realizó el Foro Nacional rumbo a Rio+20, en 2013 realizó el Congreso sobre Desarrollo Sostenible reuniendo a 500 Jóvenes de Bolivia. Constantemente realiza junto a su organización conversatorios, charlas y foros MedioAmbientales. | porque | ||||||||
505 | 8/15/2014 17:42:49 | YOUTH BEYOND DISASTERS | Moa Herrgård | moa@youthbeyonddisasters.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | ANASTASIA STACEY WILENKIN | YOUTH BEYOND DISASTERS | http://youthbeyonddisasters.wordpress.com/about | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | GERMANY | FEMALE | 26 | ENGLISH, GERMAN, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, FRENCH | Youth Beyond Disasters evolved from UNESCO Youth Forum 2011.Focused on mobilising young people from regional platforms for high-level meetings regarding disaster risk reduction,in collaboration with UNISDR for global fora & through seeking of greater commitments from private sectors and governments.We nominate Ms.A.S.Wilenkin as a representative of our civil society organisation & officially grant her authorisation to speak on behalf of YBD network.We believe that this candidate is well-suited for "Voices from Climate Frontlines"debate,wherein one candidate must be under 30 years old.She will be able to proficiently contribute due to her previous experience with UNICEF & UNWomen on regional scope for projects of UNFCCC & UNEP/UNDP.Additionally she has experience with stakeholder projects in business,science &NGOs for community resilience;most of these involved public fora.We believe that our candidate contributes to the diversity of expertise,given her unique scope &required age. | A postgraduate environmental scientist with professional experience in climate change, sustainability and international relations. Active in civil society networks for a number of years as a regional coordinator for youth and young professionals. Continuous environmental practice includes regional project guidance, academia development, rural expeditions, collaborations with business and government bodies, as well as awareness raising on adaptation and sustainability. Past collaborations list governmental divisions of DEFRA (UK, 2007), Andalucía (Spain, 2007); Merja Zerga (Morocco, 2008); KWS (Kenya, 2007), and further consultancy work partnering with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Climate Action Network (CAN) among others. Has acted as an informal facilitator at the UNFCCC process and as part of Response Measures negotiations since 2011. Became a MLDC representative for COP18 Presidency consultations. In 2014 was granted the Michael Succow Fellowship to conduct research on Response Measures as a negotiations-sensitive high-level topic. Is trilingual in English, German and Russian since childhood; born in 1987 on Russian citizenship. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwi-VS-2yU9aLTh6QmRaZ0I4TUk/edit?usp=sharing | Contributed to YOUNGO on Intergenerational Equity https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwi-VS-2yU9aYVhnb0NnZUczNTg/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwi-VS-2yU9adkRYWHRIOEU3Zjg/edit?usp=sharing Contributed to Rio+20 Mobilizing Civil Society https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwi-VS-2yU9aMlhEUXZTQkpBU28/edit?usp=sharing https://unfccc.int/cc_inet/cc_inet/six_elements/international_cooperation/items/3527txt.php?displayPool=1695 Raised public awareness in social media eg http://adoptanegotiator.org/domestic-concerns-drive-for-long-term-strategies-on-environmental-affairs | |||||||
506 | 8/15/2014 17:50:04 | Reseau des femmes - RENADEF | Mme Marie NYOMBO ZAINA | nyombozaina@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Marie NYOMBO ZAINA | Réseau National des ONG pour le Développement de la Femme-RENADEF | CONGOLAISE | DRC | FEMININ | 46 ANS | FRANCAIS | Notre travail au sein de notre organisation en RDC est orienté également vers le renforcement des capacités des femmes et leurs éducation sur les conséquences du changement climatique . Conscientes que tous les pays, et plus particulièrement les pays en développement, doivent pouvoir accéder aux ressources nécessaires à un développement social et économique durable et que, pour progresser vers cet objectif, les pays en développement devront accroître leur consommation d'énergie en ne perdant pas de vue qu'il est possible de parvenir à un meilleur rendement énergétique et de maîtriser les émissions de gaz à effet de serre d'une manière générale et notamment en appliquant des technologies nouvelles dans des conditions avantageuses du point de vue économique et social, Résolues à préserver le système climatique pour les générations présentes et futures à travers le renforcement des capacités des femmes et l'éducation .Ces assises nous servira d'échange d'expérience . | Marie NYOMBO ZAINA est détentrice d'une maitrise en développement communautaire depuis 19999 .Mariée et mère de Six enfants. Entant coordinatrice nationale de RENADEF, nous apportons notre expertise au pays en matière de la promotion du genre, santé, environnement et Développement. Notre expertisée est reconnue au niveau national et internationale. Ceci nous permis de participer à plusieurs conférences de haut niveau ou nous avons été retenu comme paneliste. C'est le cas pour la campagne du secrétaire général de l'ONU "DIT NON A LA VIOLENCE FAITE AUX FEMMES". Nous avons été invité à mainte reprises pour communiquer comme paneliste. Actuelle, nous sommes entrains de renforcer 548 cellules communautaires sur l'implication des femmes dans les projets en rapport avec la protection de l'environnement pour lutter efficacement contre les modifications de l'environnement physique ou des biotes dues à des changements climatiques et qui exercent des effets nocifs significatifs sur la composition, la résistance ou la productivité des écosystèmes naturels et aménagés, sur le fonctionnement des systèmes socio-économiques ou sur la santé et le bien-être de humanité. | Je m'engage à respecter toutes les consignes par rapport à ces assises et je travaillerai pour apporter un plus dans le partage d'expierence. | |||||||||
507 | 8/15/2014 17:54:20 | Ferny Voltaire Model United Nations | Florece Baudry-Dujardin | florence.baudry@fermun.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Juliana Rademaker | Ferney Voltaire Model United Nations | fermun.org | French | Netherlands | female | 18 | French, English | Juliana is an outstanding student who just completed her bilingual French/English highschool degree with a mention. More importantly, she was the Secretary General of the Ferney Voltaire Model United Nations Conference held in January 2014 in Geneva. With her team she organised a 600-student conference ( from over 15 schools from different countries) on the topic of ENGAGING YOUTH IN CLIMATE CHANGE. Juliana delivered the opening address at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, in front of all delegates as well as senior representatives of International Telecommunications Union and the World Meteorological Organisation. Her speech (see link) set the scene for the 3-day conference, urging young people to make a start at home as they move from local action into national and global engagement. Juliana is now taking up her studies in 'Global Challenges' at the Leiden University College in the Netherlands. In many ways she is a young leader, wishing to work with other youth around the world. | Juliana Rademaker was born in South Africa and lived the first years in Mozambique where her parents were involved in development cooperation. She subsequently lived in Indonesia and Italy, later finishing her high-school in the Geneve area. Apart from her role in the Model United Nations, she has been involved in a series of community initatives, including as Éco representative at her school, seeking ways to reduce the school's carbon footprint.. Studying Chinese for 4 years, she has spent time in Beijing with Chinese students and was invited by the Shanghai Municipality for a summer exchange programme. This was motivated by her interest in looking at how China is addressing its environmental challenges. Following that she is now enrolled in a double major in Chinese and Environmental Studies in the Netherlands. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BybxxCQ8WsMWdEptM0R0R0ZPRzg/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BybxxCQ8WsMWQjNaVzFYMTBsTVk/edit?usp=sharing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jj1gzELrpQ | |||||||
508 | 8/15/2014 18:01:05 | Project90By2030 | Blessing Mutiti | blessmutiti@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Sinethemba Bolo | Green Cape | http://green-cape.co.za/ | South African | South Africa | Male | 24 | English | Sinethemba has been involved in various community-based projects; among the many, he has worked with Knysna Municipality to develop Climate Change Action Plan and Mitigations strategy for local communities. Another project which he was involved in with Department of Public Works; looking at flood lines, houses below – 2 sea level, and development of contingent plans for such human settlements. He had gain tremendous experience from planning point view to implementation of real life problem, which are effects of climate change. On his current position, he is involved in developing green economy in the Western Cape, South Africa under the company called GreenCape Sector Development Agency. Basically, he is looking on developing businesses with less or with no environmental degradation impacts and reducing carbon foot-print or GHG emissions. He is busy currently facilitating renewable energy and waste economy projects in the Western Cape. | Sinethemba is currently working as Waste Economy Officer at GreenCape Sector Development Agency in Cape Town. Previously, he worked as an Intern in Environmental Management Department at Knysna Municipality. He studied at Cape Peninsula University of Technology and obtained National Diploma and Bachelors of Technology Degree. He is currently studying towards his Masters-Tech in Environment Management at CPUT. He is passionate about environment, self-driven, motivated person and he is part of Climate Change Leaders in SA. His interest is with Green Economy, Renewable Energy and Socio-economic investment through Sustainable Development. More of his information can be found on this link: http://whoswho.co.za/sinethemba-mali-bolo-633846 | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hpdnqJC7nIJ_kMpQwy4bwFQ48YRlMh6PKK0n_Z3PoNw/edit | Sinethemba's written piece can be found on this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xEgaEA0VQL3Bu8Mn3Fbm2fbTv8vxvbjX7KWFxGGlzk0/edit | |||||||
509 | 8/15/2014 18:19:29 | Center for Clean Air Policy | ELaine Winterland | ewinterland@ccap.org | Attend Summit only | No | Edward Helme | Center for Clean Air Policy | www.ccap.org | USA | USA | Male | 67 | English | Ned Helme is the founder & president of the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) in Washington, D.C. He advises Members of Congress, state and international governments, the EU Commission, and developing countries on issues surrounding climate & air policy. Ned played an instrumental role in the development & passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, which established the first national emissions trading program in the US. He was also the driving force behind the Decin Project in the Czech Republic, known as the first project in the world which used carbon credits to finance the switch of coal-fired heating plant to natural gas and efficiency. Ned’s current CCAP projects include the Mitigation Action Implementation Network (MAIN), US Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), & Future Actions Dialogue (FAD) as well as various initiatives in developing Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in Latin America and Asia. | Ned Helme, founder & president of the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP). As a leading expert on climate & air policy, he advises Members of Congress, state & int’l govt’s, the EU Commission & developing countries on these issues. Current CCAP projects include the Mitigation Action Implementation Network (MAIN), US Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), & Future Actions Dialogue (FAD) as well as various initiatives in developing Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in Latin America & Asia. A noted speaker & facilitator, Ned is the author of more than 50 key studies on climate change, air quality, electricity regulation, & transportation policy. He has testified before Congress & int’l bodies, appeared on numerous US & int’l TV news programs & is frequently quoted in the Washington Post, NY Times & other publications. With more than 30 yrs experience in climate & air policy, Ned has a broad & deep understanding of cap-&-trade programs & other market & non-market approaches to addressing climate change. Ned played an instrumental role in the development & passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, which established the first nat’l emissions trading program in the US. He was also a driving force behind the Decin Project in the Czech Rep., the first project in the world which used carbon credits to finance the switch of a coal-fired heating plant to natural gas & efficiency, & led stakeholder discussions that produced the design of the Clean Development Mechanism. Ned also led the expert team that developed the original design of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme. Through his work in China, Mexico & other developing countries, Ned has pioneered the concept of focusing developing country actions & int’l finance in key industrial sectors, a concept that is central to the Cancun agreements reached Dec. 2010 at the UN. He serves on the Advisory Council to the German Environmental Agency (BMUB) Int’l Climate Initiative & previously served on the Exec. Committee of the Natural Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board. He has taught as an adjunct lecturer at Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts & Sciences & also served on the advisory board of BP’s renewable energy subsidiary. Prior to starting CCAP, Ned directed the Natural Resources Division of the National Governors Association & was a legislative director to a US Congressman where he played a major role in US legislation to regulate coal strip mining & project wilderness areas in West Virginia. | http://ccap.org/assets/CCAP-Submission-on-guidance-to-the-operating-entities-of-the-financial-mechanism-of-the-Convention_CCAP_09-2013.pdf http://ccap.org/assets/CCAP-submission-to-the-UNFCCC-on-the-Ad-Hoc-Working-Group-on-the-Durban-Platform-on-Enhanced-Action-ADP-work-stream-I-scope-design-and-structure-of-the-2015-agreement_CCAP_09-2013.pdf http://ccap.org/resource/ccap-submission-on-development-of-a-framework-for-market-mechanisms-that-avoids-double-counting-of-effort-and-achieves-a-net-decrease-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ http://ccap.org/assets/CCAP-Submission-on-guidance-to-the-operating-entities-of-the-financial-mechanism-of-the-Convention_CCAP_09-2013.pdf http://ccap.org/assets/CCAP-submission-to-the-UNFCCC-on-the-Ad-Hoc-Working-Group-on-the-Durban-Platform-on-Enhanced-Action-ADP-work-stream-I-scope-design-and-structure-of-the-2015-agreement_CCAP_09-2013.pdf | ||||||||
510 | 8/15/2014 18:23:00 | IFOAM | Gabor Figeczky | g.figeczky@ifoam.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Andre Leu | IFOAM | www.ifoam.org | Australian | Australia | male | 60 | English | Andre Leu is a representative of IFOAM, authorized to speak on its behalf. He has a proven track record of effective advocacy and implementation of mitigation and adaptation solutions. He is a compelling speaker who has delivered speeches and addressed global challenges in panel discussions at various UN events. He has represented IFOAM at numerous UNFCCC COPs advocating for sustainable agriculture solutions becoming tabled at the climate change negotiations. He is prepared to discuss all fields of climate change in depth. He also walks the talk: high carbon sequestration organic farming done by Mr. Leu helps increase productivity and enhance adaptation. Soils with increased carbon stocks retain water better, thereby improving the resilience of agricultural systems to drought. This makes Mr. Leu a pioneer of climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions. Due to other commitments, Mr. Leu is in New York anyway on 23/09 and available to be at UN HQ at 8:30am and for travel. | Andre Leu is the President of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements as well as Chair of the Organic Federation of Australia. He is an organic farmer, growing tropical fruits in Daintree, Queensland. He has over 36 years of experience in all areas of Organic Agriculture from growing, pest control, weed management, marketing, post harvest, transport, grower organizations, developing new crops and education in Australia and in many other countries. He has been working to develop the Australian organic sector into a major component of Australian agriculture that delivers benefits to consumers, producers and the Australian environment. The major activity has been working with the Australian Government on a regulatory system for organic products. This system will allow the organic sector control over standards setting with the regulators enforcing it. Andre was the Chair of the Far North Queensland Lychee Growers Association. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGeqyet5pak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YrfksN6wWg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKghc0zQbUQ | ||||||||
511 | 8/15/2014 18:30:55 | Grupo Espelologico Ajau | Josue Ayuso | josue.ayuso@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | YOLANDA CRISTINA LOPEZ MALDONADO | Ajau NGO | http://bitacora.ajau.org.mx/?page_id=2 | Mexican | Germany | Female | 31 | Maya (mother tongue), Spanish (2nd mother tongue), English (Fluent), French (A1) | YLM is an Ecologist and Communitarian Leader in Mexico, and a PhD student, Geography, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. Her research focus is the Material flow analysis of hazardous substances in groundwater and the analysis of the social ecological systems in Mayan indigenous communities. YLM meets the criteria because her environmental leadership goal is the sustainable development in human-environment systems and in the application of inter-and transdisciplinary methods in indigenous communities in Mexico, to analyse the regulatory mechanisms of both systems and to assess strategies for intervention. Through the analysis of groundwater and human interactions, she will contribute with this understanding in order to bring together local and scientific knowledge, and elaborate and evaluate strategies for the transition to sustainable development of this ecosystem. | Born and raised in Yucatan, Mexico, YLM obtained a MSc degree in Human Ecology (2009-2011) at the Department of Human Ecology at the Centre for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, in Mexico. From January to April 2011, I also carried out a research stay at the Department of Geography, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, within the TUDISTAR research group (Group of Tourism and Socio Territorial Dynamics in Rural Areas). Some of the results derived from the Masters have been communicated in international conferences and journals: including the XVIII International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology; the 4th International Conference Advances in Tourism Economics, and 3rd International Colloquium Cities of the Tourism. During this time I gained further understanding of topics associated to both, ecological/environmental sciences, and experiences in fieldwork and feedback to actors involved in the research process | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByB9H7gpoHD1ZU9ObklTdWM0RGM/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByB9H7gpoHD1UkgwV2U4ZFZlbUE/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByB9H7gpoHD1bUNMdVlQc2tGeVE/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByB9H7gpoHD1QWw5cVpSVm1wdEk/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByB9H7gpoHD1dlZLa3pfTWJrMGM/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
512 | 8/15/2014 18:40:06 | Climate Reality Canada | Audrey Dépault | adepault@climatereality.ca | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Eduardo Pérez | Climate Reality Canada | www.climatereality.ca | Canadian - Colombian | Canada | male | 25 | Spanish, French, English, Portuguese (beginner) | Over the month of May, Eduardo crossed North, Central and South America, with a view to initiating a continent-wide conversation. They travelled from Canada to Chili, doing approximately 14.000 km by means of public transport (mostly buses), meetingyoung leaders from different countries, creating an international network and speaking about citizenship and climate change. Over 30 days, he delivered fifteen presentations in three different languages and met with more than 5000 people across the continent. His next project will aim to form young leaders from high schools, social organizations and youth networks located in various communities in the North of Columbia. The focus will be on understanding and fighting climate change in the context of local realities and challenges. Inspired by the Theory of Change approach, he will join forces with Colombian organizations that are already well established working with local communities for social, economic and environmental rights. | Eddy Perez is a Social Worker in Housing Strategies at the Non-Profit Housing Organizations Federation of Montreal. He is also a young leader at the Youth Parliament of Quebec. He holds a BA in sociology and a certificate in Urban Sciences from University of Montreal. He has also completed two Certificates in Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship. In 2012, he was among the few Canadians selected to take part in training with former Vice-President of the U.S.A. and Nobel Prize Laureate Al Gore, to become a volunteer speaker on climate change with the Climate Reality Project. In 2014 he created Eco_Nomad. This project was created to cross the American continent, using mostly collective and public transportation to speak about climate change and citizenship. He is now working in an international second project related to climate education and citizenship for communities from different countries of the Americas. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3vSxXfcjZIaVWtpUmVycUNwQVE/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QAh3nwDlsxSqhVIAoIuuk_X_x09PO8X_8xt6Z4JuSUk/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
513 | 8/15/2014 18:54:30 | Association Tunisienne de la Communication ATUCOM;Nations Institute; ANHRE | KHALED FATNASSI | info@nationsinstitute.org | Attend Summit only | Yes | KHALED FATNASSI | ATUCOM/NATIONS INSTITUTE/ ANHRE | www.nationsinstitute.org / www.atucom.org.tn /www.anhre.nat | TUNISIA | TUNISIA | M | 41 | AR/FR/EN | As a president of th arabic CS, we participating peoples and organisations at Klimaforum09, commit to continue our full and active engagement in promoting such a transition, which will require a fundamental change in social, political, and economic structures and a rectifi- cation of gender, class, race, generational, and ethnic inequalities and injustices. This requires a restoration of the democratic sovereignty of our local communities and of their role as a basic social, political, and economic unit. Local and democratic ownership of, control over, and access to natural resources will be the basis for meaningful and sustainable development of communities and simultaneously for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. There is also a need for stronger regional and international coopera- tive arrangements to manage common and shared resources, as well as for a stronger and democratic UN. | -Member at the Institute of International Relations. This institute was established by UNESCO in 1988 and is a founding member of EURO-MESCO - Representative of AEI in WSIS, World Summit on the Information Society- Geneva 2003 (NGO-CS Entity) ; -Trainer/facilitator HRE -MENA Project Local HRE Training session; -Member Equitas Community, a private communication and collaboration service offered to human rights educators and activists directly related and engaged with Equitas , (from 6-2006). -Participation in the Workshop « Pedagogy for Sustainable Development Using a Pattern Laboratory Approach » Visby, Sweden, November 2009 with the Swedish International Centre of Education for Sustainable Development SWEDESD, the Global Action Plan GAP and Gotland University . Partnership of SIDA, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency . -Founding member of ANHRE-Arab Network for Human Rights and Citizenship Education,Amman Jordan. -Active Participation in the Klimaforum09,the peoples Climate Summit Copenhagen Denmark, from 7 to 18 December 2009,(a global civil society counterpart of the official UN climate conference) -Founder/Coordinator of the Arabic Environmental Civil society representatives and the participants of the Climate Change Summit (recommendations to enforce the Arabic society efforts by establishing an organized cooperation to face the regional and international environmental challenges). -TV Executive Producer, institutional spots broadcast for environmental issues, -Participation with the members of Education for All Network to World Education Forum the parallel World Education Forum in Beirut – Lebanon -The North African country’s Election Officer-Tunisia’s first free Constituent Assembly Election ; Aug/Oct 2011. -Executive President,Nations Institute | www.nationsinstitute.org | ||||||||
514 | 8/15/2014 18:56:10 | Global Gender and Climate Alliance | Cara Beasley | cara@gender-climate.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Maria Cristina Tirado Blazquez | International Union of Nutritional Sciences | www.iuns.org | Spain | USA | Female | 50 | English, Spanish, French | The candidate is a representative of a civil society organization, the International Union of Nutritional Sciences IUNS, and is authorized to speak on the behalf of the IUNS task force for climate change and nutrition. She has proven track record of effective advocacy and implementation of community based strategies for climate change mitigation or adaptation. She is a compelling speaker with solid knowledge on climate change, health, agriculture, gender equity and has large experience talking in front of the UN particularly in the UNFCCC framework. She has excellent competency with climate change and sustainable development in particular in relation to gender, health, agriculture, DRR and intergenerational justice. She has large experience presenting climate change issues in public fora and demonstrated ability to engage with multiple stakeholders in particular in relation the UNFCCC, SGDs and the post 2015 consultations. Attached writing samples with the UN and civil society | Cristina Tirado has been engaged on climate change, health, food security, gender and sustainable development research programs and policy making with the WHO, FAO, WFP, UNDP, WB governmental and non-governmental int'l organizations and at the university worldwide. She is chair of the task force on Climate and Nutrition of the International Union of Nutrition Scientists and moderates the U.N. Standing Committee on Nutrition’s WG on Climate Change. She has served as Regional Adviser at the WHO European Center for Environment and Health, as PAHO/WHO food Adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean, as coordinator of the WHO Surveillance Program at the FAO/WHO Collaborating Center at the Federal Risk Assessment Institute in Berlin and as Director of the Center for Public Health and Climate Change at the Public Health Institute in Oakland. She has supported governments and institutions of more than 100 countries in the development of their food and nutrition and environmental health policies and action plans. Currently she serves as adviser for several international organizations and is affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles. Her policy research focus on the co-benefits to health of climate change of gender responsive and nutrition sensitive adaptation and mitigation in the food & agriculture systems (sustainable production, consumption and waste reduction), and the co-benefits of green urban development (active transport, urban greening, green housing etc.). Cristina has been a partnerships driver for food, health and gender equity at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20, she is an advocate of food security, nutrition, health and gender around the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the UNWA. She has been contributing author of the last assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and she is involved in the thematic consultation on food security and nutrition for the post 2015 development agenda. Cristina has co-authored numerous research and policy publications and books. She is affiliated with the UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability, the Center for Women Studies, the Blum Center for Poverty Reduction in Latin America and the University of San Francisco Center for Women Empowerment and Health. She is a DVM and has a MS and PhD degrees in Environmental Sciences from Cornell University | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9yEt2c9tC3ib3FzUmpEWlFsSkk/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9yEt2c9tC3iX0tMX01TWmN5Mnc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9yEt2c9tC3iTm9PRnRpeWVHSXM/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9yEt2c9tC3iTndrU3Z5ZXlNOFU/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9yEt2c9tC3ieWltT2ZqdUtmWUk/edit?usp=sharing I have organized, developed and presented the above papers in HL events @ UNFCCC including: HL event on “Nutrition and Climate Change: Enhance Livelihood Resilience, Health and Women's Empowerment” at the COP17 HL event at Rio+20 for the integration of health, food and nutrition security and gender in sustainable development.This HL event was organized in collaboration with the Executive Director WFP Ertharin Cousin, the UN Assistant SG at UNDP Olav Kjørven, deputy director of FAO, Director of WHO Climate Change, Mary Robinson and David Nabarro | |||||||
515 | 8/15/2014 18:59:13 | Centro Alexander von Humboldt | Amado Ordonez Mejia | direccion@humboldt.org.ni | Attend Summit only | Yes | Victor Manuel Campos Cubas | Centro Alexander von Humboldt | www.humboldt.org.ni | Nicaraguan | Nicaragua | Masculine | 55 | Spanish - English | Mr. Campos has taken part of the Latin-American preparatory process of Rio+10. He participated in Rio+10 and Rio+20 Conferences, in the last one he received on behalf of Centro Humboldt the Equatorial Initiative award. He participated in the COP 15 and 16 and has taken part of the Post 2015 Agenda. He was the coordinator of Climate Action Network Node for Latin America (2011). He has promoted regional efforts related to CC and DRM, as the Forum Centroamérica Vulnerable, Unida por la Vida. At the national level, he has been the coordinator of the Nicaraguan Alliance on Climate Change (ANACC) and the Global Water Partnership (GWP). Previously he performed as regional coordinator of the GWP. He was a main speaker in the “Pushing forward the agenda of sustainable development post 2015” conference organized by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Together with french embassies in Central America he has participated in preparatory conferences towards the COP20. | Civil Engineer with experience on regional studies and research related to environment. He was director of geographical research in the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies, during the period 1989-1990. He is co-founder of several organizations related to the environment, among them: the Environmental Movement of Nicaragua (MAN), the Foundation for the Development and Conservation of Southeast Nicaragua (Fundación del Río) and member of the board of directors of the Centro Humboldt since 1991. Environmental activist in several topics: • Protected Natural Areas. For over 15 years he has worked in accompaniment and Mayangnas Miskito indigenous communities in the protection of the biosphere reserve BOSAWAS and sustainable development. • Member of the Executive Committee of the Observatory of Sustainability in Latin America (SUSWATCH) • Coordinator for Latin America of the Climate Action Network (CAN-LA) (2010-2011) • Global Water Partnership President of Nicaragua (GWP). • Link of the Nicaraguan National Alliance on Climate Change (2011 to date) • Co Author of various studies related to environmental issue (climate change, water, environmental evaluation of major infrastructure, among others). • Experience in international climate change negotiations Member of various national and regional environmental networks and joint bodies of Central America (government and civil society) and the National Forestry Commission, Technical Advisory Council BOSAWAS among others. He is currently Deputy Executive Director Center Humboldt Nicaragua. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3mube_WvMUebWZza1pVR0E3VFE/edit?usp=sharing | http://intercambioclimatico.com/2013/04/11/presentan-procesos-globales-sobre-desarrollo-sostenible/ http://www.suswatchla.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=645:qred-suswatch-publica-balance-de-la-cop-19-sobre-cambio-climaticoq&catid=45:facilitacion http://www.gwp.org/Global/GWP-CAm_Files/MemoriaForoCuenca_69.pdf http://www.mngrnicaragua.org/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&download=62:procesos&id=4:anacc&Itemid=193 http://www.cambioclimaticochile.cl/pdf/proceso_post-rio-20-agenda-desarrollo-post-2015.pdf http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2003/Resources/15427_WDR_Consult-Costa_Rica-RTF.pdf | |||||||
516 | 8/15/2014 19:05:46 | Native Women's Association of Canada | Teresa Edwards | tedwards@nwac.ca | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Melissa Ann Daniels | Native Women's Association of Canada | www.nwac.ca | Canadian | Canada | Female | 33 | English | Melissa is member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. Her traditional territory rests on top of the Athabasca tar sands ("the most destructive project on earth").As an Indigenous woman, Melissa believes her role is to protect Mother Earth's most sacred resource,the Water.Currently,she represents her Nation in litigation against both levels of government to ensure its constitutional Treaty rights are protected from the impacts of environmental degradation. In Melissa's view a healthy environment is a perquisite for the meaningful exercise of her said rights.Melissa believes colonial oppressive polices has led to the toxic contamination of her traditional territory. As such, she engages with solutions to resource conflict founded in indigenous legal principles.Melissa is a new emerging breed of young frontline warriors in Canada.Further, Melissa's truly unique insight enables her to connect and engage with audiences. | Melissa is a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Alberta, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Saskatchewan and is currently a graduate student at Harvard University. Her graduate research is primarily focused on resolving resource conflict through the application of traditional ecological knowledge and indigenous legal principles. Melissa is also interested in addressing the correlation between resource exploitation and missing and murdered Indigenous women. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Melissa worked in a variety of settings as a Registered Nurse including public health, academia and pediatrics. Melissa left her nursing practice to study law in order to focus on the protecting the health and wellbeing of communities downstream from the Athabasca oil sands development (including her own). Melissa recently joined Woodward and Company LLP to expand her practice in the areas of environmental and native law. She assists Nations to protect its Treaty and Aboriginal rights and title during consultation, negotiation and regulatory processes. Prior to joining Woodward and Company, Melissa travelled extensively throughout Canada representing residential school survivors pursuant to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. Melissa also represents the Native Women’s Association of Canada on the National Aboriginal Council at Species at Risk. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mHwPX1OHHpI7x7PouEiJXBCWZvzJ5PXgbxbvvqXMeLk/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/18rYZKTLqhkXBYwcegviE675r-3iC-xlZbRehNOZgq48/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
517 | 8/15/2014 19:28:48 | South Bronx Unite | Corrine Kohut | corrinekohut@hotmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | No | Arthur Mychal Johnson | South Bronx Unite | www.southbronxunite.com | American (African-American, Haitian, Cherokee) | United States of America | Male | 50 | English | Arthur “Mychal” Johnson is the co-founder of South Bronx Unite, a civil society organization on the frontlines of climate justice. With American Indian, Haitian and African-American heritage living in the South Bronx, Mychal’s background demonstrates the common thread connecting the communities consistently on the climate frontline worldwide. More than 15,000 diesel truck trips run through his South Bronx community on a daily basis, causing alarming health crises among the predominantly African-American and Latino community. As an “agent of change,” Mychal has both successfully confronted the policies that perpetuate such crises and built support for viable community-driven solutions. He has led hundreds of educational presentations, has delivered dozens of testimonies to government agencies and has had more than 75 media mentions over the last two years in publications ranging from the New York Times and Al Jazeera to the New York Daily News and the New York Post, among others. | Mychal is active on local, state and international initiatives. He is the co-founder of South Bronx Unite, a coalition of South Bronx residents, organizations and allies working together to protect and improve the environmental, social, and economic future of the South Bronx. South Bronx Unite was formed in response to the cycle of environmental and health degradation caused by decades of city and state policies incentivizing the citing of hazardous facilities in the South Bronx. Currently, asthma hospitalization rates in the South Bronx are a staggering 21 times higher than those of more affluent parts of New York City. Over the last three years, South Bronx Unite has successfully prevented a proposed $137 million government subsidy to a company that aims to cite its diesel trucking operation on the community’s waterfront (flood zone). The deteriorating waterfront, which surrounds the community, houses waste transfer stations and fossil fuel power plants. In recognition of his local work, he was selected to be one of three civil society voting members of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Open Space Committee, made up of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the New York City Departments of Environmental Protection, Parks & Recreation and City Planning, as well as the offices of the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island Borough Presidents. Among the objectives of the committee: responding to climate change and fostering green, healthy communities. As part of this committee, he was able to introduce and garner an overwhelming majority in support of the Mott Haven-Port Morris Waterfront Plan, a community-led alternative waterfront vision to build resiliency and mitigate harm from inevitable climate change storm surges along the South Bronx shoreline. As an extension of his work in the South Bronx and in New York State, he was also invited by the Bolivian government to participate in the World Peoples Conference on Climate Change in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He was elected co-president of one of the working groups and was subsequently selected as one of four delegates to present the unified findings of the conference to Heads of State from Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela and Saint Lucia. He also had the honor of delivering opening remarks to the more than 30,000 people gathered for the closing ceremony of the conference. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6LKGXo5_MmMVzdmVmw4RXh0RlNDTkhXdzNnbFhycE9uRmFZ/edit?usp=sharing | Writing Sample #1 – Testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Environmental Protection – Hearing on Air Quality Impacts, Measures and Mitigation in Environmental Justice Communities - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6LKGXo5_MmMZHpTazRGWF9BUDduR3RJQi1mY1g0R2t3bE1z/edit?usp=sharing Writing Sample #2 – Testimony to the New York City Council Oversight Hearing on New York City Waterfront Zones - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6LKGXo5_MmMRG55YWR4SFFMOWxZSW5lX3RaV0JKbzRPZ3BJ/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
518 | 8/15/2014 19:29:28 | University of California, Berkeley | D. M. Kammen | kammen@berkeley.edu | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Daniel M. Kammen | University of California, Berkeley | http://rael.berkeley.edu | USA | USA | M | 52 | English, KiSwahili, Spanish | Professor Kammen is engaged in energy and climate research, has contributed to the IPCC since 1999, has hosted a Discovery Channel TV series on climate solutions ("Ecopolis"), and works on low-carbon solutions for both on-grid and off-grid systems. His laboratory is engaged on climate solutions in central America, southeast Asia, and in Africa. | DANIEL M. KAMMEN
Dr. Kammen is the Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley, with parallel appointments in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering. He was appointed the first Environment and Climate Partnership for the Americas (ECPA) Fellow by Secretary of State Hilary R. Clinton in April 2010. Kammen is the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), Co-Director of the Berkeley Institute of the Environment, and Director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center. He has founded or is on the board of over 10 companies, and has served the State of California and US federal government in expert and advisory capacities. Dr. Kammen was educated in physics at Cornell and Harvard, and held postdoctoral positions at the California Institute of Technology and Harvard. He was Assistant Professor and Chair of the Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Program at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University before moving to the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Kammen has served as a contributing or coordinating lead author on various reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since 1999. The IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He serves on the Advisory Committee for Energy & Environment for the X-Prize Foundation. Kammen is the Lead Scholar for the Fulbright NEXUS program, supporting partnerships between scholars from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States. During 2010-2011 Kammen served as the World Bank Group’s Chief Technical Specialist for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. He was appointed to this newly-created position in October 2010, in which he provided strategic leadership on policy, technical, and operational fronts. | http://kammen.berkeley.edu | http://rael.berkeley.edu | |||||||
519 | 8/15/2014 19:30:53 | Amigos del Viento meteorología ambiente desarrollo | Graciela Salaberri | gsalaberri@hotmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Rúben Mario Caffera | Amigos del Viento meteorología ambiente desarrollo | http://amigosdelviento.webs.com/ | Uruguayo | Uruguay | Masculino | 63 | español, Francés, Inglés | El Dr Caffera es un representante de una organización de la sociedad civil y esta oficialmente autorizado para hablar en nombre de la organización.. Tiene un historial probado de promoción e implementación de soluciones basadas en la comunidad para la mitigación del cambio climático o la adaptación efectiva; Es idóneo para estar en una mesa de debate y de discurso: cumple con los criterios señalados para ese papel, y es un orador convincente. tiene una excelente competencia con los problemas del cambio climático, la experiencia con la presentación de las cuestiones del cambio climático en los foros públicos, y capacidad demostrada para participar de manera constructiva con una variedad de grupos de interés; y se encuentra disponible para viajar y tiene un visado para viajar a los EE.UU.. | El Dr Rúben Mario Caffera, es meteorólogo, doctor en ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, socio fundador de la sociedad Amigos del Viento, organización que forma parte del Board CAN Latinoamericano. El Dr Caffera en su calidad de científico y militante del clima, es un elemento sustancial de acercamiento de la academia al sector sociedad civil, contribuyendo a los esfuerzos nacionales y regionales en la validación del conocimiento y la aplicación de herramientas de información para llegar a los diferentes actores sociales. | https://drive.google.com/#my-drive | https://drive.google.com/#my-drive | |||||||
520 | 8/15/2014 19:38:58 | 350.org | Vanessa Taveras Dalmau | xangelinax@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Attend Summit only | Yes | Vanessa Angelina Taveras Dalmau | 350 | 350.org | Dominican Republic | Australia | Female | 28 | Spanish and English | 28 year old woman from Dominican Republic (DR). In 2009, I launched the 350.org chapter in DR, coordinating the campaign from 2009-2011. Key achievements: 1) organising 350eARTh, world’s first global climate art project; 2) launching the 1st recycling program, recycling over 42,000 kilos of waste in the 1st 6 months; 3) organising the 1st Youth Leadership Workshop on Climate Change; 4) organising key conservation projects; 5) organising a Vigil in solidarity with the vigil in Copenhagen; 6) participating in COP16 as part of the 350.org global team and (7) selected as a Climate Champion in the British Council’s ‘Climate Generation’ program. My experience has seen me present climate change issues in public fora on many occasions. I have delivered dozens of presentations to a wide range of audiences in DR and overseas. I was selected to speak at the Young Mexican Leaders Congress in Cancun and to speak on behalf of YOUNGO at the UNFCCC LAC workshop for the Implementation of Article 6. | I graduated with a Bachelor of Advertising from Universidad Accion Pro-Educacion y Culture (UNAPEC). Since 2008, I have been actively involved with local and international environmental NGOS, such as Ocean Conservancy, Vida Azul, FUNDEMAR and Reef Check. In 2009, I joined 350.org’s grassroots campaign as director of the 350.org chapter in Dominican Republic (350Dominicana). During this time, I coordinated dozens of activities aimed at (1) raising awareness about climate change, (2) getting the community directly involved in activities that helped mitigate the impacts of climate change and (3) communicating information about climate change policy to the public, both within an international and local context. In 2011, I moved to Brisbane Australia to complete a Bachelor of Environmental Science at Griffith University, majoring in Environmental Sustainability. During this time, I also completed training at Green Steps, a hands-on program that trains participants to implement sustainability programs within any organisation. After moving to Australia, I continued to be involved in the climate movement by working with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition in organising the Powershift 2011 climate summit. I have also worked as the Brisbane Co-Coordinator with 350 Australia. Since 2011, I have also been an active volunteer with Reef Check Australia, helping monitor reef health across South East Queensland the Great Barrier Reef. I recently graduated with a distinction average and I currently work as tutor at Griffith University. For more info, please visit my LinkedIn profile: http://au.linkedin.com/in/vtaverasdalmau. | https://vtaverasdalmau.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/vanessa-taveras-resume-climate-summit1.pdf | Video for nomination: https://www.dropbox.com/s/z116hlibqrhbkpo/Vanessa%20Taveras%20Dalmau%20Climate%20Summit%20Video.MOV?dl=0 Speaking Samples http://youtu.be/AH-tgUMsYFU?list=UUdbkcnpC6odkblfciYLBw4A http://www.republicadominicanatv.com/programas/detalle/MTE=/MzIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3lofUQxK-4 Written Samples Blog I wrote for Oxfam in the lead up to Copenhagen: http://vtaverasdalmau.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/io-blog.jpg http://vtaverasdalmau.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/io-blog1.jpg Magazine Article: http://vtaverasdalmau.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/refugios1.png Recommendations http://vtaverasdalmau.wordpress.com/about/recommendation-letters/ Media Coverage http://vtaverasdalmau.wordpress.com/media | |||||||
521 | 8/15/2014 20:41:16 | Action des Congolais pour la Restauration de la Paix "ACARP" | ABDOUL AWAZI | abdoulkeren@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | NGUNGUA SANGUA Gisèle | Action Large des Femmes Avocates "ALFA" | Congolese | Democratic Republic of Congo | Female | 36 | French | Gisele NGUNGUA SANGUA had successfully applied for the highly competitive human rights Program of 2011 at Columbia University. She impressed me by her marl integrity and professional qualities. She is strongly committed to public service, particularly the protection and promotion of women's rights and environmental issues. She is a young woman with courage and vision. She is truly committed for highlighting issues affecting women in Democratic Republic of Congo at national and international levels such as sexual based-gender violence and negative impact of mining companies on the grassroots populations. Providing free legal assistance to women, ALFA is a service that includes free legal aid, seminars for women empowerment and legal advocacy for policy change. | Ngungua Sangua Gisèle has been a lawyer since 2004 in Lubumbashi Bar Association until now. Currently, she has admitted on the list of assistant lawyers at International Criminal Court. Since 2006, she coordinates Action Large des Femmes Advocates (Association of Female Attorneys - ALFA). ALFA provides legal assistance to female victims of domestic violences and rape and focus also to environmental violations due to the several companies of mining. She is responsible for ALFA’s annual action plan and focuses on gender’s issues such as: rights of widows, rights of female detainees, forced marriage, access to justice and environmental rights. Gisèle organizes seminars, workshops, reflection meetings for lawmakers on human rights issues and does advocacy for women’s concerns. She has attended numerous trainings on human rights issues such as sexual- and gender-based violence, transitional justice, and access to justice, democratic electoral process, and climate change. She received her master’s degree in Private and Judiciary Law from the University of Lubumbashi. She worked also like a project officer in international NGO”RCN Justice et démocratie” for two years. She has three times been awarded due to her fight against violations of human rights on February 2012 in France, in Canada on July 2012 and in Democratic Republic of Congo on January 2014. | My goals as a leader are: help other women discover their potential and create a local network for sharing of experience on issues of concern to women such impact of change climate on their life. So, my main goal will be to develop the network by targeting women involved. The world has become a global village where ideas are complementary and are forged to achieve the goals. I think that only the networking can help women to play a major role in terms of leadership in space decision. My participation in this seminar will be of great opportunity in the sense that I will bring my expertise and knowledge in my capacity as a lawyer and coordinator of ALFA. My country contributes and plays one of the greatest roles on climate change. In my capacities, I will effectively take on that wonderful and serious session Thank you in advance to select me. Gisèle NGUNGUA SANGUA 10th of august 2014 giselengungua@hotmail.com | |||||||||
522 | 8/15/2014 20:52:35 | Union des Amis Socio Culturels d’Action en Développement (UNASCAD) | CIVIL Marie Nicole | nascad_ht@hotmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | SEVERE Joseph | Union des Amis Socio Culturels d’Action en Développement (UNASCAD) | En cours | Haitienne | Haiti | M | 56 ans | Francais | La prise en charge du changement climatique est un impératif de l’heure. La terre a connu déjà 5 extinctions de masse. Voilà ce qui nous attend avec la 6o qui vient de débuter. Il faut faire face à l’exploitation excessive des ressources pour limiter les dégâts.. Donc des signaux montrent que le XXIe siècle est marqué par la 6o extinction de masse de notre planète. Selon la publication de la Planetvideo, Elizabeth Kolbert, dans son ouvrage ‘’ The sixth extinction ‘’, estime que nous pourrions être à l’aube de la 6o extinction. Cette dernière a été observée dans les données paléontologiques au cours de 5 périodes écoulées. Cependant ces extinctions sont en général des événements brutaux à l’échelle de notre histoire. Cette approche majeure montre que la planète est sous la menace de la destruction surtout après le passage de l’ouragan de la catégorie II ‘’Sandy’’. Tel est le credo de la réalisation de cette conférence sous la coupole des Nations-Unies. | Je suis né en Haïti, commune de Pignon, le 02 février 1958. Après mes ‘études primaires, je suis rentré à Port-au-Prince pour poursuivre mes études secondaires et universitaires. En 1989, je suis devenu membre fondateur de l’organisation ‘’Union des Amis Socio Culturels d’Action en Développement (UNASCAD)’’.En 2001, j’ai été Coordonnateur national de la Table Ronde des Jeunes en Haïti (TRJH/21e siècle). En 1996, j’ai élu président du conseil d’administration d’une institution ‘’Centre de Développement des Ressources Humaines (CDRH)’’ à vocation surtout d’’éducation civique dans les thématiques ‘’ constitution, démocratie, droits et devoirs, femme, enfant et environnement’’. En 2006, j’ai ‘été conférencier à la XVIe conférence internationale sur le SIDA à Toronto – Ontario /Canada. Apres le séisme de 2010, j’occupais la fonction du Directeur de programme ‘’ Alimentation du nourrisson et du jeune enfant (ANJE)’’ et ‘’programme thérapeutique ambulatoire (PTA)’’. En 2012, sous le titre ‘’ Aide-mémoire des catastrophes naturelles’’, j’ai rédigé 2 revues sur la tempête tropicale ‘’ Isaac’’ et l’ouragan de la catégorie II ‘’ Sandy’’. Dans la revue ‘’Sandy’’, j’ai mis beaucoup d’accent sur le réchauffement climatique. En 2013, après la note conceptuelle élaborée conjointement par CARICOM, USAID, UE, BM, DFID, PNUD et OCHA, les groupes des champions politiques pour la résilience aux désastres en Haïti ont encouragé la mise en place de certains groupes de travail. Depuis lors, je suis affecté au groupe de travail de la résilience lié au changement climatique sous la tutelle du PNUD. | Ce forum a toute son importance à l'heure actuelle puisque notre planète se tend vers la menace de la destruction. Tout le monde est concerné et personne n’est épargné. En tant que participant, je promets de m'engager à respecter tous les critères établis et à reproduire toutes les propositions et recommandations qui y sortiront. Aussi bien, les résultats vont me permettre de renforcer mon groupe de travail en Haïti sur les thématiques de la résilience et du changement climatique, lequel groupe est sous la tutelle de la Direction de la protection civile et du PNUD | ||||||||
523 | 8/15/2014 21:55:11 | Oxfam and Gender CC Southern Africa | Kiri Hanks | khanks1@oxfam.org.uk | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Sethabile Thembalethu Gcume | Women’s Leadership and Training Programme (WLTP), South Africa This is a programme that was launched in 1985 by “the Grail”, an international women’s movement active in South Africa since 1950. | No website, but the contact is Sibongile Mtungwa South Africa Women's Leadership and Training Programme (WLTP) Email:sibongile@webafrica.org.za | South African | South Africa | Female | 21 | English (completely fluent), Zulu (mother tongue) | Sethabile is experienced at speaking out in public on climate change. She has spoken at a side-event during the Nagoya Biodiversity COP, been a Youth Ambassador for the SA Faith Communities Environmental Institute, and has appeared on South African television a number of times, eg during the Durban COP 17 she was invited onto SABC 1 to talk about her grass-roots work, and what the youth want to see happen. Sethabile has been an agent for change in her local community: from raising awareness about climate change and planting trees in local schools, to negotiating with local leaders of her municipality and other NGOs as part of a waste management project she is leading. She has also been involved in planning civil society mobilizations around the Durban COP Her influencing skills are backed up with a sound understanding of adaptation and mitigation needs: she recently participated in the formulation of the South African “National Response on Climate Change Policy” | I am Sethabile Gcume a 21 year old young woman from a rural area located under the Drakensberg mountains in Underberg, KwaZulu Natal. I started doing environmental work from the age of 15, at that time I was a participant for Women’s Leadership and Training Programme (WLTP) where in a short time I grasped so much during workshops, campaigns, awareness raising and advocating through word of mouth and that's where I gained passion towards working for/ with the environment. Currently, I am piloting a Waste management project in the rural area where I'm from, Mqatsheni. The aim is to keep our rural area clean, free from pollution which affects us in various ways such as health wise, environmental wise and physical well-being. I have networked with our local municipality KwaSani, Khuphuka Project and Wildlands Trust to help my community. I also assist in a Permaculture gardening project in the area I am from. We support the participants who have gardens to promote biodiversity, to make a positive impact in Climate Change by working with the nature and also to promote financial sustainability. In this way we don’t use chemical fertilizers that contribute to Climate Change. Together with the NGO Gender and Climate Change, I have participated in the formulation of the Government’s National Response on Climate Change Policy in Durban and that gave a lot of experience and courage to do my degree in Environmental Management. Before all this experience, I did not know what I wanted to study and I was not aware there were careers like this one. At home since I started knowing about Climate change and other Environmental issues, I always go back and share with them and we find a way that we can adapt and use which will be suitable for our household. They have been very supportive and they see all that I do as important. Next year I am planning to take at least a year with WLTP to strengthen the role of girls and young women within the organisation in responding to Climate Change. Attending this conference in New York can equip me with knowledge and experiences of other initiatives in the world so that I can apply them in my work situation. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rbr3H7LlSwrNS08hxx223SNXKlrNmeYwXUsEGNiToFQ/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/document/d/13mAIALvkEd5i_xr1S16rdO_kp1UmhznIXQY-NJza7tY/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
524 | 8/15/2014 22:27:39 | Oxfam and the Rural Women's Assembly (RWA) Zimbabwe | Thembela Njenga | tnjenga@oxfam.org.uk | Attend Summit only | No | Tshiwe Shiri | Zimbabwe chapter of the Rural Women's Assembly (RWA) | http://www.wlzimbabwe.org/ | Zimbabwean | Zimbabwe | Female | 33 | English, Shona, and Ndebele | Tshiwe Shiri has been nominated by the Rural Women's Assembly (Zimbabwe chapter), to be put forward as their representative at the UN Climate Summit. Tshiwe participated in COP 17 in Durban with other women, and a record of some of their activities is available here: http://ruralwomensassembly.wordpress.com/gallery/rural-womens-assembly-at-cop17/ and http://ruralwomensassembly.wordpress.com/cop17/memorandum/ She has been involved in projects and campaigns to influence adaptation policies, and is a regular campaigner on climate justice issues and promotion of traditional food. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAulrpEctno | Tshiwe Shiri is a farmer in Zimbabwe and a member and a leader of Rural Women's Assembly and Women in Land in Zimbabwe. She is young women who has been practicing conservation agriculture for a number of years. She is an activist on women's rights issues. | Available on request | ||||||||
525 | 8/15/2014 22:30:40 | NEPADCA | Philippe Junior SIBIRO | philippejuniors7@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Philippe Junior | NEPADCA | www.facebook.com/NEPADCA | Central African | Central African Republic | Male | 29 | French and English little | My candidacy is of great importance for the Central African Republic is part of the country in the world which is the second lung of the green world and trap CO2. My candidacy is of great importance first by actions that I and my organization we had to do in my country the Central African Republic in the priorities of the country is not the protection of the environment, the fight against change adaptation and mitigation worse promotion or use of sustainables energies. Indeed, despite the priorities of our government that peace, security, education, health and others. Myself and members of our goals is to inform, educate, young for the prices of consciences and actions that save the environment. My candidacy is important because with the little we had to inform and educate the Central African population. | I SIBIRO Philippe Junior, I'm nationality Central African, I am 28 years old, I am a young activist, environmentalist, entrepreneur, blogger, agrobusiness. Philippe Junior is year of license in geography at the University of Bangui. He studied at the Institute Modern Occupation Specialty specializing in maintenance and IT Network . I worked as national coordinator : New space for Partnership in Develop in Central African Republic , African Youth Initiative Climate Change, focal point 350, Global Youth Network for Innovation. My passions TICS, the environment, the internet, I am involved in the cause of environmental protection, agribusiness, entrepreneurship. | https://drive.google.com/#my-drive | https://drive.google.com/#my-drive | |||||||
526 | 8/15/2014 22:31:03 | Global Ecovillage Network International (GEN International) | Kosha Anja Joubert | koshajoubert@gen-europe.org | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Attend Summit only | No | Selma CHIROUF SAIDIA | GEN International | http://gen.ecovillage.org/en | Algerian | Algeria | Female | 27 years old | Arabic, English and French | Selma Chirouf is a member of the Global Ecovillage Network International (GENInternational).After her training in Ecovillage Design Education in Germany,She contributed in the birth of GEN Africa and became the GEN Africa ambassador for Algeria.I, Kosha Joubert,president ofGENInternational,GENAfrica Advisor andManaging Director of GEN-Europe officially authorize Selma Chirouf to represent GENInternational.She nominated herself to host the third World Ecovillage Summit in Algeria from December 10-14, 2016 after the first world summit in Senegal 2014 and the second one in South Africa in 2015.She has a strong personality and an excellent tone that enables her to be a compelling speaker.Her first public speech was at the American Middle Eastern Network for Dialogue at Stanford in 2012.After two years now,Selma is a powerful woman who has been empowering herself to serve her community.She will be in New York City starting from late August and will be able to attend without funding. | Selma Chirouf is an Algerian environmentalist from Guelma,Eastern Algeria.After her high school degree,Shemoved to Constantine to study English Language at Mentouri University where she enrolled as an active member of the National Union of Algerian Students and was elected as the president of the campus committee of Mentouri University.in summer2010,she was selected for a five week leadership training in the USheld by the Department of State and the Bureau of Middle East and Partnership Initiative(MEPI).In November 2011,she was selected to represent Algeria in the Ecovillage Conference for sustainable development in North Africa.In2012,she was invited by the American embassy to meet Miss Hilary Clinton for her first visit to Algeria.During the same period,Selma was selected to be the Algerian speaker at the American Middle Eastern Network for Dialogue at Stanford (AMENDS)where she delivered her first broadcasted public speech.She met Dr Condoleezza Rice and talked about some initiatives to support women.In Summer 2012,Selma attended an EDE training for sustainability in Germany held by GEN Europe.After the training,Selmaflew to Cairo where she had a training on Climate Change issues.Along with a bunch of youth from the Arab countries and the help of some international NGOs like Indy Act,CAN International,350.org andGCCA,the Arab Youth Climate Movement(AYCM)was born.Afterwards,she attended theUNConference on CCheld in Doha where she met the Algerian Minister of the Environment and along with her team discussed some possible partnerships to fight climate change in Algeria.In Summer 2013,Selma was contacted to meet Mr.Arnold Schwarzenegger during his first visit to Algeria for the inaugural of his environmental organization R20 and had to attend the Global Powershift summit on Climate issues in Istanbul.Selma has travelled to eleven different countries:Tunisia,Libya,Germany,Egypt,Qatar,England,Italy,United States of America,Kenya,Turkey andFrance.She has an international mind of intercultural communication.Selma was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship Grant funded by the US department of State and administered by AMIDEAST,she iscurrently enrolled at Drexel University in Philadelphia for one month pre-academic program and will be in New York city in September where she will be pursuing a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership.Selma has always believed in the quote saying‘dream until your dreams come true’ | https://drive.google.com/#folders/0B60MKbHgmdSxb3ptQzFZRkt1Uk0 | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F9CaDGuB4Uj98-A9oCWvym_YHqN-3ZVFkvGX1dJGmlU/edit | |||||||
527 | 8/15/2014 22:57:32 | Indigenous Environmental Network | Tom BK Goldtooth | ien@igc.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Kandi Lea Marie Mossett | Indigenous Environmental Network | www.ienearth.org | USA | USA | Female | 34 | English | Ms Mossett is a member of civil society and is an Indigenous tribal member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara tribal nation of the state of North Dakota, USA. She is authorized to speak on behalf of the Indigenous Environmental Network. Ms. Mossett is an expert on climate change, energy justice and renewable energy solutions. She has knowledge of climate impacts and climate policy from local, national and international levels. She has been an IEN delegate in the UNFCCC COP meetings since 2009 and since 2007, has been networking with indigenous tribal colleges and universities educating students and faculty on climate change and seeking solutions towards reducing their carbon footprint. Kandi is a skilled public speaker and has experience in making timed interventions within United Nation forums and conventions. Kandi has offered testimony in U.S. Congress on the climate issues and links to social, environmental and health impacts. | Kandi Mossett (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara), Native Energy & Climate Campaign Organizer with the Indigenous Environmental Network was born in the State of North Dakota and grew up in an area known today as the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. She obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of North Dakota (UND) in Natural Resource and Park Management. After working in the Park Service for 3 years she went on to earn a Masters of Environmental Management Degree within UND’s Earth Systems Science and Policy Program. She began working for the Indigenous Environmental Network as the Tribal Campus Climate Challenge (TCCC) Organizer in February of 2007. Her work has expanded over the years to include work in the international arena in order to create more awareness about international decision-making and its effect at the local level. Her current major focus is on creating awareness about the true dangers of hydraulic fracturing while working to push for regulations and protections, particularly on Native lands. | http://vimeo.com/84062355 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSEEHt6FhbA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBqWoCBMbH0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5ksOqzlxds | ||||||||
528 | 8/15/2014 23:30:54 | American Indian Enterprise and Business Council | John JH OBrien | johnjhobrien@aiebc.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | No | Irene Marie Bedard Wilson | American Indian Enterprise and Business Council | AIEBC.org | Inupiaq/Yupik/Cree | United States of America | female | 47 | english | Nominee is the appointed Rep.of AIEBC and of the inventors of Solar Roadways, an Alaska Native with a history of political,social and environmental activism. With tribal leaders, scientists, and economic strategists on Native land developed a Climate Change Strategy to convey plans for adaptation to warming and present realistic approaches to mitigating the causes of climate change that will quickly become an effective tool for the future.She has first hand knowledge of the impacts of climate change in the Alaskan arctic which include coastal erosion, increased storm effects, sea ice retreat and permafrost melt, AIEBC's development of an incubator to train Native people in green energy technologies while simultaneously providing sustainable energy to Native communities and beyond and proposes Indigenous peoples, stewards of Mother Earth, form alliances and treaties to support sustainable green energy technologies.She is available to be at the UN headquarters as required. | Ms. Bedard has been a figure on the world stage for over 20 years. She has spoken at innumerable Universities and colleges including NYU, Notre Dame, University of Hawaii, The Institute of the American Indian Arts, and UCLA. Has spoken before the Alaska Federation of Natives Conference, the National Congress of the American Indians, the National Indian Gaming Association. and REZ and RISE conferences. She has lobbied with Senator Jonathan Windy Boy on Capitol Hill for many American Indian causes. She has over 50 film and TV credits. She has garnered numerous Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards. She is inducted into the Museum of Western Heritage the Cowboy Hall of Fame. She has received honorary degrees from Sitting Bull College, the Institute of the American Indian Arts, and the Alumni Award of Excellence from her Alma Mater University of the Arts. She has been Artist in Residence at Vox Box Arts Collective 501(c)(3) in Los Angeles for 20 years. Has co-chaired the Native American Collection of the Art Train and the American Indian College Funds Flame of Hope Gala. She has been featured in Mademoiselle, USA Today, Native Peoples and People Magazine. She was a guest at the White House Correspondence Dinner during Bill Clinton’s administration. She is currently President of Native American majority owned, Sleeping Lady Films/Waking Giants productions and serves as the White House delegate and the UN consulate for AIEBC. She as Special Assistant to the Vice President in R&D at Southcentral Foundation for Alaska Natives. She serves on the Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists National Diversity Commitee, the Idyllwild International Film Festival, the Native Children’s Survival Advisory Board. She was on the National Task Force in support of VAWA for the National Congress of the American Indians and attends the NIWRC (National Indian Women's Resource Center) field hearings. She has submitted testimony to the U.S. Congress and delivered over 100,000 signatures to the Speaker of the House Senator Boehner in support of the Reauthorization of VAWA. Testified before U.S Congress and the Alaska Legislature. She is honored for the UN consideration to speak on behalf of advanced technical solutions for Global Climate Change and the place Indigenous peoples of the planet have in it's implementation. | http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/28/irene-bedard-discusses-her-journey-leading-native-actress-131748 http://issuu.com/sciencetosage/docs/sustainable_ideas_kversion/38 http://issuu.com/sciencetosage/docs/sustainable_ideas_kversion/47?e=0 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7737948/SFRWs_edit_v03.mp4 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7737948/Solar%20Roadways%20Indiegogo.wmv http://www.solarroadways.com/ http://solarroadways.com/hirespics.html http://youtu.be/-2mBurTRWcs http://aiebc.org/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0065942/ https://www.linkedin.com/pub/irene-bedard/5b/5b4/97a https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6RcgpuAzGy1dWxQMnkzOFFMSEE/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6RcgpuAzGy1UDl4R29KT0R0VFBWZGxZQ3hxclg3Yl9VVkF3/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
529 | 8/15/2014 23:52:30 | Arrow | Nausheen Khan | naush14@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Nausheen Khan | Arrow | http://www.arrow.org.my/ | Bangladeshi | Bangladesh | Female | 25 | English and Bengali | Nausheen Khan has been working at a CSO as Research Associate (RA) and Focal Person for Programs (FP). As FP, she is responsible for overseeing the organization’s environmental awareness programs including giving training to elected women members and rural women entrepreneurs about climate change, adaptation methods. At the local level, she has worked with government officials and marginalized groups in disaster-prone areas and at the national level, she is actively engaged with members of the government delegation responsible for climate change negotiations at the UNFCCC. At the international level, she has been part of the post 2015 and Rio+20 processes and has been campaigning for the inclusion of youth and women in climate change as part of the post 2015 framework and the Sustainable Development Goals. Given her experience and expertise, she is the perfect candidate for the role of the opening speaker and panelist for the thematic debate. | Nausheen Khan, has been working at Khan Foundation, a non-government organization in Bangladesh that focuses on democracy, development and human rights, where she uses her knowledge of global concerns and administrative experience to conduct research and implement projects. She is the Co-ordinator for a regional project titled, “Women’s Sexual & Reproductive Health and Climate Change: What is the Connection?” in partnership with Asia-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW). She has been awarded a year-long academic scholarship by The Swedish Institute for a program, titled, Social Innovation in a Digital Context. She spent the first six months at Lund University, Sweden, studying human rights and digital technology and is currently based at Khan Foundation implementing a human rights project titled, “Paribartan: Advancing Women’s Rights through Technology”. As a human rights leader and a young professional working in the area of development and public service, she has been a strong advocate for inclusion of climate change as a development agenda. She is passionate about empowering the voices of the marginalized groups, including women, youth and the poor, in countries most vulnerable to climate change. In college, Nausheen was an eco-representative and she was responsible for increasing student awareness about environmental issues around campus including planning and conducting awareness campaigns as well as promoted student needs in five residence halls. Her interest in climate change issues was further reinforced when she was accepted for a research internship at the renowned Worldwatch Institute, an environmental think-tank that guides global decision-making. She was awarded a fellowship by the Mount Holyoke Miller Worley Center for the Environment to complete the internship during which she had the opportunity to work on two papers that were published in the Vital Signs publication of the organization. Nausheen is interested and has been following the post 2015 and the Rio+20 processes. She has also been creating awareness about the Post 2015 process among youth and at local levels. She also attended the 13th Session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals as a representative of the Women’s Major Group, where she as part of the group advocated for climate change as a standalone goal as well as a separate target that addressed women, local, youth and marginalized communities. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5omoa3hgcu2SjVvbHpjN3JZbEU/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5omoa3hgcu2OUczMUZWTHhvN00/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5omoa3hgcu2ckx4YnYwTFVCTmc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5omoa3hgcu2ckx4YnYwTFVCTmc/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5omoa3hgcu2bG1SVlNtWmdMUVE/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5omoa3hgcu2aWVMNG1OZVFXZzA/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5omoa3hgcu2b2IwYUFQNGJRcE0/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
530 | 8/15/2014 23:54:21 | Philippine Movement for Climate Justice | Lidy Nacpil | lnacpil@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Kathryn Kay Leuch | Philippine Movement for Climate Justice | http://climatejustice.ph/main/ | Filipino | Philippines | Female | 29 Years | Filipino and English | Kathryn is an articulate and committed young climate change campaigner. She is from Palawan, Philippines, one of the areas hit by Typhoon Haiyan, a small island that is also highly vulnerable to sea level rise and impacts on fishing and agriculture. She became active in the environmental movement at a young age, and worked with grassroots organizations in her hometown where 9 environmentally protected areas are located. She served as Coordinator of the Palawan Alliance for Clean Energy, an island-wide coalition on renewable energy. She recently joined the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice as Energy Policy Campaigner. Her work involves educating people from diverse backgrounds on energy and climate change issues. Kat knows firsthand how communities deal with the impacts of climate change. She has a degree in chemistry and taking up environmental law - she is also capable and very interested in addressing scientific and legal dimensions of climate change. | Kathryn Leuch is from Palawan – the biggest island province in the country with a negligible global carbon emission contribution yet one of the areas which suffered significantly from the supertyphoon Haiyan. She started getting involved in community environmental issues as a young student. After completing her degree in chemistry and while pursuing law, she began working as a volunteer for the Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC). Through ELAC, she worked with communities and local groups as an environmental and human rights advocate, educating people -- particularly the indigenous people -- of their rights and training people on environmental protection. Realizing the vulnerability that the Filipino people, especially the poor, are exposed to due to the effects of a warming planet, she became determined to continue her advocacy and involvement in social change. She recently joined the national campaign of PMCJ to be a part of the broader effort in helping communities all over the country by putting forward the climate justice framework in addressing the climate crisis. She sees this work as an opportunity to engage with the government in proposing policies addressing inequality while frequently travelling to local communities to ensure that they are provided an active part in the efforts to end vulnerability. Kat believes that because climate change is a global issue, it must be addressed collectively. Individuals and nations must work together to ensure a sustainable future, a future that respects human dignity, provides food security for all, and banishes vulnerability. She is determined to continue working on climate change, be an integral part of ending inequality while also building a Philippines that is resilient in the face of climate change. She recently started working as one of the national campaigners of the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice but remain engaged with local groups in Palawan, including the Environmental Legal Assistance Center, Inc. (ELAC) and the Palawan NGO Network Inc. (PNNI), both of which are focused on safeguarding the environment from destructive projects. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7tE5zBUFq2wRi15aXlYTzJDY2s/edit?usp=sharing | Video for nomination: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i7bfxjzjizvk1dk/LEUCH%20Kathryn%20-%20PHILIPPINES.MP4?dl=0 Writing sample: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7tE5zBUFq2wbW1tdVM0TjZKMGs&usp=sharing | |||||||
531 | 8/15/2014 23:57:10 | WEDO | Bridget Burns | bridget@wedo.org | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Attend Summit only | Yes | Mirna Inés Fernández Pradel | WECAN / Reacción Climática | wecaninternational.org / www.reaccionclimatica.webs.com | Bolivian | Bolivia | Female | 25 | Spanish, English | We are nominating Mirna Inés Fernández because she has a large record of advocacy for girls and young women empowerment and youth engagement on decision making processes related to environmental issues. Mirna has worked extensively as an environmental engineer looking for community based solutions to build resilient communities to climate change and an ecosystem based approach for biodiversity conservation and restoration. She is working as an Ecology professor and she is a volunteer for non-formal education programs on her country. She has been a speaker at various events, representing MGCY, GYBN, WAGGGS, WGC and bolivian groups on environmental related events at the international and national level. She also had a speaker role as a professor on many academic meetings. We think that Mirna has a lot to say and a strong passion that shows her commitment, which is essential for this role. | Mirna Ines Fernández is a young activist, an environmental engineer and a university professor from La Paz, Bolivia. She has been deeply involved in environmental issues since being very young thanks to her involvement with the non-formal education program of WAGGGS in her country. She belongs to the movement since she was 6 years old and she has been a volunteer leader, working with girls from 12 to 15 years old since she was 17. She has more than 6 years of involvement with local youth organizations like Reacción Climática, Salvemos al Madidi, Asociación de Guías de Bolivia and 350.org Bolivia, networking to strengthen local youth participation in the environmental decision making processes. At the same time, she is joining global youth efforts as the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN), YOUNGO, CliMates and the Major Group of Children and Youth. Right now, she is a Post-2015 Ambassador for WAGGGS and a member of the GYBN Steering Committee. Mirna has a degree on Environmental Engineering and focuses on research for climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation. She has done research on the development of local methods for the peat bugs ecosystem management to address climate change in Andean communities, and she has worked on environmental assessments to megaprojects affecting biodiversity and local communities. She hopes to continue working to help empowering resilient communities and restoring ecosystems affected by climate change and other anthropic pressures. She has been a representative of civil society at multilateral meetings as the UN Climate Change Conference COP 15, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20, the first universal UNEP Governing Council and the 68th version of the UN General Assembly. Mirna has also participated on civil society gatherings as the International Youth Conference on Biodiversity, the TUNZA international conference, the IWECI 100 Women Summit and the Preparatory Meeting for the Social PreCOP. In Bolivia, Mirna is a volunteer on the non-formal education program of Indagation Trails and Asociación de Guías de Bolivia. She is also working as an Ecology professor on the Environmental Engineering career at EMI University. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E5jaAVt0vyLWt24-_CJ1cvVY-jp-qgAuF8z0roU_8c0/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2DxL3X1wrEbQjlQRjJLRFc4V1U/edit?usp=sharing http://www.wagggs.org/en/unga/delegatesblog http://www.ecotopiafractal.blogspot.com/ | |||||||
532 | 8/15/2014 23:58:34 | Association repowermap.eu | Roman Bolliger | roman.bolliger@repowermap.eu | Attend Summit only | No | Roman Bolliger | Association repowermap.eu | http://www.repowermap.org | Swiss | Switzerland | m | 38 | English, French, Spanish, German, Italian | Roman Bolliger is coordinator of a non-profit initiative which has been funded primarily by the European Union, to promote the use of renewable energies and energy efficiency. The initiative is supported by a broad network of NGOs, renewable energy associations, regions, local authorities and other energy actors. It shows concrete real-world examples for the use of renewable energies and energy efficiency, throughout Europe and beyond. The initiative thereby encourages climate action. At the Climate Summit 2014, Roman Bolliger would like to present the position of a large number of people, communities, local authorities and companies that have already taken action to protect the climate – and that have proven that real climate action is feasible today. Within the framework of this initiative and in cooperation with the broad network of participating energy actors, he would like to bring new ideas and new announcements to the Climate Summit. | Roman Bolliger’s academic background combines both natural sciences and legal/economic/political studies. He has an MSc in Biology with Major in Biochemistry and an MA in European Studies, and has completed additional studies in Physics and Law. He has more than ten years of experience in the field of renewable energies and energy efficiency. His work experience includes work on climate change topics in the Swiss Federal Chancellery and the European Commission, and advisory services to local and national governments. He is co-founder of the non-profit charitable repowermap.org initiative. He is a representative of a civil society organisation, and officially authorized by that organisation to speak on the organisation’s behalf. | http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/startseite/rasch-schmelzendes-packeis-im-arktischen-sommer-1.1742758 | ||||||||
533 | 8/15/2014 23:59:38 | Jubilee South - Asia/Pacific Movement on Debt and Development | Lidy Nacpil | lnacpil@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Jose Aaron M. Pedrosa, Jr. | Bulig Visayas | none yet | Filipino | Philippines | Male | 29 | English, Filipino, Visayan | Aaron Pedrosa is hails from a frontline community -- he comes from Leyte one of the islands in the Philippines that sustained the most damage and loss of lives from Typhoon Haiyan. Since the typhoon hit, he has spent most of his time working with community groups there for relief, reconstruction, training and capacity-building programs and has co-founded Bulig Visayas, a network of groups from impacted communities as well as national organizations working in solidarity to address the impacts of climate change. He is a young (under 30) articulate lawyer who has many years of experience campaigning on economic justice, environmental and climate issues, serving as resource person, organizer and more recently also as litigator. He will make an excellent speaker and/or participant at the UN Summit on Climate. | Jose Aaron M. Pedrosa, Jr. was born on July 22, 1985 in the small town of Dulag, Leyte. Leyte province, part of the groups of islands called the Visayas, is one of the areas in the Philippines that were the hardest hit by Typhoon Haiyan. Aaron’s family home in Tacloban City in Leyte was completely destroyed after Haiyan struck the city in November 2013. A long time campaigner on economic and climate justice issues since his student days in the university --- the devastating impact of Typhoon Haiyan motivated Aaron to be one of the founders of Bulig Visayas and serve as its Executive Director. Bulig Visayas is an organization led primarily by Haiyan-affected local community groups with aim of promoting and implementing disaster response, relief, reconstruction and climate change resiliency building programs in the Visayas. Aaron is a new lawyer, having passed the bar exams last year, who also spends a big part of his time doing pro bono public interest and environmental lawyering. His other involvements include serving as an officer of one of the local chapters of the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice, a board member of the Freedom from Debt Coalition (focusing on economic justice issues), and the Secretary General of SANLAKAS (a multisectoral alliance of peoples organizations). Aaron is the 9th of 11 children of Lilia Pedrosa and Francisco Magos. To help his family, Aaron's uncle adopted him when he was barely a year old. Two years later, Francisco, his biological father, died in a motorcycle accident. Aaron attended a Catholic school for his elementary and high school education. After High School, Aaron took up college education at the University of the Philippines Cebu Campus in Cebu City, in another island in the Visayas. However, two years into his stay in Cebu, Aaron would lose a father the second time. Jose Pedrosa, his adoptive father, died of a heart attack in January 11, 2004. He was only 59 years old. Aaron persevered in the remaining two years of college education through a scholarship grant from the University. In 2006, Aaron graduated cum laude with a degree in political science. He then took up law in San Beda College in Mendiola, Manila and later on transferred to the University of San Carlos College of Law in Cebu City. He gained his degree in law in 2011. In all this time Aaron was also actively involved in social, economic and environmental justice campaigns. | https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1M5RyO2HFYPNlRkU2ppaGhqTEU&usp=sharing | http://www.cma.gov.cn/en/Special/2014Special/20140317/2014031702/201403/t20140320_241161.html | |||||||
534 | 8/16/2014 0:15:52 | Collectif Sénégalais des Africaines pour la Promotion de l'Education Relative à l'Environnement - COSAPERE | Mbeinda Lamotte DIOP | cosapere@live.fr | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Mbeinda DIOP | Collectif Ssénégalais des Africaines pour la Promotion de l'Education relative à l'Education Relative à l'Environnement COSAPERE | COSAPERE | Sénégalaise | Sénégal | Féminin | 63 ans | Français | La candidate est activiste de la défense de l'environnement depuis près d'une trentaine d'années au niveau des communautés de base que sont l'école les collectivités locales; les groupes de femmes, de jeunes du milieu urbain comme des zones rurales. Elle est observatrice genre du réseau GenderCC pour la justice climatique de WEDO comme elle est membre du Comité National Changement Climatique COMNACC du Sénégal. | Mme Mbeinda DIOP Bambey le 29 / 11/ 1951, fut enseignante Présidente du Collectif Sénégalais des Africaines pour la Promotion de l’Education Relative à l’Environnement Membre du Groupe de travail ouvert sur les Objectifs de Développement Durable ; Membre du Comté des Experts francophones sur le Développement durable ; Membre du Groupe de travail sur Femme-Paix et Sécurité dans l’espace CEDEAO Membre du Comité national Changement Climatique COMNACC et de la Commission Nationale du Développement Durable CNDD; Membre du Comité national de « l’Organisation Internationale Francophone Planèt’ERE » Membre de la Commission Education et Communication de l’UICN de 1998 à 2007; Représentante principale du COSAPERE au Conseil Economique et Social de l’ONU ; (ECOSOC) depuis 1998, à UN-Habitat, à la Commission de la Condition de la Femme d’ONU-FEMMES et à la Commission du Développement Durable des Nations Unies, membre des Grands Groupes de ces structures; Elle a participé à des réunions internationales telles que : La 47e session de la commission des Nations Unies sur la Population et le Développement au siège des Nations Unies à New York avril 2014 ; La Journée Internationale des Forêts 21 mars 2014 au siège des Nations Unies à New York Aux 52e, 54e 57e et 58e session de la commission des Nations Unies sur le Statut de la Femme – CSW au siège des Nations Unies à New York Aux 15e et 17e Conférences sur la Convention Cadre des Nations Unies sur le Changement Climatique ; Le 1er Forum International sur Education Environnementale au Sahel, octobre 1999 à Nouakchott ; D/ Publications - Place des femmes dans l’Economie verte 2011 et 2012 ; Gestion des ordures ménagères, facteur de lutte contre la désertification. 2008 ; Waste management in a inner city; Session d’été du Max Plank Institute for Meteorology juil. / août 2000 ; Impacts humains des changements climatiques au Sénégal : pays côtier d’Afrique de l’Ouest (Contribution à la conférence des Parties sur les changements climatiques), La Haye 2000 ; communication au Forum PLANET’ERE : Femme et environnement au Sahel, Montréal 1997 ; Contribution au rapport de l’UNESCO sur l’éducation : l’éducation environnementale en Afrique, 1995; Contribution au rapport national sur la femme 1994 et au forum des ONG des femmes de Huairou (Chine) 1995: « situation des filles dans l’enseignement supérieur au Sénégal ». | Partager à travers Facebook Cosapere, et Mbienda Lamotte Diop | ||||||||
535 | 8/16/2014 0:41:15 | Y-PEER network | Ramy Yassen Zakria Hessan | ramyyassen@yahoo.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Ramy Yassen Zakria Hessan | Y-PEER network | www.youthpeer.org | Sudanese | Sudan | Male | 29 | English , Arabic and French | our nomineeee is a representative of a civil society organization in Sudan and our Arab region its name is Y- PEER, and officially authorized by the network to speak on behalf of them in the clamint change summit in NY; and he has proven track record of effective advocacy and implementation of community led solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation; And he has excellent competency with climate change issues, experience with presenting climate change issues in public fora, and demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders; and also our nominee can get the visa befor the time of the summit and will be committed to came on the time of the conference in the mid of September 2014 | Biography My name is Ramy Yassen Zakria Hessan I am Focal Point Y-PEER network -Sudan, I am writing with regards to apply for the United Nation climate change summit will held in NY at September 2014. Please allow me to briefly introduce myself ,I am 29 years old and I was graduated from international University of Africa in Sudan Khartoum faculty of science department of computer and mathematic science, although I have more than seven years experiences in the field of youth empowerment and advocacy, I am start my experiences as volunteer in Sudanese family Planning association in youth program as adovactor for young people right , I had also three years experiences in PPFA-International(R) youth program as leader of TOT group designing youth friendly trarining for young people related to the actual need of youth in my country , and in the same time I was get the position of leader of national youth committees in Sudanese family Planning association, and in 2006 I was get the chief of the executive committee for network for adolescent and youth of Africa NAYA Sudan chapter , and now I am a National focal point of GYCA ( Global Youth Collation Against HIV/AIDS) and focal point of Y-PEER network in Sudan. And I have one year experience as clamint cahange project coordinator in ChildrenDevelopment Foundation so I am have a good experience in the field of Climate change I am a master trainer in field of youth peer education and HIV/AIDS, FGM, advocacy apolicy reform and and HIV/AIDS and youth empowerment and leadership, I am trained over 60 training in the previous issues in Natinal international level states since 2004. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1scpxrwhCzkETw-Iu0WkRpeoCtyjXMySTdHFSarzQ_q8/edit?usp=docslist_api | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1scpxrwhCzkETw-Iu0WkRpeo | |||||||
536 | 8/16/2014 1:36:53 | Barranquilla+20 | Jose Pallares | joselias2309@gmail.com | Representative to speak in the 2014 Climate Summit Opening on behalf of civil society at large (Candidates must be female, under the age of 30, and from a developing country), Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Xiomara Acevedo Navarro | Barranquilla+20 | barranquillasostenible.wordpress.com | colombian | Colombia | female | 23 | English, spanish, french. | She meets the criteria because she has been fighting climate change since more than 3 years ago and also started her own local movement in order to enrol more youth and children among this issue. She is made of merit and commitment and her experiences will enrich your event. Barranquilla+20 is really committed with the education and empowerment of youth to reach a more sustainable city. Our purpose is to provide environmental education to empower more youth to fulfill our active role in the society. By mean of our activities more that 2000 youth and children in Barranquilla have received education about the importance of developing an active role in society specially in the environmental field because we as nation has lots of natural resources but our economic growth and development is putting in risk their conservation. | She is working in the climate field as volunteer in Barranquilla+20 since 3 years ago especially dedicating her work to vulnerable communities and local organizations. She has created the climate local youth network in Barranquilla and also a climate change training school. She has been selected to participate in Global power shift, the budapest water summit and tunza meetings among others that make her a climate champion because of her empowerment and commitment to solve the climate crisis in Colombia, She was awarded with the national youth volunteering award for environment and habitat by the Colombia youth agency "Colombia Joven" as other recognitions such as youth protecting the water, etc. She is Internationalist and founder of the youth led organization Barranquilla+20. | http://www.worldmerit.org/media/6783/Xiomy-Acevedo-Profile.pdf | http://www.uninorte.edu.co/web/grupo-prensa/noticia?articleId=1380139&groupId=73923 http://worldmerit.org/about/community/xiomy-acevedo.aspx http://unfccc.int/cc_inet/cc_inet/youth_portal/items/8271.php https://es-la.facebook.com/premiojuventudprotectoradelagua/posts/244171909065075?stream_ref=10 http://www.uninorte.co/donaciones/secciones.asp?id=131 http://colombia.voluntariado.org/experiencias/detalle/67/?utm_source=ExpXiomara&utm_medium=Bole16JUL&utm_campaign=Boletin | |||||||
537 | 8/16/2014 1:38:57 | CliMates | Sabrina Marquant | sabrina.marquant@climates.fr | Attend Summit only | Yes | Sabrina MARQUANT | CliMates | www.climates.fr | French | France | Female | 31 | French/English | Focal Point for YOUNGO since almost a year, Sabrina get a strong experience on advocating and especially on youth issues. Besides this position, Sabrina is also part of CliMates. She has been involved in several activities within CliMates since over two years, which enabled it to improve her expertise on climate change issues and especially on climate change negotiations towards COP21. Her position within CliMates and within YOUNGO give to her the opportunity to travel in France but also abroad to present climate change and youth activities in public fora. This year she went in Sri Lanka for the world conference of youth and in Taiwan for the UNFCCC NGO Forum to present YOUNGO at sessions. | Passionate about climate negotiations since Bali in 2007, Sabrina decided to join CliMates in order to develop a better concrete and critical analysis on the blocking points slowing down the negotiations process and to work on innovative solutions to re-invigorate this process. In December 2013, at the COP19, she had the opportunity to integrate the Official French Delegation as a Youth Delegate. This gives to her a new vision and understandings of the negotiations process. More determined than ever to work on these issues, in January 2014 she decided to put apron as CliMates Communication & Partnerships Director away and to focus on COP21. She is currently co-coordinating a research project within CliMates on tracking climate negotiations toward COP21. She is also the YOUNGO Global North Focal Point to UNFCCC. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5CpdonQq8zkNlRoNXlXc3ZFNEE/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5CpdonQq8zkcTlHTzhLZkhwV0U/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5CpdonQq8zkWWMwRUxBREJDeEU/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||
538 | 8/16/2014 2:04:53 | THE ANDEAN CENTER FOR THE ECONOMICS ON THE ENVIRONMENT | DANNA SALOME SOTO VANEGAS | salome.soto.v@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | No | DANNA SALOME SOTO VANEGAS | THE ANDEAN CENTER FOR THE ECONOMICS IN THE ENVIRONMENT | http://www.andeancenter.com/ | COLOMBIAN | COLOMBIA | FEMALE | 28 | ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH | She is International Management Assistant at The Andean Center for the Economics in the Environment (CAEMA) Bogotá, Colombia She outlines the support and the strengthening of the CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) project portfolio of CAEMA. • PR facilitator. • Consolidates the signing of contracts within the Palm Oil Bundled Project of FEDEPALMA, with all the members of the CDM Project to modify the project PDD registered with UNFCCC. • Consolidates the signing of contracts within the Palm Oil Bundled Project of FEDEPALMA, with all the members of the CDM Project for the advisory on its implementation in their plants • Investigation and designing of commercial and marketing strategies for CAEMA products. • Assist in the preparation, writing, formatting and issuing of the newsletters (FAIR TRADE CDM • Upgrade CERs pricing to post on the website and newsletters. | She was born on September the 17th of 1985 in Bogotá, Colombia. She had her academic formation in Bogotá, where se graduated as a Professional in Government and International Relations from Externado University. She began her professional experience at the House of Representative of Colombia as an International Relations Consultant. a year after she began working at the Andean Center for the Economics in the Environment where she currently works as an International Affairs Assistant and Fund Raiser Agent. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxhGrCraA_-CbDJ5dzdDekVfM2c/edit?usp=sharing | http://www.andeancenter.com/images/pdf/Boletines/Boletin_May2013.pdf | |||||||
539 | 8/16/2014 2:20:20 | Bophana Audiovisual Resources Center | Sopheap Chea | info@onedollar.bophana.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change" | Yes | Christoforos PAVLAKIS | Bophana Audiovisual Resources Center | http://onedollar.bophana.org | Greece | Cambodia | Male | 28 | Greek, English, French and German | Mr Pavlakis has been following the work activities of this UN Climate Change research group and works closely with the UNDP office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He holds a first 4- year degree in Communication and Media Studies from the University of Athens, Greece (thesis on How to Use the ICTs as Commons to Aspire to Achieve the UN MDG by 2015), and later on, he pursued a masters degree in Visual Anthropology. Professionally, he is deployed in Cambodia, working for a multimedia project run by the Bophana Audiovisual Center who enables young film makers to express their voices on environmental issues. He has throughout the years gained strong problem- solving skills, a positive can- do attitude, diplomacy and team spirit, which further demonstrates his ability to understand and appreciate different approaches and ways of thinking. | With a background in media and anthropology, he is deployed as an international volunteer in Cambodia. Hosted by non-profit association called Bophana Center, an audiovisual center, he is in charge of the web documentary platform that accommodates short films on people facing daily challenges due to climate change. Parallel to this, he is affiliated with the movement A world At school, coordinated by the Office of the UN Special envoy for Global Education to ensure that every child on earth gets basic education (MDG objective 2). | http://onedollar.bophana.org | Ecological survival kit in metropolis, June 2013, Input for the European Conference Culture and climate change, Brussels (Belgium) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kf7ufbFXvw The United Nations & Civil Society: Building ‘Service & Knowledge Commons’ to Aspire to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations by 2015 http://books.google.com.kh/books?id=P3pFOJgddfwC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=christoforos+pavlakis&source=bl&ots=kglZW4zCCm&sig=MHdkpW-1qY3LpnRdbOLnl3feNA0&hl=km&sa=X&ei=g_XuU87oDtiE8gWVyYLQBQ&ved=0CGIQ6AEwDQ Youth Revitalising Democracy - Input for the World Youth Alliance in Asia Pacific, June 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lQMqahZ6rc Contribution to the Young Voices Blog, Heinrich Boell Foundation in Brussels (July 2014) http://young-voices.boellblog.org/2014/07/15/social-exclusion-in-south-east-asia-and-europe/ | |||||||
540 | 8/16/2014 3:01:04 | The Green NGO for Environment and Energy | Habashy Ibrahim | habashy10@yahoo.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Habashy Alsayed Ibrahim Abdelghany | The Green NGO for Environment and Energy | Egypt | Egypt | Male | 49 | Arabic and English | This person is interested in green energy and is the owner of the idea of creating The Green NGO for Environment and Energy, and is working in the field of solar energy, he is interested in helping people who live in remote rural areas to get off grid electricity. | Name: Habashy Elsayed Ibrahim Abelghany Age: 49 B Sc. in mechanical power Alexandria university faculty of engineering 1990, He worked as a certified trainer in various fields such as CNC, Welding, Electricity, Mechanical drives, Solar energy, and Material writer for the Institute of applied technology in the UAE and curriculum developer. He has invented the followings: • Car exhaust smoke filter. • Glass garbage recycling machine. • Vegetable market wastes recycling machine. • Solar device that generates electricity and distilled water. • Fire fighter robot. • Solar car. • Solar charger for car battery. He has got several awards for instance: • Gold medal in manufacturing by CNC in the ENSC (Emirates Skills National Competition). 2010, UAE. • Silver medal in manufacturing by CNC in the ENSC. 20111, UAE. • Silver medal in manufacturing by CNC in the ENSC. 20081, UAE. • Second position at the UAE level for manufacturing a solar device that generates electricity and distilled water 2004. • First position at the UAE level for manufacturing a device that recycles the glass garbage and convert it to sand papers. 2003. • Second position at the UAE level for manufacturing car exhaust smoke filter to purify exhaust smoke before reaching the air (40% decrease the pollution). 2002 • First position at the UAE level for manufacturing a device that recycles the vegetables market wastes and convert it to natural fertilizer. 2001 | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dVSwe8DZbVdagWq_h56m9VBZzCkgGr3uyDo0m02BdUY/edit?usp=sharing | |||||||||
541 | 8/16/2014 3:13:17 | Change for Life | Patricia King | divapatking@gmail.com | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | Aigbogun Toby | Toby Koncept | Nigerian | Nigeria | Male | 23 | English and Soanish | Toby is a Young Nigerian who has been at the Fore Front of Climate Change activity. He started at the Age of 17 while in secondary School. He has been a strong advocate of Climate Change even before it became a global issue. He has organised a lot of self funded conferences for young people on climate change and the effect it cause. Having Toby speak and attend the summit will be of a Great Motivation to him and will help in making him know he is valued and that will inspire him to do more. | Aigbogun is the Founder of Toby Koncept. A media and Communication company that is majorly into New Media and Advocay. He is presently a Student studying History and International studies and have spoken at conferences and awon Awards. | iHoluwatoby.wordpress.com naijawhistle.com/the-girl-childso-what/ | |||||||||
542 | 8/16/2014 4:39:42 | Youth Parliament of Jammu & Kashmir | Nadeem Qadri | youthparliamentjk@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | Nadeem Qadri | Youth Parliament of Jammu & Kashmir | www.ypjk.org | Indian | India | Male | 29 | English | I am from Kashmir, which is under active armed conflict, we need to be given an opportunity to present our point of view. We hope This event will be a great exchange of ideas, vision and action. | Born on August 15 1985 at land of Saffron Pampore, Kashmir, Nadeem Qadri, completed his Degree in Law from University of Jammu in 2009. Right from his childhood, Qadri remained concerned about the social and humanitarian issues confronting the society in his native Kashmir and during his studies for the Law Degree founded many organisation like Save Environment Club, South Asia Peoples' Alliance, Law Students' Forum, Youth Parliament of J&K to mobilize public opinion about various Social, Economic and Environmental issues. He had worked with many international NGO's like Action Aid International, Amnesty International (London), World Coalition against the Death Penalty (France), Youth for Change International, getting much needed exposure to deal with the local issues confronting the conflict ridden Jammu and Kashmir. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_z65nWef_Hsc0Q4WllXYlFsTVU/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
543 | 8/16/2014 4:51:33 | United Nations Association in Cote d'Ivoire | DIAKITE Lamine | ldiakite@anuci.org | Panellist for the Thematic Debate "Voices from the Front Lines of Climate Change", Attend Summit only | Yes | CORREA Martin Fulgence | Online United Nations Volunteer Network in Cote d'Ivoire | Ivorian | Cpote d'Ivoire | Male | 29 | French, English | Martin Correa WAS volunteer, Program Coordinator in our United Nations Association in Côte d'Ivoire. He developed several voluntary activities, mobilized volunteers and developed a partnership with an agency of Nations in Côte d'Ivoire. Martin Correa, worked with our volunteers on the issue on the agenda in 2015 and consultations POST 2015 Myworld conducting several surveys in universities, high schools and colleges. CORREA Martin is a young and committed team leader of the Network of Volunteers Online UN Ivory Coast. | Martin Correa was a volunteer with the Red Cross in Ivory Coast before moving to the United Nations Association of Côte d'Ivoire. Currently, he is an intern at the Field Unit Program United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Ivory Coast which is an agency administered by UNDP | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwhRoE0feZyoRmRsQkp0aTJzdmM/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwhRoE0feZyoRmRsQkp0aTJzdmM/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||
544 | 8/16/2014 5:42:08 | OIL INDIA LIMITED (Govt. of India) | Akshay Kumar Thakuria | akthakuria@gmail.com | Attend Summit only | Yes | ANKUR THAKURIA | CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT, TEACH FOR INDIA | www.climatereality.org, www.teachforindia.org | INDIAN | INDIA | MALE | 21 | ENGLISH, FRENCH, BENGALI, HINDI, ASSAMESE | Ankur has been quite active in the field of climate crisis awareness and has made commendable efforts in sharing out the truth about Climate Change to the masses, especially the young generations in India. He has presented to over 2000 individuals in the last year itself, in of Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Guwahati and Kolkata. Ankur was trained by Al Gore in 2013 which further enhanced his efforts and his reach while creating awareness. Besides climate change, Ankur has been associated with many youth events and has been the brains behind the biggest self-help and youth portal in India. Ankur is working on empowering the grassroot kids through the Teach for India fellowship and using the opportunity to spread the awareness about Climate Change into the lower societies. Ankur’s active participation and determination to create change helped him achieve exposure. He was also invited as a TED speaker at IIT Kanpur in February 2014. | Ankur has been among the most enthusiastic young individuals who wanted to create a change in the society. He has been working with several global organisations since a very tender age. He began volunteering for Foundation for a Drug-Free World in 8th Grade and later became an educator for the same. He began his first startup at the age of 12 and is today the founder of the biggest self-help and youth portal in India. His advent into the field of climate change came with TERI where he was inspired by Nobel laureate R.K. Pachauri. He was trained as a Climate Leader in 2013 by Sir Al Gore. He has addressed over 2000 individuals on the matter of climate change and has spoken to over 5000 youth across India on the issues of Drug Abuse and the need to stay off it. Ankur is also an avid traveller. He has been to 43 countries at the age of 21 and has been a part of some of the biggest youth events around the globe including World Business Dialogue, Harvard Conferences, Young Leaders Debate, Education without Borders and Global StartUp Youth. He was an invited TED speaker at IIT Kanpur in February 2014. Ankur is also the recipient of the prestigious Kairos Society Fellowship and is currently working as a fellow at Teach for India (under the ‘Teach for All’ movement). Ankur has also worked with the G20 presidency for the 2011 G20 Summit in Cannes, France. He was among the 8 youth diplomats who were present at the event and had participated in debates with the world leaders during the event on the agenda in place. Ankur has been working in the field of climate change for a long time now. Besides addressing in his presentations, he also works with several NGOs at grassroot level for Teach for India to create awareness of climate change in the lower communities. He created a social change with his startup CampusWriting, inspiring over 1.5 million youth across India to give voice to their emotions. The same project was recognized by many organisations like Acara Institute, Unhate Foundation, Dream:In Foundation, etc. Ankur’s determination in being the change in this world has brought him face to face with many eminent personalities including Barak Obama, Malala Yousufzai and Ken Robinson; all from different fields of interests. Ankur’s strong network and his untiring efforts to create change in the society is what I believe keeps him going and I feel being at the Climate Summit with help multiply his efforts and the results of his works in the community. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0o7Q5Av0h2ZTk4wcUxSTHlXNlpxbEJRbjN3QUlPQmpaRXlB/edit?usp=sharing | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0o7Q5Av0h2ZTk4wcUxSTHlXNlpxbEJRbjN3QUlPQmpaRXlB/edit?usp=sharing |