Speakers

Global NDC Conference 2025: Meet our valuable speakers!

Please note that the speaker section is subject to change and last-minute modifications. Regular updates are planned.

Keynote speakers

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Jochen Flasbarth
State Secretary

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN)

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Ana Toni
COP30 CEO

COP30 Presidency

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Jo Tyndall
Director of the Environment Directorate

OECD

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Dessima Williams
President of the Senate

Parliament of Grenada

Speakers

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Ute Collier
Acting Director

Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre, IRENA

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Martin Ewald
Lead

Hamburg Sustainability Platform

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Cassie Flynn
Global Director of Climate Change

United Nations Development Programme

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Ada Osakwe
Founder and Managing /Director Board Director

Agrolay Ventures/ Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

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Åsa Persson
Research Director & Deputy Director

Stockholm Environment Institute

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Nicolas Picchiottino
Secretary General/ Head of Public Development Banks Mobilization

International Development Finance Club (IDFC)/ AFD

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Harjeet Singh
Founding Director

Satat Sampada Climate Foundation

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Pablo Vieira
Global Director

NDC Partnership Support Unit

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Daniele Violetti
Senior Director, Programmes Coordination

UNFCCC

Parallel sessions

Caroline Alberti
Caroline Alberti
Analyst, Climate Finance

Climate Policy Initiative

Joshua Amonsem
Joshshua Amonsem
Co-Director of Youth

Climate Justice Fund

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Richemond Assie
Global Transparency Advisor

UNDP

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Benjamin Bartle
Principal – Catalytic Finance, EMDE

RMI

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Arnold Grant S. Belver
Deputy Chief of the Policy Research and Development Division

Climate Change Commission Philippines

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Sylvia Elisabeth Beyer
Team Lead Multilateral Energy and Climate Cooperation

IEA

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Adriana Bonilla-Vargas
Director of Climate Change

Ministry of Environment Costa Rica

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Krystal Crumpler
Natural Resources Officer

FAO

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Marie-Christina Dankmeyer
Advisor

GIZ

Abdurrahim Durmus
Abdurrahim Durmuş
Head of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policies Department, Directorate of Climate Change

Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of Türkiye

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Cynthia Elliott
"Senior Associate, Climate Policy Contact Cynthia "

World Ressources Institute (WRI)

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Leandro Moreno Farfán
Climate Finance Team- Consultant

National Planning Department (Colombia)

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Marcela Jaramillo
Executive Director

The 2050 Pathways Platform

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Sirini Jeudy-Hugo
Senior Policy Analyst

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

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Roopal Kanabar
Senior Consultant for Private Sector Engagement

Green Climate Fund

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Chibulu Luo
Global Energy and Climate Change Advisor

UNDP

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Katherine Madden
Coordinator of the NBSAP Accelerator

GIZ

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Lucca Maixner
Advisor

GIZ

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Shah Jahan Mirza
Managing Director

Private Power & Infrastructure Board (PPIB)

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Bob Natifu
Assistant Commissioner for Climate Change

Ministry of Water Environment in Uganda

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Simphiwe Ngwenya
Senior Manager

Presidential Climate Commission

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Alfred Okidi Okot
Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Water and Environment Uganda

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Fathy Osman

Ministry of Environment

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Joni Pegram
Global Policy Lead, Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED)

UNICEF

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Angela Pilath
Senior Specialist Skills for Green Jobs and Climate

GIZ

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Amanullah Porag
Founder and Executive Director

Youth for NDCs

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Camilla Roman
Senior Technical Specialist of the Priority Action Programme on Just Transition

International Labour Organization

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Kavita Sinha
Director, Department of Private Sector Facility

Green Climate Fund

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Julie Teng
Climate Change Adaptation Specialist

UNDP

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Julia Wolf
Agricultural Economist

FAO

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Oscar Zarzo
Head of the Secretariat of the Partnership on Transparency in the Paris Agreements

GIZ

Solutions labs

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Malin Ahlberg
Deputy Head Division KC3 International Financing of the transformation, international market mechanisms

German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN)

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Virginia Bagnoli
Senior Program Manager

Climate Group

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Mary Ann Manja Bayang
Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Specialist

UNDP

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Samet Sevket Bulut
Climate Change Specialist

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

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Martin Burian
Consultant

Supporting Preparedness for A6 Cooperation’ (SPAR6C); GFA

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Soeren David
Head of the Technical Support Unit

Mitigation Action Facility (MAF)

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Claudio Forner
Head of Climate Policy

Climate Analytics

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Charles Heaps
Senior Scientist

Stockholm Environment Institute

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Toni Heigl
Founder & CEO

CarbonWise Consulting

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Kirstin Huecking
Component Lead

GIZ

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Andrea Hurtado
Director General for Climate Action Policy

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT)

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Marie-Lena Hutfils
Advisor

GIZ

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Florence Laloe
Global Senior Director for Climate Policy

Conservation International (CI)

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Joaquim Leite
Head of Climate Finance

NDC Partnership

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Shirley Matheson
Global NDC Enhancement Coordinator

WWF

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Chavi Meattle
Climate Finance Specialist

Climate Policy Initiative

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Yazid Mikail
Founder and Executive Director

Nest Africa AI Innovation Lab

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Michal Nachmany
Founder and CEO

Climate Policy Radar

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Uzoamaka Nwamarah
Climate Change Adviser

Commonwealth Secretariat

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Simon Pfluger
Expert International Carbon markets

Climate & Company

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Justin Prosper
Director General Climate Change and Energy

Ministry of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment of the Seychelles

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Mohamed Sefiani
Mayor, Chefchaouen, Morocco; ICLEI Vice President

ICLEI

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Asif Nawaz Sha
Head of Impact and Global Partnerships

CHAMP / GCoMfCaE

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Jan Sindt
Head of Implementation Strategies

Climate Analytics

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Mkhuthazi Steleki
Director of Climate Change Developments and International Mechanisms

Department of Forestry Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), South Africa

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Anika Terton
Senior Policy Advisor

International Institute for Sustainable Development – IISD

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Calder Tsuyuki-Tomlinson
Director CBCP Secretariat

Ambition Loop

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Toby Walker
Senior Manager

Climate Group

Moderators

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Olga Almqvist
Senior Manager

ESMT

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Kaveh Guilanpour
Vice President

International Strategies at Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)

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Florentine Versteeg
Moderator
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Hajar Yagkoubi
Moderator