Speakers

Global NDC Conference 2023: Meet our valuable speakers!

Keynote speakers

Robert Habeck

Minister

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Jennifer Morgan

State Secretary and the Special Envoy for International Climate Action

Federal Foreign Office

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Jochen Flasbarth

State Secretary

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

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Günther Thallinger

Member of the Board of Management, Sustainability and Investment Management

Allianz SE

Speakers

Anja Hajduk

State Secretary

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

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Jennifer Sara

Global Director of the Climate Change Global Practices Group

World Bank

Zoe Norgate

Deputy Director of International Net Zero: Green Finance & Capability

UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Andy Deacon

Co-Managing Director

Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy

Hubert Danso

Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman

Africa Investor Group

Jo Puri

Associate Vice- President of the Strategy and Knowledge Department

International Fund for Agricultural Development

Pablo Vieira

Global Director

NDC Partnership Support Unit

Norbert Gorissen

Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Action

Federal Foreign Office

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Christopher Marks

Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

Alice Dalrymple

Indigenous women’s leader

Kalinago Territory in the Commonwealth of Dominica

Prerna Soni

Freelance finance expert

Pham van Tan

Deputy Director General of the Department of Climate Change

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in Vietnam

Deger Saygin

Industry Programme Lead at the Clean Energy Finance and Investment Mobilization Programme

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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Shameela Soobramoney

Chief Executive Officer

National Business Initiative, South Africa

Philipp Behrens

Head of Division International Climate Initiative

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Sandrine Kamikazi

Technical Advisor

Rwanda Green Fund, FONERWA

Sara Cognuck

Environmental Youth Activist

Bernd Hackmann

Team Lead of the Mitigation Action

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Mitul Mistry

Team Manager for Multilateral Programmes

UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Sonia Medina

Executive Director

Children’s Investment Fund Foundation

William Mugabo

Climate Resilience and Partnership Program Manager

Ministry of Environment in Kigali, Rwanda

Innovation hub leads

Zoe Norgate

Deputy Director of International Net Zero: Green Finance & Capability

UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Andy Deacon

Co-Managing Director

Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy

Sandrine Kamikazi

Technical Advisor

Rwanda Green Fund, FONERWA

David Brand

Advisor

GIZ

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Milena Stolz

Global ESG Manager

CATAL1.5°T Initiative – GIZ

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Wafa Hmadi

Coordinator and member

Young Tunisian Climate Negotiators Group

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Beatriz Charis

Director

Youth Collective Voz

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Ralien Bekkers

Co-Chair Sherpa, Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action

Ministry of Finance, The Netherlands

Claudia Sepulveda - Capacity Building

Claudia Sepulveda

Climate and Environment Unit Leader

CATIE

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Tim Reber

Technical Lead

Global Climate Action Partnership – GCAP

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Taryn Fransen

Director of Science, Research, and Data, Global Climate Program

WRI

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Molly Rahal

Teal Climate

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Sarah Goodenough

Head of Policy

Climate Policy Radar

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Jebi Rahman

Head of Global Implementation

Climate Group

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Adina Popescu

Founder and CEO

ÆRTH

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Abdullah Khair

Director of Global Partnerships

Student Energy

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Jorge Atala

Programme Coordinator

GIZ

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Zagy Yakana Berian

Founder and CEO

Society for Renewable Energy

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Maria Horne

Co-founder

Better Living Initiatives – Global BLI Global)

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Sandra Guzman

GFLAC

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Marco Schiewe

Project Manager

GIZ – Brazil

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Jahan Chowdhury

Global Lead for Environment and Climate

IFAD

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Melissa Le Blanc

Project Coordinator & Technical Officer Renewable Energy, Antigua and Barbuda

Department of Environment

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Jamie Saunders

Executive Director

Directorate of Gender Affairs, Antigua and Barbuda

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James Thonjo

Senior Climate Change Officer and Youth Focal Point

Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Kenya

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Geoffrey Blate

Senior Policy Advisor

USAID

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Amit Bhatt

Managing Director (India)

International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)

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Urda Eichhorst

Project Director

GIZ

Moderators

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Cassie Flynn

Head of the Climate Promise

United Nations Development Programme

Helga van der Peer

Lawyer, mediator and independant board member

Hajar Yagkoubi

Moderator, public speaker and consultant

Deep dive presenters

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Alexandra Linden

Team Leader

GIZ

Randa Ahmed

Programme Management Officer

ICAT

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Samantha Youngeun

Senior Climate Finance Associate

CCAP

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Ariane Pevide

Director of Blended Finance

MUFG

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Joaquim Leite

Head of Climate Finance

NDC Partnership

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Sara Ahmed

Finance Advisor

Vulnerable Group of Twenty (V20) Ministers of Finance of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF)

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Alexandra Mieth

Associate Project Manager

MCII at UNU-EHS / V20 Secretariat Policy Support

Nadja Nikolova

Lead Portfolio Manager

Allianz Global Investors

Martin Ewald

Managing Director in the London office

Allianz Global Investors