Sustainable Innovation Forum 2023 | Climate Action | 8 November 2023 | Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

For 13 years, Climate Action has been uniting heads of state and multilaterals, environment ministers, business leaders, investors and NGOs alongside the UN Climate Change negotiations, convening the largest multi-stakeholder forum at COP: The Sustainable Innovation Forum (SIF). The 2022 Forum took place alongside COP27 in Sharm El-Sheik in Egypt.

The role of the ‘real economy’ in the transition to net zero is critical. The SIF platform offered stakeholders the opportunity to have a tangible impact at COP both in-person and online by helping forge cross sector partnerships, spotlighting effective business action, highlighting the power of green finance and showcasing innovative solutions that will enable us to deliver on the SDGs and reach net zero.

2023 Speakers

Ahunna Eziakonwa
Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Director Africa, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Alexandra-Maria Bocşe
State Adviser - Department of Climate and Sustainability, Government of Romania

Alexandre Meira da Rosa
Chief Strategy Officer, IDB Invest

Ali Alshehhi
Vice President, Business & Operations Analytics, ADNOC Group

Allyson Anderson Book
Chief Sustainability Officer, Baker Hughe

Amarjeet Sohi
Mayor, Edmonton

Amish Sabharwal
Executive Vice President of Engineering Business, AVEVA

Andrew Georgiou
Director Policy and Regulation, Enviva

Angela Reithuber
Program Manager, Ban Ki-Moon Centre for Global Citizens

Angelene Huang
Founder and CEO, Alliance for Impact

Aniruddha Sharma
Chair and CEO, Carbon Clean

Anthony Hobley
Executive Fellow, Strategic Engagement, World Economic Forum

Anthony Lea
President, International Copper Association (ICA)

Archie Young
UK’s Lead Climate Negotiator, Cabinet Office

Aron Cramer
CEO, BSR

Åsa Ekdahl
Head of Environment and Climate Change, World Steel Association

Avi Hasson
Chief Executive Officer, Start-up Nation Central

Ayaan Adam
Senior Director, Africa Finance Corporation

Bernard Respaut
CEO, ICA Europe, International Copper Association (ICA)

Beth Baker Bannerman
Chief Engagement & Sustainability Officer, Amyris

Beth Byington
Global Head of Corporate ESG and Climate Solutions, MSCI

Brennan Spellacy
Co-Founder & CEO, Patch

Carsten Lützenkirchen
Senior Vice President, DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation (CSI)

Catherine Raw
Managing Director, SSE Thermal

Christian Pho Duc
Chief Technology Officer, Smartenergy

Clare Woodford
Global Director, Impact and Marketing, Alpine Group

David Giordano
Managing Director, Global Head, BlackRock

Dedo Mate-Kodjo
Programme Manager, WaterAid

Diana Mori
Communal Forest Management Indigenous Promoter, AIDER

Doug Berven
Vice President of Corporate Affairs, POET

Douglas Sabo
Chief Sustainability Officer, Visa

Dr Susan Chomba
Director of Vital Landscapes, World Resources Institute (WRI)

Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid
H.E. Commissioner, African Union Commission

Dr. Andrea Lovato
EVP - Global Head of Hydrogen, ACWA Power

Dr. Oliver Marchand
Managing Director and Global Head of ESG Research & Development at Climate Risk Center, MSCI

Eleanor Webster
Head of the Mission Innovation (MI) Secretariat, Mission Innovation

Emmanouil Kakaras
Executive Vice President NEXT Energy Business, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Eric Kiniti
Group Corporate Relations Director, East African Breweries Ltd

Farid Al Awlaqi
Executive Director of Generation, TAQA

Florain Lennert
Head of Land Mobility, NEOM

Florence Lustman
President, France Assureurs

Francisco Benedito
CEO and Co-Founder, ClimateTrade

Frank Breust
Head of Steering Government and External Affairs, BMW Group

Gayane Gabrielyan
Deputy Minister of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Armenia

George Atalla
EY Global Government & Infrastructure Leader, EY

Gerd Müller
Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Gill Lofts
EY Sustainable Finance Leader, EY

Gordon Bennett
Global Head of Environmental Markets, ICE (Intercontinental Exchange)

Grace Fu
Minister of Sustainability and Environment, Singapore

H.E. Dr. Ing. Habtamu Itefa Geleta
Minister of Water and Energy, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Hana AlHashimi
Chief Climate Negotiator for the UAE for COP27 and COP28, UAE Climate Change Special Envoy

Harry Boyd-Carpenter
Managing Director, Green Economy and Climate Action, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

HE Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany
Permanent Representative of the UAE to IRENA, UAE Mission to IRENA - Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Hoesung Lee
Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Ivo Bols
President, Air Products

James Hubbard
Climate Risk Leader, ERM Group

Jane Karuku
Group Managing Director & CEO, East African Breweries Ltd

Jasim Husain Thabet
Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, TAQA

Jeffrey D. Sachs
President, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Jenny Davis-Peccoud
Partner, Bain & Company

Jingdong Hua
Vice Chair, International Sustainability Standards Boar,
IFRS

Johannes Demuth
Manager Sustainability Policy, BMW Group

John Mulligan
Director of Market Relations & Climate Change Lead, World Gold Council

Jose La Loggia
President, Commercial HVAC Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Trane Technologies

Katherine Neebe
Vice President, National Engagement and Strategy, Chief Sustainability and Philanthropy Officer, Duke Energy

Kehkashan Basu
Founder-President, Green Hope

Kentaro Hosomi
Chief Regional Officer, EMEA, MHI, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Khurshed Daruvala
Chairman, Sterling and Wilson

Kirsten Dunlop
Chief Executive Officer, EIT Climate-KIC

Kome Johnson-Azuara
Vice President in the Investment Division, Africa Finance Corporation

Korinti (Kori) Recalde
Senior Director, Environmental, Social and Governance, Carrier

Kushla Munro
First Assistant Secretary, Australian Government, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment & Water

Lauren Smart
Chief Commercial Officer, S&P Global Sustainable1

Lisa Kurbiel
Head of Secretariat, Joint SDG Fund

Lisa Wee
Global Head of Sustainability, AVEVA

Lorenzo Simonelli
Chairman and CEO, Baker Hughes

Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas
Mayor, Monterrey Municipality

Marcelo Castillo Agurto
Head of Business Development, Enel Group

Marcius Extavour
Chief Scientist and Executive Vice President of Climate & Energy, XPRIZE

Marcus Berret
Global Managing Director, Roland Berger

Margaret L. Kuhlow
Finance Practice Leader, WWF International

Maria P. Neira
Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization

Marioldy Sanchez Santivañez
Head of Project Management, AIDER

Mark Konyn
Group Chief Investment Officer, AIA

Martin Frick
Director, World Food Programme

Martin Pibworth
Chief Commercial Officer, SSE

Marvin Rees
Mayor, Bristol, UK

Matt Bell
Global Climate Change and Sustainability Services Leader, EY

Michael Lewis
Head of Research - ESG
DWS Group

Michael Train
Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Emerson

Mishal Almutlaq
Chief Investment Officer, Alfanar

Naoko Ishii
Director, Center for Global Commons (CGC)

Nayef Bou Chaaya
Vice President, AVEVA

Nazmeera Moola
Chief Sustainability Officer, Ninety One

Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien
ISSB member, IFRS

Nicola Yates OBE
Chief Executive Officer, Connected Places Catapult

Nina Callaghan
Researcher at the Centre for Sustainability Transitions (CST), Stellenbosch University

Orly Glick
Co-Founder & CEO, ESGgo

Ovais Sarmad
Assistant Secretary-General, UNFCCC

Paddy Padmanathan
Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, ACWA Power

Patricia Espinosa
Ambassador Emeritus of Mexico and Former Executive Secretary,United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Paul Polman
Business leader, campaigner and co-author of “Net Positive", Net Positive

Paulus Tjakrawan T
Vice Chairperson, Indonesian Biofuel Producer Association

Pedro Ceja Velasco
General Director and CEO, Horeb Energy

Peter Thomson
Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, United Nations

Philip Russell
Managing Director, Bluewater

Pierre Fitzgibbon
Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy, Québec

Priscilla Lu
Head of Sustainable Investments in Asia, DWS Group

Prof. Kevin Urama
Acting Chief Economists/Vice President, African Development Fund

Prof. Patrick Verkooijen
Chief Executive Officer, Global Center on Adaptation

Professor Tony Chan
President
KAUST

Racquel Moses
UNFCCC Global Ambassador & Chief Executive Officer, Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator (CCSA)

Raphaelle Vallet
Head of Climate Capability Development, Aon

Rasha Hasaneen
Vice President of Innovation and Executive Director, Center for Healthy and Efficient Spaces, Trane Technologies

Rebekah Braswell
CEO, Land Life Company

Reece Whitby
Minister for Environment; and Climate Action, Government of Western Australia

Richard Bush
Chief Environment Officer, NEOM

Rob Little
Head of Sustainability, Urenco

Robert Zabors
Senior Partner Roland Berger, Co-head Sustainability, Chairman of Cleantech Group, Roland Berger

Rodolfo Tarraubella
President, CIFAL Argentina, UNITAR, EcoConciencia Foundation

Rodrigo Fernandes
Director of ES(D)G (Empowering Sustainable Development Goals), Bentley Systems

Rohitesh Dhawan
CEO, ICMM

Samantha Duncan
Co-Founder & CEO ,Net Purpose

Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda
Constitutional Governor, State of Nuevo León

Sanda Ojiambo
Assistant Secretary-General & CEO, UN Global Compact

Sandor Gaastra
Director General for Climate and Energy, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Sanjiv Paul
Vice President, Safety Health & Sustainability, Tata Steel Limited

Satya S. Tripathi
Secretary-General, Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet

Scott Tew
Vice President, Sustainability and Managing Director, Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability (CEES), Trane Technologies

Sean Kidney
CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

Shereen Zorba
Head of the Secretariat, United Nations Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment, United Nations Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment (UNEP)

Sherif Hosny
Founder & CEO, Schaduf

Siobhan Gehin
Senior Partner, UK Head of Consumer Goods & Retail, Roland Berger

Sonya Savage
Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, Alberta

Sophie Punte
Managing Director of Policy, We Mean Business Coalition

Spencer Meyer
Head of Science, NCX

Stefan Schaible
Global Managing Partner, Roland Berger

Susan Aitken
Leader of Glasgow City Council, Glasgow City Council

Suzi Kerr
Senior Vice President and the Chief Economist, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

Tom Reichert
CEO, ERM Group

Truman Semans
Founder & CEO, OS-Climate

Victoria Salinas
Deputy Administrator, FEMA

Volker Ratzmann
Executive Vice President, Corporate Public Affairs, DPDHL

Zack Parisa
Co-Founder & CEO, NCX

Zitouni Ould-Dada
Deputy Director, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB)
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)