STORY-TELLERS IN THE TALANOA ON A RAPID TRANSITION TO A NET-ZERO EMISSIONS SOCIETY -

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1 STORY-TELLERS IN THE TALANOA ON A RAPID TRANSITION TO A NET-ZERO EMISSIONS SOCIETY - 12 September 2018 Fairmont Hotel Gold Room NAME TITLE ORGANISATION BIO Mr. Anand Mahindra Chief Executive Officer Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Chairman and managing director of Mahindra Group. Group is present in multiple sectors including agribusiness and aerospace. (Forbes). Two Mahindra companies, those with the highest emissions Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Sanyo Special Steel have already committed to set science-based targets. Mr. Peter Castellas Chief Executive Officer Carbon Market Institute - Australia Chief Executive Officer. Prior to role he has worked in clean technology finance investment initiatives in Australia, India and China (CMI webpage).

2 Ms Mary Robinson President Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice President of the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice. Prior to the role she served as the 7th President of Ireland ( ) and as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ( ) (MRF webpage). Bishop Marc Andrus Bishop, Eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California USA - Episcopal Diocese of California Elected in Prior to being a Bishop of California Andrus was a suffragan bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama (wiki). Her Excellency Hilda Heine President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands - State Republic of the Marshall Islands President Dr. Hilda C. Heine was elected in 2016, first female to lead an independent Pacific Island Nation. Previously minister of Education. Also co-founder of Women s Right Group Women United Together Marshall Islands (WUTMI) (spc.int).

3 Her Excellency Mia Mottley Prime Minister of Barbados Government of Barbados First female Prime Minister of Barbados and leader of the Barbados Labor Party. Elected in Leader of the opposition from and (wiki). PM Mottley was appointed Attorney-General and Minister of Home Affairs in August 2001 and is the first female in Barbados to hold this position. Ms Eva Svedling State Secretary Government of Sweden State Secretary to the Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate. Responsible for Climate Policy, International development cooperation, Sweden s policy for Global Development and International climate financing. Prior head of the Swedish Green Party (gov website). His Excellency Dr. Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi Minister for Climate Change and the Environment in United Arab Emirates Government Appointed minister for Climate Change and the Environment in Prior director of the Department for Energy and Climate Change within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (unfccc.int). He heads the UAE Council for Climate Change and Environment, the National Committee of Biosecurity, and the Emirates Committee for Sustainable Environment Research. In 2015, His Excellency received the first Gulf Cooperation Council Excellence Award in recognition of his pioneering efforts in renewable energy.

4 His Excellency Frank Bainimarama Prime Minister of Fiji Government of the Republic of Fiji Prime Minister of Fiji and COP23 President. As the President of COP23, the Prime Minister has issued a worldwide call for every level of government, every section of civil society, and all businesses great and small to join him in forging a Grand Coalition to build greater momentum toward net-zero emission economies. Together with the Polish Presidency, the Prime Minister is leading the Talanoa Dialogue, a global process designed to raise our collective ambition to curb the emissions of the greenhouse gases that are warming our planet and to build greater resilience to the impacts of climate change. Dr. Deon Nel Chief Executive Officer Global Resilience Partnership CEO for the Global Resilience Partnership starting August Prior to the role in the GRP he oversaw the WWF s conservation program spanning over 100 countries (Stockholm resilience center). Nel hails from South Africa and has spent most of his career working in and with developing countries, particularly in Africa. He also has experience with developing partnerships between the public sector, private sector, and with multilateral development banks.

5 Ms Nancy Pfund Founder and Managing Partner DBL Partners Founder, Managing Partner of DBL partners (Double Bottom Line Venture Capital). A venture capital firm whose goal is to combine top-tier financial returns with meaningful social, environmental and economic returns in the regions and sectors in which it invests. Nancy is also the Founder of DBL Investors. DBL has helped to reveal the power of venture capital to promote social change and environmental improvement Ms. Pfund writes and speaks frequently of impact investing and authored a report on the U.S. energy subsidies (dblpartners.vc) Mr. Peter Damgaard Jensen Chief Executive Officer PKA and Chair of the International Investors Group on Climate Change Pensionskasserne s Administration (PKA) Chair of the International Investors Group on Climate Change. CEO of the Danish Pension fund manager PKA.

6 Ms Miya Yoshitani Executive Director Asia Pacific Environment Network (APEN) Executive Director APEN. Long history of working in the environmental justice movement. Joined APEN in 1990 s as a youth leader (APEN webpage) Mr. Manuel Vidal Pullgar Global Lead, Climate and Energy WWF International Global Lead, Climate and Energy WWF. Appointed in Previous Peruvian Environment Minister, president of COP20 in Lima, Peru. (WWF.panda.org) Governor Jerry Brown Governor of the State of California. USA - California State Under Brown, California continues to grow its economy faster than the rest of the United States while also advancing its nation-leading climate goals. Brown has signed several landmark laws in recent years to extend the state s pioneering cap-and-trade program and create a groundbreaking program to measure and combat air pollution in the communities most impacted; establish the most ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction target in North America at least 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030; set the nation s toughest restrictions on destructive super pollutants; and require the

7 state to generate half of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030 and double the rate of energy efficiency savings in buildings. Brown is building strong coalitions of partners committed to curbing carbon pollution in both the United States through the U.S. Climate Alliance, and around the globe with the Under2 Coalition. Ms Patricia Espinosa Executive Secretary UNFCCC Executive Secretary of UNFCCC Patricia Espinosa. Entered office in Previous Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and COP10 President. Ambassador within the Foreign Service since 2000, during that time she was Mexico's representative on multilateral bodies and international organizations in Vienna, Geneva and New York and Ambassador of Mexico to Germany. Ms Jayathma Wickramanayake UN Youth Envoy UN UN Youth Envoy. Served since From Sri Lanka, where she previously led efforts of youth development. Co-founded the youth organization Hashtag Generation (wiki).

8 HE Xie Zhenhua Special Representative for Climate Change Affairs of China People s Republic of China HE Xie is a longstanding figure in Chinese climate change action, having led the country in energy conservation, pollutant emission reduction and environment quality improvement since 1993, when he became head of the State Environmental Protection Agency. He was recently presented with the prestigious Lui Che Woo Prize for his efforts to tackle climate change and worked to establish the Chinese National Carbon Emission Trading System, which is a market mechanism to control greenhouse gas emissions. Has been China s Chief Climate Negotiator since Bali COP in 2007 Dr. Gale Tracy Christiane Rigobert Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development Government of St Lucia Dr. Rigobert is very cognizant of the overarching goal of sustainable development and what that means especially for small islands states (SIDS) such as Saint Lucia. In that regard, Education, Gender Relations and Innovation are intimately interwoven, and strategic to the quest to leverage science, technology and critical thinking to devise creative and innovative ways to improve the Saint Lucian economy and the wellbeing of the people.

9 Paul Polman CEO Unilever Paul Polman has been CEO of Unilever since January Under his leadership Unilever has an ambitious vision to fully decouple its growth from overall environmental footprint and increase its positive social impact through the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan. Paul actively seeks cooperation with other companies to implement sustainable, long-term business strategies and drive systemic change. He is Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce, a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum, Chair of The B-Team, vice-chair of the UN Global Compact, and a board member of the Consumer Goods Forum. Drew Baglino Vice President of Technology Tesla Drew Baglino once served as director of Powertrain systems architecture, modeling, and controls was director of engineering for Tesla Energy in November He's now serving as Vice President of Technology for Tesla. Tesla Motors'goal is to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable transport with a full range of increasingly affordable electric cars. California-based Tesla designs and manufactures electric vehicles as well as renewable energy storage. Tesla has delivered more than 80,000 electric vehicles to customers worldwide.

10 Amy Cordalis Tribal member and General Counsel Yurok Tribe Amy Cordalis is the first enrolled Yurok tribal member to hold the General Counsel position. Amy is dedicated to defending and advancing self-governance for her tribe. Amy comes from a long line of Yuroks who have fought to defend their rights and their heritage. After obtaining her JD from the University of Denver College of Law, Amy worked for the Native American Rights Fund and Berkey Williams LLP on a wide range of Indian law issues.