World Economic Forum
BiodiverCities by 2030
The Global Commission on BiodiverCities by 2030 is composed by 30+ world-renowned experts and practitioners from the public and private sectors, academia and civil society, and advises on the development of a global concept and framework to integrate cities with nature.
Ivan Duque
President of the Republic of Colombia, Ambassador of the BiodiverCities by 2030 Initiative
Klaus Schwab
Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, Ambassador of the BiodiverCities by 2030 Initiative
Co-Chairs
Dr Lena Chan
Senior Director, International Biodiversity Conservation Division, National Parks Board, Singapore
Dr. Mauricio Rodas Espinel
Senior Fellow of the Arsht- Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at the Atlantic Counci and Mayor of Quito (2014-2019)
Members
Aziza Akhmouch
Head, Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris
Abul Kalam Azad
Special Envoy of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Presidency of Bangladesh
Aloke Barnwal
Coordinator, Sustainable Cities Program; Senior Climate Change Specialist, Global Environment Facility, USA
Kathy Baughman McLeod
Senior Vice-President; Director, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, Atlantic Council, USA
George Patrick Richard Benson
Manager of Economic Transformation at the Vancouver Economic Commission
Harriet Bulkeley
H2020 Smart Cities and Communities Lead, Durham University, United Kingdom
John E. Fernandez
Professor and Director, Environmental Solutions Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
Masatoshi Funabashi
President and Representative Director, SynecO
Juan Nicolas Galarza
Vice-Minister of Environment and Territorial Planning of Colombia
Vicente Guallart
Founder and CEO, Guallart Architects
Jonny Hughes
WCMC Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), United Kingdom
Jyrki Katainen
President, SITRA (Finnish Innovation Fund), Finland
Emani B.V. Kumar
Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI, India
Bernice Lee
Hoffmann Distinguished Fellow for Sustainability; Director, Research, Futures, Chatham House, United Kingdom
Jennifer Lenhart
Global Lead, WWF Cities, WWF Sweden, Sweden
Adriana Lobo
Chief Executive Officer, Mexico, World Resources Institute, USA
Maria Cecilia Londono
Senior Researcher, Alexander Von Humboldt Institute for Research on Biological Resources, Colombia
Katarina Luhr
Vice Mayor, City of Stockholm, Sweden
Mohammad Omar Masud
Chief Executive Officer, The Urban Unit, Government of Pakistan, Pakistan
Robert McDonald
Lead Scientist, Global Cities Program, Nature Conservancy, USA
William McDonough
Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, USA
Timon McPhearson
Director and Professor, Urban Systems Lab, The New School
Mphethi Morojele
Founder and Owner, MMA Design Studio
Elizabeth Mrema
Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
