Global Future Council on the Future of Net Zero Living

Global Future Council on the Future of Net Zero Living

Council mission and objectives

Demand-side mitigation can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 40-70% by 2050 according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Institution-led action is critical in catalyzing a large-scale and durable systems transition towards sustainable living. How can public and private sector organizations drive a transformation in social norms to engage and empower people as agents of change?

Co-Chairs
Kate Brandt, Chief Sustainability Officer, Google

Edward Walker, Professor and Vice-Chair in Sociology at UCLA

Council Manager
Thom Almeida, Platform Curator, Future of Consumption, World Economic Forum

Our contribution

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Transformation map

Members

Associate Professor, Universidade de Brasília

Solange Alfinito

Head of Sustainability, Majid Al Futtaim Holding

Nazly Asadollahpour

President and Chief Executive Officer, UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators (UICCA)

H.H. Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Chief Sustainability Officer, Google

Vice-President, Inclusive Impact and Sustainability, Europe, Visa

Katherine Brown

Global Shaper, Khartoum Hub

Chief Sustainable Consumption Officer, L'Oréal

Clémence Gosset

Director, Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo

Managing Director, Mission LiFE, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog

Senior Research Scientist and Director, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Yale School of the Environment

Anthony Leiserowitz

Director-General, Consumers International

Co-Founder, Count Us In

Director Climate Action Planning and Innovation, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

President and Founder, Habits of Waste

Sheila Michail Morovati

Chief Sustainability Officer, INGKA GROUP I IKEA

Group Head, Sustainability, GoTo Group

Founding Partner and Chief Marketing Officer, Yatsen Global

Christy Sun Lei

Chief, Resources and Markets Branch, Industry and Economy Division, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Professor and Chair of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Dean, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University