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Global Future Council on Climate and Nature Governance

About the Global Future Council on Climate and Nature Governance

Board members and senior executives are navigating an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, along with legal risks and opportunities related to climate change and the emerging connections between the climate and nature agenda. To build resilient and profitable companies, decision-makers must integrate climate and nature-related considerations into their governance structures, business strategies, and processes. 

How can we embed the essential incentives and regulations in corporate governance to mobilize decision-makers to accelerate the transition to a net-zero and nature-positive world in an economically sustainable way?

Co-Chairs

Emily Farnworth

Executive Director, Climate Governance Initiative

Sarah Barker

Managing Director, Pollination

Members

AT
Agnes K Y Tai
Board Director at Great Glory Investment Corporation
CW
Changhua Wu
Chair, Governing Council at Asia-Pacific Water Forum
CW
Cynthia Williams
Professor of Law and Osler Chair in Business Law at Indiana University, Maurer School of Law
DC
David Craig
Co-Chair at Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
EF
Emily Farnworth
Chief Executive Officer at Chapter Zero Alliance
EB
Erin Billman
CEO at Science Based Targets Network
EZ
Eva Zabey
Chief Executive Officer at Business for Nature
FT
Frederick Teo
Chief Executive Officer at Carbon Solutions Platform Pte. Ltd (GenZero)
HJ
Helle Bank Jørgensen
Global Managing Director, Board Development, Board Intelligence; Founder at Competent Boards
HN
H.H. Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
Chairperson at Frontier25
MJ
Ma Jun
Founder and President at Institute for Finance and Sustainability
MB
Michael Burger
Executive Director, Sabin Center Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School
MO
Mohamed Okash
Founding Director at Institute of Climate and Environment
PY
Park Yuhyun
Founder and Chief Executive Officer at DQ Institute
PA
Peju Adebajo
Founder, Climate Governance Initiative Nigeria at Climate Governance Initiative
RC
Rebekah Cheney
Climate Governance Lead at Deloitte
SC
Sagarika Chatterjee
Department Director, Climate Finance, Climate Champions (Secnodee) at UNFCCC High-Level Climate Champions
SB
Sarah Barker
Partner at Allens (AAR)
SL
Simon Learmount
Professor in Corporate Governance at Cambridge Judge Business School
SV
Stefanie Vermaesen
Group Director, Sustainability for Nature at dsm-firmenich

Council Manager

Marlen Heide

Centre for Nature and Climate, World Economic Forum

Council's Publications

Forum Agenda

What China’s new Ecological and Environmental Code means for growth and competitiveness
Nature and Biodiversity...
What China’s new Ecological and Environmental Code means for growth and competitiveness
Rethinking climate risk and insurance can help boards boost company value and resilience
Climate Action and Waste Reduction...
Rethinking climate risk and insurance can help boards boost company value and resilience
The renewables dividend: Why Somalia must bet big on clean power
Energy Transition...
The renewables dividend: Why Somalia must bet big on clean power

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