Under the High Patronage of
Mr Emmanuel MACRON
President of the French RepublicTHE 2021 GLOBAL FOREST SUMMIT
PARIS | ONLINE | 12 MARCH 2021The 2021 Report
Opening Panel
• Lord Zac Goldsmith, Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment of the United Kingdom
• Stéphane Hallaire, Founder and CEO of Reforest’Action
Moderator: Thomas Friang, Founder & CEO of the Open Diplomacy Institute
Panel 1: 2021 - The Momentum to accelerate Forest Protection and Restoration
Keynote speaker: Dr. Jane Goodall, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace.
• Laurent Boillot, CEO of Hennessy
• Tim Christophersen, Head of Nature for Climate of the UN Environment Program, Coordinator of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
• Thomas Crowther, Chief Scientific Advisor of the UN’s Trillion Tree Campaign
• Nicole Schwab, Director for nature-based solutions of the World Economic Forum, Co-Director of 1T.org
• Marc Palahi, Coordinator of the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance and Director of the European Forest Institute
Moderator: Stéphane Hallaire, President & CEO of Reforest’Action
Keynote speaker: Appolinaire Oussou Lio, Prince Djaka Whaénu Atawé, President of Grabe-Bénin
Panel 1: Forests & Health
Keynote Speaker: Chief Ninawa, Leader of the Huni Kui people
• Pascal Canfin, Former Development Minister of France, Chair of the Environment Committee of the European Parliament
• John Paul DeJoria, Co-founder and Chairman of the board of JPMS
• Dr. Jo Puri, Director for Environment, Climate, Nutrition, Gender, Social Inclusion of the International Fund for Agriculture and Development
• Dr. Philippa Whitford, Member of the British House of Commons
• Dr. Naoko Yamamoto, Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization
Moderator: Thomas Friang, Founder & CEO of the Open Diplomacy Institute
Panel 2: Forests & Biodiversity
Keynote Speaker: Louise Mabulo, Young Champion of the Earth 2019
• Chris Buss, Director of the Forest Conservation Programme of the International Union for Conservation of Nature
• Dr. Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency
• Virginie Helias, Chief Sustainability Officer of Procter & Gamble
• Dr. Maya Leroy, Professor at AgroParisTech, Chair of the Scientific Board of ECOFOR
• Fran Price, Global Forest Lead of the WWF
• Dr. Izabella Teixeira, Former Environment Minister of Brazil, Co-chair of the International Resource Panel
Moderator: Thomas Friang, Founder & CEO of the Open Diplomacy Institute
Panel 3: Forests & Climate
Keynote Speaker: Alexandria Villaseñor, Founder of Earth Uprising International
• Dr. Thelma Krug, Vice-chair of the IPCC
• Pape Sgna Mbaye, Member of the Parliament of Senegal, Chair of the Sustainable Development Committe
• Dr. Eva Müller, Head of the Division of Forests, Sustainability and Renewable Resources of the German Ministry for Nutrition and Agriculture
• Musonda Mumba, Director of the Rome Centre for Sustainable Development, Nature, Climate and Energy of the UNDP
• Max Scher, Head of Clean Energy and Carbon Program of Salesforce
• Céline Soubranne, Chief Sustainability Officer of AXA
Moderator: Thomas Friang, Founder & CEO of the Open Diplomacy Institute
Roundtable 4: Forests & Economy
Keynote Speaker: Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Founder of the Association of Peul Women and Autochthonous Peoples of Chad (AFPAT)
• Garo Batmanian, Global Lead for Forests, Landscapes and Biodiversity of the World Bank
• León Jorge Castaños, Director-General of the National Commission on Forests of Mexico, Chair of the Committee of Forests of the Food & Agriculture Organization
• Terry Hatton, Director-General of the Canadian Forest Service • Clarisse Magnin-Mallez, Senior Partner and Global Lead for Circular Economy of McKinsey
• Dr. Robert Nasi, Director-General of CIFOR
Moderator: Thomas Friang, Founder & CEO of the Open Diplomacy Institute
Closing Panel
• Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for the Environment
• Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Assistant Secretary-General for the Climate Action Team
• Isabelle Durant, Acting Secretary-General of the UN Conference for Trade and Development, former Vice-prime Minister of Belgium
• Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Chairman and CEO and of the Global Environment Facility, Former Environment Minister of Costa Rica
• Stéphane Hallaire, President & CEO of Reforest'Action
Moderator: Thomas Friang, Founder & CEO of the Open Diplomacy Institute
Concluding remarks: Barbara Pompili, Minister for the Ecological Transition of France
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