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          Under the High Patronage of
          Mr Emmanuel MACRON
          President of the French Republic

           

          THE 2021 GLOBAL FOREST SUMMIT

          PARIS | ONLINE | 12 MARCH 2021

        • The 2021 Report

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        • 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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          Reforest'Action is a B Corp certified company whose mission is to preserve and restore the world's forests in response to the twin crisis of climate and biodiversity.

          The Open Diplomacy Institute is a French think-tank working on global governance of sustainability. It aims at accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

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          BRUSSELS | ONLINE | 24 MARCH 2022

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