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This November, Devex journalists will be in Baku to bring you an inside look at the COP 29 Climate Talks.
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Past Speakers:
Faten Aggad
Member of the African high-level panel of experts on the reforms of the multilateral system
Sara Jane Ahmed
Global lead and finance adviser, Vulnerable Group of Twenty Ministers of Finance of the Climate Vulnerable Forum
Kome Ajegbo
Vice president of investments, Africa Finance Corporation
Samira Amellal
Director general and CEO, CropLife Africa Middle East
Alloysius Attah
CEO and co-founder, Farmerline Group
Jess Beagley
Policy lead, Global Climate and Health Alliance
Alice Bell
Head of policy, climate and health, Wellcome Trust
Joab Bwire Okanda
Pan-Africa senior advocacy advisor, Christian Aid
Houssam Chahin
Head of the Climate Action Financing Hub, UN Refugee Agency
Yamide Dagnet
Director of climate justice, Open Society Foundations
Alex Dehgan
CEO, Conservation X Labs; former chief scientist, USAID
Matthew Doherty
Global impact fund senior adviser and officer, International Electrotechnical Commission
Ismahane Elouafi
Executive managing director, CGIAR
Ambroise Fayolle
Vice president, European Investment Bank
Martin Edlund
Founding member and chief executive officer, Malaria No More
Debbie Hillier
Head of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance Programme, Mercy Corps
Andrew Herscowitz
Executive director, ODI North America
Geoffrey Kamese
Node coordinator, Association for Climate Action Network Eastern Africa (ACAN-EA)
Mizan Khan
Deputy director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development
Olav Kjørven
Chief executive officer, EAT Foundation
Josh Knauer
Co-founder, ReSeed
Vishal Kumar
Chief executive officer, Waste Warriors Society
Gernot Laganda
Director, climate and disaster risk reduction service, World Food Programme
Petra Laux
Global head of business sustainability for crop protection, Syngenta
Sonali Madia Patel
Partner, The Bridgespan Group
Arsalan Mahtafar
Head of J.P. Morgan DFI, J.P. Morgan
Gloria Maimela
Director of climate and health, The Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute
Marcene Mitchell
Senior vice president of climate change, World Wildlife Fund-US
Racquel Moses
CEO, Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator
James Mwangi
Founder and CEO, Africa Climate Ventures
Reema Nanavaty
Director, Self Employed Women's Association
Jemimah Njuki
Chief of economic empowerment, UN Women
Zitouni Ould-Dada
Deputy director of the office of climate change, biodiversity, and environment, Food and Agriculture Organization
Jonathan Pershing
Program director of environment, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Emily Rees
President and CEO, CropLife International
Nonette Royo
Executive director, The Tenure Facility
Hannah Ryder
CEO of Development Reimagined
Clare Shakya
Global managing director of the Tackle Climate Change initiative, The Nature Conservancy
Neha Sharma
Lead, Evaluation and Learning Initiative, Climate Investment Funds
Alok Sharma
COP26 president and Climate and Finance fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation
Aparna Shrivastava
Deputy chief climate officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Harjeet Singh
Head of global political strategy, Climate Action Network International
Sandra Uwera Murasa
Global CEO, Fairtrade International
Isabel Whisson
Head of Policy Initiatives, BRAC
Joseph Williams
Coordinator, renewable energy/energy efficiency, Caribbean Development Bank
Towrin Zaman Raya
Research associate, International Centre for Climate Change and Development
Interviewers
Catherine Cheney
Senior Editor, Devex
Michael Igoe
Senior Reporter, Devex
Raj Kumar
President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex
Jenny Lei Ravelo
Senior Reporter, Devex
Margaret Richardson
Chief of Staff, Devex
Kate Warren
Executive Vice President & Executive Editor, Devex