Meet our Ambassadors

I am a climate and energy policy consultant with a special interest for urban/city issues. As an Ambassador, I will help share knowledge on how to reduce the climate impacts in cities, including actions to share space and products more efficiently, introducing nature-based solutions and planning cities for people. 

Beside my PhD in Environmental and Energy Engineering and my role in the city Council, I commit on a daily basis to making lower impact choices. But I am not convinced that we will be able to fight the climate crisis if we leave the responsibility to the goodwill of virtuous citizens. Only by turning the crisis into an opportunity to improve the quality of life of people, can we hope to suceed. I believe we need to be ambitious, practical, concrete, coherent, and to use a science based approach.

I am an environmental engineer with PhD in sustainable development. I work as a director of the Croatian Business Council for Sustainable Development and I will spend my mandate as a Pact Ambassador putting even more efforts in promoting implementation of corporate sustainability management systems in as many companies as possible. This will include Net Zero Strategies along with other environmental commitments. I will continue organising events, writing articles, teaching courses at University, alway stressing importance of the climate crisis and introducing tools on how to manage the negative impacts we have on climate, as persons and as business decision makers. I will actively advocate climate positive legislation at the national level, working with Government officials to better understand and support business on their Net Zero pathway. And I will continue to ride my bike, save energy, follow circular economy model and spend responsibly so as to lead by example. 

In talks/sessions I (M.Sc ITPD and Lektor) speak passionately and with humor about our modern lifestyle (without being condemnatory or missionary). After a session participants talk about an "Aha-experience" - which provides participants with "self-insight" that changes their structured/conventional thinking. I arrange climate-workshop settings (typical 20-40 persons in a climate-game session) where the audiences are divided into six different groups/personifications of climate profiles.

As a scientist in environmental chemicals and medical doctor, my activities coalesce around the impact of chemical pollution on our health. Everyday chemicals in personal care products, food and food contact materials, and in fabric and household items, microplastics and plastic additives, all take a toll on our health and the living environment while translating into climate change, and deteriorated sustainability and degraded biodiversity. I am committed to connecting environmental pollution and human health for medical professionals and beyond. 

Sustainability cultural manager, iscritto all'ordine nazionale dei giornalisti. Dagli anni ottanta ho concentrato la mia attività su: Ambiente, comunicazione, beni culturali, turismo sostenibile e responsabile. Ho fondato Neapolis 2000 e aderito a Legambiente.

Ho curato la segreteria del Coordinamento dei centri naturali e spirituali “La Raccolta”, ho fondato, assieme ad altri, Il Comitato per il restauro del Corpo di Napoli, il Comitato che ha restaurato la statua del Nilo a Spaccanapoli con la raccolta di fondi fra cittadini.

Nel 2000 ho fondato il Comitato per il recupero Scale di Napoli e La Collina Gentile. Dagli anni '90 al 2007 sono stato dirigente regionale e Nazionale di Legambiente ed ho seguito il settore Turismo e Beni Culturali. Dal 2017 al 2023 sono stato eletto coportavoce nazionale di Green Italia.  Dall'1980 al 2023. Sono stato funzionario ad elevata qualificazione nel settore cultura e turismo del Comune di Napoli.

Translation: I am a sustainability cultural manager, registered with the national order of journalists. Since the 1980s I have focused my activities on: Environment, communication, cultural heritage, sustainable and responsible tourism. I founded Neapolis 2000 and joined Legambiente. I also managed the secretariat of the Coordination of Natural and Spiritual Centers "The Gathering,". With others, I founded The Committee for the Restoration of the Body of Naples, the Committee that restored the statue of the Nile in Spaccanapoli .

In 2000 I founded the Committee for the Restoration of the Stairs of Naples and La Collina Gentile. From the 1990s to 2007 I was regional and national manager of Legambiente and oversaw the Tourism and Cultural Heritage sector. From 2017 to 2023 I was elected national co-chair of Green Italia.  From 1980 to 2023. I was a senior official in the culture and tourism sector of the City of Naples.

As an Ambassador I wish to find the most interesting ways to communicate to the people about the Planet we live on. Learning about climate change can be fun and that is what I aim to prove.

I am an environmental engineer, specialised in the calculation of carbon footprints and the implementation of action plans. I wish to contribute to helping the European Union achieve its 2050 carbon neutrality target. This involves me volunteering in associations to increase awareness and sensitivity to climate issues; educating citizens on responsible actions they can take; and continuing to support companies to control their greenhouse gas emissions. I  also support and participate in the reforestation projects.

I will help spread awareness about climate change. As a privileged person, because of where I was born, I want not only me but also my children to step on green grass with their bare feet one day in the season when grass is supposed to grow. I want as many people as possible to understand the seriousness of the situation and understand why it is so important. Without increased awareness, nothing will change.

As Executive Director of the leading European railway association in Brussels, I will advocate rail as the backbone of zero-carbon mobility in Europe. In order to achieve an absolute greenhouse gas emission reduction target of 30% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, and at the same time realise expected modal shift to rail, we will contribute to a wider debate on climate action. Railways took the opportunity provided by the European Year of Rail in 2021 to act as a Clean Mobility Ambassador.

I will use my position to engage citizens and communities in action for our climate and environment. Act locally, think globally and above all, transmit simple and practical ways to be more caring and respectful with our environment.

My commitment to the environment and sustainable development is preceded by my 20 years of public service. Climate change is a challenge that requires a global response acting from the local level under the principle of sub-division of the EU. Being an ambassador is an honor that allows us to create networks of committed people and create synergies in which we address different actions in favor of the environment and the climate.

Mi compromiso con el medio ambiente y el desarrollo sostenible viene precedido de mis 20 años de servicio público. El cambio climático es un reto que necesita de una respuesta global actuando desde lo local bajo el principio de subisdiariedad de la UE. Ser embajador es un honor que nos permite crear redes de personas comprometidas y crear sinergias en las que abordamos diferentes acciones en favor del medio ambiente y el clima.

The Free State of Saxony has a long tradition as an energy region with two lignite mining regions, the Lausitz region and the Central German region. By discontinuing lignite power generation by the end of 2038 at the latest, the region is making a major contribution to European climate targets. At the same time, there are energy-related and socio-economic challenges that are faced with great innovation and development potential. I would like to talk about this as an ambassador.

My mission is to advocate the role of libraries as models and leaders of sustainability inside of their own communities and to promote the ecoliteracy as a standard library service. For this mission, I participate in professional conferences with contacts in these fields. My main motivation is taking care of unique our Earth. In addition to participating in conferences, my activities include the promotion of actions as creating gardens in libraries, seed libraries, repair cafés.

I am a human rights activist and lawyer, whose main focus is environmental law and sustainability. One of my core interests is the environmental damage caused by Russian warfare in Ukraine, including the increased amount of greenhouse gas emissions. I am dedicated to informing Latvian society on this as well as other issues regarding the climate crisis and environmental collapse and am not afraid to actively take part in protests as well. 

I am coordinating research activities and pilot projects on climate change and internal migration/mobility in Italy.

• Organize and attend meetings and events related to Climate and Biodiversity. 

• Raise awareness on these issues by sharing timely and relevant information and communicating science-based targets.

• Contribute to the articulation of local and regional initiatives by providing advice and putting in contact different actors and project leaders.

• Organise working groups involving youth, academia, business and decision makers.

• Communicate and promote EU Climate Pact objectives in France and abroad, especially in Mexico where I was born and raised, but I am also in contact with Climate advocates in Latin America and the Caribbean region.

• I am an active member of the Alliance of Generations for Climate "Alliance des Generations pour le Climat" promoting the intergenerational solidarity through local climate projects. 

• Along with the Climate Pact Ambassadors in France, we recently launched a working group on «  Participative Democracy and Citizen Lobbying » aiming at empowering Youth with green and democratic skills. 

Climate change is an urgent issue we must tackle with pragmatism and political vision. As local administrator, I have worked to promote and launch pilot initiatives on circular economy that have then become grounded projects on recycle and reuse practices. Drawing lessons from this successful experience, today I still work on initiatives aimed at cutting air pollution, promoting a more environmental-friendly way of living and consuming, as well as EU-funded projects on sustainable local mobility

European Climate Pact Ambassador representing the European Committee of the Regions in Italy

I am a strong supporter of raising awareness and fighting climate change. With a deep passion for environmental sustainability and a commitment for a healthier planet I am actively engaged in implementing eco-friendly practices in my personal and professional life. I am positive that together we can make a more sustainable future for us and for the generations to come.