Meet our Ambassadors

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.

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.

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.

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.

I am climatologist and glaciologist, president of the Italian Meteorological Society (established in 1865) and editor in chief of the scientific journal Nimbus. I teach climatic change and sustainability in Italian schools and universities, I write articles on newspapers, participate in TV programs about environmental issues, make public conferences (more than 3000 in the last 30 years), write both scientific books and popular ones, even comics on global warming. I live in a passive solar energy house located in the Italian western Alps, I drive an electric car charged by solar panels on my roof, I grow my vegetable, recycle all my waste and try to communicate that living within planetary boundaries is possible. I will continue this activities as EU Ambassador.

Sono un ragazzo di 30 anni da sempre impegnato nel sociale, mi interesso di attualità, politica e ambiente.Sono mosso da passione e determinazione in ogni azione che svolgo, e quando intraprendo un nuovo percorso sono sempre propositivo e fiducioso che possa aiutare il prossimo, voglio battermi per il mio pianeta e per l'ambiente attraverso il confronto con gli altri Ambasciatori e portando proposte concrete.

Translation:
I am a young man of 30 years old who has always been involved in social work, I am interested in current affairs, politics and the environment. I am moved by passion and determination in every action I take, and when I take a new path I am always proactive and confident that it can help others. I want to fight for my planet and the environment through confrontation with other Ambassadors and bringing concrete proposals.

We handle a wide range of topics, but will certainly focus on climate adaptation: de-hardening, water, bring biodiversity into the heart of (resilient) cities.

We see our role as climate ambassador to inspire people to take climate actions, why it is necessary and why it shoudn't be a hassle to do so. On a local scale we are a rather big organisation with a climate convinced crowd of 3,000 members, now it is time to seduce and embrace the many others! 

Hlib Mikhno is a young professional in the fields of public policy and sustainability, currently working in Brussels for European institutions to promote policies towards climate neutrality and energy transformation, as well as the EU integration process. Hlib has four years of experience in policy analysis and project management within public and private sectors, and international organisations. Hlib Mikhno has organised and actively contributed to various climate-related activities with partners including the European Commission, the European External Action Service, the European Parliament, King's College London and University of Toronto. Recently, Hlib participated in the high-level youth policy dialogues with the Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal and the Commissioner for the Environment.