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I am a public manager, with training in transport economics gained through assignments and research at the chair of Transport Economics at the University of Pisa. Since 1999 I have been working at the Port Authority of Livorno, the first Port Authority established in Italy which has become a real test bed for innovation activities in the digital field and ecological transition.

Since 2008 I have been director with regional, national and European level roles relating to ports and logistics in the fields of Strategic Planning, Research and Development, Digital, ecological and energy transition.

In terms of innovation and digital transition, I have promoted and coordinated programmes of activities and lead projects in the Italian port and logistics system that have received national and international recognition: SMAU, "Innovation Award 2016"; Recognition for the "Sustainable Development Goals and Smart Port" initiative - Global Solutions Forum 09/25/2019 Columbia University.

I am researcher in Behavioral Economics at Uni Verona. I have expertise in public goods, cooperation and behavior change. I plan to engage the local institutions and the local community in climate actions that can have an impact. Examples include seminars in primary and secondary schools to raise awareness on climate change conducted by University professor, pushing for regulation on heating and cooling in shops, developing app based solutions to allow people to reduce their Co2 car consumption.

As a meteorologist and educator, I have a keen ability to communicate and present climate information that is accessible to all people regardless of educational level.

Ulrike Rabmer-Koller is CEO of Rabmer Group, an internationally operating company active in construction & environmental technology, providing innovative solutions for climate protection. She also served as President of SMEunited, representing 24 Mio. SMEs and was Member of the EU High Level Round Table Industry 2030. She initated the CleanTech Cluster & Energy Efficiency Network Upper Austria and the Sustainability Unit of Leitbetriebe Austria and is Chair of the SD Comitee of SMEunited.

I will work to engage citizens, younger people, local and national governments to take ambitious climate action by promoting and organizing activities on sustainable mobility, urban regeneration and food policies to reduce waste, Rome is holding this year the Presidency of U 20 and in that framework will work on those issues. 

Rome is working on a green recovery also from Covid-19 pandemic by creating new businesses and new opportunities from green economy.

I will help educate people about climate change and promote sustainable living.

I am an experienced (Green) Marketing Manager, Project Manager and Change Manager with a passion for implementing innovations and promoting sustainable development. My mission is to implement the principles of Green Management and Sustainable Development within business, based on the circular economy model.

My skills are based on extensive experience in interdisciplinary project management, change management and the use of agile methodologies in various industries. I am a certified Project Manager (Agile Framework), which allows me to effectively adapt to dynamically changing conditions. My "green path" began with my recovery from a very serious illness. What I leave behind will be alive and green.

I am an EU-Councilor in Ferlach, Austria and head our local Green Party. After many years as manager in various corporations, I am now retired and able to spend my time and focus on topics and issues I find truly important. I view the climate crisis as the number one issue threatening our planet and humanity, and am frustrated by the lack of knowledge (and apathy) of the inhabitants in our community and region.

Therefore, I look forward to learning how others in Europe are dealing with similar issues, what the EU is doing in the general area of Climate Change and how to more effectively communicate with my neighbours in the community.

My contributions will be through writing posts on social media, writing articles for our local quarterly community paper, continuing my work on our community organised "Klimaschutz findet Stadt" project and attending events both in our community and our region.

Since more than 20 years I am passionate about any topics related to sustainable development.

Due to my formal education as an architect, I try to share experience, good practices and extend knowledge about any matter related to carbon neutral resilient cities, sustainable urban development, energy efficiency, and renewable production. I am giving presentations and lectures on a regular basis to both - professionals and children, and try to extend the general public awareness for climate change.

Professionally involved in energy transition and circular economy as well as digitalisation, I am trying to impact positively my surroundings to adopt good behaviour towards climate and human footprint.

I believe that cities will change the world. Local actors have the best possibilities to inspire people to take action on climate change. In order to succeed in combatting climate change, everyone needs to feel part of the solution. I have studied the motivation of the cities in climate action and I work with climate justice on daily basis. As Ambassador I am keen on involving in and enabling an increase in municipal climate action, new solutions for the urban environment, and adaptation.

I am the Mayor of Folgaria, a mountain town in the Italian Alps. My commitment to the climate will be based above all on the promotion and research of systems and methods tailored to the mountains and small communities. I will try to build networks with other ambassadors and joint projects.

I am an earth scientist and educator - BSc (Joint Honours) Geography and Geology and MBA Educational Management) - who has taught in a diverse range of schools for over thirty years.  I now live and work in Austria, working mainly with Austrian schools, promoting environmental sustainability education through residential experiences in Austria, taught in English.  I would like to promote and develop my work to a wider audience of young people and their teachers.

I work for the Finnish Red Cross HQ as an Advocacy and Communication Expert. For a number of years already I have actively given talks on issues related to climate change, having reached some thousands of listeners both face-to-face and on-line, in Finland mostly, but also abroad.

My motivation comes from having, during the past 15 years or so, studied the plethora of predictions for alternative futures, and realizing that unless things are urgently done, we may face the ugliest of these.

Being an ambassador is a great honor. I want to change the IT landscape to make a notable contribution to its sustainability goals and also employ the capabilities of the IT industry to facilitate change. I will use this role to:

* Inform people about the shortcomings but also opportunities of IT with regards sustainability

* Make people working in IT aware of their huge responsibility and influence on the distribution of information and use of resources, so they can make more fair and sustainable decisions

* Suggest (and where possible implement) practices to improve sustainability in IT (companies)

* Use the tools and resources available to me to support my community for conscious IT in their endeavour to make IT more sustainable and fair.

* Start projects that use IT skills to further sustainability goals by informing the public, making sustainable choices more accessible or replacing less sustainable processes

I believe that the top-down decisions of governments, international organisations and corporations need to be complemented and synchronised with bottom-up approach/community level initiatives. People need to take part in the fight against climate change and they need to be motivated or even incentivised to do so. We need to involve kids in this fight at an early age and we need to show people and businesses that this change can be profitable in many ways. It is an opportunity, not a sacrifice.

As Ambassador I’ll have a wide range of responsibilities dedicated to stimulate people about the environment. Each task will be carried out with the goal to maximise the participation of different categories of people. A special attention will be dedicated to students. In my activity I’ve many classes in which I use to give a green touch to all the lectures.

I want to be: creative, expressive, unstructured, nonconforming, innovative, energetic, enthusiastic and optimistic.

Climate change is our first challange. We need to take action at the European and local level. How to do it?

1. Engagaging of local communities: create a local network thorughout a 'manifesto to promote the local green deal'
2. Involving associations, enterprises and citizens to monitor the commitment of the local government in climate change actions.
3. Organise events with concrete proposals using the democratic tools existing at a municipal level to fight for climate.

As a pragmatist, I do not question our economic system but work on its ecological transformation - for the benefit of us all.