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I am the founder of Purple Pepper, a mission-driven consultancy supporting companies in measuring and reducing their carbon footprint. As a speaker and mentor within the Climate Reality Project, I deliver talks and workshops across France to make climate change understandable and actionable. As a Pact Ambassador, I aim to connect local changemakers and inspire collective action.

I am deeply committed to combating climate change and promoting sustainability through education and advocacy. As a Climate Pact Ambassador, I aim to leverage my legal expertise, environmental audit skills, and academic background in environmental law to drive positive change. My activities will include creating educational content and videos, organising workshops, and collaborating with schools and communities to raise awareness on climate issues. By engaging with diverse audiences and fostering dialogue, I aspire to inspire meaningful action and contribute to a more sustainable future for our planet.

Ioana Petrescu is President of Pur si Simplu Verde, an environmental NGO, and a European Climate Pact Ambassador in Romania. She directs the Center for Leadership and Innovation at SNSPA, Bucharest, where her research spans space economics and AI regulation. Previously Romania's first female finance minister, Ioana has been a Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center, Mosavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, and Taubman Center for State and Local Government. With a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard, she contributes to academic journals and newspapers, including her 2017 book on taxation and international relations. Her forthcoming book explores policymaking in adolescent democracies. She currently writes about how firms navigate Just Transition in various countries, the roles of unions in this transition, and about the preparedness of public bodies to implement Just Transition in EU states.
 

I work at Taurage district municipality administration (Lithuania) as an advisor for climate neutral cities.  My thinking is that we all create a city together and therefore we all take collective responsibility for shifting the system towards climate neutrality, for us  today and for future generations. It is an opportunity to co-create the future of the city together. Therefore, my planned activities include creation of a climate neutral city strategy with a focus on stakeholder and citizen engagement as well as creating networks of green city ambassadors, also involving educational institutions as one of the primary role models. 

The urgency for climate friendly behavior is needed today. 

I work for protection of the soil and responsible organic wastes management on site since many years, because of my deep connection and respect towards the soil and nature. 

The compassion of the people towards the climate change is what we need today. The real transformation for action starts from within. 

Dr. Maria Chiara Pettenati is the Research Director at Indire (National Institute for Documentation, Innovation, and Educational Research), a public research body supervised by the Italian Ministry of Education and Merit where she coordinates several national teacher training projects and national induction and continuous professional development plans.

Maria Chiara Pettenati is a dedicated professional with a rich background in the domain of teachers training and sustainable development. Since 2017, she has played an active role in the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS), beginning as a delegate from their institute and rising to the role of co-coordinator for thematic working groups on Quality Education in 2022.

As an Italian national expert, Maria Chiara has made significant contributions to the "Italy and the Sustainable Development Goals: ASviS 2023" annual report, focusing on Goal 4 and Target 4.7, which addresses the quality of education. Their expertise is further exemplified through their involvement in the Eurydice report "Education for Sustainability in Europe: Building Competences and Supporting Teachers and Schools," set to be published in March 2024.

Awareness of sustainability and the urgency of climate action remain underrepresented in the business sector. As a sustainability consultant and speaker at the think tank Critical Friends, I help professionals understand both the risks of inaction and the opportunities that sustainable practices offer—fostering a genuine bottom-up movement.

I am a doctor in glaciology and paleoclimatology. I choose to become a teacher in secondary schools and I am a part of the Teach for Belgium community, which is dedicated at reducing inequity in schools. I am commited to work for social and ecological transition. I coordinate projects around sustainability and citizenship in my school. I personally live this transition in my everyday life, e.g. by living in an ecovillage, and I work so that all students know how to take part in this transition.

I am a proud promoter of initiatives to increase the awareness about environmental issues and risk of climate change. As a researcher, my activities include the study of “greenwashing”, i.e. false corporate communications aimed at conveying a sustainable self-image, and “sustainable tourism”, aimed at containing the environmental impact of the tourism. Results of researches allow to define guidelines for institutional actors, as well as are disseminated to raise awarenessin the community.

I am an Environmental Engineer with over 20 years of research experience at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IMAA). Passionate about climate change mitigation and adaptation, as a Climate Pact Ambassador I will engage citizens and students to raise their awareness of the climate crisis, believing that only collective action can achieve the EU goal of climate neutrality and limit global temperature rise.

I am a power engineer with over a decade of experience in renewable energy, especially offshore wind. After becoming a mother, I left the corporate sector to found my own company, creating projects rooted in care, responsibility, and sufficiency. As a Climate Pact Ambassador, I will advocate within the offshore wind community to keep climate at the core of our mission and engage families in dialogue on practical steps toward a sustainable future.

I am a PhD researcher in Bulgaria with experience in international human rights and environmental advocacy. As a former IHRC ambassador, I engaged in global efforts for climate justice. As a Climate Pact Ambassador, I will lead awareness events, publish articles, and promote climate literacy through education and media.

Daniela Piršelová, former tv reporter, and tv news presenter, founder and organizer of the CLIMATE CONFERENCE SLOVAKIA, Spokesperson, Climate Crisis Communication and Advisory at THE UNION OF TOWNS AND CITIES OF SLOVAKIA

 

CLIMATE CONFERENCE SLOVAKIA as a platform is organized by the civic association CLIMATE COMMUNICATIONS SLOVAKIA and is the first Climate Conference for a public audience in Slovakia founded in 2017 with the main goal -  addressing the Climate Crisis humanly and understandably in the language of the general public audience. Founder and organizer is Daniela Piršelová, a former television reporter who deals with this topic at work and in her personal life, and Peter Krajčík, a Climate Leader trained by Former Vice president USA Al Gore, who has been working on the issue for more than 10 years. 

Other activities of CLIMATE CONFERENCE and CLIMATE COMMUNICATIONS SLOVAKIA as Civic Assocation (NGO):

• Pushing climate crises topics  to the Slovak media in the language of the general public audience.
• Cooperating with The Union of Towns and Cities Slovakia (ÚMS) to prepare municipalities and take appropriate steps to fight climate crises and to officially declare a climate emergency.
• Mission Australia, helping to replant corals on the most damaged sections of the reefs caused by global warming and climate change.
• Bringing exclusively An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power documentary movie back in 2017 to most of the Slovak Cinemas to raise awareness on climate crises in Slovakia

I believe that the real change starts from people. I have long been active in both my professional life as lifelong learner, and in leadership roles within Lions, promoting environmental responsibility and sustainable development. As an Ambassador, I will initiate Climate Action Groups, share weekly stories, and focus especially on engaging communities with lower climate awareness, including areas with high immigrant populations, to inspire change in values, attitudes, and everyday choices. 

I am Mayor of Pollica and a long-time leader in ecological transition. I coordinate a network of Mediterranean communities to turn climate action into everyday governance. With the BLUERA initiative and the Future Lands Coalition, I empower youth, local policy makers, and global leaders to shape a resilient, just, and regenerative future.

I spread awareness about the consequences of everyday choices in order to support sustainable alternatives. I focus on households, because they govern consumption habits connected to a whole range of industries. I want to contribute to the change in Czech Republic. I want a sustainable future for my children.

As a young climate activist, passionate volunteer and youth worker, I focus on working with children and young people to raise awareness and the ability of the young generation to take action. I am actively involved at the school level and in NGOs that provide informal education in the field of climate and sustainability. I co-organize community and public events as a member of the Klíma ťa potrebuje organization, where I want to continue to be active and develop my skills and abilities.

As a Climate Pact Ambassador, I aim to bring and simplify the topics of climate policies, renewable energy, and green modernization into schools, drawing on my experience in energy and climate program management, awareness-rising project implementation on effective waste management and environmental protection, development work focused on climate-resilient WASH. Through workshops, local partnerships, and lectures, I plan to advocate, inspire and educate those who represent our future.

I am a biodiversity expert and a nature educator dedicated to promoting climate and sustainability education through creative learning tools and workshops. I develop board games and workshops that help teachers and students explore topics such as biodiversity loss and climate change. As a Climate Pact Ambassador, I aim to strengthen climate education in schools and inspire wider community engagement.

My work will focus on advocating the vulnerable people, groups and communities about climate change in the context of Human Rights. Encourage, support and inspire active participation, collaboration and synergies for joint initiatives and actions. Promoting social dialogue and engaging civil society. Disseminate knowledge, information and good practices so that any efforts on fighting climate change can be perceived as commonplace and become an everyday-life attitude.