Speakers

Climate Finance Director, Asia Growald Family Fund Athena is currently director of the Asia program at the Growald Family Fund, a catalytic philanthropy investing in rapid...
Managing Editor (Beijing), China Dialogue; Founder/Editor, Panda Paw Dragon Claw Tianjie has been involved in policy analysis and environmental advocacy in China for over a...
PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, UCLA Adina Matisoff is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography at UCLA, specializing in political geography. She has a...
Head of Monitoring, Save the Elephants  Benson holds a bachelor’s (Kenya), master’s (UK) and a doctorate (Netherlands) in conservation science. He has 23 years of...
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Environment and Natural Resources and Science, Technology and Public Policy Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard...
Senior Fellow, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University Elizabeth Losos is a senior fellow at the Nicholas Institute. She is currently...
Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs Dr. Erica Downs is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on...
Professor of National Security Affairs, National Defense University Gawdat Bahgat is a professor of national security affairs at the National Defense University’s Near East...
Manager, Energy Policy, International Program, Natural Resources Defense Council Han Chen manages NRDC’s work to promote a global energy transition and address climate change...
Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Fellow in Law, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale University Jamie Horsley is a Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Fellow of the Paul Tsai...
Yale World Fellow 2008 Lecturer in Law Transnational Environmental Accountability Project University of Maryland  Zhang, Jingjing is a prominent Chinese environmental lawyer...
John Grim is the Coordinator of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale with Mary Evelyn Tucker, and they are series editors of “World Religions and Ecology” from Harvard...
Policy Advisor, Global Witness Lela Stanley has been a Policy Advisor with Global Witness’s Asia Forests team since 2015. She now leads the organization’s work in Papua New...
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellow, NYU Journalism Institute Lili Pike is a freelance journalist covering climate change. She is currently the Robert Wood Johnson...
Dr. Narasimha D. Rao’s research examines the relationship between energy systems, human development and climate change. He is the recipient of the European Research...
Lecturer, Leiden University Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente is a lecturer at Leiden University. His research interests include ‘South-South’ development cooperation, China’s...
Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance Center World Resources Institute   As a Senior Associate at WRI’s Sustainable Finance Center, Shuang Liu leads the Center’s...
Independent Consultant on the themes of corporate accountability and biodiversity governance Stephanie leads negotiations with Chinese enterprises to promote higher...