World Environment Day 2023

Description

The World Environment Day brings together experts, policymakers, and the public to discuss and address the pressing issue of plastic pollution and promote green initiatives. This year's World Environment Day theme, #OfficiallyGreen, emphasizes the importance of committing to being environmentally conscious and taking official steps to #BeatPlasticPollution.

Confirmed Speakers

Ian Thomson: Professor and Director, The Centre for Responsible Business, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Susan Gardner: Director, Ecosystems Division, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Benjamin K. Sovacool: Professor, College of Arts & Sciences, Earth & Environment, Director, University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), Boston University, United States.

Carlos Drews: Executive Vice-President for Conservation, Ocean Wise, Canada.

Rolph Payet: Executive Secretary, The Basel, Rotterdam And Stockholm Conventions, Switzerland

Malcolm Rosalind: Professor of Law, Director of Environmental Regulatory Research Group (ERRG), University of Surrey, United Kingdom.

Helen Onyeaka: Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Anita Otubu: Senior Director, Sustainable Energy for All, United States

Oguge Nicholas Otienoh: Professor of Environmental Policy, Director, the Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy (CASELAP), University of Nairobi, Kenya.

Emma Camp: Team Leader of the Future Reefs Team (FRT, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Sian Sutherland: Co-founder, A Plastic Planet, United Kingdom

Louis Meuleman: Co-founder and Director, Public Strategy for Sustainable Development (ps4sd), Belgium

Varun Varghese: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan