Climate Change: Threats and Solutions with Communities
Facilitated by the Prince Albert II Monaco Foundation, this session will discuss innovative solutions to tackling threats to communities as a result of climate change. Featuring perspectives from emerging leaders from the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Indonesia, we'll explore the importance of building climate resilience in local communities through collective action.
Speakers
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Gab MejiaMultidisciplinary Artist and National Geographic Explorer
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Théo PanizziRe.Generation Future Leaders Program, Prince Albert II of Monaco FoundationThéo Panizzi
Re.Generation Future Leaders Program, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Currently managing the ‘Re.Generation Future leaders program’ led by the ‘Prince Albert II of
Monaco Foundation’.
After a decade working in the private sector, shifting to philanthropy has challenged him to rethink the way we conduct business and how to craft compelling narratives. Empowering and mentoring
emerging talents has become his primary role, and he has a proven track record of building and maintaining positive relationship between “ReGen” fellows and world-class leaders & organizations.
Elected in his hometown as a member of the local council, he wants to promote a more sustainable society by fostering impact at all levels.
In his free time, he has a passion for extreme endurance sports, which allow him to push his physical and mental limits. -
SheherazadeCo-Director of PROGRES (Sulawesi Regional Ecological Conservation Initiative)Sheherazade
Co-Director of PROGRES (Sulawesi Regional Ecological Conservation Initiative)
I am the Co-Director of PROGRES (Sulawesi Regional Ecological Conservation Initiative), a conservation organization based on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Established in 2018, PROGRES has been building a network of empowered communities in the world’s biodiversity hotspot of Wallacea and strengthening local leadership in protecting endemic yet overlooked wildlife, from bats, tortoises, cuscus, to freshwater fish. Growing up close to the tropical rainforest of Lore Lindu in a remote area of Sulawesi, I have been passionate about nature and aspires to lead and expand my works in biodiversity conservation locally and globally. Besides PROGRES, I felt the need for different strategies to address conservation challenges which resulted in my involvement in various initiatives to advance conservation practice. My ten years of experience have ranged from leading essential biodiversity research to addressing unequal access to capacity-building opportunities. I co-founded and led Tambora Muda, one of the first national-level networks for Indonesian young conservationists. I recently became part of the steering committee that together established the IUCN SSC Indonesian Species Specialist Group (IdSSG) to foster Global South leadership and bridge collaborative conservation across regions. I won the People Choice Award Conservation Optimism Southeast Asia Awards in 2022 and was selected as a member of 2024 cohort of Re.Generation Program by The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. While co-leading PROGRES, I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley, USA, and active in writing both scientific and popular articles about biodiversity and the roles of woman leaders in galvanizing conservation actions.
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Carla GautierFounder, KONTi Design Build StudioCarla Gautier
Founder, KONTi Design Build Studio
Carla Gautier Castro, AIT, LEED Green Associate, DR(h.c.) is a third generation Puerto Rican architect raised with the guiding belief that community is one of our greatest assets. She earned both her BA and M.Arch in Architecture from WIT in Boston where she focused on sustainable design. Her passion to create ecologically intelligent designs led her to Berlin, Germany and later to Benin in West Africa, where she learned alternative forms of construction and sustainable living practices. Desiring that architecture serve people, she returned to her roots in Puerto Rico in the summer of 2017 right when Hurricane María hit the island.
Puerto Rico is in the forefront of climate change; natural disasters are imminent. Decades of abusing non-renewable natural resources are devastating Puerto Rico and the entire planet. KONTi’s vision is to rebuild houses, schools, and multi-use facilities in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean that are sustainable and resilient to severe climate conditions. KONTi’s mission is to build back greener! Building using less resources, recycled materials, and generating less waste. Changing the way we build in order to protect our human existence from the devastating effects of climate change. Our innovative designs use recycled shipping containers or steel structures as opposed to new, mined materials, and help the island thrive by using local labor and local materials. KONTi believes that a harmonic synergy between humans and nature is the only path forward, and thus has dedicated its resources toward building safe, sustainable housing. In 2020, CNN featured Carla and Konti Design as Champions for Change; she was also selected as a 2020 Fixer for Gist 50.