Commissioners & Contributing Experts

The Climate Governance Commission includes its Commissioners, a group of diverse leaders, experts and practitioners, who advise on and contribute to furthering proposals regarding global climate governance, Planetary Boundary governance and related global ecological challenges. The Commission is further informed and supported by the knowledge and insights of diverse contributing experts and pracitioners, some of whom are listed below.

The Climate Governance Commission is composed of: 

  • Mary Robinson

    Lead Co-Chair

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  • María Fernanda Espinosa

    Commissioner, Co-Chair & Steering Committee Member

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  • Johan Rockström

    Commissioner & Co-Chair

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  • Maja Groff

    Convenor & Executive Director

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  • Adriana Abdenur

    Commissioner & Steering Committee Member

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  • Xiye Bastida

    Commissioner

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  • Sharan Burrow

    Commissioner

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  • Sandrine Dixson-Declève

    Commissioner

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  • Arunabha Ghosh

    Commissioner & Steering Committee Member

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  • Thilmeeza Hussain

    Commissioner

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  • Robert Johnson

    Commissioner

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  • Ma Jun

    Commissioner

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  • Sophia Kianni

    Commissioner

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  • Wanjira Mathai

    Commissioner & Steering Committee Member

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  • Mahmoud Mohieldin

    Commissioner

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  • Chido Mpemba

    Commissioner

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  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

    Commissioner

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  • Nobuo Tanaka

    Commissioner

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  • Ernesto Zedillo

    Commissioner

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  • Arthur Lyon Dahl

    Steering Committee Member

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  • Amanda Ellis

    Steering Committee Member

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  • Marie-Claire Graf

    Steering Committee Member

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  • Mona Matar Al-Kuwari

    Steering Committee Member

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  • Richard Ponzio

    Steering Committee Member

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  • Karin Bäckstrand

    Contributing Expert

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  • Linda Burenius

    Contributing Expert

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  • Gonzalo Castro de la Mata

    Contributing Expert

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  • Angelica Cibrian Jaramillio

    Contributing Expert

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  • Sabina Dewan

    Contributing Expert

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  • Johan Falk

    Contributing Expert

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  • Magnus Jiborn

    Contributing Expert

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  • Vladislav Kaim

    Contributing Expert

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  • Joachim Monkelbaan

    Contributing Expert

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  • David Simon

    Contributing Expert, and Arid Cities Network (ACN) Project Lead Expert

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  • Marcello Palazzi

    Contributing Expert

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  • Sharmini Peries

    Contributing Expert

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  • Nirere Sadrach

    Contributing Expert

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  • Halldór Thorgeirsson

    Contributing Expert

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  • Itinterunga Rae Bainteiti

    Contributing Expert

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  • Jimena Leiva Roesch

    Contributing Expert

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  • Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen

    Contributing Expert

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  • Anders Wijkman

    Contributing Expert

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