Felipe Calderon: Global Thought Leader on Climate Change & the Future ​

• Chairman of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate
• Member of the Advisory Council of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• "Champion of the Earth" (United Nations Honor)
• "Statesman of the Year" (World Economic Forum)
• Teddy Roosevelt Award for the Environment
• Chair, UN Conference on Climate Change COP 16

Climate change is one of the greatest threats to future development around the world, and President Felipe Calderon provides a new vision for addressing climate change while generating economic growth and alleviating poverty.

He is Chair of the highly prestigious Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, whose member list includes luminaries from the private sector such as the Chairmen and CEOs of Unilever, Bloomberg, Bank of America and many other prominent members who are former Presidents and Prime Ministers as well as from International Financial Institutions and Agencies.  

President Calderon has hosted and chaired the G-20 Summit of Leaders, the most important forum of heads of state and government, as well as chaired the UN Conference on Climate Change COP 16, which marked a new era of cooperation in this field.

He has been named "Statesman of the Year" by the World Economic Forum and "Champion of the Earth" by the United Nations. He has received the Teddy Roosevelt Award for the Environment, the GLOBE Award from the Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment, the International Star of Energy Efficiency award, among other important awards as a world leader on environmental issues.

President Calderon is a member of the Advisory Council of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD); a member of the Board of the World Resources Institute and Chairman of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate.

He is founder and president of the Sustainable Human Development Foundation, where he works to analyze and propose viable policy alternatives for Mexico and promoting low carbon development alternatives for the world.

President Calderon recently addressed 4,000 top government leaders, global experts and thinkers at the 2016 World Government Summit  in Dubaiabout the economic and social impact of climate change. 

“It is possible to have better growth and better climate at the same time, but to do that we need to take action and very courageous decisions in the next 15 years. This is the last window of opportunity mankind will have.” Felipe Calderon at the World Government Summit 2016

• SkyBridge Capital - SALT Conference
• Accenture
• American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt
• Capital G
• Colgate University