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Meet the team

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Our renowned Finals judges

Renate Christ

Renate Christ

Former Director at IPCC Secretariat

Kathleen Rogers

Kathleen Rogers

CEO and President, Earth Day Network

Julia Steinberger

Julia Steinberger

Professor of Economics, University of Lausanne

Mirik Gogri

Mirik Gogri

Corporate Strategy, Aarti Industries & Sustainability investor, Spectrum Impact

Jim Savage

Jim Savage

Senior Manager of Data Science, Schmidt Futures

Zamzam Ibrahim

Zamzam Ibrahim

Vice President of European Student Union, Founder of SOS

Dr. Kelley Le

Dr. Kelley Le

Director, University of California Irvine Science Project

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Peter Wilson

Peter Wilson

Anna Philips

Anna Philips

Criodan O Murchu

Criodan O Murchu

Natasha Griremo

Natasha Griremo

Pegi Pavletic

Pegi Pavletic

Priscilla Zangrandi

Priscilla Zangrandi

JP Arellano

JP Arellano

Claire McPhee

Claire McPhee

Chris Lockhart Smith

Chris Lockhart Smith

Dafydd Phillips

Dafydd Phillips

Flávia Nogueira de Sá

Flávia Nogueira de Sá

Pubali Sarker

Pubali Sarker

Surajo Abubakar Ibrahim

Surajo Abubakar Ibrahim

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Rodrigo Sales

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