Climate Week

Jamie Beck Alexander is a solutions-oriented corporate climate advocate, coalition builder, and founding director of Drawdown Labs. Jamie joined the Project Drawdown team from Ceres, where she led corporate engagement on the west coast, working with companies to set ambitious emission reduction targets and leveraging their influence in support of strong climate and clean energy policies. She has also worked with USAID, the UN Office of the Secretary-General, the design firm IDEO, and indigenous peoples in the US, Amazon and Andes. Bringing this multidisciplinary background and solutions focus to bear, Jamie leads Drawdown Labs' work with companies to deploy climate solutions at scale.

In 2014, the molecular biologist gave the lecture "Brain-amputated fruit flies to fight tumors" in a fly costume, becoming the world's first European Science Slam champion. He is involved in the "Society for Critical Thinking" and is convinced that there has never been a more exciting time to be a molecular biologist. Since 2016, Moder has been an integral part of the science cabaret group Science Busters. In 2019, Hanser published his book "Genpool Party" - How science makes us stronger, smarter and less obnoxious. Since 2020, Martin has had his own column on ORF 1 with "Moder Talking". He also regularly thoroughly clears up myths and uncertainties on his YouTube channel M.E.G.A. (Make Europa Gscheit Again).

Julia Hartmann works as a professor of management and sustainability at the EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht. She is an expert in climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, energy transition, sustainable supply chain management, corporate social responsibility, ESG reporting and compliance. Her research is quantitative-empirical and has been published in renowned academic journals, including the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, Academy of Management Discoveries, and Journal of Operations Management.

Katharina van Bronswijk studied psychology in Heidelberg and Berlin. She is a behavioral therapist in private practice in Lüneburg Heath and is involved with Psychologists for Future, lecturer, and author on climate and psyche.

Andreas Jäger, a meteorologist by training, is a science journalist, book author and lecturer with a focus on climate change who is well known on radio and television. After countless weather broadcasts and scientific documentaries, he is currently working on a climate series for ORF III. Last fall, his book on climate change "Die Alpen im Fieber" was published.

Entrepreneur, philanthropist, activist and world record holder in sports. Her main mission in life has been to create and provide healthier, sustainable, plant-based alternative food, nutrition and cosmetics. Add to that her tireless dedication to charitable causes, which embodies her vehement passion to help people affected by war and other forms of oppression or physical debilitation to "overcome adversity." Heather has accomplished these goals by founding market-leading plant-based businesses and numerous charities around the world.

Marcus Wadsak is a meteorologist as well as a radio and television presenter. After studying meteorology at the University of Vienna, he joined ORF, was the weather anchor on Ö3-Wecker for many years, has hosted ZiB-Wetter since 2004 and has headed ORF's weather desk since 2012. In 2019, he was named Journalist of the Year in the Science category. He is a founding member of Climate without Borders.

For over 10 years, Godo Röben I full of joy leads a wide variety of projects in the field of alternative proteins. Between 2014 and 2021, together with an incredibly passionate team, he transformed Rügenwalder Mühle into the leading supplier of vegetarian and vegan products, revolutionizing the entire meat and sausage market in Germany. Since the founding of the "Federal Association of Alternative Proteins", Godo has been active there on the advisory board and currently on the board of directors to help drive the agricultural turnaround in the country.

After studying English, journalism and history, Nunu Kaller worked as a journalist for the Austrian daily newspaper Die Presse. Later, her path led her to Vier Pfoten, Global 2000 and Greenpeace. In 2013, her first book was published with the title "Ich kauf nix". In 2018 followed "Fuck Beauty!" about the beauty craze among women. In March 2021, she published "Kauf mich! In Search of Good Consumption." In January 2021, she started her own sustainability and communications consulting agency, Think Kallerful! Kaller lives and works as a communications and sustainability consultant in Vienna.