The Commission is composed of experts, community leaders and practitioners from a broad range of science, policy and front-line practice expertise from all regions of the globe.
Members of the commission
Members
Co-Chairs
The Co-Chairs lead and set the direction for the Commission.
Mariana
Mazzucato
Professor at University College London and Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General, World Trade Organization
Johan
Rockström
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
President, Republic of Singapore
Commissioners
This group of eminent individuals provide critical reflection and ensure global relevance of the Commission (regional representation), inclusiveness (including youth, indigenous people), and capacity to reach out to communities of practice (local authorities, financiers, corporates, civil society).
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
Mayor of the City of Freetown, Sierra Leone , and Co-Chair, C40 Cities
Alicia Bárcena Ibarra
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
Richard Damania
Chief Economist, Sustainable Development Vice Presidency, World Bank
María Fernanda Espinosa
Former President of the UN General Assembly, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador
Daniel Esty
Professor, Environmental Law and Policy, Yale Law School
Arunabha Ghosh
CEO, Council of Energy, Environment and Water, New Delhi, India
Joyeeta Gupta
Professor, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam
Naoko Ishii
Executive Vice President and Director, Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo
Ma Jun
Founder, China’s Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE)
Henk WJ Ovink
Executive Director, Global Commission on the Economics of Water, and Former First Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of The Netherlands
Qiu Baoxing
President, Chinese Society for Urban Studies
Mamphela Ramphele
Emeritus President, Club of Rome, South Africa; Co-Founder of Reimagine SA, Chair, Global Compassion Coalition; Chair, Archbishop Desmond Tutu Intellectual Property Trust
Usha Rao-Monari
Former Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
Aromar Revi
Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Martha Rojas Urrego
Executive Secretary, International Whaling Commission Secretariat, and Former Secretary-General, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Abebe Selassie
Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund
Ismail Serageldin
Founding Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
Jo Tyndall
Director for the Environment Directorate, OECD
Elizabeth Wathuti
Founder, Green Generation Initiative
Co-Chairs
The Co-Chairs lead and set the direction for the Global Commission.
Mariana Mazzucato
Professor at University College London & Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General, World Trade Organization
Johan Rockström
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
President, Republic of Singapore
Commissioners
This group of eminent individuals provide critical reflection and ensure global relevance of the Commission (regional representation), inclusiveness (including youth, indigenous people), and capacity to reach out to communities of practice (local authorities, financiers, corporates, civil society).
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
Mayor of the City of Freetown, Sierra Leone , and Co-Chair, C40 Cities
Alicia Bárcena Ibarra
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
Richard Damania
Chief Economist, Sustainable Development Vice Presidency, World Bank
María Fernanda Espinosa
Former President of the UN General Assembly, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador
Daniel Esty
Professor, Environmental Law and Policy, Yale Law School
Arunabha Ghosh
CEO of the Council of Energy, Environment and Water, New Delhi, India
Joyeeta Gupta
Professor, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam
Naoko Ishii
Executive Vice President and Director, Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo
Ma Jun
Founder, China’s Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE)
Henk WJ Ovink
Executive Director, Global Commission on the Economics of Water, and Former First Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of The Netherlands
Qiu Baoxing
President of the Chinese Society for Urban Studies
Mamphela Ramphele
Co-President of the Club of Rome, South Africa
Usha Rao-Monari
Former Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
Aromar Revi
Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Martha Rojas Urrego
Executive Secretary, International Whaling Commission Secretariat, and Former Secretary-General, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Abebe Selassie
Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund
Ismail Serageldin
Founding Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
Jo Tyndall
Director for the Environment Directorate, OECD
