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
Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General, World Trade Organization
Johan Rockström
Johan
Rockström
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Tharman Shanmugaratnam 
Senior Minister, Singapore
Lead Experts

The lead experts ensure that the messages of the Commission reflect and are backed by robust science and evidence. They coordinate the Analytics pillar, engaging a network of research teams that are comprised of researchers across various themes and institutions. The lead experts are tasked with curating the knowledge and developing new analytics and data connected to social and economic dimensions.

Quentin Grafton 
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Joyeeta Gupta
Professor, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam
Aromar Revi
Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
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 
Alicia Bárcena Ibarra 
Former Executive Secretary of CEPAL, Chile
LaToya Cantrell
Mayor of the City of New Orleans, USA
María Fernanda Espinosa
Former President of the UN General Assembly, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador
Arunabha Ghosh
CEO, Council of Energy, Environment and Water, New Delhi, India
Naoko Ishii
Executive Vice President and Director, Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo
Juan Carlos Jintiach
Advisor of the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin, Ecuador
Qiu Baoxing
President, Chinese Society for Urban Studies
Mamphela Ramphele
Co-President, Club of Rome, South Africa 
Martha Rojas Urrego
Former Secretary-General, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Ismail Serageldin
Founding Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt 
Advisers

The Commission benefits from the support of six advisors from intergovernmental organisations. The advisors share relevant insight and experiences such as the constraints that national governments and multilateral institutions face that delay action – and ways to overcome those constraints. They advise on existing platforms that the Commission might connect to for societal dialogues or action.

Richard Damania
Chief Economist, Sustainable Development Vice Presidency, World Bank
Kathleen Dominique
Environment Directorate, OECD
Daniel Esty
Professor, Environmental Law and Policy, Yale Law School
Henk WJ Ovink
Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of The Netherlands
Usha Rao-Monari
Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
Abebe Selassie 
Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund
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
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General, World Trade Organization
Johan Rockström
Johan Rockström
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Tharman Shanmugaratnam 
Senior Minister, Singapore
Lead Experts
The three lead experts ensure that the messages of the Commission reflect and are backed by robust science and evidence. They coordinate the Analytics pillar, engaging a network of research teams that are comprised of researchers across various themes and institutions. The lead experts are tasked with curating the knowledge and developing new analytics and data connected to social and economic dimensions.
Aromar Revi
Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Joyeeta Gupta
Professor, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam
Quentin Grafton 
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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 
Alicia Bárcena Ibarra 
Former Executive Secretary of CEPAL, Chile
LaToya Cantrell
Mayor of the City of New Orleans, USA
María Fernanda Espinosa
Former President of the UN General Assembly, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador
Arunabha Ghosh
CEO of the Council of Energy, Environment and Water, New Delhi, India
Naoko Ishii
Executive Vice President and Director, Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo
Juan Carlos Jintiach
Advisor of the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin, Ecuador
Qiu Baoxing
President of the Chinese Society for Urban Studies
Mamphela Ramphele
Co-President of the Club of Rome, South Africa 
Martha Rojas Urrego
Former Secretary-General, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Ismail Serageldin
Founding Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt 
Advisers

The Commission benefits from the support of six advisors from intergovernmental organisations. The advisors share relevant insight and experiences such as the constraints that national governments and multilateral institutions face that delay action – and ways to overcome those constraints. They advise on existing platforms that the Commission might connect to for societal dialogues or action.

Richard Damania
Chief Economist, Sustainable Development Vice Presidency, World Bank
Kathleen Dominique
Environment Directorate, OECD
Daniel Esty
Professor, Environmental Law and Policy, Yale Law School
Henk WJ Ovink
Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of The Netherlands
Usha Rao-Monari
Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
Abebe Selassie 
Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund