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Elise Buckle
Born
Elise Breyton Buckle
NationalitySwiss & French
EducationSciences Po
London School of Economics
Occupation(s)Climate leader, professor
EmployerGlion Institute of Higher Education
Websiteclimatebridges.org

Elise Breyton Buckle is a Franco-Swiss climate leader, professor and environmental expert.[1] She is President and CEO of Climate Bridges.[2][3] She is one of the initial Co-founders of SHE Changes Climate[4][5][6][7] and founder of SHE Builds Bridges.[8] She is a professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies for the Executive Programme Graduate Institute of Geneva and also teaches Sustainability, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Glion Institute of Business Education. She was elected as Executive member in the municipal government of Nyon, Switzerland. She has been advising various organizations at the United Nations on climate change, nature-based solutions and leadership training for peace and climate diplomacy. She is also a published author and writer.[9] She has been nominated as International Gender Champion and co-lead of the climate impact group.[10]

Education

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Buckle holds a master's degree of International Relations and Development from the Institute of Political Science - Sciences Po Paris and Master of Science in Environmental Policy Planning and Regulation from the London School of Economics.[1] She also holds a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education, International from the University of Nottingham.[11] In 2023, Buckle completed a degree in Leadership for the 21st century from Harvard Kennedy School of Government.[12]

Career

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Buckle advised Ambassador Khan as Chief Negotiator for the UNFCCC COP23 Fiji Presidency leading to the successful adoption of the COP23 Decision for the Talanoa Dialogue aimed at raising climate ambition.[13] She was also senior advisor to David Nabarro appointed by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as co-facilitator of the Nature-Based Solutions coalition.[14]

Buckle coordinated the Planetary Emergency Partnership. She advised scientist and professor Johan Rockström with a focus on planetary boundaries as well as economist Sandrine Dixson-Declèveon a paradigm shift "Beyond GDP growth". She also worked with Dixson-Declève as a senior advisor on Resilience for the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021.[citation needed]

Buckle is part of the Jury of the Financial Times which selected the best climate essay on women empowerment in 2022.[15] At UNFCCC Climate COP26, she hosted the city day on nature.[16] For UNFCCC COP27, she became officially accredited by the UN as head of delegation.[17] She led the SHE Changes Climate and delivered an official statement to the COP27 Presidency on gender day.[18][19] In 2023, she organized and hosted an online Summit[MOU1] with SHE Changes Climate and Project Dandelion, during which Sultan Al Jaber, President of COP28 and Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and Chair of the Elders, had a dialogue on climate science, the energy transition and the need to phase out fossil fuels.[20] She also hosted and facilitated a high-level dialogue at COP28 in Dubai on December 8th 2023 with a number of Ambassadors and diplomats[MOU4].[21] In 2024, following a press statement covered in the Guardian, she convinced the COP29 Presidency to include more women on its organizing committee[MOU6]. On February 14th 2024[MOU7] , she was appointed as co-chair of the International Gender Champions climate impact group, together with the Ambassador Katharina Stasch Germany, Ambassador Guillermet, Costa Rica and the Secretary General of IFRC, Jagan Chapagain.[22] In March 2024, she was also recognized as one of the 25 women aWomen for Change selection of the Change Now Summit in Paris[MOU8].[23]

Political career

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From 2018 to 2022, Buckle served as Member of the City Council for the Green Party and as Member of the Executive team for the City of Nyon, in charge of the energy transition and Human Resources.[24] She also organized several participatory Citizens Forums on climate and sustainability at the local level.[25][26][27][28]

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ebinger, Raphael (2021-04-03). "Nouvelle élue – La Verte Élise Buckle passe de l'international au local" [Newly elected - the Green Élise Buckle goes from international to local]. 24 heures (in French).
  2. ^ "IGC Podcast: Gender and Climate Change. Unveiling the Intersections | International Gender Champions". genderchampions.com. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  3. ^ Meulemeester, Claudia De (2023-12-20). "COP28 review: gender progress in climate action continues to be slow". Sustainable Views. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  4. ^ "Women added to Cop29 climate summit committee after backlash | Cop29 | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  5. ^ "Who is Greta Thunberg and what has she achieved?". BBC News. 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  6. ^ Carrington, Damian (2024-01-19). "Women added to Cop29 climate summit committee after backlash". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  7. ^ Nations, United. "The Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change". United Nations. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  8. ^ Hannink, Erno (6 September 2024). "She builds bridges for radical collaboration - Elise Buckle ⋆ Decide for Impact". Decide for Impact (in Dutch).
  9. ^ "Cop29: leading women call for gender diversity". We Mean Business Coalition. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  10. ^ "SHE Changes Climate or How to Close the Gender Gap and Accelerate Climate Action - Sustainable Finance Geneva". sfgeneva. 1 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Elise Buckle: 'It's time for a global reset to rebalance our relationship with nature' - Geneva Solutions". genevasolutions.news. 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  12. ^ "Elise Buckle - Professor Of Sustainability And Entrepreneurship, Master Science And Innovation at Glion Institute of Higher Education". THE ORG.
  13. ^ Passer, Christophe (2022-06-02). "Portrait d'une politicienne vaudoise – Elise Buckle reste droite dans ses bottes" [Portrait of a Vaudois politician - Elise Buckle stays straight in her boots]. Tribune de Genève (in French).
  14. ^ "Elise Buckle, Co-President of Climate & Sustainability, 10 Most Influential Women Leaders of 2022 | IERA Women Leaders". IEra WomenLeaders. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  15. ^ Wilson, Cara (12 October 2022). "Women are on the front lines of climate change — so let them steer the response". Financial Times.
  16. ^ "COP26 - Elise Buckle hosts the Cities day at the Nature Newsroom". Climate & Sustainability. 2011-11-11.
  17. ^ "Admitted NGOs". UNFCCC.
  18. ^ "Women's empowerment, diversity and inclusion are essential to advance climate policies and implementation". She Changes Climate.
  19. ^ "Cycle power and gender rights: days eight and nine at Cop27 – in pictures". The Guardian. 15 November 2022.
  20. ^ ""On n'a plus le temps" : à six mois de la COP28, la crainte d'un "sommet des énergies fossiles"". France 24 (in French). 5 June 2023.
  21. ^ De Meulemeester, Claudia. "COP28 review: gender progress in climate action continues to be slow". www.sustainableviews.com.
  22. ^ "Climate-Gender | International Gender Champions". www.genderchampions.com.
  23. ^ "25 WOMEN SHAPING THE FUTURE". ChangeNOW.
  24. ^ "Fin du litige opposant la Municipalité de Nyon et l'élue Elise Buckle". rts.ch (in French). 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  25. ^ "Municipalité de Nyon: Elise Buckle évoque son départ". Le Matin (in Swiss French). 1 November 2022.
  26. ^ Kabacalman, Selver (31 October 2022). "Elise Buckle va-t-elle démissionner?" [Will Elise Buckle resign?]. Le Courrier (in Swiss French).
  27. ^ "Fin du litige entre la Municipalité de Nyon et Elise Buckle" [End of the dispute between the Municipality of Nyon and Elise Buckle]. La Liberté (in Swiss French).
  28. ^ Karangwa, Achille; Kabacalman, Selver (19 December 2022). "Elise Buckle: "C'était David contre Goliath"" [Elise Buckle: 'It was David against Goliath']. Le Courrier (in Swiss French).
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