Cathy Yitong Li
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Cathy Yitong Li is a multilateral climate advisor, youth and gender advocate, and public speaker. Cathy has been focusing on multilateral sustainable development processes and civil society advocacy since she was a teenager, including serving advisory and governance roles across seven United Nations agencies and various international organisations.[1][2]
With a focus on the synergies between climate and nature, Cathy is the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Climate Commission Deputy Chair[3] and by profession, the Nature Programme Manager of the High Level Climate Champions Team.[4]
Besides working with intergovernmental organisations and NGOs, Cathy has advised governments and businesses on sustainability and strategy, including as a Young Leader of IKEA (Ingka Group) advising its group management[5] and previously with Deloitte[6] and JP Morgan.[1][2]
Cathy regularly speaks at international conferences[7][2] and authors publications.[8][9] Started as a policy advocate with a focus on empowering civil society stakeholders and movements in UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) processes, Cathy has been a long-term member of its youth constituency coordination team, and co-led the years of efforts to secure the first ever seats for youth and gender representatives at a UN climate advisory board.[10]
Within international environmental processes, Cathy has served on the UNFCCC Women and Gender Constituency committee[11], UN Biodiversity Technical Expert Group on Financial Reporting[12], and as Global Center on Adaptation CEO advisor.[13] During the UK Presidency of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26, Cathy was appointed as COP26 One Step Greener Ambassador.[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ms. Cathy Yitong Li". IVECF. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Cathy Yitong Li | IUCN Leaders Forum 2023". iucnleadersforum.org. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ↑ "CCC Steering Committee Members | IUCN". IUCN. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ↑ "Meet The Team". Climate Champions. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ↑ "Ingka Group Annual Summary and Sustainability Report FY23" (PDF). Ingka Group. 2024-01-25.
- ↑ "Meet climate change expert Cathy Li". Deloitte United Kingdom. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ↑ "Cathy Yitong Li, UNFCCC representative of youth and women, speaking at an event for Futures Labs @ COP26". UNFCCC. 9 November 2020.
- ↑ "Sustainability Paper - Africa Investor". Deloitte United Kingdom. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ↑ "Guidebook for Meaningful Youth Engagement in Industrial Development" (PDF). UNIDO.
- ↑ "Technology at COP26 - Where Youth Made History". Archived from the original on 2022-11-12.
- ↑ "About us | Women & Gender Constituency". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ↑ "Composition of the Technical Expert Group on Financial Reporting" (PDF). UN Biodiversity.
- ↑ Novenario, Celine (2022-10-13). "The impactful journey of GCA's first Youth Advisory Panel". Global Center on Adaptation. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ↑ "Olympian, youth activist and 'clean champion' triplets picked as next 'One Step Greener' ambassadors one month ahead of crucial COP26 climate summit". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
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