Lead presentation for the Hackathon

1. Inspiring leaders for a sustainable world

2. Our Mission
Inspiring leadership for sustainability in the 21st century
Within the broad scope of sustainability today, we focus our efforts across three strategic themes:
Capacity building for sustainability Learning and solutions for climate Ecosystem and livelihood resilience
compatible development

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Quick Facts and Figures
• Founded in 1992
• Established by the Rockefeller Foundation
• Over 200 staff worldwide
• 12 Member Programmes across 4 continents.
• Over 3,000 Fellows spread over 90 countries
• Global faculty with over 50 trainers.
Sao Paulo
Mexico City
Montreal
Jakarta
Dakar
London Moscow
Zomba
Lagos
Islamabad
New Delhi
Beijing
19%
5%
5%
38%

4. The world’s largest cross-sector network of sustainability leaders and
innovators
19% 22%
Academia
25%
5%
5%
24%
Government
Media
NGO
Other
Business
Martha Delgado, Mexico
Secretary of the Environment for Mexico
City who is responsible for setting up the
City’s Climate Action Plan.
Yuyun Ismawati, Indonesia
A social entrepreneur
and Goldman Prize winner who has
created a sustainable waste
management system.
Adeolu Odusote, Nigeria
An Engineer who trying to reduce
Nigeria’s dependence on fossil fuels by
developing cassava bio fuel plantations.
Ben Caldecott, UK
The Head of Policy at Climate Change
Capital, who is seeking opportunities to
accelerate transition to a low carbon
economy.
Olga Seranskaya, Russia
Olga works in Russia to raise awareness
and eradicate the use of Persistent
Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Russia.

5. The Challenge Ahead
9 Billion
BY 2050 THE WORLD POPULATION
170%
NATURAL RESOURCE CONSUNPTION BY 2040
75-250 Million
PEOPLE IN AFRICA ALONE FACING INCREASED WATER
SHORTAGES BY 2040 (DFID)
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Of the Earth’s bio capacity
(WBCSD)
(United Nations)
$60 Billion
ASIA EXPECTED ECONOMIC LOSSES FROM CLIMATE-RELATED
DISASTERS (IPCC)
EMERGENT FUTURE

6. Problem Statement 1 –
Increasing energy consumption in Lagos, Nigeria
• PROBLEM? In Lagos Nigeria huge amounts of fossil fuels are used to
generate power for occupants. How can Nigeria mitigate its carbon output via a clean
energy initiative?
• The project was suggested by award winning engineer and Nigerian Lead Fellow Adeolu Okulaja,
who is Technical Director at Arcline Beehive Design
• USERS: There is already a great deal of interest to support these initiatives among both private and
public sectors
• The benefits: Reduce operational costs and save money, reduce carbon impact, create more jobs,
improve social well being, while also acting as a model of success for nearby similar regions

7. Problem Statement 2 –
Using ICT to engage with civil society for climate resilient projects
• PROBLEM? This project focuses on establishing communication and outreach mechanisms to the most
vulnerable members of the society in order to acquire climate change adaptation information and to respond to
such information.
• The project will be managed by Lead Fellow Rex Mbewe
• USERS: The project aims to empower marginalised members of society with a mechanism for receiving
awareness messages from the authorities and to then respond accordingly.
• Benefits: Improved data and civil society engagement. The project aims to communicate complex issues into a
more user friendly language as to retrieve regional data such as climate variability, rainfall pattern, drought
regime, mobile technology availability and accessibility, mobile technology usage, etc

8. Problem statement 3 –
Inspiring Leaders for a sustainable world – The App
• “There is no doubt that in order to thrive, the network needs a centre of gravity that is healthy and that can act as the leader of a
jazz orchestra... We will be successful if we can support, connect and unleash the fellows. The original big idea of Lead, that the
world needs leaders for a sustainable world is as necessary as ever” Carole Therrin
• The user base for the app includes our network of 2500+ leaders in sustainability who all work in a variety of different sectors,
industries and regions across the world. We could also potentially then expand the user base to include our climate change
partners as well as other stakeholder groups.
• The goal of the app is twofold –
1) To increase awareness, education and inspiration to the users via a focus on content, positive stories, facts, statistics and a user
friendly design.
2) To increase engagement and action via networking and collaboration opportunities

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United Kingdom
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LEAD: Anglophone West Africa, Brazil, Canada, China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe, Francophone Africa, India, Indonesia, Mexico,
Pakistan and Southern and Eastern Africa.
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