NEWS FROM THE WFC IN SEPTEMBER
Dear Friends & Supporters,
This year’s Future Policy Award highlighted best practices that combat land degradation. The Ethiopian region Tigray received Gold! Find out more about the Award ceremony in China, and why we must tackle desertification to build peace, in this newsletter.
This month, we are saying Farewell to Stefan Schurig, who is leaving the organisation after 10 years. With his dedicated work, Stefan made an outstanding contribution to the World Future Council’s success and impact: Thank you Stefan for your commitment, passion and expertise!
His personal note to be found below will certainly be of interest for our readers.
Jakob von Uexkull & Alexandra Wandel
The Management Board
CELEBRATING THE WINNERS: FPA CEREMONY IN CHINA This year, the “Oscar for best policies” honours laws and practices that successfully combat desertification and land degradation. Gold went to the Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The ceremony was attended by 300 high-level guests and ministers from all over the world including the Chinese Minister of State Forestry Administration, the Governor of Inner Mongolia, as well as Tigray’s President. The award ceremony was held in Ordos (Inner Mongolia, China) during the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP) in partnership with the UNCCD on September 11.
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
After ten years with the World Future Council, I will be moving on. It was truly an honour for me to serve the organisation since April 2007 and to work with such a great group of highly skilled people. I strongly believe in the World Future Council’s capability to make the world a better place!
I would like to thank again every single staff member for your commitment, your passion and your energy for the WFC in the past ten years. I am glad to see my work in safe hands with our new Director Climate & Energy, Anna Leidreiter. I am and always will be proud to having had the privilege of working with such a great group of people. What an amazing decade of impact, learning and fun!
I’m now setting up my own project consultancy for renewable energy and sustainable cities and am looking forward to this new chapter. I will remain associated with the WFC as senior advisor and will continue working with our team in China on regenerative cities.
Faithfully yours,
Stefan Schurig
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