As the COVID-19 pandemic severely affects the world, causing an unprecedented crisis, the link between environment and health is becoming a growing concern. In this context, the Foundation expresses its compassion for the suffering populations and pays tribute to the courage of those who, on a everyday basis, struggle and mobilize to overcome this pandemic. The impulse of solidarity that unites us today is proof of our ability to act together with a common goal. The need for a collective response to global challenges is more fundamental than ever, whether it be the coronavirus or environmental preservation.
All of us, individually and collectively, have a role to play to ensure that the paths that will be chosen as we emerge from the crisis not only do not call into question, but breathe new life into the measures taken by countries and industries to combat climate change and biodiversity loss.
In its digital campaign entitled "A green shift? "a series of short video interviews, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation is inviting personalities and scientists to take the floor to reflect on the link between the environment and the pandemic, on the current impact of the crisis in various regions of the world and on the perspectives for the "day after".
The campaign began symbolically on 22 April, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, with a message of hope from H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco. Several personalities will also share their points of view in the fields of the environment, science and the economy in order to contribute to creating this new balance between man and nature at the end of this crisis.
Co-founder IMAGINE, former CEO of Unilever and Board Member of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Chair of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Former Director General of IUCN, Board Member of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Sustainability Entrepreneur and F1World Champion 2016
Global Managing Director for Oceans at The Nature Conservancy, Former European Union Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Board Member of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
World-renowned Actor, Activist, Director, and Producer
IPCC expert and Board Member of the French committee of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Biologist, Paleontologist, Head of Australia's first Climate Change Commission, Board Member of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Photographer, Diver and Marine Biologist, Co-founder of Andromède Océanologie
Co-Founder and Chairman of FIA Formula E Championship
Filmmaker and founder of the production company Icebreaker
Biologist and herpetologist at "Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México"
Laureate of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation's Award for Biodiversity - 2019
Research Professor of Biology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA)
Laureate of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation's Award for Biodiversity - 2019
Founder and Chairman of Vita Power and serial Entrepreneur
Ethnobotanist (USA), Founder of Seacology Laureate of the Prince's Prize for Innovative Philanthropy in 2015
Chair of the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) - Ariane Space
CEO and Chief Scientist ECOncrete Tech LTD,
Winner of the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge and EU Women Innovator 2019
CEO of XPRIZE Foundation
Founder and CEO of Malpelo Foundation
Former Colombian Minister for the Environment
Biologist and Founder of Aleph Farms
Chief sustainability officer Emeritus of Netafim and Director of sustainability at Orbia
Founder and President of Ecoalf
President of the World Water Council
Former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile and Board Member of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Founder and Captain of the Energy Observer
Veterinarian and wildlife biologists, Founders of Wildtrack
Philanthropist and Founder of TBA21
CEO of Game Rangers' Association of Africa
Founder and Organizer of the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc
Associate Vice-President Research (Ocean) for Dalhousie University, and CEO and Scientific Director of the Ocean Frontier Institute
