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Luc Gnacadja

Founder and President, “GPS-Dev” (Governance & Policies for Sustainable Development)

Luc Gnacadja has a passion for sustainable land development.

As the architect of the concept of “Land Degradation Neutrality”, he was a guiding voice for sustainable land development in the negotiations leading up to Rio+20. His personal effort to promote the adoption of an international commitment to a “land-degradation neutral world” in “The Future We Want” was deemed a critical step forward. He is an architect by profession, a former minister of environment of the republic of Benin and the immediate past Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Desertification (UNCCD).

Luc Gnacadja is speaking at the following WCEF2018 sessions:

Mon 22 October at 16:30 : Social, Environmental and Economic Benefits from Circular Economy in Developing Countries
Tue 23 October at 14:00 : Circular Economy and Rural Development

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Project

WCEF2018

The World Circular Economy Forum presents the world’s best circular economy solutions and brings together key circular economy thinkers and doers from around the world.

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Topic

A circular economy

Circular economy solutions are needed to safeguard biodiversity and solve the climate crisis. In a circular economy we maintain the value of what we produce through smarter design and shifting from owning products to using services.

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Theme

Sustainability solutions

Our daily lives, decision-making practices and business can fit within the earth’s carrying capacity. It pays to seize sustainable solutions right now, as they can help us stop overconsumption and biodiversity loss and mitigate climate change.

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