Sandrine DIXSON-DECLEVE
- Visiting professor, Interdepartmental European Advanced Studies (IDEAs)
Sandrine Dixson-Decleve is an environmental scientist, policy specialist, strategist and solutionist. She specialises in complex systems analysis, international and European climate, energy, sustainable development, sustainable finance policy development, governance and policy implementation. Over her 35 year career, she has brought together business leaders, policy makers, government leaders, academia and NGO’s to unpack complex challenges and translate science and complex thinking into policy and action. She has worked with the European Institutions, His Magesty King Charles III, Members of the European Parliament, Member of the US Congress, European Commission President’s, European Commissioners and officials, Governments in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, international organizations (OPEC, ADB, OECD, UNEP, USAID, UNFCCC, IEA, UN), Academic Institutions and business leaders of large international, European, Latin American and African companies. Until very recently Sandrine was President of the Club of Rome and sat on the supervisory Board of EDP. She is now Honourary President for the Club of Rome and leads the global initiative Earth for All as its Executive Chair. She is also the Executive Chair and co founder of the System Transformation Hub. Sandrine currently sits on several Supervisory and Advisory Boards for international organisations, private sectors companies and NGO’s including UCB, Eurazeo, Leonardo Centre - Imperial College London, Global Citizen Assembly, Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability - Geneva Graduate Institute, The Bridge and Chairs the Climate KIC Foundation, Advisory Board. She is a Commisisoner for the Climate Goverance Commission and WHO Pan European Commission on Climate & Health, an Ambassador for the Energy Transition Commission (ETC) and the Well Being Alliance (WeAll) and a Fellow of the World Academy of Science & Art. She teaches at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium and is a Fellow and faculty member of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). Sandrine has spoken at thousands of conferences across the globe both as a facilitator of high level governmental exchanges, as a keynoter and panelist. She is a TED Global and TEDx speaker and the lead author of “Earth for All: A survival guide for humanity” (New Society now translated in 11 languages) and “Quel Monde Pour Demain” (lucpire editions in French also translated in German). She has published numerous reports, articles, OpEd’s, book chapters on planetary and climate tipping points, alternative futures, economic well being and new economic models, green growth and competitiveness, the European Green Deal, energy, sustainable development, transport, conventional and alternative fuel quality legislation as well as on trade and the environment. Sandrine was recognised by GreenBiz as one of the 30 most influential women across the globe driving change in the low carbon economy and promoting green business, by Reuters as one of 25 global female trailblazers and most recently recognized by Forbes as one of the top 50 women over 50 leading on climate and by Burda with the Aenne Burda award for creative leadership in 2024.