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From Green Manifesto to Global Humanism: Evolving Climate Leadership in the 21st Century

Tuesday, September 2 at 5 p.m.
Klarman Hall Auditorium
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A reception will be held after the fireside chat in Klarman Hall atrium.
A fireside chat with Distinguished Speaker Iván Duque, Former President of Colombia (2018-
2022), Inaugural EMI Distinguished Fellow, and Visiting Senior Fellow at the Cornell Atkinson
Center for Sustainability

Welcome Remarks and panelists

• Lourdes Casanova, Gail and Rob Cañizares EMI Director, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
• Iván Duque, President of Colombia (2018-2022), Inaugural EMI Distinguished Fellows and Atkinson Center Fellow
• Miguel Gómez, Robert G. Tobin Professor of Food Marketing, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, SC Johnson College of Business and David Drinkwater ’94 Faculty Director, Atkinson Center for Sustainability
• Andrew Karolyi, Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

This event is hosted by the Cornell Climate Impact Speaker Series and  Emerging Markets Institute Distinguished Fellows Speaker Series. Event sponsors include the Emerging Markets Institute in the SC Johnson College of Business, the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, and The 2030 Project: A Cornell Climate Initiative

This is an in-person only event.

About the Distinguished Speaker
Iván Duque Márquez
Former President of Colombia (2018–2022) | Politician | Writer | Philanthropist |
EntrepreneurSenior Visiting Fellow, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Inaugural
EMI Distinguished Fellow

Iván Duque is a visionary leader and global voice on sustainability, innovation, and democratic
values. Elected at the age of 41, he became the youngest elected President in Colombia’s
modern history, serving from 2018 to 2022. A devoted husband to María Juliana and father of
three, Duque combines a deep commitment to family with a lifelong dedication to public service
and global collaboration.

He currently serves on the Leadership Council of Concordia and is a member of the World
Leaders Circle (WLC) at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. He is also a
Distinguished Fellow at the World Resources Institute, the Bezos Earth Fund, Cornell’s
Emerging Markets Institute (EMI), the Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Yale’s Jackson School
of Global Affairs, and Barna Management School. In addition, he is a Professor of Practice at
the Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom at Florida International University. He serves on
the Council for Hope of the Jane Goodall Foundation and acts as an Ambassador for the World
Coalition for Nature.

Duque is an active board member of Conservation International, the Science Based Targets
initiative (SBTi) and serves on the advisory boards of the McKinsey Sustainability Council, the
Geopolitical Advisory Council, and the FIFA Foundation.

In 2024, Duque furthered his legacy by launching the Iván Duque Center for Prosperity and
Freedom. This initiative advanced dialogues and policies promoting prosperity, freedom, and
sustainable development on a hemispheric scale.

Recognized as a global expert in security, migration, green finance, energy transition, and
conservation, Duque has led ambitious and impactful initiatives. In 2022, he launched the
Concordia Amazon Initiative, convening global leaders to protect the Amazon rainforest. That
same year, he founded the I+D Foundation to empower young innovators from Colombia’s most
remote regions — a project poised to become one of Latin America’s most influential think-and-
do tanks.

Iván Duque’s unwavering dedication to sustainability, democratic leadership, and social
inclusion continues to shape critical conversations on the global stage.