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Gao Yaojie – Against Aids and the authorities

Gao Yaojie is considered a pioneer in the fight against AIDS. She drew attention to a catastrophe that shook rural China and cost the lives of tens of thousands of people.

By Michael Radunski

Gunther Kegel – for an ‘All-Electric Society’

Gunther Kegel was re-elected President of the ZVEI this year. The electrical engineer is working with the association to promote an electrified and digitalized society – in this respect, Germany is lagging far behind in Europe.

By Redaktion Table

Liu Zhenmin – China's less powerful climate negotiator designate

Liu Zhenmin will very likely become China's new climate envoy and chief negotiator at the next COP. Liu is following in big footsteps. He is considered less powerful and less well-connected than his predecessor, Xie.

By Nico Beckert

Anne Renzenbrink – advocating for press freedom in Asia

By Redaktion Table

Franziska Tanneberger – peatland conservation to save the climate

"Peatlands are the big climate construction site," according to Franziska Tanneberger. Due to their drainage, large amounts of CO2 are released. When peatlands are destroyed, crucial CO2 sinks are lost. The co-director of the Greifswald Moor Centrum is advocating for the protection of peatlands.

By Redaktion Table

Jan Philipp Albrecht – the mediator

Jan Philipp Albrecht spent four years as Minister for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature and Digitalization in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, before which he was a member of the European Parliament for nine years. Today, as Co-Chair of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, he campaigns for democracy, the achievement of climate targets and cross-media discourse.

By Tim Winter

Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven: The GIZ aims to unite climate action and business development

Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Director of the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), hopes for a good COP28 outcome and faster climate action. She reorganizes the GIZ and sets new priorities in climate action and adaptation.

By Redaktion Table

Leonie Suna-Kiefer – the new force in the China program of the Stiftung Asienhaus

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Lenka de Mauro represents the German insurers

Lenka de Mauro heads the European office of the German Insurance Association. She represents the interests of German insurers there, currently in particular in the legislative process for the EU retail investor strategy.

By Redaktion Table

Jules Maaten – between Europe and local politics

Dutchman Jules Maaten already worked at several political levels: as a local politician, as a Member of the European Parliament, and now, as Head of the European Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.

By Clara Baldus