Gill is responsible for leading the curation of priority agendas, narratives and communities that improve public-private-philanthropy responses to the climate crisis and nature’s collapse within the World Economic Forum’s Centre for Nature and Climate. Gill has designed and led initiatives of the World Economic Forum like 1t.org, focused on assisting corporates to improve the quality of their forest conservation and restoration efforts world-wide. Between 2014 and 2020, Gill led the environment and sustainability agenda for the World Economic Forum’s global meetings, bringing together diverse topics and stakeholders from across industries and geographies to identify systems-level interventions and influence decision making. A certified facilitator, coach and intrapreneur, Gill works to restore balance between humanity and the natural world. Gill is the co-founder of Open Planet, a free visual library to enable everyone, everywhere to tell the story of our changing planet. 2017 UN Environment Gender and Environment Advocate Award; World Economic Forum Global Leadership Fellow; Masters of Science in Economics for Development, University of Oxford, UK; Honours in Economics, University of Cape Town.
Thinking short term, whether that is the next election or the next quarterly earnings report, is simply not adequate for addressing the climate crisis. But what if there was another way t...
In January 2020, 1t.org launched at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, with the ambition to serve the global restoration movement to conserve, restore and grow a trillion trees by...
The leadership of Indigenous peoples and local communities is central to the success of any forest conservation and restoration efforts. They have rich traditional ecological knowledge – ...
Securing global net-zero emissions by mid-century is a tall order. COP26 reminds us that rapid decarbonization is needed from all industries with at least a 50% reduction in absolute gree...
The world is facing two interdependent environmental crises: the accelerating destruction of nature and climate change. Corporate citizenship is an integral part of the problem and soluti...
Around the world, 3.2 billion people are affected by degraded landscapes, land that has lost some degree of its natural productivity due to human-caused processes. Restoring these landsca...
Earlier this year, 2020 was confirmed as the hottest year on record, continuing a seven-year trend. But how is this warming affecting our planet?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people around the world have been told to stay at home with their families, if they have them, or alone if they don’t. Maintaining physical distance fro...
From tackling the climate crisis to fighting discrimination, young people worldwide are taking their futures into their own hands.
Stress – from the Latin “stringere”, to squeeze tight, touch or injure – is not bad, per se. Positive stress and adrenaline in the right circumstances can make us stronger, happier and he...
Anecdotal evidence of urban sprawl, renewable energy uptake, deforestation and bleached corals are all over our newsfeeds and social-media channels. Yet to date, demonstrating the drivers...
2017 was characterized by extreme weather. Seventeen named storms – including Harvey and Irma – battered the US, costing a record $200 billion in damages. Monsoon flooding devastated part...
Every day, more than three of the 30,000 remaining rhinos that survive in the wild are killed. Thirty African elephants a day also lose their lives – the worst decline for the species in ...
From the cloud forests of Costa Rica to the deserts of Southern Africa, the great outdoors inspires awe and offers us valuable perspective from our day-to-day grind. Nature also provides ...
Take a look around you. Many of the products you see were made using industrial processes that are at least a century old. That is set to change.
