Climate Change Administration

Professor Chi-Chung Chen is former Minister and Deputy Minister of Taiwan’s Ministry of Agriculture and former Chairperson of the Council of Agriculture. His research focuses on climate change economics, energy economics, and agricultural economics. He has published over 75 academic journal articles on climate impacts, adaptation, and energy transition.

Professor Tsai-Chi Kuo has been deeply dedicated to issues related to sustainable development for nearly thirty years. He has consistently upheld the core educational philosophy of "equal emphasis on theory and practice, alongside the simultaneous advancement of sustainability and digitalization," focusing long-term on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Professor Kuo has applied his research outcomes and industry-academia practical experience to teaching environments, campus governance, and national policies. Serving as the leader of the Sustainability Promotion Taskforce at Taiwan Tech (NTUST), he has embedded sustainable cultural literacy (DNA) into the campus system and helped Taiwan Tech win the National Sustainable Development Award from the Executive Yuan. At the same time, as the Secretary-General of the Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy (TISE), he has trained over 20,000 sustainability professionals. Furthermore, he has been invited to serve as a committee member for various central ministries and as a convener for national-level think tanks, leading net-zero technologies and green policies. Through his exceptional educational leadership and practical action, he has comprehensively guided schools, industries, and the nation toward a sustainable transition.

Marianne is the co-founder of Puro.earth, a leading durable carbon removals platform, where she currently serves as Head of Programs. With experience in the software and energy industries, she has driven innovative product development and built Puro.earth’s scientific quantification, sustainability, and governance frameworks.

With expertise in civil engineering and composite materials, he leads TCHAR pass EBC certification, turn agricultural green biomass into biochar carbon-negative materials and assisting companies in promoting carbon-insetting and net-zero transformation.

Sebastian Manhart is Senior Policy Advisor at Carbonfuture, Chair of the Board of DVNE (the German CDR Association), and co-hosts The Carbon Removal Scoop podcast. A Cambridge and Harvard educated economist, he previously advised Angela Merkel's Chancellery and the World Bank.