THE SECRETARIAT
A Secretariat composed of academic experts and professional diplomats supports the Commission. The Secretariat is hosted by the Paris Peace Forum, an international civil society organisation committed to improve global governance.
Principal and Special Advisor to the co-chair
Adrien Abécassis
Adrien Abécassis is a career diplomat, a former senior advisor to the French President, and currently the Chief Policy Officer of the Paris Peace Forum where he leads the team dedicated to incubating and running wide-ranging initiatives strengthening the governance of global commons. He has worked for 15 years in international policy, science and technology policy, and global governance. He was an Emmett Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at UCLA and an International Affairs Fellow at Harvard University.
Policy Officer
Zarah Kandjee, M.Sc,M.A., Lic.PS
Zarah Kandjee graduated in a double master’s program in European and International Studies at the Institute of European Studies of the University of Paris VIII, as well as in Diplomacy and Strategic Negotiations at the University of Paris-Saclay. Furthermore, she wrote her master thesis on the subject of "the restitution of cultural property”. She has a passion for international relations and geopolitics.
Operations Manager
Sophia Luisa La Marca, M.Sc, LL.M
Sophia La Marca is a young professional with experience in project management. She worked among other things for Operndorf Afrika, a project by Christoph Schlingensief supporting cultural exchange between Africa and Europe. With a specialization in international law and politics, she holds a Master of Laws from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and a Master of Science from Universidad Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. She was invited to the Europeaum Spring School at University of Oxford as part of her research on EU mediation efforts.
Supporters
The Climate Overshoot Commission is supported by:
Open Philanthropy
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
300 PPM
The Ginkgo Fund
Cohler Charitable Fund
Foundation S - The Sanofi Collective
The Rockefeller Foundation supported the Commission's first meeting and hosted the Report launch.