Speaker

Maja

Groff

Executive Director and Founder

Climate Governance Commission

Biography

Maja Groff, Esq., an international lawyer based in The Hague, is Convenor of the Climate Governance Commission, which seeks to propose high impact global governance innovations adequate to meet the climate challenge. She serves as Co-Chair of the Coordinating Committee and Senior Treaty Advisor for the International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC). She has previously worked on the development and implementation/administration of multiple multilateral treaties. She was a Visiting Professor at Leiden University and is now Chair of the Planetary Governance Program, The New Institute. She was co-winner of the 2018 international prize on global governance innovation (New Shape Prize), and is co-author of the book, Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century (Cambridge). She serves on advisory boards for B For Good Leaders and ebbf, organizations devoted to ethical business.

Quote

I am delighted to join UNDP’s Innovation Days 2025, at a time in human history where institutional innovation – in the public interest – is vital to safeguard the well-being of human populations everywhere. Scientists have warned us that we have already crossed six of nine of the Planetary Boundaries, and currently run the risk of triggering critical Earth system tipping points. We have much work to do to ensure our governance systems are fit for the present, and the future.

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