President of Climate & Sustainability, Planetary Emergency Partnership Facilitator
Elise is currently working as Senior Advisor to 4SD for the facilitation and development of the Nature-Based Coalition, led by China and New Zealand ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit.
She has been working in the field of sustainable development and climate change for fifteen years. In her last position, she worked for Climate Action Network International as Special Projects Director and was responsible for leading three global initiatives: the Climate Vulnerable Forum Summit, the Step Up campaign, and the Shift-SEA project for shifting financial flows towards clean energy access in South East Asia. She also worked as an Advisor to Ambassador Khan, Chief Negotiator of the COP23 Presidency who led the Talanoa Dialogue, as an inclusive multi-stakeholder dialogue designed to raise climate ambition and accelerate action, aiming for the public good.
Previously, she coordinated several global campaigns on climate policy and innovative finance with WWF during the G20 French Presidency, WBCSD for the Low Emissions Solutions Conference during COP22, and on CSR with the finance sector at UNI Global Union. She attended most COPs since 2005 when she went to Montreal for the Members of the European Parliament, but she is also passionate about local action and grassroots mobilization. She currently serves as a Member of the City Council of Nyon, a Member of the Jury of the Sustainability Prize and a co-founder of the inter-party Climate dialogue Commission. Earlier in her career, she worked in the humanitarian and development field, with a focus on building resilience for local communities in Latin America and Central Asia. She is also a writer, the author of two books, and has been teaching for various universities and international schools.
Elise Buckle holds a master’s degree in environmental policy planning and Regulation from the London School of Economics and a master’s degree in international Relations and Development from the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Paris).