Emily Farnworth is the Director of the Centre for Climate Engagement and a Fellow at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. She has over 25 years of experience working with businesses, governments and non-profit organisations to support the transition to a low-carbon economy and has worked across multi-stakeholder groups and within specific industry sectors to collaborate on solutions to tackle climate change. She was previously the Head of Climate Initiatives at the World Economic Forum where she was involved in setting up the Climate Governance Initiative (now hosted at the Centre for Climate Engagement. She is a board member of Chapter Zero, a member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition Advisory Group, a member of the University of Cambridge Sustainability Committee and a Cambridge Zero Fellow.

One of the founders of the global sustainability movement, John has co-founded four businesses since 1978: Environmental Data Services (ENDS, 1978-); CounterCurrent (1983-); SustainAbility (1987-); and Volans Ventures (2008-). Along the way, he has served on over 80 boards and advisory boards. He has addressed over 1,500 conferences around the world and was a faculty member of the World Economic Forum from 2002-2008. He is the author or co-author of 21 books, the latest—Tickling Sharks: How We Sold Business on Sustainability — published in June 2024 by Fast Company Press.