The Jurors

A forest engineer, with a Master and Doctorate in Forest and Wood Sciences from Colorado State University in the USA, born in Mozambique, and staff of Eduardo Mondlane University since graduation in Forest Engineering in 1981.

 She has held senior positions in Mozambique such as Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of Eduardo Mondlane University and Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology.

 She joined UNESCO in November 2009 as Director for Science Policy and Sustainable Development, in Paris, and currently, she is the UNESCO Regional Director for Sciences in the Latin America and Caribbean region.

 Her areas of expertise range from forestry and sustainable management of Natural Resources to Higher Education, Science and Technology policies and programs as part of public policies for sustainable development. She has chaired several commissions and task teams in particular in Higher Education and STI for Sustainable Development.

 She co-chaired the Scientific Organizing Committee for Planet Under Pressure Conference in London, a major conference for the preparation of Rio+20, and she has been a member of several international Boards such as African Foresters Forum Governing Board, UNU Governing Board, CHET Board, Stockholm Environmental Institute Governing Board, Biodiversity Governing Board among others.

 Currently she is the co-chair of the Organizing Committee for the Open Science Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean (CILAC).

“Despite the fact that Latin America and the Caribbean produce only 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, it’s a region that is experiencing enormous changes in rainfall, rising temperatures and the frequency and severity of weather-related disasters. The climate emergency is already having devastating social, economic and environmental impacts. From melting Andean glaciers and severe forest fires, to destroying floods and droughts, Latin America faces climate-related development challenges that are unprecedented.”

Born in France and raised in London, Candice Marks studied fine art and design at Chelsea College of Art in London, then moved to Paris to earn a Masters degree in Business and Languages from The Sorbonne. Inspired by her love of the arts, and especially of photography, Marks became an important member of the Art Partner family, where she started as an intern in the Paris office in 1997. She was soon working with the best artists in the world.

Marks moved to New York in 1999 where she was responsible for launching the Syndication Division, and after 10 years working in production and coordination, she became an agent and helped to grow the beauty division as well as the division for Artistic and Creative Direction. Now a senior global agent leading Art Partner’s US business, Marks represents photographers, directors, stylists and creative directors. 

Marks has led long term client relationships with brands such as Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Estée Lauder, Gabriela Hearst, Versace, Alexander McQueen, and Tiffany, as well as publications such as American Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and T Magazine, among others.

In addition to editorial projects and artist representation, Marks has been involved in numerous photography book launches with publishers such as Taschen, Rizzoli and Phaidon as well as working on fine art photography exhibitions with galleries and museums such as The National Portrait Gallery in London, Philips De Pury. in London and NY, Thyssen Museum in Spain and the Today Art Museum in Japan. 

Marks’ goal and ambition for each of the artists she represents is that they may be fulfilled creatively in all their endeavours, both commercial and artistic and that they be able to develop and express their unique visions to their highest potential.

“Throughout history art, in all of its various forms, has been a means to explore as well as to affect major issues and events. I am honoured to be part of CreateCOP26 whose objective is to channel creative expression from all over the globe to inspire and share ambitious climate awareness at every level and to show the importance of acting now for our future generations.“

Marina Testino, of Peruvian and Spanish decent, graduated in Fashion Marketing from Parsons in New York. Testino specializes in digital communications and brand consultation, providing marketing strategy and content which merges activism with creativity to instigate value-based change for businesses, people and the planet. 

Testino has been a pioneer in consumer-facing messaging around the need for fashion to shift away from linear models towards circularity.  Working through her own channels and by garnering board press coverage, Testino launched the activation #OneDressToImpress in early 2018 with the goal of promoting conscious consumerism by questioning the need to continually buy and wear new clothing. #YellowLikeALemon was launched the following year to celebrate circularity in fashion by encouraging sustainable manufacturing and longer life for clothing through the Four S’s: Simplify, Sharing (or rent), Second Hand, and Sustainable Sourced. In Summer of 2019 Testino developed the activation #WeSeaThrough in collaboration with Ellen MacArthur Foundation and video artist @Danilo, bringing awareness and action around microplastics in the ocean, especially highlighting fashion and beauty’s role in this problem.

Brands such as Stella McCartney, ThredUp, and Levi’s have tapped Testino to help share and celebrate innovative ways in which they are moving towards new supply chains and new business models which are designing out waste and keeping items in use longer.

 Through her own activations and by partnering with organizations such as GreenPeace, Lonely Whale, Ellen MacArthur’s Make Fashion Circular, 5 Gyres, Oceana, and by participating in panels and programs such as Fashinnovation, Vogue Minutes, Hypebae Talks, Planeta G ( Green Peace), Design Miami & Whitewall, and recently the Spanish web series around environmental change, Origenes with Jon Kortajarena. Testino is part of a wave of young activists who are finding creative and impactful ways to help transform fashion in particular and consumerism in general.

“If there is something the Pandemic has shown, it is how interconnected we all are; how events in one place can deeply affect somewhere far away. When it comes to the climate emergency this truth is amplified and I hope that through #CreateCOP26 we can heighten the awareness of how our choices and actions affect others across the globe.”

Matt Williams is the Public Programme Curator at Camden Art Centre in London. He has worked with organisations across the UK and internationally, including the ICA, Birmingham International Project Space, Reading International and K11 in Shanghai. He has organised numerous solo exhibitions with artists such as Lutz Bacher, Neïl Beloufa, Zhang Ding, Bjarne Melgaard, Stuart Middleton and Martine Syms. He has developed a unique portfolio of cultural initiatives and interdisciplinary projects situated at the intersection of art and society in conversation with creative practitioners, academics, publishers and independent organisations. He is also a PhD candidate (AHRC) at Manchester Metropolitan University, researching the relationships between sound and countercultural social movements within urban spaces.

“#CreateCOP26 is an opportunity to bring together creative voices from across the globe. Providing a platform to visually share and discuss their personal experiences to understand and counter the numerous challenges climate change brings.”