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Timo Mäkelä

Senior Advisor, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Timo Mäkelä is an expert in environmental policy and management, finance, sustainable development, clean tech and green growth.

A diverse career has seen Timo Mäkelä protecting water in Botswana and giving environmental advice to the Chinese government. He has also worked on municipal and environmental finance for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and held several senior management positions in the European Commission. These include sustainable production and consumption, ecoinnovation and related financing, the environmental aspects of international relations and the negotiations for the UN sustainable development goals. Currently Mäkelä is a Senior Advisor at Sitra on issues related to the resource-wise and carbon-neutral society as well as the circular economy.

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Timo Mäkelä is moderating the following WCEF2018 session:

Mon 22 October at 14:30: Circular Finance and Impact Investment

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Project

WCEF2018

The World Circular Economy Forum presents the world’s best circular economy solutions and brings together key circular economy thinkers and doers from around the world.

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Topic

A circular economy

Circular economy solutions are needed to safeguard biodiversity and solve the climate crisis. In a circular economy we maintain the value of what we produce through smarter design and shifting from owning products to using services.

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Theme

Sustainability transition

The life, well-being and economy of Finns fully depend on nature. How can we change the way we operate so that we build a good life, successful business and sustainable public finances within the limits of nature’s carrying capacity?

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