Born out of the need for transitioning to a low-carbon economy

Ingrid Lomelde holds a masters degree in political science from the University of Oslo and has dedicated her career to developing climate solutions that protect and respect nature and people. Ingrid has long experience promoting sustainable development, climate science and energy transition across the public, private and civil society sectors in roles as Conservation Director in WWF Norway, as Head for the Climate Team in the Norwegian Research Council and as Sustainability Director in several renewable energy companies.

Mr. Tor Opsvik has a PhD degree, with a thesis in History at the University of Santiago de Chile. He holds a Masters degree in Sociology and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. He has been an advisor at the Norwegian Directorate of Immigrationworks, and teacher in Latin American history and culture at the University of Oslo, Norway. Currently, he works as Managing Director of Peter Opsvik AS.

Unni Berge is a political scientist. For the last four years she has been Head of communication and PR in The Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association, the world's biggest association for EV drivers with more than 120.000 members. Previously she has worked for the Norwegian government and in the Norwegian Parliament with issues concerning international development and environmental politics. She has also been the deputy chairman of the Zero Emission Resource Organisation and has served on the boards of both Nature and Youth and the Sophie Prize.

Anders Haug Larsen is a political scientist. He is currently Director for International Advocacy in Rainforest Foundation Norway. Previously he has worked with climate policy at Norwegian Society for Conservation of Nature, and has served on the board of climate youht organisations Natur og Ungdom and Miljøagentene.

Astrid works as a senior communications advisor at the CICERO center for climate research. She has previously been Head of communications at the Norwegian Red Cross and communication adviser for the Conservative Party's parliamentary group. She has extensive experience with external and internal communication, development of communication campaigns, process management, media training and development of communication in organisations. She is a Master of Marketing by profession. In addition, she is a self-proclaimed municipality geek and uses her time at work and spare time to follow and investigate how they can transition to the green shift.