ISFiT presents: Balancing the future: Climate Choices and Compromises

How does minority rights take place in this, energy production, welfare or money- and should it have a say? How do we make choices and how do we make the right compromises. On stage we will have panellists from various sectors as well as a representative from ISFiT's very own dialogue project to discuss how important climate action really is when put up against the many other variables of life today. Alongside activist and artist, Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen we will jump straight to the core of this topic- perhaps we can make some interesting priorities? And understand the climate crisis and climate action from a little bit different perspective. Join us!

Ella-Marie Hætta Isaksen:
Sámi-Norwegian musician, actress, and social activist from Tana. Through various engagements, she has become a well-known public spokesperson for the Sámi people and Sámi culture. As an environmental and social activist, Isaksen was one of the leaders of the demonstrations in the Fosen case (2023).

Mia Holmsen:
Mia Holmsen is the CEO and Co-Founder of YouSustain, an Oslo-based consulting firm specializing in sustainability reporting and competency development. With an educational background in international relations and international business, she entered the sustainability field in 2018 and has since assisted several of the Nordic region’s largest companies with their sustainability reporting and strategy development. She has also trained over 300 individuals in sustainability reporting, previously as a GRI Certified Trainer and more recently through YouSustainAcademy.

Kjetil Lund:
Economist with a degree from the University of Bergen. Kjetil has extensive experience in energy and climate issues from various roles in the public sector. Before Lund took on the role of director for NVE, he was the city councilor for business and ownership in the City of Oslo.

Alexandra Bech Gjørv:
Alexandra Bech Gjørv has been President and CEO of SINTEF since 2016, one of Europe's largest independent, applied research institutes, providing technological and social science expertise to promote innovation across a broad span of sectors in society.
Gjørv has a long leadership career in Norsk Hydro and Equinor behind her spanning New Energy Solutions and Automotive, as well as serving as Executive Vice President of HR, HSE and CSR. She chairs the board of Statkraft and has previously held non-executive board member positions in Technip SA in France, as well as the Norwegian companies Hafslund, , Eidsiva (chair), Schibsted, NRK and Norske Skog. Alexandra is a qualified lawyer and spent five years as a partner at the Law Firm Hjort. She chaired the government appointed 22. July Commission following the terrorist attacks on the Government center in Oslo and the massacre on the island of Utøya in 2011. She has chaired and contributed to a number of other white papers.

Lucero Beys Romero Arriaga:
Participant from ISFiT’s dialogue project - lawyer student from Cusco, Peru.