Recent from talks
Susana Muhamad
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Susana Muhamad
María Susana Muhamad González (born April 21, 1977) is a Colombian political scientist, environmentalist, politician, and member of Humane Colombia who served as Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development from 2022 to 2025.
Born in Barranquilla, Atlántico, Muhamad is one of the most prominent members of Humane Colombia. Her environmental leadership and commitment to policies against global warming have made her one of the most influential environmental leaders in the world. Muhamad was the Director for Climate Action Planning for Latin America in the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. Her work centers on formulating policies to strengthen Colombia's environmental agenda. These efforts include promoting adherence to international agreements on climate change and biodiversity, advocating for the protection of environmental activists, and pursuing measures to reduce deforestation in the Amazon region. She presided the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Cali.
Muhamad is of Palestinian ancestry. She was born in and hails from Bogotá.
Muhamad has a degree in political science from the University of the Andes, and a Master's of Management and Planning of Sustainable Development from the Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
Muhamad worked as a sustainable development consultant for Shell Global Solutions International in The Hague, the Netherlands. She served as President of AIESEC in Colombia in 2000 and has been active in environmental advocacy, collaborating with local communities, non-governmental organizations, and human rights movements.
Her research addresses the interplay between development and sustainability, examining how globalization influences material progress while heightening the need to protect natural resources for future generations. She has analyzed tensions in Western civilization over the past two centuries through various philosophical perspectives and the viewpoints of different stakeholders.
Within Bogotá, she spearheaded a participatory initiative to regulate outdoor advertising in response to public concerns about its proliferation. The project engaged academia, city council members, government agencies, and industry representatives, aiming to formalize environmentally responsible practices around outdoor advertising around Bogotá.
In El Agua en la Ciudad y los Asentamientos Urbanos, she proposes rethinking Bogotá’s water management to address vulnerabilities stemming from urban development using strategic environmental assessment. Her recommendations include viewing infrastructure upgrades through a sustainability lens, emphasizing biodiversity preservation and reduced exposure to extreme weather events.
Hub AI
Susana Muhamad AI simulator
(@Susana Muhamad_simulator)
Susana Muhamad
María Susana Muhamad González (born April 21, 1977) is a Colombian political scientist, environmentalist, politician, and member of Humane Colombia who served as Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development from 2022 to 2025.
Born in Barranquilla, Atlántico, Muhamad is one of the most prominent members of Humane Colombia. Her environmental leadership and commitment to policies against global warming have made her one of the most influential environmental leaders in the world. Muhamad was the Director for Climate Action Planning for Latin America in the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. Her work centers on formulating policies to strengthen Colombia's environmental agenda. These efforts include promoting adherence to international agreements on climate change and biodiversity, advocating for the protection of environmental activists, and pursuing measures to reduce deforestation in the Amazon region. She presided the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Cali.
Muhamad is of Palestinian ancestry. She was born in and hails from Bogotá.
Muhamad has a degree in political science from the University of the Andes, and a Master's of Management and Planning of Sustainable Development from the Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
Muhamad worked as a sustainable development consultant for Shell Global Solutions International in The Hague, the Netherlands. She served as President of AIESEC in Colombia in 2000 and has been active in environmental advocacy, collaborating with local communities, non-governmental organizations, and human rights movements.
Her research addresses the interplay between development and sustainability, examining how globalization influences material progress while heightening the need to protect natural resources for future generations. She has analyzed tensions in Western civilization over the past two centuries through various philosophical perspectives and the viewpoints of different stakeholders.
Within Bogotá, she spearheaded a participatory initiative to regulate outdoor advertising in response to public concerns about its proliferation. The project engaged academia, city council members, government agencies, and industry representatives, aiming to formalize environmentally responsible practices around outdoor advertising around Bogotá.
In El Agua en la Ciudad y los Asentamientos Urbanos, she proposes rethinking Bogotá’s water management to address vulnerabilities stemming from urban development using strategic environmental assessment. Her recommendations include viewing infrastructure upgrades through a sustainability lens, emphasizing biodiversity preservation and reduced exposure to extreme weather events.
Recent media