Yolanda Kakabadse
Former President, World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), Switzerland
Yolanda Kakabadse
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Global Holcim Foundation Awards 2012 jury
Global Holcim Awards jury meeting 2012 in March 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland: Members of the Global Holcim Awards Jury 2012 (l-r): Rolf Soiron, Mario Botta, Maria Atkinson, Yolanda Kakabadse, Werner Sobek, Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Aaron Betsky, Enrique Norten (head), Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Rahul Mehrotra.
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Global Holcim Foundation Awards 2012 jury
Enrique Norten, architect (Head), Principal and Founder of TEN Arquitectos, Mexico/USA and Yolanda Kakabadse, administrator, President of WWF International and Chair of the Advisory Board of Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano, Ecuador at the Global Holcim Awards jury meeting 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland:
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Holcim Foundation Awards 2008 jury for Latin America
The Holcim Awards jury for region Latin America met in Mexico City, Mexico in July 2008 to select projects using the “target issues” for sustainable construction (l-r): Fernando Diez, Yolanda Kakabadse, Marc M. Angélil, Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, José Luis Cortés (Head), Sara Topelson, Bruno Stagno, Daniel Bermúdez Samper, Vanderley M. John.
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Board of the Holcim Foundation
Board of the Holcim Foundation members (l-r): Enrique Norten, Bernard Fontana*, Alexander Biner*, Harry Gugger*, Yolanda Kakabadse, Klaus Töpfer, Marc Angélil, Roland Walker, Simon Upton, Hans-Rudolf Schalcher* and Rolf Soiron (* = also Steering Committee member).
Last updated: August 25, 2024
She was a member of the Concluding Panel Discussion at the 3rd Holcim Forum 2010 “Re-inventing Construction”, a member of the Global Holcim Foundation Awards jury (2012 & 2015), and a member of the Holcim Foundation Awards 2008 jury for Latin America.
Yolanda Kakabadse Navarro achieved pioneering work at grassroots level towards sustainable development. She was Founder and Chair of the Advisory Board of Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano, a regional NGO dedicated to conflict management in Latin America (1993-2006); Chair of the Scientific & Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility (STAP/GEF) (2005-08); and President of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) (2010-17).
She was a member of the Board of the World Resources Institute and the Board of Trustees of the Ford Foundation. She was the Joint-Coordinator of the United Nations Millennium Project Task Force on Environmental Sustainability. The Task Force focused on identifying ways in which the principles of sustainable development can be integrated into country policies and programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources.
She was founder and appointed executive director of Fundación Natura in Quito (1979-90), where she helped the foundation become one of Latin America’s most important environmental NGOs. She also coordinated the participation of civil society organizations in the United Nations Conference for Environment and Development (Earth Summit) held in Rio de Janeiro (1992).
She was appointed Minister of Environment for the Republic of Ecuador (1998-2000).
Yolanda Kakabadse studied educational psychology at the Catholic University of Quito, Ecuador. She has received the Insignia of the National Order for Merit as a Commissioned Officer of the Republic of Ecuador (1990), the Global 500 Award of UNEP (1991), and the Golden Ark Order, bestowed by Prince Bernard of the Netherlands (1991). She received the Zayed Prize (2001) and a Doctor in Science (ScD) Honoris Causa from the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom (2008).
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Members of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2015 comment on what they consider to be the most significant impact of the Holcim Awards (in order of appearance): Alejandro Aravena, Elemental, Chile; Mohsen Mostafavi, GSD Harvard University, USA; Yolanda Kakabadse, WFF International, Ecuador; Maria Atkinson, Green Building Council of Australia; Matthias Schuler, Transsolar Energietechnik , Germany; and Meisa Batayneh Maani, maisam architects and engineers, Jordan.
"The most significant impact of the Holcim Awards?" – Global Holcim Awards Jury 2015
Members of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2015 comment on what they consider to be the most significant impact of the Holcim Awards (in order of appearance): Alejandro Aravena, Elemental, Chile; Mohsen Mostafavi, GSD Harvard University, USA; Yolanda Kakabadse, WFF International, Ecuador; Maria Atkinson, Green Building Council of Australia; Matthias Schuler, Transsolar Energietechnik , Germany; and Meisa Batayneh Maani, maisam architects and engineers, Jordan.
"The most significant impact of the Holcim Awards?" – Global Holcim Awards Jury 2015
Jury members, Mohsen Mostafavi (head of jury) and Yolanda Kakabadse describe the benefits of relatively simple construction methods that have produced an exceptional design. “Post War Collective: Community library and social recuperation” in Ambepussa, Sri Lanka by Robust Architecture Workshop in Colombo won the Global Holcim Awards Silver 2015.
Building post-war skills through a community library – Global Holcim Awards 2015 jury
Jury members, Mohsen Mostafavi (head of jury) and Yolanda Kakabadse describe the benefits of relatively simple construction methods that have produced an exceptional design. “Post War Collective: Community library and social recuperation” in Ambepussa, Sri Lanka by Robust Architecture Workshop in Colombo won the Global Holcim Awards Silver 2015.