Ilona Szabó de Carvalho

Civic entrepreneur

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho designs solutions for some of the world's biggest challenges — from reducing violence and reforming drug laws to renewing democracy and fighting polarization.

Why you should listen

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho is building institutions and coalitions to protect nature and advance sustainable development. She co-founded the Igarapé Institute, a global think and do tank working at the nexus of climate, security and governance, and leads the Green Bridge Facility to support high-integrity green enterprise in Brazil and the Amazon. She advises global efforts on natural capital, biodiversity and green enterprise.

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Ilona Szabó de Carvalho

4 lessons I learned from taking a stand against drugs and gun violence

Posted Mar 2015

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The theme of this session is “Blueprints.” And so we hear from speakers who have that all-too-easy-to-overlook first step: a plan. Brazil is named for a tree, says Tasso Azevedo. And thus, it is a good place to be a forester. 12% of the world’s forests are in the country, primarily in the Amazon, which plays a vital role in […]

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Blueprints: A sneak peek of session 7 at TEDGlobal 2014

October 8, 2014

So you want to make a difference in the world -- well, first you need a plan. In Session 7 of TEDGlobal we turn from technology to social good, with four speakers armed with roadmaps to solving some of society's thorniest problems.