Luc Gnacadja
Former Minister of Benin in charge of Environnement, Housing and Urban Planning and 2nd Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Luc Gnacadja is a Beninese architect and politician who served as Minister of Environment, Housing, and Urban Planning of Benin from 1999 to 2005, and as the second Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) from 2007 to 2013. His architectural expertise informs his approach to urban development, sustainability, and green infrastructure. Strongly committed to the future of cities as drivers of sustainable territorial transformation, particularly in the face of climate change, he was a passionate advocate for land degradation neutrality and the involvement of local populations in land and housing practices.