Who we are
COP² is a global network of organisations, reflecting the knowledge, practice, activism, lived experience and traditions that go into bolstering the ‘social climate’ and emotional resilience that we need to care for a sustainable earth.
We are mental health systems innovators, community leaders, advocates, researchers, practitioners in sustainability and wellbeing economy and more. We need all of these strands to shift global levers of power for nurtured people to nurture the planet.
The COP² network is anchored through six regional hubs; advised and supported by a Provisional Steering Committee and Secretariat; and led by the Billion Minds Institute.
We are grateful to be supported by LVN, Pinterest, Kokoro, Dalberg, Greenwall Foundation, Bright Funds and Climate Cardinals.
Our name
The name (COP²) accents the need for “Care of People and Planet,” and the added power (“squared”) that comes through centering communities as places that nurture and care for people, who in turn care for the planet.
Meet the Provisional Steering Committee
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Gary Belkin
Director of the Billion Minds Project at Columbia University and Chair of COP²
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Gary Cohen
Co-Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm
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Dr. Ritsuko Kakuma
Co-Director of the Centre for Global Mental Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Jennifer Uchendu
Founder of Sustyvibes
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Dr. Nasser Loza
President of the World Federation for Mental Health
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Philip Campbell
Editor-in-Chief of Springer Nature
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Celina de Sola
Founder of Glasswing
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Sacha Wright
Founding Member & Research and Curriculum Coordinator of Force of Nature
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Natasha Müller
Founder of Kokoro and NM Impact
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Professor Vikram Patel
The Pershing Square Professor at HMS and co-founder of Sangath
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Dr. Alessandro Massazza
Policy and Advocacy Advisor, United for Global Mental Health
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Dr. Fahmy Hanna (observer)
Technical Officer, WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Meet the Regional Hub Leads
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Dr Emma Lawrance (EUROPE)
Climate Cares, Imperial College London
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Jessica Newberry Le Vay (EUROPE)
Climate Cares, Imperial College London
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Ambassador Gillian M. S. Bristol (LATAM & CARIBBEAN)
Latin American Caribbean Centre, The University of the West Indies
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Dr. Sandeep Bhupendra Maharaj (LATAM & CARIBBEAN)
Planetary Health Alliance
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Dr Amanda Clinton (N AMERICA)
American Psychological Association
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Katherine Catalano (N AMERICA)
Centre for Climate, Health and Equity, American Public Health Association
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Dr Dixon Chibanda (SUB SAHARAN AFRICA)
African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI)
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Biggy Dziro (SUB SAHARAN AFRICA)
African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI)
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Ramon Lorenzo Luis Guinto (WEST PACIFIC & SOUTH EAST ASIA)
Planetary and Global Health Programme, St Luke’s Medical Center, Philippines
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Claudia Selin Batz (WEST PACIFIC & SOUTH EAST ASIA)
The George Institute for Global Health
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Chhavi Bhandari (WEST PACIFIC & SOUTH EAST ASIA)
The George Institute for Global Health, India
Meet the Secretariat
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Haley Brown
Project Manager, COP² and Billion Minds Project
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Jules Chappell OBE
CEO of Kokoro
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Gaia Brignone
Head of Community and Communications at Kokoro