Top Impact Voices
2026
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Voices Inspiring Change
Every year, Real Leaders leads the way in identifying the top keynote speakers around the world. These speakers have achieved extraordinary outcomes and redefined our understanding of leadership. They have created stories, movements, and brands that challenge the status quo and move society to action.
They are entrepreneurs, activists, athletes, authors, influencers, and investors who change lives every day.
They are real leaders on the global stage. Meet the 2025 Real Leaders Top 50 Keynote Speakers.
Top 20
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For mapping an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures
Christiana Figueres
For confronting the climate crisis head-on with determined optimism
David Lipsky
For capturing the dance of science, money, and the American character
David Wallace-Wells
For making an impassioned call to action for the planet
Freya Williams
For providing a blueprint for merging profitability with social responsibility
Greta Thunberg
For arming us with the knowledge we need to combat climate disaster
Hope Jahren
For explaining the mechanisms of global change with a lively, personal narrative
Isabel Losada
For joyfully equipping us to be part of the pollution solution
Jason Hickel
For challenging global inequality and imagining fairer economies
Jeff Goodell
For tackling the big questions and uncovering extreme heat's effects
Jen Gale
Everyday sustainable living For sharing easy, doable, ideas for everyone to help save the planet
John Vaillant
For giving a full history of fire and wildfire's impacts
Katharine Hayhoe
For taking a multilayered look at science, faith, and human psychology
Lucy Siegle
For teaching us how to be the ultimate friend of the Earth
Mike Berners-Lee
For measuring impact so we tread lighter on Earth
