Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
Costa Rica's Carlos Manuel Rodriguez takes over as head of the Global Environment Facility | |
admin | |
2020-09-01 | |
发布年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 国际 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | Costa Rican conservationist Carlos Manuel Rodriguez today took up his new role as CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility, aiming to scale up action on forestry, food and land use, and biodiversity loss, and to support ambitious results from upcoming international climate and nature negotiations. Rodriguez, an environmental lawyer and internationally recognized expert on financing for nature conservation, was selected for the post in June by the GEF Council, the multilateral trust fund’s governing body representing 184 countries. “I am humbled and honored to embark on this journey, and am very optimistic about what the Global Environment Facility will be able to achieve working together with its partners to increase investment in environmental protection at a critical moment for the world economy and for society,” he said. “The COVID-19 pandemic has driven home just how fragile life is when nature is under strain. We simply cannot have healthy people without a healthy planet.”
Prior to joining the GEF, Rodriguez served three terms as Costa Rica’s Environment and Energy Minister, and spent 12 years as Vice President for Global Policy at Conservation International where he supported environmental action in 30 tropical countries in Central and South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. He was also a pioneer in the development of Payment for Ecosystem Services initiatives and strategies for forest restoration, ocean conservation, and de-carbonization. During his tenure as Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica doubled the size of its forests, made its electricity sector 100 percent renewable, and consolidated a National Park System that has positioned the Central American country as a prime ecotourism destination. Rodriguez has participated in all the major multilateral environmental negotiations since the 1992 Earth Summit, including those on climate change, biodiversity, and desertification, as well as negotiations for the creation and implementation of the GEF and the Green Climate Fund. Rodriguez’s educational background includes a legal degree from the Law School of the University of Costa Rica, and a master’s degree in Environmental Law and Policy from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He takes over from Naoko Ishii of Japan, who served two terms as GEF CEO and Chairperson and is now Director of the Center for Global Commons at the University of Tokyo. |
URL | 查看原文 |
来源平台 | Global Environment Facility |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/292428 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | admin. Costa Rica's Carlos Manuel Rodriguez takes over as head of the Global Environment Facility. 2020. |
条目包含的文件 | 条目无相关文件。 |
个性服务 |
推荐该条目 |
保存到收藏夹 |
查看访问统计 |
导出为Endnote文件 |
谷歌学术 |
谷歌学术中相似的文章 |
[admin]的文章 |
百度学术 |
百度学术中相似的文章 |
[admin]的文章 |
必应学术 |
必应学术中相似的文章 |
[admin]的文章 |
相关权益政策 |
暂无数据 |
收藏/分享 |
除非特别说明,本系统中所有内容都受版权保护,并保留所有权利。
修改评论