James Correia
James Correia
James has over a decade of experience in public governance, environmental policy, international cooperation, and sustainable development. He is an environmental law and policy consultant at the ADB, a PhD candidate in global environmental governance at the University of Tokyo, a research fellow at the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and the International Panel on Earth System Governance, and a member of the Climate Action Commission of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. He previously worked in various roles for the ADB Institute, New Zealand’s government, OECD, British Chambers of Commerce, and the EU. He holds a master of public policy from Maastricht University.
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