Claudio Forner

Claudio Forner is the Head of Climate Policy working out of Climate Analytics' Berlin office

He brings over 25 years of experience working on climate change with a focus on international climate policy and the intersection between intergovernmental cooperation and national climate policy. Claudio has worked for the UNFCCC, the World Bank, the World Resources Institute, the Center for International Forestry Research and the Colombian government – among other organisations. 

Most of his professional career has been dedicated to the UNFCCC process, where he was charged with supporting governments with developing and implementing policy on the role of forests on climate policy, the setting of quantitative commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, modalities for the clean development mechanism, and overall mitigation action under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. On the latter, Claudio directly oversaw negotiations on the long-term goal, nationally determined contributions and long-term strategies, and coordinated all the UNFCCC’s work on global ambition.

Beyond the UNFCCC, Claudio has been engaged in climate finance and macroeconomic policy at the World Bank, and researched the strength and benefits of intergovernmental cooperation at WRI.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from UJTL in Colombia, and Masters on Environment and Development from ANU in Australia, Industrial Environmental Management from INIECO in Spain and Management of Renewable Energy Projects from the Vertice Business School, also in Spain. He is a certified expert on adaptation finance from the Frankfurt Business School.