Name
Giulia Carbone
Job Title
Director of the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance
Company
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Speaker Bio
Giulia Carbone is the Director of the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance, a platform supported by WBCSD and the WEF, since October 2021. In this role, Giulia convenes public and private stakeholders to catalyze demand for high-quality Natural Climate Solutions carbon credits, including the development of tools and guidelines to support businesses in their procurement decisions.
Giulia previously worked for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for 15 years, where she served as the Deputy Director of the Global Business and Biodiversity Programme where she headed projects in renewable energy, tourism, sport, agri-food, apparel, mining, infrastructure, and oil and gas sectors. Previously she spent 8 years at the UN Environment Programme.
Giulia has a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics in marine policy (1993), a Master’s in environmental engineering from the Turin Polytechnic (1991), a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA (1990) and a Laurea in geography from the Università di Genova, Italy (1997).
Giulia previously worked for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for 15 years, where she served as the Deputy Director of the Global Business and Biodiversity Programme where she headed projects in renewable energy, tourism, sport, agri-food, apparel, mining, infrastructure, and oil and gas sectors. Previously she spent 8 years at the UN Environment Programme.
Giulia has a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics in marine policy (1993), a Master’s in environmental engineering from the Turin Polytechnic (1991), a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA (1990) and a Laurea in geography from the Università di Genova, Italy (1997).