About
The Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) supports countries and stakeholders in responding to the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation, through resilient and sustainable agriculture and food systems.
OCB focuses on how the work for a better environment can contribute to better production, better nutrition and better lives.
Teams
Climate policy strategy
Team leader
Inkar Kadyrzhanova
Environmental Sustainability
Team leader
Lev Neretin
Biodiversity mainstreaming
Team leader
Frederic Castell
Climate action support
Team leader
Martial Bernoux
Energy-smart food systems
Team leader
Michela Morese
Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Team leader
Dan Leskien
International Plant Treaty
Team leader
Kent Nnadozie
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
Team leader
Endo Yoshihide
Global Environment Facility
Team leader
Jeffrey Griffin
Green Climate Fund
Team leader
Nadine Valat
Role
The Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment performs a coordination role, supporting FAO Members and partners in their responses to the interlinked challenges facing the planet. It does this through action across the following areas:
- Global and regional policy, governance, and advocacy.
- National policy and planning (including Nationally Determined Contributions, National Adaptation Plans, and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans).
- Scaling up action and implementation at local level.
- Access to environment and climate finance (Global Environment Facility, Green Climate Fund, and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources' Benefit Sharing Fund).
OCB hosts the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme, the Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and leads FAO’s work on environmental and social safeguards.
In addition, OCB is the focal point for major multilateral environmental agreements including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
OCB Director
Kaveh Zahedi