Ms. Barbara Buchner
Executive Director, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
Ms. Barbara Buchner is the Global Managing Director of Climate Policy Initiative, and the Executive Director of its widely renowned Climate Finance program. Named one of the 20 most influential women in climate change and one of the 100 most influential people in climate policy, she advises leaders on climate, energy, and land use investments around the world. Ms. Buchner directs the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) and its sister programs in Brazil and India. Instruments from the Lab have mobilized over 2 billion US dollars for sustainable development in developing countries in just five years. Previously Ms. Buchner served as a Senior Energy and Environment Analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA) and as a Senior Researcher at the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) where she was involved in a number of activities related to FEEM’s Climate Change Policy and Modelling Unit in the field of environmental economics.