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Carina Bachofen

Convenor (executive director), Green Economy Coalition

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Telephone: +44 (0)20 3463 7399
Languages: English, Spanish (fluent), German (advanced), French (proficient)

Carina has spent two decades at the interface of climate, development and humanitarian issues. She is skilled in designing and implementing organisational strategies and multi-stakeholder work programmes connecting global ambition to local action and policy to practice. She has led global teams, most recently as director a.i. of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre.

Expertise

Policy; strategy and advocacy related to climate risk and resilience; organisational development and leadership; stakeholder engagement.

Before IIED

Prior to joining IIED, Carina spent more than a decade as policy lead and in senior leadership positions at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre. She has also consulted for the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Education

  • MS, global politics, London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom)
  • BA, political science and international development studies, McGill University (Canada)

Current work

As convenor, Carina serves as the executive director of the Green Economy Coalition, leading the delivery of the GEC strategy to promote an inclusive green economy transition.

She provides strategic leadership, oversees programme delivery and fundraising, and manages monitoring, evaluation and learning, developing the GEC strategy in line with coalition priorities.