Ivo Mulder is the REDD+ Economics Advisor for UNEP as part of the UN-REDD Programme, an inter-agency initiative between UNEP, UNDP and FAO that supports more than 60 partner countries to achieve forest-related emission reductions.
Previously Ivo worked at UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) where he founded and directed the Natural Capital Declaration, which aims to mainstream natural capital integration in bonds, loans, equities and other financial products and services. He also directed an innovative project on sovereign credit risk (called E-RISC), initiated the UNEP FI REDD+ and Sustainable Land Use programme and published more than forty articles and reports on how and why climate change, biodiversity, REDD+ and water issues are financially material for banks and investors.
Mr. Mulder has over 10 years of experience working in the UN, academia, private consulting firms and with NGOs on building the business case for companies – especially financial institutions - to deal with climate, water and ecosystem changes. He holds a MSc in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
