Rupert Edwards is a Senior Advisor in the Public Private Co-Finance Initiative at Forest Trends. He provides thought leadership on topics related to REDD, climate finance and investment, the carbon markets, and valuing environmental benefits. He was formerly a Managing Director of Climate Change Capital, where roles included Head of Strategy Development and Head of Portfolio management, Carbon Finance. Rupert has invested in low carbon projects in developing countries on behalf of the Climate Change Capital’s major institutional investor clients. He has authored and contributed to papers on topics such as investment and climate change. Rupert is often invited to participate as an expert on environmental finance issues, including with the US State Department, UK DECC, The Ministries of Environment of Brazil and Peru, OECD, United Nations, World Bank and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Energy Research Institute of China. From 1988-2002, Rupert worked in financial markets for US Bank, JPMorgan, including as head of European Government Bond Trading. Rupert has an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, London and an MA in History from Trinity College, Cambridge.
Rupert Edwards
