Josep Garí serves as a Senior Policy Advisor at UNDP. He is a political ecologist, dedicated to international cooperation for sustainable rural and territorial development. He currently leads the Climate and Forests pillar of the UNDP Climate Hub, serving in the UN-REDD management and overseeing the UNDP REDD+ portfolio. Prior to UNDP, he worked at the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and FAO. He has also served in multilateral diplomacy for agriculture and the environment, including as rapporteur in the negotiations for the International Seed Treaty (2001) and as UN envoy to the Congo forests and climate agreement (2011). Josep holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford and is a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science.