Richemond is Transparency Advisor for the Climate Promise and manager of the Belgium- funded “Enhancing Climate Transparency” project. Richemond brings over 17 years of experience on climate policy, climate finance, MRV, GHG inventories, and reporting obligations to the UNFCCC under Article 13.
Previously, Richemond was based in UNDP Côte d'Ivoire Country Office where he served as national coordinator of the UNDP NDC Support Programme and the Climate Promise and as manager of the GEF-funded CBIT project. Before joining UNDP, he worked as the coordinator of the National Climate Change Programme of Côte d'Ivoire. He also served in the Ministry of Environment.
Richemond is a polytechnic engineer in oil and gas. He holds certifications in GHG inventories, project management, green bonds issuance and principles, climate scenarios modelling, and carbon markets. He is based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.