Franz Tattenbach

Minister of Environment and Energy | Government of Costa Rica

EDUCATION

PhD Candidate in Economic Development and Peace Sciences, Cornell University, New York, USA.

M.A. in Regional Sciences and Urban Planning, Cornell University, New York, USA.

B.S. in Agricultural Economics, Cornell University, New York, USA.

EXPERIENCE

Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), USAID Regional Climate Change Program (Central America and the Dominican Republic) Program Director 2013-2015. www.catie.ac.cr

IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development. With offices in Winnipeg, Ottawa, New York, and Geneva. IISD was ranked as the 12th most influential Global Environmental Think Tank. President and CEO 2010-2012. iisd.org

FUNDECOR - Foundation for the Development of the Central Volcanic Cordillera - Internationally recognized Costa Rican NGO (King Baudouin International Development Prize 2000) for innovation and development of market mechanisms in environmental issues such as PSA. fundecor.org, Executive Director 1993-2009.

Climate Change Ambassador of Costa Rica and Chief Negotiator at the UNFCCC under Presidents Figueres, Rodríguez, and Pacheco 1996-2004.

Vice-President of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the United Nations Kyoto Protocol and representative of the G-77 and China.

OCIC - Costa Rican Joint Implementation Office. National Coordinator 1995-1999.

USAID, Team Leader of the CATIE Price Waterhouse Consortium for the FORESTA project 1991-1993.