Daniele Violetti

The Programmes Coordination provides strategic direction and oversight to the work of the Programmes department of the UNFCCC, comprised of the four programme divisions (Adaptation, Means of Implementation, Mitigation and Transparency). It ensures strategic, substantive and administrative coherence and synergy in the delivery of their work programmes, including in relation to the established intergovernmental processes and constituted bodies.

Prior to his current position, he was Director of the Means of Implementation (MoI) Division overseeing the areas of climate finance, technology development and transfer, and capacity building. He served as Chief of Staff for seven years, supporting two Executive Secretaries and he was also Coordinator for the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (AGF) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. He has extensive experience on carbon markets and he served as Secretary to the CDM Executive Board (EB) as Manager in the SDM Programme at the UNFCCC secretariat.