Juan Pablo Castro

Juan Pablo Castro is a Partner at Climate Focus and Executive Director of Climate Focus Latin America. Juan Pablo is an experienced advisor for governments, private sector, non-profit organizations, and multilateral financial institutions on pragmatic technical, policy, and business implementation of complex climate change mitigation solutions. He is actively engaged in the promotion of business models to deploy climate finance in the land use sector in Latin America and plays a leading role in three of Climate Focus’ long-standing initiatives: GANSO, Sinfonía Trópico, and Football for Forests.

Juan Pablo has extensive experience in emission reduction and removal projects, programs, and policies, and advises on all aspects of carbon asset management. His expertise spans across multiple sectors including sustainable agriculture, REDD+, forest restoration, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and waste management. Juan Pablo is also actively engaged in promoting environmental awareness through the arts.

Juan Pablo holds a BSc in Political Science from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, a MSc in Environmental Science and Policy from John Hopkins University, and a MSc in International Public Management and Policy from the Erasmus University Rotterdam.