Althelia Ecosphere - Managing Partner
http://www.althelia.com
Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
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Christian del Valle is a founder and managing partner with Ecosphere Capital Limited and the Althelia Climate Fund GP, dedicated investment platforms for financing sustainable land-use and ecosystem conservation.
Previously, Christian served as Director of Environmental Markets & Forestry with BNP Paribas, where he led the bank's movement into the terrestrial carbon space, with a particular focus on community-based REDD+ in Africa and Latin America. Whilst there, he oversaw the execution of one of the first-ever large private sector interventions in REDD+, through the creation of project financing framework agreement for African sustainable land use initiatives with bank client Wildlife Works LLC.
Christian has been engaged with national governments and multilateral organisations on forest and climate policy, both directly and through organisations such as International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and Carbon Market and Investors Association (CMIA). He also serves on the Board of IPAM International, and has been a guest lecturer at Imperial College London and London Business School, and serves as an advisor to the Forum on Readiness for REDD, the American Carbon Registry and is on the project board of the World Economic Forum’s Project on Sustainable Land-use Finance.