Manuel PULGAR-VIDAL

Manuel Pulgar-Vidal has been appointed by the IUCN Council as the Interim Chair of IUCN’s recently established Climate Crisis Commission (CCC). IUCN Members decided to create the new expert Commission at the last IUCN Congress in Marseille, to mobilise and coordinate efforts to address climate change undertaken across the Union.

Manuel Pulgar Vidal previously served as Minister of the Environment of Peru (2011 to 2016) and as President of the Twentieth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - COP20 in 2014. He has been recognised for his contributions to the Paris Agreement by the governments of France, Germany and Spain. He is currently global leader of Climate and Energy at IUCN Member organisation WWF.