My Climate Risk Interdisciplinary Learning Group

13 May 2024; 13:00-14:00 GMT+1

Presenter: Olga Buto

Biography

Olga Buto is a Program Manager at Pegasys Global Consulting. Olga has more than 10 years of experience in climate resilience, climate finance, and adaptation planning, working with development partners, including most notably the United Nations, international finance institutions, and the private sector. Between 2014 and 2021, Olga was a lead climate expert with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In this role, she facilitated the formulation of regional and national climate resilience programs. She led research on climate finance within the agriculture and land use sector and actively contributed to international knowledge exchange events with WMO, UNFCCC, UNISDR, and UNDP. Before joining Pegasys, Olga worked with WSP as a Principal Consultant in Climate Risk and Resilience, where she led the development and implementation of TCFD and ESG-related projects, as well as contributed to the implementation of the UNEP’s NAP program. 

Paper to be presented

Title:    “State and Trends in Climate Adaptation Finance 2023”

Authors: Dharshan Wignarajah, Morgan Richmond, Sean Stout, Guillermo Martinez, Ken Schell-Smith and Rajashree Padmanabhi

Link to paper: https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/State-and-Trends-in-Climate-Adaptation-Finance-2023_.pdf 

Climate Policy Initiative webpage

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