Who we are

Hartwig supports the CTCN in the areas of technology innovation, science and finance communities and matchmaking. In the Science Division of UN Environment, he coordinates the Global Environment Monitoring System - Water, and the World Water Quality Assessment. Hartwig holds a doctor of marine sciences and a degree as senior governmental advisor of fisheries economy focusing on environmental legislation and administration.

Ms. Jaime Webbe leads CTCN’s adaptation team. Prior to taking up her current post, Ms. Webbe was a programme management officer at UN Environment, working on environmental education and training, including serving as the focal point for the UN Alliance on Climate Change Education, Training and Public Awareness. Jaime has also worked on forest-based climate change mitigation (REDD+) for the UN-REDD team and on adaptation as the programme officer for climate change within the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Earlier, Jaime worked as a sustainable land management project manager at the World Bank exploring the links between land management and climate change.

Karina is responsible for the CTCN’s communications and outreach strategy. She also manages the knowledge management system which aims to facilitate sharing of technology information among climate stakeholders. As Gender Focal Point, Karina advises and supports the Secretariat on the implementation of gender mainstreaming within CTCN operations.

Giulia coordinates the development and implementation of CTCN capacity building activities. She has experience in the design, implementation and evaluation of climate change projects. Her experience led her to work with governments, international financing institutions, the private sector and not-for-profit organisations involved in climate change mitigation. Her background is in political science and international relations.

Bibiana supports the Climate Technology Centre’s financial and administrative team, ensuring effective functioning, coordination, planning and monitoring of the Centre’s activities and operations, including administrative activities related to meetings and forums, human resources, procurement and grants management. Bibiana has an Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark. In addition, she has a Master Certificate in Human Resources from Cornell University. Before joining the Centre, Bibiana worked for the World Health Organization and UNICEF Supply Division.

Rahul is a secondee from the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India, where he works as an Associate Fellow with Industrial Energy Efficiency. He is also a Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Certified Energy Auditor. He has worked in national mechanisms to achieve Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) emission mitigation goals of multiple countries. Rahul has a Master's Degree in Renewable Energy Engineering and Management and a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering. He supports CTCN's mitigation projects for Asia Pacific.

Irma has more than 12 years experience in Public relations. She supports international communication activities of the CTCN. During her career Irma worked with high level politicians, well known international companies and NGOs on strategic communications planning, message development, media relations, she acted as a spokesperson for the Mayor of the capital of Lithuania too. Irma holds a Master’s degree in International Communications and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. She is pursuing her Executive MBA at Copenhagen Business School.

Elizabeth supports the implementation of CTCN capacity building activities for African countries to build their climate resilience and adopt to low carbon development. She has a Master of Arts in Environmental Policy and a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. Elizabeth has experience in research and projects on monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Prior to joining CTCN, she worked as a project manager in Integrated Green World Solutions where her project portfolio included environment and climate change and previously with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) as a Research and M&E associate.

Judit supports the Latin America and the Caribbean group and the Francophone Africa group. She has experience in energy transition research in Rwanda in collaboration with the UNEP-DTU Partnership, and in renewable energy projects in the private sector in Sweden. Judit holds a Master’s degree in Energy Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (BarcelonaTech), and in Climate Change from the University of Copenhagen.

Abdel is a renewable energy engineer with expertise in climate change. He has more than 15 years of professional experience including work related to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and carbon finance. Before joining the Climate Technology Centre, Abdel was Global Strategy Advisor and Multicountry Programme Lead at the Netherlands Development Organisation for off-grid solar. Abdel holds a Master of Science in New and Renewable Energy (Durham University, United Kingdom).