Chair
African Climate Foundation Advisory Council
Carlos is a Guinea-Bissau national. He is the Chair of the African Climate Foundation’s Advisory Council as well as its Chairman of the Board.Carlos is a Guinea-Bissau national. He is the Chair of the African Climate Foundation’s Advisory Council as well as its Chairman of the Board. He was recently elected member of the United Nations’ (UN) High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities – established in March 2022 by the UN’s Secretary-General António Guterres.
Carlos is currently serving as Professor at the Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town and Visiting Professor at Sciences Po, Paris and a Chatham House Associate Fellow. During 2017, he was a Visiting Fellow of the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. He belongs to the boards of about a dozen institutions.
Carlos has occupied several leadership positions across the United Nations (UN) system, including Policy Director for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Head of UNDP’s Policy Bureau, Head of UNITAR and the UN System Staff College, UN Resident Coordinator in Zimbabwe and Brazil, and the 8th Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (2012-2016).
Carlos is a member of the African Union Reform team and the AU High Representative for Partnerships with Europe. He has served in the Global Commission for Economy and Climate (serviced by WRI), the Global Commission for the Future of Work (serviced by ILO) and the Global Commission on the Geostrategy of Energy Transformation (serviced by IRENA).
He is an award winner, widely published author with over 20 edited or authored books and feature articles in main media vehicles such as Project Syndicate, CNN, Le Monde, Financial Times, China Daily, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, El Pais, Mail & Guardian, New African or Jeune Afrique. Carlos was 20 times selected for the Most Influential Africans lists of New African, Jeune Afrique, Africa Report, Financial Afrik and others.