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Alessandra heads the Climate Finance Unit of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Climate Action, supporting the reorientation of capital flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development. 

Alessandra has extensive experience in international climate change negotiations, where she focused on adaptation and averting, minimising and addressing loss and damage, negotiating on behalf of the EU. She co-chaired the Adaptation Committee (2020-2022), the principal body providing expert guidance on adaptation and ensuring that adaptation is addressed coherently under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Before joining the European Commission, she was Environmental Affairs Officer at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, focusing on green and sustainable development in the continent. 

An environmental economist with more than 20 years of experience in the research and policy domains, Alessandra holds a PhD in Analysis and Governance of Sustainable Development, School for Advanced Studies in Venice Foundation (Italy) and a M.Sc. in Environment and Resource Economics, University College London (UK).