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Episode 6: The Power of Policy Coherence with Carlos Manuel Rodriguez

May 31, 2022 • Conservation Finance Alliance & Conservation Strategy Fund • Season 1 • Episode 6

In this episode, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), connects with 4Nature Co-host David Meyers, on the importance of including agriculture and conservation in conversations together, the power of public and private divesting from industries and activities that are harmful to the environment, his legacy of transformational environmental leadership in Costa Rica, and his mission to promote policy coherence in GEF’s work around the world.

“All development policies from the central government or from the different sectors should be aligned and aimed to the same goals. We need to create the right incentives so all public and private investments are aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement”

- Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO of the Global Environment Facility on policy coherence