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Carol Franco

Vice-Chair, Subsidiary Body for Science and Technological Advice (UNFCCC), Advisor for Nature-Based Solutions (Dominican Republic)

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    Ph.D., SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

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About Carol Franco

Carol Franco is an ecological economist with expertise in food security, ecosystem services, and policies for economic development and climate change mitigation and adaptation. She has over 25 years of experience working in the environmental and climate sector.

Franco is a Senior Research Faculty in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech. She is currently the advisor of Nature-based Solutions for the Ministry of Environment of the Dominican Republic, a member of the Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC), and an Advisory Board Member of Science Diplomacy Center of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI). She is representing the Dominican Republic in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meetings of the Seventh Assessment Report.

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