Yvo de Boer

Yvo de Boer
Yvo de Boer in 2007
Director-General of the Global Green Growth Institute
In office
15 April 2014 – 30 September 2016
Preceded byHoward Bamsey
Succeeded byFrank Rijsberman
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
In office
10 August 2006 – 1 July 2010
Preceded byJoke Waller-Hunter
Succeeded byChristiana Figueres
Personal details
Born (1954-06-12) 12 June 1954 (age 70)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityDutch

Yvo de Boer (born 12 June 1954) is an advisor and consultant on international environmental policy. De Boer is the former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a position he held from 2006 until 2010. After his UN tenure, de Boer was Global Chairman of Climate Change and Sustainability Services at KPMG. From 2014 to 2016 de Boer was Director-General of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), a Seoul-based international environmental organization.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Yvo de Boer Appointed to Head GGGI" (Press release). Seoul, Republic of Korea: Global Green Growth Institute. March 3, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Yvo de Boer to step down as Director-General of the Global Green Growth Institute" (Press release). Seoul, Republic of Korea: Global Green Growth Institute. April 14, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  3. ^ "Frank Rijsberman takes up post as Director-General of the Global Green Growth Institute" (Press release). Seoul, Republic of Korea: Global Green Growth Institute. October 4, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2017.