| Constituency | Council Member | Alternate |
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| Afghanistan, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen | Mr. Maher AbdelrahimHead of Division - World Bank Division, International Cooperation DepartmentMinistry of Planning and International Cooperation Amman The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Date of Appointment: May, 2023 |
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| Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine | Dr. Aliona RusnacState SecretaryMinistry of Environment BVD Stefan Cel Marie 162 Chisinau, 2004 Republic of Moldova Date of Appointment: Dec, 2024 |
Mr. Betim LamallariState Advisor for InvestmentsMinistry of Environment and Physical Planning Square "Presveta Bogorodica" no. 3 Skopje, 1000 North Macedonia Date of Appointment: Apr, 2025 |
| Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia | Mr. Omar SharifUniversity of Sabha StaffMinistry of Environment Sabha Libya Date of Appointment: Jul, 2024 |
Mr. Rachid FiradiDirector of Cooperation, Partnership, and CommunicationMinistry of Energy, Transportation, and Sustainable Development Department of Sustainable Development 09 Avennue El Araar, Secteur 16, Hay Riyad Rabat, 10100 Morocco Date of Appointment: Jul, 2024 |
| Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Ms. Qongqong HoohloActing Director- Department of EnvironmentMinistry of Tourism, Environment and Culture 6th Floor Post Office Building, PO Box 10993 Maseru, 100 Lesotho Date of Appointment: Dec, 2023 |
Mr. Evans NjewaChief Environmental OfficerMinistry of Natural Resources and Climate Change Private Bag 394, Lilongwe 3 Lilongwe Malawi Date of Appointment: Jan, 2024 |
| Antigua And Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts And Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago | Mrs. Janeel Miller-FindlayDirector, Sustainable Development UnitMinistry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development & Culture Administrative Complex, Bay Street Kingstown, VC0100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Date of Appointment: Sep, 2025 |
Ms. Vanuessa GefferiePermanent Secretary for General and Financial AffairsMinistry of Spatial Planning and Environment Paramaibo Suriname Date of Appointment: Sep, 2025 |
| Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay | Mr. Mauricio GonzalesHead of the General Office for Cooperation and International AffairsMinistry of Environment Av. Antonio Miroquesada 425 -Magdalena del Mar Lima, 5076 Peru Date of Appointment: Feb, 2025 |
Mrs. Lilian Elizabeth Portillo de GonzalezDirectora de Planificcion EstrategicaMinisterio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible Madame Lynch 3500 Casi Reservistas de la Guerra del Chaco Asuncion, 1525 Paraguay Date of Appointment: Feb, 2025 |
| Armenia, Belarus, Russian Federation | Ms. Ruzanna GrigoryanHead of International Cooperation DepartmentMinistry of Nature Protection 3rd Government Building, Republic Square Yerevan, 0010 Republic of Armenia Date of Appointment: Aug, 2023 |
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| Australia, New Zealand, Republic of Korea | Richard BontjerDirectorDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia 44 Sydney Avenue, Forrest Canberra, ACT, 2603 Australia Date of Appointment: Oct, 2020 |
Ms. Andrea StewartSenior AdviserMinistry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, International Development Group (IDG) 195 Lambton Quay Wellington, 6160 New Zealand Date of Appointment: Oct, 2022 |
| Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Türkiye | Ms. Victoria SchreitterAustria Date of Appointment: Jan, 2024 |
Mr. Michal PastvinskyDirector of the Department of International Relations and Deputy Director-General for Environmental ProtectionMinistry of the Environment Vrtovicka 65 Praha, 10 100 10 Czech Republic Date of Appointment: Jan, 2025 |
| Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan | Ms. Gabriela BlatterPrinciple Policy Advisor International Environment FinanceFederal Office for the Environment Berne, BE, CH-3003 Switzerland Date of Appointment: Jan, 2021 |
Dr. André WehrliSenior Policy AdvisorSwitzerland - Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Freiburgstrasse 130 Berne, Berne, 3003 Switzerland Date of Appointment: May, 2023 |
| Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka | Mr. Parameswaran IyerIndia- Council Member for the GEFThe World Bank Executive Director, EDS12 1818 H St. NW Washington, DC, 20433 USA Date of Appointment: May, 2023 |
Dr. Farhina AhmedSecretaryMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dhaka, 1000 Bangladesh Date of Appointment: Apr, 2025 |
| Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo | Mrs. Ahou Sosthène Larissa KouadioConseiller TechniqueMinistere des Finances et du Budget Immeuble SCIAM, 19eme Etage, BP V 163 Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024 |
Mr. Isaac Charles Acquah Jnr.Chief Programme OfficerEnvironmental Protection Agency Ministries Post Office, P.O. Box M326 Accra, Greater Accra Region, M326 Ghana Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024 |
| Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador | Ms. Luciana Melchert Saguas PresasHead of the Environmental Policy DivisionMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil Esplanada dos Ministérios, Palacio do Itamaraty Brasilia, DF, 70170-900 Brazil Date of Appointment: Apr, 2025 |
Mrs. Irina Alesandra Barba BustosDirector of Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentMinistry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility Carrión E 1-76 y Av. 10 de Agosto - 170526 Quito, Pichincha, 170526 Ecuador Date of Appointment: Oct, 2025 |
| Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Gambia | Mr. Dawda BadgieExecutive DirectorNational Environment Agency Gambia Environment House, Jimpex Road Kanifing Banjul The Gambia Date of Appointment: Jan, 2024 |
Mr. Pamoussa OuedraogoPoint Focal Opérationnel du Fonds pour l’Environnement Mondial (FEM)Secrétaire Permanent du Conseil National pour le Développement Durable (SP/CNDD) BP 6486 Ougadougou, 01 Burkina Faso Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024 |
| Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Congo DR, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe | Mr. Darnel Helio De Sousa BaiaChemical EngineerDirectorate General for Environment and Climate Action Avenida Kwamne Nkrumah Ponta Mina Sao Tome, 1023 Sao Tome and Principe Date of Appointment: Feb, 2023 |
Mr. Barthélemy LambaNational Coordinator of Land Degradation and DesertificationMinistry of Environment and Sustainability Development BP 686 Bangui Central African Republic Date of Appointment: Apr, 2025 |
| Cambodia, Indonesia, Korea DPR, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam | Mr. Navann OukDeputy Director GeneralMinistry of Environment Morodok Techo Building (Lot 503), Tonle Bassac, Chamkarmon Phnom Penh, 855 Cambodia Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024 |
Ms. Phakkavanh PhissamayDirector General, Department of Planning and FinanceMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment Vientiane, 010 Lao PDR Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024 |
| Canada | Ms. Cam DoDirector GeneralGlobal Affairs Canada 125 Sussex Drive Otawa, Ontario, K0A 0G2 Canada Date of Appointment: Aug, 2024 |
Mr. Garth EhrhadtDirector, Climate Finance and PartnershipsEnvironment and Climate Change Canada 125 Zaida Eddy Pvt Ottawa, Ontario, K1R0E3 Canada Date of Appointment: Dec, 2024 |
| China | Mr. Zhang BoDeputy Director GeneralCenter for Evaluation of the World Bank Loan Projects, Ministry of Finance of China No. 3 Nansanxiang, Sanlihe, Xicheng District Beijing, 100820 China Date of Appointment: Apr, 2025 |
Ms. Wang Guan ZhuDivision DirectorDivision of Multilateral Cooperation for Development Finance, Department of International Economic and Financial Cooperation, Ministry of Finance of China No. 3 Nansanxiang, Sanglihe, Xicheng District Beijing, 100820 China Date of Appointment: Apr, 2025 |
| Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda | Mr. Denis Eddy MatatikenPrincipal Secretary for EnvironmentMinistry of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment Environment Department, P.O. Box 445 Victoria, Mahe, 247 Seychelles Date of Appointment: May, 2025 |
Mr. Abdullahi Godah BarrePrincipal AdviserMinistry of Environment and Climate Change Abdiaziz District Mogadishu Somalia Date of Appointment: May, 2025 |
| Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu | Ambassador Filipo TarakinikiniAmbassadorRepublic of Fiji 877 Hungry Harbor Rd. Valley Stream, New York, 11581 USA Date of Appointment: May, 2024 |
Ms. Pepetua LatasiPermanent SecretaryMinistry of Home Affairs, Climate Change, and Environment Government Building, Vaiaku Funafuti Tuvalu Date of Appointment: Mar, 2025 |
| Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela | Ms. Regina Rosales TalamasGeneral Director of International Fora and Sustainable FinanceMinistry of Finance and Public Credit Insurgentes Sur No. 1971, Torre III, Piso 3, Col. Guadalupe Inn, Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón Mexico, 01020 Mexico Date of Appointment: Jan, 2025 |
Ms. Jessica Margarita Laguardia de PortilloHead of the Technical Unit of the Ministerial OfficeMinistry of Environment and Natural Resources Km 5 ½ Carretera a Santa Tecla, Colonia y Calle Las Mercedes, Edificio MARN San Salvador, 1101 El Salvador Date of Appointment: May, 2025 |
| Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway | Mr. Jonas Volden WeltanSenior AdvisorNorwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 7, Juniplassen 1 / Victoria Terrasse 7 Oslo, N-0251 Norway Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024 |
Ms. Lena VeierskovChief AdvisorMinistry of Foreign Affairs Denmark Date of Appointment: Sep, 2024 |
| Estonia, Finland, Netherlands | Ms. Wampie LibonDirector inclusive Green Growth, Ambassador Sustainable Development, Arctic AmbassadorMinistry of Foreign Affairs Rijnstraat 8 The Hague The Netherlands Date of Appointment: Oct, 2024 |
Ms. Laura RajaniemiDeputy Head of UnitMinistry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Laivastokatu 22 Helsinki, 00160 Finland Date of Appointment: Oct, 2024 |
| France | Mr. Stephane CieniewskiSenior Advisor for Climate and EnvironmentFrench Ministry for Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty 139 Rue de Bercy Paris, 75012 France Date of Appointment: Jun, 2023 |
Mrs. Stephanie Bouziges-EschmannSecretary GeneralFrench Facility for Global Environment (FEM) 5 Rue Roland Barthes Paris 12, 75598 France Date of Appointment: Sep, 2018 |
| Germany | Mrs. Annette WindmeisserHead of Climate Finance DivisionGerman Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Stresemannstrabe 94 Berlin, 10963 Germany Date of Appointment: Jun, 2021 |
Mr. Nicolas SchaefstossHead of DivisionFederal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), Germany Stresemannstr. 128-130 Berlin, 10117 Germany Date of Appointment: Nov, 2022 |
| Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain | Mr. Ramón López PérezAdviserMinistry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation Madrid, 28014 Spain Date of Appointment: Jun, 2023 |
Mr. Ronan O'ReillyDepartment of the Environment Climate and Communications29-31 Adelaide Road Dublin, D02X285 Ireland Date of Appointment: Nov, 2024 |
| Iran | Mr. Gholamhossein DarziDirector General For International Environment and Sustainable Development AffairsMinistry of Foreign Affairs 8th West Bldg. Kooshk Mesri St., Ferdowsi Ave. Tehran Iran Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024 |
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| Italy | Ms. Gisella BerardiDeputy Director, Global Public Goods Office, International Financial Relations DirectorateMinistry of the Economy and Finance, Department of Treasury Via XX Settembre 97 Rome, 00187 Italy Date of Appointment: Nov, 2021 |
Mr. Vittorio SebastianiAdvisor, Global Public Goods Office, International Financial Relations DirectorateMinistry of the Economy and Finance, Department of Treasury Via XX Settembre 97 Rome, 00187 Italy Date of Appointment: May, 2024 |
| Japan | Mr. Tsuyoshi HyokaiDirector for Climate Change and Environmental Issues, International BureauMinistry of Finance 3-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo, 100-8940 Japan Date of Appointment: Jul, 2023 |
Ms. Yoko YamotoDeputy DirectorMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Japan 2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo, 100-8919 Japan Date of Appointment: Mar, 2023 |
| Sweden | Mr. Anders ArvidssonSenior AdviserMinistry for Foreign Affairs Fredsgatan 6 Stockholm, SE- 103 33 Sweden Date of Appointment: Sep, 2024 |
Ms. Andrea JosephsonDeputy DirectorMinistry of Climate and Enterprise Herkulesgatan 17 Stockholm, SE-103-33 Sweden Date of Appointment: Aug, 2021 |
| United Kingdom | Mr. Ben GreenSenior Responsible Officer for GEFForeign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride Glasgow, Scotland, G758EA The United Kingdom Date of Appointment: May, 2019 |
Mr. Kevin GardnerPolicy AdviserForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office King Charles Street London, SW1A2AH The United Kingdom Date of Appointment: Nov, 2024 |
| United States | Mr. James CattoDirector of International Development Policy at the US TreasuryU.S. Department of the Treasury United States Date of Appointment: Sep, 2025 |
Mr. John ThompsonDeputy Assistant Secretary for EnvironmentU.S. Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of Environmental Quality and Transboundary Issues, 2201 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C., 20520 United States Date of Appointment: Mar, 2025 |