| 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 |
Mr. Oday Al-BayatiDirector of International Environmental Relations DepartmentMinistry of Environment Baghdad Iraq Date of Appointment: May, 2026 |
| 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. 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: Nov, 2025 |
Mr. Omar SharifUniversity of Sabha StaffMinistry of Environment Sabha Libya Date of Appointment: Nov, 2025 |
| Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Ms. Mphatso Martha KalembaChief Environmental OfficerEnvironmental Affairs Department Lilongwe Malawi Date of Appointment: Apr, 2026 |
Mr. Eduardo BaixoTechnicianMinistry of Agriculture, Environment, and Fisheries Rua da Resistencia No 17467, 6º Andar Maputo, 1406 Mozambique Date of Appointment: Nov, 2025 |
| 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 | Ms. Vanuessa GefferiePermanent Secretary for General and Financial AffairsMinistry of Spatial Planning and Environment Paramaibo Suriname Date of Appointment: Mar, 2026 |
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| Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay | 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: Jan, 2026 |
Ms. Maureen BidartCooperation and International Relations Advisory OfficeMinistry of Environment Montevideo Uruguay Date of Appointment: Apr, 2026 |
| 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 | Mr. Corentin GeninAttaché - National Focal Point for GEF and UNCCD MD8 - Directorate Climate and EnvironmentFederal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation 15, Rue des Petits Carmes Brussels, 1000 Belgium Date of Appointment: Jan, 2026 |
Ms. Barbara Knapič NavarreteSecretaryMinistry of Finance Kupančičeva 3 Ljubljana, 1000 Slovenia Date of Appointment: Jan, 2026 |
| 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 |
Mr. Tshering DorjiDirector GeneralDepartment of Macro-Fiscal and Development Finanace Thimpu Bhutan Date of Appointment: Mar, 2026 |
| 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. Rémy PalePermanent Secretary of Agriculture, Sectorial Policies Coordination, and Sustainable DevelopmentMinistry of Agriculture, Water, Animal and Fisheries Resources Ougadougou Burkina Faso Date of Appointment: Apr, 2026 |
| Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Congo DR, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe | 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 |
Mr. Niyungeko EmmanuelPermanent SecretaryMinistry of Environment, Agriculture, and Livestock Bujumbura Republic of Burundi Date of Appointment: Apr, 2026 |
| Cambodia, Indonesia, Korea DPR, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam | Ms. Datuk Nor Yahati Binti AwangDeputy Secretary General (Environmental Sustainability)Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Putrajaya Malaysia Date of Appointment: May, 2026 |
Ms. Ariuntuya DorjsurenHead of the International Cooperation Division of MECCMinistry of Environment and Climate Change Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Date of Appointment: May, 2026 |
| Canada | Ms. Cam DoDirector GeneralGlobal Affairs Canada 125 Sussex Drive Otawa, Ontario, K0A 0G2 Canada Date of Appointment: Aug, 2024 |
Ms. Kelly SharpDeputy Director, Climate and Nature FinanceEnvironment and Climate Change Canada Ontario Canada Date of Appointment: Dec, 2024 |
| China | Mr. Licheng YaoDeputy Director GeneralThe World Bank Loan Project Assessment Center Beijing China Date of Appointment: May, 2026 |
Director Qian JiangnanDirectorDivision 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: Feb, 2026 |
| Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda | Mrs. Nanette LaurePrincipal SecretaryMinistry of Environment, Climate, Energy, and Natural Resources Mahé Seychelles Date of Appointment: Apr, 2026 |
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: Apr, 2026 |
| 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 | Ms. Sidsel Koordt VognsenChief Advisor – Dept. for Green Diplomacy and ClimateMinistry of Foreign Affairs Asiatisk Plads 2 Copenhagen, 1448 Denmark Date of Appointment: Mar, 2026 |
Mr. Jon Heikki AasSenior AdviserMinistry of Foreign Affairs P.O. Box 8114 Dep. Oslo, N-0032 Norway Date of Appointment: Apr, 2026 |
| Estonia, Finland, Netherlands | Ms. Laura RajaniemiDeputy Head of UnitMinistry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Laivastokatu 22 Helsinki, 00160 Finland Date of Appointment: Jan, 2026 |
Ms. Wampie LibonDirector inclusive Green Growth, Ambassador Sustainable Development, Arctic AmbassadorMinistry of Foreign Affairs Rijnstraat 8 The Hague The Netherlands Date of Appointment: Jan, 2026 |
| 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 |
Ms. Megan SkellyDeputy Director Assistant PrincipalDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road Dublin, D04k7X4 Ireland Date of Appointment: Dec, 2025 |
| Iran | Mr. Seyed Mohammad Sadati NejadDirector General for International Specialized AgenciesMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Tehran Islamic Republic of Iran Date of Appointment: Jan, 2026 |
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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. Annsofie AronssonDesk Officer, EU and International Affairs SecretariatMinistry for Climate and Enterprise Stockholm Sweden Date of Appointment: Apr, 2026 |
| 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 |