Pedro Barata is the AVP, Carbon Markets & Private Sector Decarbonization for the Global Climate Cooperation at Environmental Defense Fund, one of the world’s leading international nonprofit organizations.
He leads EDF’s work to assist the private sector and governments in leveraging carbon markets to address the climate challenge and contribute to global efforts to decarbonize toward a netzero world. He also leads EDF’s initiatives to improve the integrity and functioning of compliance and voluntary carbon markets around the world, including through the Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI). He is an international expert with more than 20 years of experience in international climate policy and carbon markets, and currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Expert Panel for the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (IC-VCM).