Roberta Boscolo

Lead, Climate and Energy, World Meteorological Organization

Roberta Boscolo is leading the Climate and Energy operations at the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

Her main work is to enhance the capacity of all countries to contrast climate change and enact sustainable development through scaling up science-based climate adaptation and mitigation measures in alignment with the global landmark agreements.

With a wide and deep knowledge of climate and sustainability-related issues, she manages a transformative interface between climate science and socio-economic sectors, especially energy sector, through partnerships with United Nation agencies, public and private sectors, academia, civil society, media groups and associations.

She has long-term experience in developing knowledge platforms and good practices to support climate-related risk management and pathways to resilient low-carbon economy.

In 2023, she was included in the list of Global 50 Women in Sustainability by the SustainabilityX Magazine and is Top Voice of LinkedIn for Green Economy since 2022. Since 2023 she is a member of the Expert Advisory Panel of the prestigious The EarthShot Prize for the category “Fix Our Climate”.

Previously she served as science officer for the World Climate Research Programme, coordinating scientific efforts worldwide to address the knowledge gaps in understanding Earth climate system. Such knowledge is assessed by the IPCC milestone reports.  

She launched and managed multi-stakeholders development projects in 20+ countries, currently she manages a portfolio of several multi-million projects (US$ 30M) in Africa, South America, South East Asia and Pacific.