Stefan Schwager

30+ years of experience in international and national environmental policy and law, with emphasis on climate change, biodiversity, waste management, development, and finance. Since 2021, he is Principal at 4S Sustainable Solutions, a consultancy, and pro bono President of the LRF Foundation and climate finance Ambassador for Transparency International. From 2010-2020, he served as Head of International Climate and Biodiversity Finance at the Swiss Federal Office for the environment. Main activities comprised i.a.: Swiss delegation to several UNFCCC and CBD COPs; member OECD and G20 working groups on climate finance; GEF Council member representing the constituency of Azerbaijan, the Central Asian countries and Switzerland; GCF Board Member (including as Chair of the Ethics and Audit Committee and Co-Chair of the Private Sector Advisory Group); Co-Chair of the UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance; Bureau Member of the CBD. Previous functions: Senior Environment Officer at the World Bank, and lawyer at an NGO. He holds a doctorate degree from University of Basel’s Law School and a degree in spatial planning from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH).