Dr. Carlos G.F. Costa, a Post-Doctor in Innovation and Technology for Development (UPM-Madrid), has 10 years of professional experience with progressive responsibilities in the fields of disaster risk reduction, climate risk management and recovery, poverty reduction and rural development targeting climate change action. His area of specialty is Global Environment Governance (GEG) mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in Developed and Developing countries, working in the facilitation of processes related to climate change, forests, agriculture, land use change.