Below is the directory of designated National Focal Points for the INC that are working to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.

Algeria
Name Contact Details
Manel El Ayoubi

Position: Director for Environment and Sustainable Development, General Directorate for Multilateral Relations

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad

Phone number: +213 659 194 240

Email: m.elayoubi@mae.dz

Email: elayoubimanel@gmail.com

 

Botswana
Name Contact Details
Moses Mari

Position: Principal Waste Management Officer

Office: Department of Waste Management and Pollution Control

Phone number: +267 71557144

Email: mmari@gov.bw

Burkina Faso
Name Contact Details
Ouedraogo Ousmane

Position: Environmental Inspector, Directorate General for the Preservation of the Environment

Office: Ministry of Environment, Energy, Water and Sanitation

Phone number: (+226) 70 64 61 01/ 78 94 53 49

Email: zousman02@yahoo.fr

Burundi
Name Contact Details
Emmanuel Ndoricimpa

Position: Permanent Secretary

Office: Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock

Email: ndorimel@yahoo.fr

Nyorobeka Felicien

Position: General Director of environment, water resources and sanitation

Office: Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock

Phone number: +257 69 125 609 / 79 594 673

Email: f.nyorobeka@gmail.com

Nayisi Constantin

Position: Advisor to the General Directorate of Environment, Water Resources and Sanitation

Phone number: +257 69 051 620/ +257 77 814 230,

Email: nayisi.constantin@gmail.com

Denis Mbonihankuye

Position: Advisor to the Directorate of Sanitation and Environment

Phone number: +257 61 618 606/ +257 77 066 885

Email: mboniha2@gmail.com

Cabo Verde
Name Contact Details
Florisvindo Furtado

Position: Director of Climate Change and Environmental Sanitation Department

Office: Ministry of Agriculture and Environment

Emailflorisvindo@gmail.com

Cameroon
Name Contact Details
Kenfack Jean

Position: Director for Legal Affairs

Office: Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection, and Sustainable Development

Phone number: +237 699936698/660642490

Email: jekenfac@yahoo.fr

Central African Republic
Name Contact Details
Soule Baoro Kevin Gildas

Position: General Director of the Environment

Office: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Phone number: 00236 72 05 83 25/ 00236 75 71 70 35

Email: soulegil@yahoo.fr

Comoros
Name Contact Details
Satia Hakim Ali
Congo
Name Contact Details
Loubaki Eugene

Position: President of AED

Office: Action sur l'Environnement et le Développement (AED)

Email: aedcongo2015@gmail.com

Joseph Ganongo

Position: Focal Point of the Bamako Convention

Office: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Phone number: +242 06 995 59 19

Email: jnganongoahoura@gmail.com

Côte d’Ivoire
Name Contact Details
Djedji Benjamin Onamoun

Position: Deputy Director of Environmental Technologies, 

Office: Ministry of Environment and Development

Phone number: (+255) 05 66 11 09 11

Email: b.djedji@environnement.gouv.ci

Ossey Bernard Yapo

Position: Deputy Director of the Central Environmental Laboratory, Centre lvoirien AntiPollution

Office: Ministry of Environment and Development

Phone number: (+255) 20 22 54 44/ 0707530260

Email: yapossey@yahoo.fr

Email: ossey.yapo@ciapol.ci

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Name Contact Details
Bope Lapwong Jean-Marie

Position: Coordinator of the Marine Control and Surveillance Center

Office: Water Resources Department. Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism

Email: jmbope2lap@gmail.com

Djibouti
Name Contact Details
Dini Abdallah Omar

Position: Permanent Secretary

Office: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Email: dini.omar85@gmail.com

Phone Number: 00 253 21 35 00 06

Egypt
Name Contact Details
Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to UNEP and UN-Habitat
Climate, Environment and Sustainable Development - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Name Contact Details
Don Demetrio Iviti Nsuga

Position: Official

Office: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forests and Environment

Phone number: 00240 222 250200

Email: ivitinsugademetrio@yahoo.es

María Angue Mbenga Mangue

Phone number: 240 222 284 582

Email: mmbengamangue@gmail.com

Eritrea
Name Contact Details
Kibrom Asmerom

Position: Acting DG Department of Environment

Office: Ministry of Land, Water and Environment

Phone number: +2917154731

Email: kibromaw@gmail.com

Ethiopia
Name Contact Details
Girma Gemechu Kenne

Position: Director General, Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Directorate

Office: Environmental Protection Authority

Phone number: +251911077821

Email: girma.nahall@gmail.com

Gabon
Name Contact Details
Stanislas Stephen Mouba

Position: General Director of Environment and Nature Protection

Office: Directorate General for the Environment and Nature Protection

Email: dgdgepn.gabon@gmail.com

Jean Hervé MVE BEH

Position: General Director of Aquatic-Ecosystems

Office: Directorate General for the Environment and Nature Protection

Email: mormyre69@gmail.com

Gambia
Name Contact Details
Lamin Jaiteh

Position: Registrar of Pesticides and Hazardous Chemicals

Office: National Environmental Agency

Email: jaiplanck@gmail.com / lamin.jaiteh@nea.gm

Phone Number: +220 3940633

Dawda Badgie

Position: Executive Director

Office: National Environmental Agency

Email: badgiedawda@gmail.com / dawda.badgie@nea.gm

Phone Number: +220 9966093

Ghana
Name Contact Details
Lydia Obenewa Essuah

Position: Director, Policy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PPME)

Office: Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI)

Phone number: +23324 458 3483

Email: lyessuah2@gmail.com

Guinea
Name Contact Details
Ibrahima Sory Cisse

Position: Directeur National des Pollutions, Nuisances et Changements Climatiques

Office: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Phone number: +224 628 44 96 08

Email: cireguinea@gmail.com

Guinea-Bissau
Name Contact Details
Isabel Maria Almeida Evangelista Sanha

Office: Ministry of Environment and Biodiversity

Phone number: +245 95 570 64 48

Email: belitaevangelista@gmail.com

Kenya
Name Contact Details
Ayub Macharia

Office: Ministry of Environment and Forestry

Email: ayubmacharia2@gmail.com

Lesotho
Name Contact Details
Thabo Tsasanyane

Position: Senior Environment Officer, Pollution Control

Office: Department of Environment

Mobile: +266 5788 6950

Email: tsasanyanetk@hotmail.com

Libya
Name Contact Details
Salih Mohammed Hamad Diryaq

Position: Director of Sirte Branch

Office: Sirte Branch, Ministry of Environment

Mobile: +218913709318

Email: saldery@gmail.com

Madagascar
Name Contact Details
Ranarison Rota Manitriniaina Joëlina

Position: Head of the Waste Management Department of pollution and environmental complaints

Office: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Phone number: +261 34 05 624 51

Email: mahenitiana@gmail.com

 

 

 

Raoninjatovoherivonjy Hajaridera

Position: Head of the Sustainability Integration Monitoring Unit 

Office: Office National pour l'Environnement (ONE)

Phone number: +261 34 55 504 05

Email: r.dera.7@gmail.com

Malawi
Name Contact Details
Peter Unique Magombo

Position: Principal Environment Officer

Office: Department of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change

Phone Number: +265999661300

Email: uniquemagombo@gmail.com

Mali
Name Contact Details
Oumar Diaouré Cisse

Position: Expert

Office: Ministry of Environment, Sanitation and Sustainable Development

Phone Number: +22376473520

Email: oumar.cisse@graduateinstitute.ch / oumar.diaoure1@gmail.com

Mauritius
Name Contact Details
Ravi Shankar Sonea

Position: Permanent Secretary

Office: Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change

Email: rsonea@govmu.org

Email:menv@govmu.org

Phone Number: +230 212 71 75 / +230 212 83 24

Jogeeswar Seewoobaduth

Position: Director of Environment

Office: Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change (Environment and Climate Change Division)

Email: jseewoobaduth@govmu.org

Email: menv@govmu.org

Phone Number: +230 212 6671 / +230 212 60 80 / +230 5918 9251

Morocco
Name Contact Details
Rachid Firadi

Position: Director of Partnership, Communication and Cooperation

Office: Ministry of Energy, Transition and Sustainable Development

Email: r.firadi@gmail.com / firadi@environnement.gov.ma

Mozambique
Name Contact Details
Guilhermina Amurane

Position: National Director of Environment

Office: Ministry of Land and Environment

Email: gamurane@gmail.com

Niger
Name Contact Details
Bouka Koura Yagana

Position: Deputy general Director, Environment and Sustainable Development

Office: Ministry of Environment and Desertification

Phone number: +227 96 55 88 35

Email: boukaryagana@yahoo.fr

Nigeria
Name Contact Details
Charles Kanu Ikeah

Position: Director, Pollution Control and Environmental health

Office: Federal Ministry of Environment

Phone number: +2348033147629

Email: kcikeah@gmail.com

Rwanda
Name Contact Details
Juliet Kabera

Position: Director General

Office: Environment Management Authority

Phone number: (+250) 788514577

Email: jkabera@rema.gov.rw

Sao Tome and Principe
Name Contact Details
Mikhail Silva Saraiva

Office: Fonctionnaire a la Direction Generale de L'Environnement et de L'action Climatique

Email: mikhasa@gmail.com

Adjelina Sacramento do Espirito Santo Luis Leal

Office: Fonctionnaire a la Direction Generale de L'Environnement et de L'action Climatique

Email: adjelinasantopedro@gmail.com

Senegal
Name Contact Details
Cheikh Ndiaye Sylla

Position: Director

Office: Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development

Phone number: (+221) 77 099 41 10 – (+221) 77 637 50 65

Email: cheikh.syllan@gmail.com

Email: dc@environnement.gouv.sn

Baba Drame

Position: Director

Office: Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development

Email: babadrame@gmail.com

Khadija Drame

Position: Deputy Coordinator of Legal Affairs Unit

Office: Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development

Email: dikhadrame@yahoo.fr

Seychelles
Name Contact Details
Nanette Laure

Position: Director General – Waste, Enforcement and Permit Division

Office: Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change

Email: n.laure@env.gov.sc

Sierra Leone
Name Contact Details
Isha Jalloh Timbo

Position: Senior Environmental Officer

Office: Environment Protection Agency (EPA-SL)

Phone number: +232 78 555 469

Email: ishajtimbo92@gmail.com

Paul Abu Lamin

Position: Director, Natural Resources Governance Directorate,

Office:  Environment Protection Agency (EPA-SL)

Phone number: +232 78 699 316

Email: paul.lamin@epa.gov.sl

Email: plamin2007@gmail.com

Somalia
Name Contact Details
Liban Mohamed Abdulkadir

Position: Technical Advisor

Office: Directorate of Environment and Climate Change

Email: liban@moecc.gov.so

South Africa
Name Contact Details
Mamogala Musekene

Position: Deputy Director-General Chemicals and Waste Management

Office: Ministry of Forest, Fisheries and the Environment

Email: MJMusekene@dffe.gov.za

Sudan
Name Contact Details
Ali Mohamed Ahmed Alamin

Position: Secretary General

Office: Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources

Emailenvitra@yahoo.com

Phone number: 00249912902178

Togo
Name Contact Details
Soulemane Abdel-Ganiou

Position: Environmental engineer, head of environmental preservation division

Office: Environment Department

Email: soule001@yahoo.fr

Phone Number: +228 90 12 07 12

Broohm Débi Mawulé

Position: Biologist, Head of the Classified Installations Division and Hazardous Substances to the Environment Department

Office: Environment Department

Email: megbroohm@yahoo.fr

Phone Number: +22890238741

Tunisia
Name Contact Details
Awatef Larbi EP Messai

Position: Director in the Directorate General of Environment and Quality of Life

Office: Ministry of Environment

Phone number: (+216) 98666206

Email: awatef.messai@yahoo.fr

Email: aouatef.larbi@mineat.gov.tn

Uganda
Name Contact Details
Barirega Akankwasah

Position: Executive Director

Office: National Environment Management Authority

Phone number: +256772831348 /+256 414 251 064/5/8

Email: Barirega.akankwasah@nema.go.ug

United Republic of Tanzania
Name Contact Details
Joseph Kiruki

Position: Environmental Engineer 1

Office: Vice President’s Office - Environment

Email: joseph.kiruki@vpo.go.tz

Email: kiruki201@gmail.com 

Felista S. Rugambwa

Position: Deputy Permanent Representative

Office: High Commission of the United Republic of Kenya and Permanent Mission to UNEP and UN-HABITAT

Email: felista.rugambwa@nje.go.tz

Email: srugambwa@gmail.com 

Mugisha Kamuntu Kyamani

Position: Principal Legal officer I

Office: Vice President’s Office - Environment

Email: mugisha.kyamani@vpo.go.tz

Zambia
Name Contact Details
Lungu Mfumu Richard

Position: Assistant Director, Department of Environmental Management

Office: Ministry of Green Economy and Environment

Phone number: +260 975 794217

Email: mfumurichard@yahoo.co.uk

Zimbabwe
Name Contact Details
A. Z. Matiza

Position: Deputy Director Environment

Office: National Environment Management Authority

Phone number: +263 712 233 046

Email: matiza.abraham@gmail.com

Bahrain
Name Contact Details
Mohamed Maki Aman

Office: Supreme Council for Environment

Phone number: (+973) 36088810 – (+973) 17386594

Email: maman@sce.gov.bh

Bangladesh
Name Contact Details
Mohammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury

Position: Joint Secretary

Office: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka

Phone number: +880 255 101 258 / +880 1711 047 882

Email: jsenv2@moef.gov.bd

Email: wadud1975@gmail.com

Bhutan
Name Contact Details
Tashi Pem

Position:  Director General 

Office: Department of Environment & Climate Change in the Ministry of Energy & Natural Resources 

Email: tashipem1@moenr.gov.bt

Phone number: +975-17625990

Cambodia
Name Contact Details
Roath Sith

Position: Deputy Director General

Office: General Directorate of EnvironmentalProtection, Ministry of Environment

Phone number: +85589713696

Emailroath.sith@moe.gov.kh

DV Kiden

Position: Director of the Department of Solid Waste Management

Office: General Directorate of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Environment

Email: dykiden@yahoo.com

Taing Meng Eang

Position: Director of the Department of Green Economy

Office: General Directorate of Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Environment

Email: mengeangtaing@gmail.com

China
Name Contact Details
Ren Yong

Position: Deputy Director of Division of International Organizations

Office: Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China

Email: ren.yong1@mee.gov.cn

Email: div-org@mee.gov.cn

Cyprus
Name Contact Details
Constantinos Andreou

Position: Environment Officer

Office: Department of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment

Phone number: (+357) 22 409 111

Email: candreou@environment.moa.gov.cy

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Name Contact Details
Jang Sol Song

Position: Official

Office: National Coordinating Committee for Environment

Phone number: (+850 2) 18111 (382 7222) / (+850 2) 381 4660

Email: hcri@unicef.org

 

Song Rim Yun

Office: The Permanent Mission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva

Phone number: (+41 22) 735 43 70 / (+41 22) 786 06 62

Email: s.yun@bluewin.ch

Fiji
Name Contact Details
Sandeep K. Singh

Position: Director, Department of Environment

Office: Ministry of Environment

Phone number: +679 9926659

Email: singhsk@govnet.gov.fj / doenvfiji@gmail.com

India
Name Contact Details
Naresh Pal Gangwar

Position: Additional Secretary

Office: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Email: asnpg.mefcc@gov.in

Indonesia
Name Contact Details
Rosa Vivien Ratnawati

Position: Director General of Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Substances Management

Office: Ministry of Environment and Forestry

Email: rosavivien@gmail.com

Emailnairobi.kbri@kemlu.go.id

Emaildanny@kemlu.go.id

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Name Contact Details
Massoud Rezvanian Rahaghi

Position: Director for International Affairs of Energy and Environment

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Emailrezvanianmasoud@yahoo.com

Razaiyeh Mirzajani Darestani

Position: Officer in charge of plastic pollution INC process in International Affairs and Conventions Center

Office: Department of the Environment

Phone number: (+98) 912 440 9442

Email: razie.mirzajani65@yahoo.com

Japan
Name Contact Details
Tanabe Makoto

Position: Senior Negotiator for Global Environment

Office: Global Environment Division, International Cooperation Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Emailjapan.plastic.inc@mofa.go.jp

Yorita Yume

Position: Second Secretary

Office: Embassy of Japan in Kenya, UNEP Focal Point

Email: yume.yorita@mofa.go.jp

Kurihara Mayuka

Position: Official

Office: Global Environment Division, International Cooperation Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Emailjapan.plastic.inc@mofa.go.jp

Nagasaki Daisuke

Position: Deputy Director

Office: Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Division, Industrial Science, Technology and Environment Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Email: nagasaki-daisuke@meti.go.jp

Ichikawa Tomoko

Position: Deputy Director

Office: Office of Policies against Marine Plastics Pollution, Environment Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment

Email: TOMOKO_ICHIKAWA@env.go.jp

Kotani Tomoe

Position: Deputy Director

Office: Global Environment Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Email: tomoe.kotani@mofa.go.jp

Ishikawa Tomohito

Position: Assistant Director

Office: Global Environment Division, International Cooperation Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Emailjapan.plastic.inc@mofa.go.jp

Jordan
Name Contact Details
Jihad Alsawair

Position: Assistant Secretary General for Technical Affairs

Office: Ministry of the Environment

Emailjihad.alsawair@MOENV.GOV.JO

Kazakhstan
Name Contact Details
Dinara Azhigaliyeva

Position: Director of Department of state policy in waste management

Office: Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Emaild.azhigaliyeva@ecogeo.gov.kz

Kiribati
Name Contact Details
Saitofi Mika

Position: Secretary

Office: Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development

Email: secretary@melad.gov.ki

Nenenteiti Teariki Ruatu

Position: Director, Environment and Conservation Division

Office: Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development

Email: decd@melad.gov.ki

Kuwait
Name Contact Details
Fatemah Alqahtani

Position: Head of Municipal Waste Section

Email: f.alqahtani@epa.gov.kw

Eman Faisal Al-Mohammad

Position: Senior Chemistry Specialist

Office: Municipal Waste Department

Emailglowq80@yahoo.com 

Email: e.faisal@epa.gov.kw

Malaysia
Name Contact Details
Eddy Mazuaansyah Bin Mohd Ali Murad

Position: Deputy Under Secretary, Environmental Management Division

Office: Ministry of Environment and Water

Email: eddyms@kasa.gov.my

Maldives
Name Contact Details
Haleemath Shazleen

Position: Environment Analyst

Office: Ministry of Climate Change, Environment, and Energy

Phone number: +960 3018435

Email: haleemath.shazleen@environment.gov.mv

Fazeela Ahmed Shaheem

Position: Associate Legal Counsel

Office: Ministry of Climate Change, Environment, and Energy

Phone number: +9603018370

Email: fazeela.shaheem@environment.gov.mv

Micronesia (Federated States of)
Name Contact Details
Kandhi Elieisar

Position: Secretary Office: Department of Foreign Affairs

Email: foreignaffairs@mail.fm

Email: kandhi.elieisar@dfa.gov.fm

Andrew Yatilman

Position: Secretary / Focal point for UNEP/UNEA

Office: Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management

Email: decemsec.fsm@gmail.com

Email: cynthia.ehmes@decem.gov.fm

Mongolia
Name Contact Details
Narangerel Oidov

Position: Expert at the Division for External Cooperation

Office: Ministry of Environment and Tourism

Phone number: (+976) 99997735

Email: narangerel@met.gov.mn

Email: narangerel@mne.gov.mn

Emailint.cooperation@met.gov.mn

Enkhbat Altangerel

Position: Director General of the Department of Environment and Natural resources Management

Office: Ministry of Environment and Tourism

Phone number: (+976) 91910160

Email: enkhbat@met.gov.mn

Nepal
Name Contact Details
Nabin Kumar Pokharel

Position: Senior Division Engineer

Office: Ministry of Forest and Environment

Email: nkpokharel@gmail.com

Pakistan
Name Contact Details
Akhlaque Ahmed Qureshi

Position: Joint Secretary (International Cooperation)

Office: Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination

Phone number: +92 51 9245841

Email: js.ic@mocc.gov.pk

Email: 8281311@gmail.com

Palau
Name Contact Details
Gwendalyn SISIOR

Position: Ocean Advisor

Office: Permanent Mission of Palau to the United Nations

Emailgsisior@palauun.org

Email: proffice@palauun.org

 

Ilima Hirao KLOULCHAD

Position: Director

Office: Bureau of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment

Email: kloulchad@gmail.com

Philippines
Name Contact Details
Vizminda Osorio

Position: Assistant Director

Office: Environmental Management Bureau- Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Email: oad.emb@emb.gov.ph

Email: oad.emb@gmail.com

Philippine Embassy, Nairobi
Qatar
Name Contact Details
Samera M. Al-Dosari

Position: Industrial engineer

Office: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change

Emailsmdosari@mecc.gov.qa

Republic of Korea
Name Contact Details
Minseong Seo

Position: First Secretary

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Email: msseo14@mofa.go.kr

Email:greengrowth@mofa.go.kr

Minsung Kim

Position: Deputy Director

Office: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Email: kms0735@korea.kr

Yeji Kang

Position: Deputy Director

Office: Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries

Email: yejikang@korea.kr

Seongkeon Yeom

Position: Deputy Director

Office: Ministry of Environment

Email: ysk123@korea.kr

Email: ljk0414@korea.kr

Samoa
Name Contact Details
Tiare Marumatakimanu

Position: Senior Foreign Service Officer, International Relations Division

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Phone number: (685) 21171

Fax: (685) 21504

Email: tiare.marumatakimanu@mfat.gov.ws

Peseta Noumea Simi

Position: Chief Executive Officer

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Phone number: (685) 21171

Fax: (685) 21504

Email: noumea@mfat.gov.ws

Saudi Arabia
Name Contact Details
Alsharari, Qasem Hamed R

Office: Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture

Email: Q-alsharari@mewa.gov.sa

Email: Q-alsharari@ncec.gov.sa

Singapore
Name Contact Details
Arathi Vinod

Position: Senior Executive, International Policy Division

Office: Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Email: Arathi_VINOD@mse.gov.sg

Angeline Chui

Position: Deputy Director, International Policy Division

Office: Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Email: Angeline_CHUI@mse.gov.sg

Solomon Islands
Name Contact Details
Fiona Indu

Position: Assistant Secretary – UN & Americas Branch

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs & External Trade

Email: fiona.indu@mfaet.gov.sb

Tony Kabasi

Position: Assistant Secretary – Ocean and Climate Division

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affars & External Trade

Email: tony.kabasi@mfaet.gov.sb

Sri Lanka
Name Contact Details
Anil Jasinghe

Position: Secretary

Office: Ministry of Environment

Phone number: +94-11-2034121

Fax: +94-112879944

Email: sec@env.gov.lk

Sujeeewa Fernando

Position: Assistant Director, Pollution Control and Chemical Management

Office: Ministry of Environment

Phone number: +94-11-2034164

Fax: +94-112879959

Email: sujeewaf@gmail.com

Thailand
Name Contact Details
Wassana Jangprajak

Position: Environmental Officer, Senior Professional Level

Office: Pollution Control Department

Phone number: +662 298 2492/+662 298 5398

Email: wassana.j@pcd.go.th

Emailwassanaj@hotmail.com

Taweechai Jiaranaikhajorn

Position: Director of Waste Minimization Sub-division

Office: Pollution Control Department

Phone number: +662 298 2491/ +662 298 5398

Email: twechi@gmail.com

Kanchalee Navickabhum

Position: Director of Waste and Hazardous Substances Management Division

Office: Pollution Control Department

Phone number: +662 298 2011/ +662 298 5398

Email: kanchalee.n@pcd.go.th

Preeyaporn Suwanaged

Position: Director General

Office: Pollution Control Department

Phone number: (+662) 298 2121/(+662) 298 5376

Email: preeyaged@gmail.com

The State of Palestine
Name Contact Details
Lama Shehab

Position: Manager at the Palestinian Environment Quality Authority

Office: Palestinian Environment Quality Authority

Phone number: 00970568801649

Email: lamajarrad60@yahoo.com

Timor Leste
Name Contact Details
Clarisse Maria Mazzarello Soares Trindade

Position: Technical Advisor

Office: Office of the Secretary of State for Environment Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs

Phone number: (+670) 7795 1999

Email: nstrin19@gmail.com

Domingos Mesquita

Position: Senior Staff of National Directorate of Climate Change

Office: Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Environment.

Phone number: (+670) 7661 6162

Email: domingosmesquita78@gmail.com

Tonga
Name Contact Details
Paula Pouvalu Ma' u

Position: Chief Executive Officer

Office: Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications (MEIDECC)

Phone number: +676 20100

Email: paulm@mic.gov.to

Vanuatu
Name Contact Details
Ionie Bolenga

Position: Principal Officer, Waste Management and Pollution Control

Office: Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation

Phone number: (+678) 25302/33430

Email: ibolenga@vanuatu.gov.vu

Viet Nam
Name Contact Details
Le Ngoc Tuan

Position: Director General, International Cooperation Department

Office: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

Phone number: (+84) 989433888

Email: lntuan@monre.gov.vn

Emaillengoctuan@gmail.com

Yemen
Name Contact Details
Omer Ahmed Baeshen

Department: The Environmental Protection Authority

Office: Ministry of Water and Environment, Yemen

Phone number: 00967730334687 / 00967777292093

Email: mwe@mwe-ye.org / info@epa-ye.org / cites.yem@gmail.com

Armenia
Name Contact Details
Meri Harutyunyan

Position: Chief Specialist, Strategic Policy Department.

Office: Ministry of Environment

Phone number: (+374 11) 818 512

Email: meri.harutyunyan@env.am

Azerbaijan
Name Contact Details
Maltam Ahmadzada

Position: Leading Advisor of the Environmental Policy Division

Office: Ministry of Ecology and Natural resources

Phone number: (+99412) 538 70 73

Email: meltem.ahmedzade90@gmail.com

Email: meltem.ahmedzade@eco.gov.az

Belarus
Name Contact Details
Olga Sazonova

Position: Head of the General Directorate for Waste Management, Biological and Landscape Diversity

Office: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Phone number: (+375) (17) 200 47 76

Email: s.darya@minpriroda.gov.by

Email: waste@minpriroda.gov.by

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Name Contact Details
Mehmed Cero

Position:  Assistant Minister

Office: Federal Ministry on Environment and Tourism

Email: mehmed.cero@fmoit.gov.ba

Bulgaria
Name Contact Details
Desislava Veselinova Dragoeva-Rosales

Position: Chief Expert in Municipal, Biodegradable, and Construction Waste

Office: Waste Management and Soil Protection Directorate, Ministry of Environment and Water of the Republic of Bulgaria

Phone Number: +359 2 940 65 80

Email: ddragoeva@moew.government.bg

Croatia
Name Contact Details
Anamarija Matak

Position: Director of the directorate for environmental impact assessment and sustainable waste management

Office: Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development

Email: anamarija.matak@mingor.hr

Czechia
Name Contact Details
David Doležal

Office: Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic

Phone number: +420 26712-2752

Email: david.dolezal@mzp.cz

Estonia
Name Contact Details
Harry Liiv

Position: Special Envoy for Transboundary Waters

Office: Ministry of Climate

Phone number: +372 5011828

Emailharry.liiv@kliimaministeerium.ee

Georgia
Name Contact Details
Irma Gurguliani

Position: Deputy Head of Waste and Chemicals Management Department

Office: Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia

Phone number: (+ 995) 599898818

Email: Irma.gurguliani@mepa.gov.ge

Hungary
Name Contact Details
Maria Galambos

Position: International Coordinator

Office: Ministry of Energy

Email: maria.galambos.molnarne@em.gov.hu

Amon Szocs

Position: Waste Management Officer

Office: Ministry of Energy, Department of Specific Waste Streams

Email: amon.szocs@em.gov.hu

Department of Specific Waste Streams
Lithuania
Name Contact Details
Saule Deveikyte

Position: Senior Advisor for Waste Policy Group

Office: Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania

Phone number: (+370) 616 434 35

Email: saule.deveikyte@am.lt

Poland
Name Contact Details
Jolanta Rawaska-Olejniczak

Position:  Counsellor

Office: Department of International Affairs Ministry of Climate and Environment of Poland

Email: jolanta.rawska-olejniczak@klimat.gov.pl

Edyta Syslo

Position: Chief Specialist

Office: Department of International Affairs Ministry of Climate and Environment of Poland

Email: edyta.syslo@mos.gov.pl

Republic of Moldova
Name Contact Details
Mihai Rusu

Position: Main Consultant, Circular Economy Policy and Economic Instrument Service

Office: Ministry of Environment

Phone Number: +373 22 204 578/+373 68 720 128

Email: mihai.rusu@mediu.gov.md

Tatiana Tugui

Position: Director of the Experts Association ProMediu

Emailtuguitatiana@ymail.com

 

Romania
Name Contact Details
Alexandru Roznov

Position:  Counsellor Assistant

Office: General Directorate Waste and Contaminated Sites, Chemicals Unit; Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests

Email: alexandru.roznov@mmediu.ro

Russia Federation
Name Contact Details
Dmitry Kornilov

Position: Deputy Head of the Division of Bilateral Cooperation

Office: Department of International Cooperation and Climate Change of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation

Phone number: +7(499)-252-23-59 (ext.1004)

Email: d_kornilov@mnr.gov.ru

Serbia
Name Contact Details
Marina Milojevic

Position: Head of Section for Transboundary Movement of Waste and National Focal Point for the Basel Convention

Office: Division for Waste Management, Department for Waste and Wastewater Management in the  Ministry of Environmental Protection

Email: marina.milojevic@eko.gov.rs

Slovakia
Name Contact Details
Pamela Palkova

Position: Senior State Advisor

Office: Department of Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation in the Directorate for International Relations and Environmental Policy, Ministry of Environment of the Slovakia Republic

Emailpamela.palkova@enviro.gov.sk

Lubomir Duracka

Position: Senior Adviser

Office: Department of Waste Management, Ministry of Environment of the Slovakia Republic

Phone number: +(421) 2 5956 4317

Email: lubomir.duracka@enviro.gov.sk

Eleonara Suplatova

Position: Senior Adviser

Office: Department of Waste Management, Ministry of Environment of the Slovakia Republic

Phone number: +(421) 2 5956 4310

Email: eleonara.suplatova@enviro.gov.sk

Slovenia
Name Contact Details
Janja Kreitmayer McKenzie

Office: EU and International Affairs Department, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning

Phone number: +386 (0) 1 478 7338

Email: janja.kreitmayer@gov.si

Ukraine
Name Contact Details
Illia Karandas

Position: Second Secretary and Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Environment Programme

Office: Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya

Phone number: +380677758809

Email: illia.karandas@mfa.gov.ua

Yevhenii Fedorenko

Position: Deputy Minister

Office: Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine

Phone number: +380679918609

Email: j_fedorenko@ukr.net

Antigua and Barbuda
Name Contact Details
Asha Challenger

Position: Third Secretary

Office: Permanent Mission of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations

Email: asha.challenger@ab.gov.ag

Indira James-Henry

Position: Environmental Implementation Coordinator

Office: Ministry of Health, Wellness, and the Environment.

Email: Indira.James-Henry@ab.gov.ag

Argentina
Name Contact Details
Francisco Barbieri

Position: Secretary

Office: Directorate of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship

Emailbfb@mrecic.gov.ar

Barbados
Name Contact Details
Charley Browne

Position: Permanent Secretary

Office: Ministry of Environment and National Beautification, Green and Blue Economy

Phone number: (+246) 535-4354

Email: Charley.browne@barbados.gov.bb

Jovan Reid

Position: First Secretary

Office: Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations at Nairobi

Phone number: +254 746 123 850

Email: jreid@foreign.gov.bb

Anthony Headley

Position: Director, Environmental Protection Department

Office: Ministry of Environment and National Beautification, Green and Blue Economy

Phone number: (+246)535-4601

Email: anthony.headley@epd.gov.bb

Belize
Name Contact Details
Aldo Cansino

Position: Environmental Officer

Office: Department of the Environment

Phone number: 501-822-2819

Email: cansinoaa@gobmail.gov.bz

Brazil
Name Contact Details
Vitor Bahia Diniz

Position: Head of the Division of Environmental Policy and Sustainability

Office: Department of Sustainable Development of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Phone number: (+55) 61 20309556

Email: dipas@itamaraty.gov.br

Silvio Albuquerque

Position: Permanent Representative of Brazil

Office:  The Embassy of Brazil in Nairobi

Email: brasemb.nairobi@itamaraty.gov.br

Chile
Name Contact Details
Macarena Quezada Borel

Position: Diplomat, Head of Delegation

Office: Environment, Climate Change, and Oceans Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Emailmquezada@minrel.gob.cl

Emilio Yañez

Position: Diplomat, Environment, Climate Change, and Oceans Division

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Emaileyanezb@minrel.gob.cl

Gonzalo Guaiquil

Position: Diplomat, Alternate Head of Delegation

Office: Environment, Climate Change, and Oceans Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Emailgguaiquil@minrel.gob.cl

Colombia
Name Contact Details
Paula Ximena Sanmiguel

Position: Environmental Affairs Coordinator, Directorate of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Email: paula.sanmiguel@cancilleria.gov.co

Faryde Carlier González

Position: Director of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Email: faryde.carlier@cancilleria.gov.co

Andrés Duque Solís

Position: Third Secretary, Directorate of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Email: andres.duque@cancilleria.gov.co

cc:  laura.soto@cancilleria.gov.co

Costa Rica
Name Contact Details
Leticia Zamora Zumbado
Cuba
Name Contact Details
Belsis Isabel Llorente Diaz

Office: International Relations Department, Ministry of Science Technology and Environment

Email: belsis@citma.gob.cu

Dominica
Name Contact Details
Florian Mitchel

Position: General Manager

Office: Dominica Solid Waste Management Corporation

Phone number: +767 449 8168 / +767 616 8170

Email: generalmanager@dswmc.dm

Emailmitchelf.dswmc@cwdom.dm

Dominican Republic
Name Contact Details
Claudia Marcela Taboada Flores

Position: Director of Science, Technology and Environment

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Phone: + 1 809 987 7065

Email: ctaboada@mirex.gob.do

Gabriela Santoni Bisonó

Office: Environmental Affairs, Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva

Phone: + 336 77 72 50 00

Email: gabrielasantonionug@gmail.com

Ecuador
Name Contact Details
Walter Schuldt

Position: Director of Environment and Sustainable Development, MREMH

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility

Email: wschuldt@cancilleria.gob.ec

cc

Email: gabviceminis@cancilleria.gob.ec

Email: sam@cancilleria.gob.ec

Email: p-restrada@cancilleria.gob.ec

Email: cbonilla@cancilleria.gob.ec

Email: dads@cancilleria.gob.ec

Email: onuginebra@cancilleria.gob.ec

Email: omcginebra@cancilleria.gob.ec

Email: mgarciaf@cancilleria.gob.ec

Email: pborja@cancilleria.gob.ec

Email: fsalgado@cancilleria.gob.ec

Email: agomez@cancilleria.gob.ec

Email: fluque@cancilleria.gob.ec

Luis Vayas

Position: Ambassador of Ecuador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Email: lvayas@cancilleria.gob.ec

Grenada
Name Contact Details
Safiya Sawney

Position: Policy Strategist - Oceans

Office: Ministry of Climate Resilience, Environment and Renewable Energy

Email: safiya.sawney@gmail.com

Guyana
Name Contact Details
Tracy Smith

Position: Project Manager

Office: Department of Environment and Climate Change

Phone Number: +592 225 8329

Email: tracy.smith.decc@op.gov.gy

Kemraj Parsram

Position: Executive Director

Office: Environmental Protection Agency

Phone Number: +592 225 5472 Ext 2361

Email: kparsram@epaguyana.org

Sharifah Razack

Position: Deputy Executive Director

Office: Environmental Protection Agency

Phone Number: +592 225 5472 Ext 2345

Email: srazack@epaguyana.org

Honduras
Name Contact Details
Lorvy Marcela Pineda Alonso

Position: Environmental Analyst

Phone number: +504 9830 9711

Email: gestionambiental@miambiente.gob.hn

Email: marce029481@gmail.com

 

Jamaica
Name Contact Details
Kellie Hacker

Position: Manager of the Legal Service Branch

Office: National Environment and Planning Agency

Phone Number: (876) 754 7540 Ext. 3701

Email: kellie.hacker@nepa.gov.jm

Mexico
Name Contact Details
Maria Eugenia Gonzalez Anaya

Position: First Secretary for Legal Affairs and Environment

Office: Permanent Mission of Mexico to International Organizations

Email: megonzalez@sre.gob.mx

Andrea Lissete Ramírez Rentería

Position: Director of the 2030 Agenda for Development, General Directorate for Global Issues

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico

Email: aramirezr@sre.gob.mx

Nicaragua
Name Contact Details
Uriel José Morales Acuña

Position: General Director of Environmental Quality

Office: Ministry of the Environment and Resources Natural (MARENA)

Emailujma47@gmail.com

Panama
Name Contact Details
Kirving Lanas

Position: Project Evaluator

Office: Directorate of Environmental Performance Verification

Email: klanas@miambiente.gob.pa

Fabiola Vega

Position: Chief in charge

Office: Office of International Technical Cooperation

Email: fvega@miambiente.gob.pa

Digna Barsallo

Position: Biology

Office: Directorate of coasts and seas

Email: dbarsallo@miambiente.gob.pa

Bolivar Canizalez

Position: Head of the environment and climate change office

Office: Directorate of international organizations and conferences in the Ministry of foreign affairs

Email: bcanizalez@mire.gob.pa

Cecilia Atherton De Revillard

Position: Environmental Affairs Expert

Office: Permanent Mission of Panama to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Panama

Phone number: +41 22 715 0450

Email: catherton@mire.gob.pa 

Yoani Gonzalez

Office: Ministry of Health of Panama

Phone number: +5075129100

Emailygonzalez@minsa.gob.pa

Paraguay
Name Contact Details
Sustainable Development and Environment Unit

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Email: usdma@mre.gov.py

Ovidio Espinola

Office: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Email: ovidio.espinola@mades.gov.py

Federico Schroeder

Office: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Email: federico.schroeder@mades.gov.py

Peru
Name Contact Details
Johan Ríos

Position: Segundo Secretario

Office: Funcionario de la Embajada del Perú en Kenia

Emailjriorr@rree.gob.pe

Vanessa Aliaga

Position: Segunda Secretaria

Office: Funcionaria de la Representación Permanente del Perú ante los Organismos Internacionales con sede en Ginebra

Emailvaliaga@onuperuginebra.ch

Eduardo Williams Calvo Buendía

Position: Asesor en Temas de Gestión Ambiental

Office: Viceministerio de Gestión Ambiental del Ministerio del Ambiente

Emailecalvo@minam.gob.pe

Sergio Milovan Dinklamg Lanfranco

Position: Eco-efficiency Management Planning Analyst

Office: General Directorate of Environmental Quality of the Ministry of the Environment

Emailsdinklang@minam.gob.pe

Victoria Yolanda Rivera Chale

Position: Director of Solid Waste Management Instruments

Office: General Directorate of Solid Waste Management of the Ministry of Environment

Emailvriverac@minam.gob.pe 

Bernardo Roca-Rey Ross

Position: Counsellor

Office: Permanent Mission of Peru to the international organizations in Geneva

Emailbrocarey@onuperuginebra.ch

Email: brocarey@rree.gob.pe

Saint Lucia
Name Contact Details
Jeanel Volney

Position: Sustainable Development and Environment Officer

Office: Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training

Phone number: 1 758 468 5810/1 758 730 5164

Email: jeanel.volney@gmail.com

Suriname
Name Contact Details
Tiffany Van Ravenswaay

Position: Environmental Policy Advisor

Office: Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment

Phone number: +597 522022

Email: tiffany.vanravenswaay@gov.sr

Trinidad and Tobago
Name Contact Details
Tushara Maharaj

Position: Environmental Engineer Specialist, Environmental Policy, and Planning Division

Office: Ministry of Planning and Development

Phone number: (+868) 225 3404

Email: tushara.maharaj@planning.gov.tt

Uruguay
Name Contact Details
Marcelo Cousillas

Position: Manager of the Legal Area

Office:  Ministry of the Environment

Email: marcelo.cousillas@ambiente.gub.uy

Valentina Sierra

Position: Primera Secretaria
Office:  Misión Permanente del Uruguay ante la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas y otras Organizaciones con sede en Ginebra (Coordinadora del GRULAC-INC)

Emailvalentina.sierra@mrree.gub.uy

Australia
Name Contact Details
Cameron Colebatch

Position: Director

Office: International and Domestic Plastics Policy, Environment Protection Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Email: Cameron.colebatch@dcceew.gov.au

 

With copy to:

Office: International Plastics, Environment Protection Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Email: International.plastics@dcceew.gov.au

Elizabeth Ferguson

Position: Assistant Director

Office: International and Domestic Plastics Policy, Environment Protection Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Email: liz.ferguson1@environment.gov.au

Karina McLachlan

Position: Assistant Director

Office: International and Domestic Plastics Policy, Environment Protection Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Email: karina.mclachlan@environment.gov.au

Austria
Name Contact Details
Renate Paumann

Position: Policy Officer

Office: Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

Phone number: (+43) 1 71162 611313 / +43 664 88848649

Email: renate.paumann@bmk.gv.at

Matthias Kresinger

Position: Policy Officer

Office: Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

Phone number: (+43) 1 71162 603026 / +43 664 88848595

Email: matthias.kresinger@bmk.gv.at

Belgium
Name Contact Details
Leen Chanet

Office: Department of Environment and Spatial Development, Government of Flanders

Email: leen.chanet@vlaanderen.be

Sophie Mirgaux

Office: Federal Public Service Health, Food Safety and Environment

Email: sophie.mirgaux@health.fgov.be

Canada
Name Contact Details
Cynthia Bainbridge

Position: Acting Deputy Director for International Plastics

Office: Environment and Climate Change

Email: Cynthia.Bainbridge@ec.gc.ca

Denmark
Name Contact Details
Mona Mejsen Westergaard

Position: Senior Adviser on International Environmental Issues / UNEP coordinator

Office: Ministry of Environment

Phone number: (+45) 22 29 47 20

Email: momwe@mim.dk

Jørgen Nyberget

Position: Head of Section

Office: Ministry of Environment

Phone number: (+45) 30 52 62 57

Email: joerg@mim.dk

European Union and its Member States **
Name Contact Details
Gordana Topic

Position: International Relations Officer
Office: Unit F.3 "Global Environmental Cooperation and Multilateralism", Directorate F “Green Diplomacy and Multilateralism”, Directorate General for the Environment in the European Commission
Email: Gordana.Topic@ec.europa.eu

Hugo-Maria Schally

Position: Adviser for International Environmental Negotiations
Office: Directorate F “Green Diplomacy and Multilateralism”, Directorate General for the Environment in the European Commission
Email: Hugo-Maria.Schally@ec.europa.eu

Finland
Name Contact Details
Laura Niskanen

Position: Ministerial Adviser

Office: Ministry of the Environment

Email: laura.niskanen@gov.fi

Tuulia Toikka

Position: Ministerial Adviser

Office: Ministry of Environment

Email: Tuulia.toikka@gov.fi

France
Name Contact Details
Thomas Brunel

Position: UNEP/UNEA Policy Officer

Office: Ministry for the Ecological Transition

Phone Number: +33 (0) 1 40 81 84 13 / +33 (0) 7 63 42 91 87

Email: thomas.brunel@developpement-durable.gouv.fr

Hugo Lequertier

Position: UNEP/UNEA Policy Officer

Office: Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

Phone Number: +33 (0) 1 43 17 73 89 / +33 (0) 6 99 88 95 47

Email: hugo.lequertier@diplomatie.gouv.fr

Germany
Name Contact Details
Axel Borchmann

Position:

Office: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection

Email: Axel.Borchmann@bmuv.bund.de

Greece
Name Contact Details
Georgia Mantzava

Position: Technical Expert, Waste Management Directorate

Office: Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy

Email: g.mantzava@prv.ypeka.gr

Alexandra Karpodini

Position: Technical Expert, National Focal Point of the Basel Convention

Office: Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy

Email: a.karpodini@prv.ypeka.gr

Yannis Rigas

Position: Expert Counsellor

Office: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic

Email: rigas.yannis@mfa.gr

Email: m.papaioannou@prv.ypeka.gr

Iceland
Name Contact Details
Hugi Olafsson

Position: General Director

Office: Department of Policy Coordination and International Affairs at the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate

Email: hugi.olafsson@environment.is

Ireland
Name Contact Details
Priscilla Potel

Position: Administrative Officer

Office: Department of the Environment, Climate & Communications

Email: Priscilla.Potel@decc.gov.ie

Israel
Name Contact Details
Ayelet Rosen

Position: Head Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Office: Ministry of Environmental Protection

Phone number: (+972) 2 6553 745

Mobile: (+972) 50 6233299

Email: Ayeletr@sviva.gov.il

Italy
Name Contact Details
Pierluigi Manzione

Office: Ministry of Ecological Transition, AT Sogesid

Email: manzione.pierluigi@mite.gov.it

Luxembourg
Name Contact Details
Sébastien Kieffer

Position: Sustainable Development Attaché

Office: Ministry of Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development of Luxembourg

Email: sebastien.kieffer@mev.etat.lu

Malta
Name Contact Details
Luca Lacitignola

Name: Mr Luca Lacitignola

Position: Assistant Director

Affiliation: Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise

Email: luca.lacitignola@gov.mt

Monaco
Name Contact Details
Wilfrid Deri

Position: Project Manager

Office: Ministry of State – Department of External Relations and Cooperation

Phone number: +377 98 98 45 84

Email: wderi@gouv.mc

Netherlands
Name Contact Details
Jennefer Baarn

Position: Senior Policy Advisor

Office: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

Email: Jennefer.Baarn@minienw.nl

The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
New Zealand
Name Contact Details
UNEP NZ Mailbox

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Email: UNEP-NZ@mfat.govt.nz

Whitney Nelson

Office: Ministry for the Environment

Email: whitney.nelson@mfe.govt.nz

Shaun Lewis

Office: Ministry for the Environment

Email: shaun.lewis@mfe.govt.nz

Piata-Te-Kahurangi Costello

Office: Ministry for the Environment

Email: piata-te-kahurangi.costello@mfe.govt.nz

Richard Kay

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Email: richardp.kay@mfat.govt.nz

 

Kataraina Anaru

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Email: kataraina.anaru@mfat.govt.nz

Renée Yap

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Email: renee.yap@mfat.govt.nz

Jojo Woodham

Office: Ministry for the Environment

Email: jojo.woodham@mfe.govt.nz

Daisy Croft

Office: Ministry for the Environment

Email: daisy.croft@mfe.govt.nz

Shea-Lee Phillips

Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Email: shea-lee.phillips@mfat.govt.nz

Norway
Name Contact Details
Erlend Draget

Position: Senior Advisor

Office: Ministry of Climate and Environment

Email: Erlend.Draget@kld.dep.no

Portugal
Name Contact Details
Peter Pitrez

Position: Senior Officer

Office: Division for International Relations, Ministry of Environment and Climate Action

Emailpeter.pitrez@sgambiente.gov.pt

Maria João Teixeira

Position: Senior Officer

Office: Division for International Relations, Ministry of Environment and Climate Action

Email: mariajoao.teixeira@sgambiente.gov.pt

Sandra Moutinho

Position: Senior Officer

Office: Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Security and Maritime Services, Ministry of Economy and Sea

Email: smoutinho@dgrm.mm.gov.pt

 

Elisabete Quintas

Position: Head of department

Office: Operational Programme for Sustainability and Efficient use of Resources (POSEUR)

Email: elisabete.quintas@poseur.portugal2020.pt

Spain
Name Contact Details
Jaime L. Fraile Jiménez de Muñana

Position: Chief of Section

Office: General Subdirectorate of International Relations, Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge

Emailjlfraile@miteco.es

Sweden
Name Contact Details
Anna Fransson

Position: Head of Section

Office: Ministry of Climate and Enterprise

Phone Number: +46 73 096 16 34

Email: anna.fransson@regeringskansliet.se

With copy to;

Email: ambassaden.nairobi@gov.se

Email: karin.snellman@gov.se

Switzerland
Name Contact Details
Andrea Zbinden

Position: Senior Policy Advisor

Office: Swiss Federal Office for the Environment

Email: andrea.zbinden@bafu.admin.ch

Türkiye
Name Contact Details
Sadiye Bilgiç Karabulut

Position: Head of Department for Zero Waste and Waste Processing

Office: Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change

Phone number: +90 535 714 69 28

Email: sadiye.karabulut@csb.gov.tr

Nazlı Yenal

Position: Expert

Office: Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change

Phone number: +90 312 586 31 32

Email: nazli.yenal@csb.gov.tr

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Name Contact Details
Robert Hearty

Position: Policy Advisor

Office: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Email: Robert.hearty@defra.gov.uk

Lauren Bevan

Position: Head of the Ocean and Plastic Pollution Team

Office: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Email: lauren.bevan@defra.gov.uk

Julius Piercy

Position: Head of Marine Litter Policy

Office: Marine and Fisheries Directorate, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Email: Julius.piercy@defra.gov.uk

United States of America
Name Contact Details
Larke Williams

Position: Foreign Affairs Officer

Office: U.S (United States). Department of State

Email: williamsls@state.gov