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Biography Izabella Teixeira 5z2b6j
Member of the International Advisory Board at the Brazilian Center of International Relations (CEBRI). Former Minister of Environment (2010-2016). She is also Co-Chair of the International Resource of the UN Environment (IRP/UNEP), member of the High Level Advisory Board of UN-DESA and of the istrative Council of The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES).
Throughout her career, Izabella Teixeira held different istrative positions in the Ministry of Environment, in the Rio de Janeiro State Government and in IBAMA, where she ed in 1984. She played a key role in the negotiation of the Paris Agreement and was appointed, in 2012, to serve on the High-Level of Eminent Persons for the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
In 2013, she won the UN Environment's "Champions of the Earth" Global Award for her contribution to reducing deforestation in the Amazon. She holds a Master's degree in Energy Planning and a PhD in Environmental Planning from COPPE/UFRJ.
