Blue Natural Capital Financing Facility

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People & Network

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Meet the team behind Blue Natural Capital

Our dedicated team of experts and partners brings diverse skills and experience together to advance sustainable Blue Natural Capital initiatives. Through collaboration and innovation, we strive to create impactful solutions that benefit climate resilience, biodiversity, and coastal communities worldwide.

Core team

Alix Chatton

Alix manages project progress under BNCFF and BCAF, ensuring effective implementation. She supports capacity-building, technical assistance, and new project concepts, fosters strategic partnerships, and engages in outreach efforts.

Joao Sousa

Joao Sousa, IUCN Senior Programme Officer, manages IUCN’s involvement in Blue Natural Capital partnerships, projects and activities.

Rod Braun

Rod is the Director of Green-Gray Infrastructure/Nature-based Solutions at Conservation International and works with the BNCFF to implement financing strategies and field examples of green-gray infrastructure approaches.

Miguel Cifuentes-Jara

Miguel Cifuentes-Jara is a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Institute and the founder of URKO Earth Systems. Since the early 2010s, he has been a global change ecologist working on developing a blue carbon model for climate action and sustainable coastal development.

Anthony Hobson

A communications specialist, Anthony Hobson works to bring BNCFF and BCAF work to the attention of governments, financiers, conservation organisations and business but also to raise awareness among project developers in nations we work with.

Technical and strategic advisors

Nathalie Roth

Nathalie Roth is a Senior Advisor for environmental and international carbon markets and climate finance, and supports evaluations around the financial structuring of the projects.

Moritz von Unger

Moritz von Unger is a Senior Advisor who supports projects with legal and technical guidance related to coastal nature-based interventions, with a focus in carbon related questions.

Torsten Thiele

Torsten Thiele is a Senior Advisor on project structuring and blue financing. He brings traditional finance to the space of Nature-based Solutions in the blue environment.

Calls for Proposals

There are no open calls for proposals. Sign up for email alerts to be notified of the next call and receive updates on BNCFF and BCAF projects, lessons learned, and more, or email us at bluenaturalcapital@iucn.org.