Rio Climate Action Week

Dr Marcelo Carvalho de Andrade is Co-Convenor of Rio Climate Action Week and Founder & Chair of the award-winning Brazilian sustainable development institute, Pro Natura International.

He brings more than 35 years of experience working in the area of socioeconomic development and implementation of sustainable corporate, governmental and non-governmental projects, in Brazil and across the world.

A medical doctor by training and a former Brazilian Olympic rower, Marcelo has led numerous expeditions into Amazonia and other mountain and forest regions, experiencing first-hand the problems caused by unsustainable development.

It was through this experience that he developed the model for Pro Natura as an institution that combined economic growth with human development and quality of life.

In 1985, he founded Pro Natura in Brazil and, in 1992 in partnership with the late Guy Reinaud, expanded the institution’s activities globally across the United States, Europe, South and Central America, Africa and Asia. He has devoted many decades to supporting the cause and rights of indigenous peoples in Brazil and since 2015 has served as Special Ambassador of the Indigenous and Original Peoples’ World Games.

His contributions to the field of socioeconomic development were highlighted in the book The True Visionaries of Our Times, by German journalist Martin Haeusler. He has devoted many decades to supporting the cause and rights of indigenous peoples in Brazil and since 2015 has served as Special Ambassador of the Indigenous and Original Peoples’ World Games.

Marcelo is also co-founder and partner of Earth Capital Partners, one of the world’s first and largest environmentally-focused investment funds. He also served for several years as a member of BHP Billiton Forum for Corporate Responsibility, DuPont’s Worldwide Biotech Panel, Procter & Gamble’s Sustainability Council, etc.

Among numerous awards and honours over a lifetime of achievement, Marcelo serves as the Chair for Latin America of the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI), founded by HM King Charles III, and as Ambassador for Green Economy, Innovation and Sustainability for the state of Matto Grosso, Brazil.

More at: https://pronaturainternational.org/