Astrid serves as C40’s Senior Manager of Climate Budgeting, a programme supporting cities to improve their governance systems to operationalise and deliver climate targets. Astrid is seconded from the City of Oslo, where she previously worked for the Urban Environment Agency. She was responsible for following up the City of Oslo’s Strategy for Reduced and Sustainable Consumption with its annually revised action plan. In this position, she led an inter-municipal consultation group that developed measures and collaborated with researchers to develop indicators within the field. Astrid worked closely with Oslo’s Climate Agency to further develop the climate budget to include indirect emissions.
She also has experience from several environmental NGOs, working on circular economy projects in collaboration with businesses, civil society and academia, and international development projects and humanitarian work. Astrid holds a Master’s in International Environmental Studies from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.
Aura currently serves as the Air Quality Programme Officer at C40, based in the London office. In this role, she supports the overall coordination and delivery of the Air Quality programme. She ensures that air quality initiatives are connected with other C40 programmes and networks, while also collaborating with external partners.
She joined C40 in 2022 as an intern with the Climate Action Planning and Innovation team. She supported the delivery of technical assistance to help member cities align with international best practices. She later served as Operations Officer and COP28 Events Coordinator.
Before joining C40, she worked with Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) to collect data and build a country-based model for energy transition. This project, in collaboration with the Energy Transition Council for COP27, focused on advancing energy transition strategies. In addition, she contributed to the production of the Raindance Film Festival for three consecutive editions.
Originally from Mexico, Aura holds an MSc in Environmental Technology, with a focus on urban sustainable environments, from Imperial College London. Additionally, she holds a BA in International Relations from King’s College London.
She is fluent in Spanish, French, and English.
As a Technical Adviser, Bandish supports C40’s work in South and West Asian cities, specifically implementing high-impact actions decarbonising the energy and building sector.
Bandish has over a decade of experience in the urban climate space, having worked very closely with a variety of stakeholders including local communities, government officials at various levels, global think tanks and NGOs, academia and Urban Local Bodies in India.
He was recently associated with EMBER working on a coal mine methane mitigation project in India. Previously, he held the position of ‘Manager – Urban Climate Action’ at Janaagraha, playing a key role in implementing the “Clean Energy Pathways for Low-Income Settlements” programme in cities of Odisha.
As a Research Associate on the multi-country OPTIMISM project, his work focused on promoting low-carbon transportation solutions in two Indian cities. At ICLEI South Asia, he spearheaded efforts towards driving climate action across various cities through initiatives like “Promoting Low Emission Urban Development Strategies in Emerging Economy Countries (Urban LEDS)”, “SE4ALL Building Efficiency Accelerator program (BEA)”, “Earth Hour City Challenge (EHCC)”, “Rajkot Solar City Program” and “Development of Climate Adaptation Financing Guidebook”.
Bandish has an MBA in Energy and Environment from Symbiosis Institute of International Business and a BA in Political Science and Economics. In his free time, he likes to read books, play badminton and has a keen interest in Ayurveda.
Barbara Barros serves as the Global Head of Adaptation Finance at C40. In this role, she oversees the organisation’s strategy and programmes for supporting cities to access finance for vital adaptation and resilience projects. Previously, she worked as Senior Adaptation Finance Manager, where she supported cities to develop robust project pipelines and prepare bankable adaptation and resilient projects, engaging closely with financial institutions and promoting tailored technical assistance.
Before this, Barbara served as a C40 City Advisor to the City of Rio de Janeiro through the C40 Climate Action Planning Program. There, she played a key role in developing the city’s Sustainable Development and Climate Action Plan—the first plan of its kind to target net-zero emissions and climate resilience, aligned with the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She also supported the integration of climate considerations into Rio’s Master Plan and Municipal Strategic Plan. Before that, she led the Adaptation and Resilience Division for the City of Recife, where she oversaw the city’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan and spearheaded low-carbon urban development initiatives.
Barbara is a trained architect and urban planner, holding a master’s degree in Urban Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and a specialization in adaptation finance from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.
Beatrice serves as the Regional Engagement Manager for Asia at C40 Cities Finance Facility (CFF). Before joining C40, she spearheaded courses and workshops to improve Philippine public services and processes’ responsiveness and efficiency and support the government’s public-sector innovation thrust. To do this, she designed courses on citizen-centred service design and collaborated with partners to introduce experimentation.
She has long experience in the public sector as a project manager and researcher, delivering capability development and knowledge management interventions for the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific region. She led campaigns to promote the Philippine government’s disaster resilience framework and assistance programs and documented local governments’ preparedness and response strategies. During this time, she also coached local officials on creating and planning development projects on wildlife conservation, climate adaptation, health, and food safety and security, among others.
Beatrice earned a BA in History from the Ateneo de Manila University and a Certificate in Social Sciences and the Humanities from Sciences Po Paris. She is also certified by the Asian Productivity Organization as a Public-Sector Productivity Specialist. She spends her free time volunteering for youth engagement and human rights education programs.
Benedetta is the Urban Planning and Design Officer at C40’s Copenhagen office. As part of the Horizon Europe ReGreeneration project, she contributes to the design and adoption of innovative people-centred, nature-based solutions for neighbourhood revitalisation across 9 European cities.
Prior to joining C40, Benedetta collaborated closely with the City of Milan’s Permanent Climate Assembly, developing an inclusive deliberative governance model for climate planning. In her experience as a Consultant at the World Food Programme she tackled the complex links between food security, political stability, and urban environments.
She holds a dual Master’s degree from Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics, specialising in International Development with a keen focus on urban sustainability policies. Throughout her studies, she founded and led projects bridging policymakers, academia, and youth to foster dialogue on sustainability challenges.
Benjamin serves as Head of Implementation for South and West Asia, after working as C40 Senior Manager for Climate Implementation and C40 City Adviser to Chennai and Bengaluru. His work with Chennai and Bengaluru includes helping both cities prepare their climate action plans and further support the implementation of the city CAPs across various sectors like Energy, Transport, Land Use Planning etc. Before joining C40, Benjamin worked with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) where he focused on the preparation of the Master Plan of Delhi 2041. With Dutch consultancy firm Royal Haskoning DHV (RHDHV) Benjamin worked on the Revised Master Plan of Bengaluru 2031 as well as on greenfield urban extension master plans for Surat and Aurangabad.
By training, Benjamin is an architect with a double Master’s in urban regional planning and urban design from CEPT, Ahmedabad. Over the last 12 years, his work has focused on strategic planning with outcomes focussed on mitigating climate change and improving quality of life. In his free time he likes cooking for his family and playing musical instruments.
Bo Sun acts as the Project Manager in the CAP China team, based in Beijing.
Prior to C40, Bo worked in the Ministry of Ecology and Environment in China, where he worked on the implementation and management of Chinese Projects of Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances. He was also involved and coordinated in the national greenhouse gas HFCs phase-down strategy development.
Bo holds a Master of Sociology from Brown University.
Brian Farrelly is a Helpdesk Technician in C40’s New York City office, reporting directly to the IT Manager. In this role, he addresses the tech support needs of C40 team members by managing incoming helpdesk tickets, facilitating IT training sessions and serving as an on-site and remote support resource. Prior to joining the team at C40, Brian was an IT Support Specialist at Todd Street Productions, a marketing communications and event production company based in New York City. In this position, he was responsible for assisting staff and freelance members with their IT inquiries, new machine deployments and providing on-site support for corporate events and sales meetings. Before his position at Todd Street, Brian was in a similar IT support role at MJM Creative, which is a subsidiary of WPP, a British multinational advertising and public relations company. Brian graduated from the State University of New York, Albany with a BA in English.
Bruce Lindsey serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Clinton Foundation. Bruce joined the Foundation in 2001 as general counsel and became CEO in 2003. Bruce served as assistant to the president and deputy counsel to the president throughout President Clinton’s two terms in office.
He had previously been a partner at Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, a law firm in Little Rock, where he is currently ‘of counsel.’ Bruce received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. from Rhodes College.
Bruno Bartholini is Senior Manager, Media Relations at C40 Cities & Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) Joint Program. He leads global press engagement and external communications around urban climate action, with a focus on multilevel partnerships (CHAMP Coalition), climate finance advocacy, and data-driven local climate solutions.
Before joining C40, Bruno worked for over a decade at Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall, where he coordinated communications for major urban interventions and events, including the revitalisation of the Port Region (Porto Maravilha), the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the introduction of the Light Rail Vehicle system, and innovative projects in concessions and public-private partnerships such as the city’s first municipal solar energy farm.
Bruno is a Brazilian journalist based in Innsbruck, Austria. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from PUC-Rio, a postgraduate degree in Public Administration from PUC Minas, and he is currently pursuing a Master’s in Media, Society and Communication at the University of Innsbruck.
Bryn joins C40 from the humanitarian aid sector and has worked in disaster risk reduction and humanitarian responses across East Asia, the Middle East and Africa. His most recent work has been with Save the Children in Syria, where he served as Director of Program Operations overseeing program implementation across the country.
Before joining the Climate Finance Facility, he worked with International Rescue Committee and Danish Refugee Council in developing city and municipality-led responses to forced migration and urban displacement. He supported the Greater Amman Municipality in developing and implementing their Amman Resilience Strategy to create a more prosperous and inclusive city for Jordanians, migrants and refugees alike. Earlier in his career, Bryn led community-driven development and local governance programming to support post-conflict reconstruction efforts in over 1,000 villages in eastern DR Congo.
He holds a BA in Political Science from Wilfrid Laurier University and an LLM in International Law and Forced Migration from the Brussels School of International Studies. Bryn is married and a father of two children, six and three, and is living in southern Copenhagen. Outside of work, he enjoys hockey, roller skating, writing and yoga.
Caio Raposo serves as C40’s Senior Manager, Waste (Brazil) within the Climate Solutions & Networks department, supporting the Brazil Multilevel Implementation Program.
Caio has experience in waste and methane mitigation policy across Belize, Brazil, Chile, Grenada, Guyana, and Uruguay. His work includes policy design, regulatory analysis, and capacity-building for national and subnational governments. He joins C40 from the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP), where he worked on the Recycle Organics Program, supporting organic waste management and methane reduction initiatives in Brazil and the Caribbean.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS) and a specialisation in Environmental Management from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) – COPPE.
Camila Acosta Camargo serves as the Senior Manager, Air Quality Solutions Exchange at C40, supporting the Bloomberg Cities Idea Exchange, with a focus on air pollution and low-cost sensors.
Camila is based in São Paulo and has extensive expertise in communications, advocacy, and project management. Her work has focused on urban mobility, waste management, and, most significantly, the intersection of health, climate, and air quality. Before this role, she advocated for Brazilian air quality regulations, monitoring, and standards. She also helped to create a coalition to foster air quality monitoring in the Brazilian Amazon area.
Camila holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Communication Sciences from the University of São Paulo, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Social Communication with an emphasis in Public Relations from the same institution. She also conducted research at the University of East Anglia (UK) and is a member of the Communication and Work Research Center (CPCT/ECA-USP). Her research was funded by the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education(CAPES).
Camila is the Walking and Cycling Senior Manager in the Climate Solutions and Networks team, leading the active mobility network of 35+ cities in all continents and regions to foster walking and cycling solutions through peer-to-peer exchange and technical assistance.
Camila has been a cycling advocate in Mexico City. Prior to C40, she contributed to diverse programmes and projects for international organisations such as the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy in Mexico, the Inter-American Development Bank, and BYCS, as well as regional and local governments in Latin America. Her work has focussed on the intersection between cities and sustainable mobility, climate change, and gender.
Camila graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with a BSc in International Relations and an MSc in Urban and Economic Geography from Utrecht University.
Camille serves as C40’s Manager for Urban Planning and 15 Minute City. She is responsible for the Green and Thriving Neighbourhoods programme, which empowers and supports cities to implement the 15-minute city principles and ambitious net-zero neighbourhoods.
Prior to joining C40, Camille worked as an intern in the research team of the UCLG World Secretariat in Barcelona. She was involved in the publication of the 6th report of the Global Observatory on Local Democracy and Decentralisation (GOLD VI) on pathways toward urban and territorial equality. She also took part in the annual report for the UN High-Level Political Forum on the localisation of SDGs. She has experience working for architecture firms both in France and the United States as an intern.
Camille holds a Master’s in Governance of Ecological Transitions from Sciences Po Paris, and a Master’s in Architecture.
Carolina serves as Special Advisor for CHAMP National Engagement within the C40 x GCoM Joint Program.
Before joining C40, Carolina held the post of Deputy Mayor for the Environment during Mayor Claudia Lopez’s term as Mayor of Bogotá, between 2020 and 2023. She has worked on environmental and climate issues for over twenty years on the national, local and multilateral levels. She holds a degree in political science and public administration from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico and a graduate degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
Caroline serves as Director for Transportation at C40. Previously, Caroline worked at environmental behaviour change charity Global Action Plan where, as a Partner, she led their Air Quality Portfolio. Working with local authorities, cities, and the NHS, Caroline designed and delivered programmes to protect health and reduce dangerous air pollution. Prior to this, Caroline was Strategy Manager at the Energy Saving Trust managing electric vehicle research and delivery programmes. At EST she worked with business fleets to increase uptake of low carbon vehicles, and chaired the Low Emission Vehicle Partnership car working group and the European Energy Network’s Transport Working Group. Caroline has also worked as Policy Advisor in the UK’s Environment Agency and as a Researcher to a Member of the UK Parliament. Caroline has a masters degree in Environmental Politics from Keele University.
As Climate Politics, Intelligence and Diplomacy Manager, Casimir supports the City Diplomacy team through policy analysis, intelligence sharing, and engagement with external partners, including the International Climate Politics Hub and the 2050 Pathways Platform. Through this work, Casimir helps advance C40’s diplomatic goals of promoting a green and just recovery from COVID-19, enhancing global climate ambition, and building a coalition of cities committed to the principles of the Global Green New Deal. Prior to joining C40, Casimir worked as a Policy Analyst Trainee with the Multilateral Organization Performance Assessment Network at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France, where he devised and piloted a new engagement strategy aimed at better understanding member states’ multilateral aid priorities. Casimir holds joint Master’s degrees in International Security and International Relations from Sciences Po’s Paris School of International Affairs and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Catherine is responsible for the financial administration and management of the FCDO Climate Action Implementation grant.
Catherine joined C40 after completing her Master’s in international development at Reading University, whilst working part-time for the charities African Revival and before that at Mary’s Meals.
Catherine decided to pursue her passion for international development after working as a qualified accountant at Thames Water for 23 years taking on various financial and project management roles. Catherine also volunteered as Treasurer for company fundraising for WaterAid.