Expert in Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Finance

Alexandra Soezer is Director, GORD Climate Action Center of Excellence, focusing on advancing the goals of the Paris Agreement through international cooperation and innovative carbon market mechanisms.

Alexandra Soezer’s most recent role was as the United Nations Development Program’s as expert in climate change mitigation, and carbon finance where she worked in different roles for 15 years. In 2021, she set up Carbon Payment for Development, UNDP’s dedicated programme on Paris-aligned carbon markets, funded by Switzerland with the objective, to enhance countries readiness to engage in cooperative approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Previously, Alexandra worked with MDG Carbon, UNDP’s corporate framework for carbon finance and UNDP’s National Determined Contributions Support Programme, building on her experience that she gained at the Austrian JI/CDM Programme, managed by Kommunalkredit on behalf of the Austrian Government.

Alexandra earned her PhD in Environmental Sciences at the University of Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria and the Austrian Institute of Technology with a specialization on fluctuating micro-climatic stresses on plants.