Francesco N. Tubiello Curriculum Vitae, Jan 2022

FRANCESCO NICOLA TUBIELLO
francesco.tubiello@fao.org
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Climate change and environment professional. Thirty-years-experience in academia, private sector andinternational agencies and the UN system, in formulating, managing and implementing policy-relevant
climate programs, projects and research.
EDUCATION1995
1992
1989

Ph. D., Earth Systems and Agriculture. New York University, New York, NY, USA.
M.S., Agriculture and Environment, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
M.S. and B.S. (Italian Laurea) in Physics, summa cum laude, University of Turin, Italy.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015-present
2011-20152010-20112009-2010
2002-2008
2004-2008
1996-2002
1995-1996
1990-1995

Senior Statistician and Team Leader, Environment Statistics, FAO, Italy
Natural Resources Officer and Project Coordinator, FAO, Italy
Chief of Science & Technology, GET-Carbon LLC, USA
Senior Climate Change Scientist, European Commission Joint Research Center
Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University and NASA
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA
Visiting Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
Associate Research Scientist, CCSR, NASA and Columbia University, USA
Postdoctoral Research Sc., CCSR, NASA and Columbia University, USA
Staff Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund, USAAWARDS
Kavli Foundation Speaker, 2008
Nobel Peace Prize (IPCC), 2007
NASA Land Cover/Land Use Change Research Award, 2004-2007
US National Science Foundation Research Award, 2002-2004
US National Science Foundation International Fellow, 2002
CURRENT POSITION
2015-Present.

Senior Statistician and Team Leader, Environment. Statistics Division, FAO, Italy.
Responsibilities include: Oversight, maintenance and development of FAO corporate agrienvironmental databases, including Fertilizers, Pesticides, Land, greenhouse gas
emissions, agri-environmental indicators and climate change relevant statistics. Data andmethodological support to 2030 SDGs and UNFCC monitoring and reporting processes.
Oversight and development of capacity development activities in member countries aimed
at strengthening evidence-based decision making through better data, in support of FAO’sstrategic objectives. Development and implementation of the System of Environmental andEconomic Accounting for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (SEEA-AFF), incollaboration with UNSD, EUROSTAT, OECD and World Bank and member countries.
Development of Climate Change relevant statistics, in collaboration with UNECE, UNSD,
UNFCCC and member countries.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2011-2105

Natural Resources Officer and MAGHG Project Coordinator. Climate, Energy andTenure Division, FAO, Italy.
Coordinator of a multi-disciplinary, multi-departmental Trust fund project (US$ 7 million)
aimed at improving the capacity of developing countries to assess and report theirgreenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigation potential, in the context of sustainable
natural resource management and food security. Led a team of three professional officers

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and over 10 international consultants, in coordination across FAO departments, relevantinternational agencies and research institutes. Results achieved: design, implementationand dissemination, including international recognition at IPCC and UNFCCC levels, of theFAOSTAT GHG emission database for agriculture and land use; capacity building
delivered to over 100 countries worldwide, especially developing and least-developedcountries; built robust cooperation between FAO, IPCC, UNFCCC, as well as strengthened
cooperation with many additional international partners active in climate change issues.
Other duties included team management, budgeting and reporting to donors; organizationof regional meetings and workshops; implementation of pilot case studies in the field;
linkages to relevant international policy and science processes.
2006-2011

Chief of Science & Technology, GET-CARBON, LLC, New York USA
International project development, management and capacity building, focusing on policy
advice and technical support to developing countries in climate change risk assessment,adaptation and mitigation solutions, with a focus on agriculture and climate change
mitigation solutions. Managed a team of senior and junior consultants for optimal
implementation of all science and technology projects of the firm. Activities included fieldprojects design and management for carbon sequestration projects in forest, agriculture andrenewable energy, including conduction of capacity building workshops focusing onlinkages between sustainable development and employment.

2009-2010

Senior Climate Change Scientist, European Commission, Joint Research Center, Italy
Senior grant-holder and project scientist in the area of climate change impacts, adaptationand mitigation in agriculture and water resources—supporting a multidisciplinary team ofsenior and junior scientists at the JRC towards development of climate change impacts andresponse analysis tools. Provided support to the European Commission towards thedevelopment of programmes and implementation of partnerships, towards improvement ofadaptation and mitigation strategies of developing countries, of relevance to ruraldevelopment, with a focus on impacts of climate change on agriculture and waterrequirements. Organized and participated in meetings and conferences on behalf of the EC.

1995-2008

Research Scientist, Columbia University and NASA-Goddard Institute Space Studies, USA
Research, design and implementation of multi-disciplinary, international projects andprogrammes on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and water resource
management, with a focus on developing countries and food security. Organization ofmeetings and workshops for promoting partnerships and communication to both the publicand specialized agencies. Tenure included work and international collaborations with IIASA,
2004-2008. Principal Investigator in several international research efforts, including OECD
(Adaptation metrics for climate change responses for crops and water); NASA (Linking dataand models for understanding mitigation and adaptation options in the Ukraine); NOAA(Coupling agricultural and water impacts to terrestrial carbon models); US National ScienceFoundation (Agriculture and water relations in the GISS land surface model); UNDP/Global
Environmental Facility (Soil C-sequestration strategies under climate change in Brazil,Kenya, Syria and India); Italian Ministry of the Environment (Impacts of climate change on
Mediterranean agriculture and water availability); Environmental Defense Fund (elevated
CO2 and plant-water relations).

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INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCIES
Private Sector
CEZ, sro
Czech Republic
Ferrero Spa
Italy
AECOM
New Zealand
EnecoreChina

Public Sector
ADB:

UN FAO:
UNDP-GEF
The World Bank:
UN FAO:

The World Bank:

Asian Develop. Bank:

UN FAO:IFAD:
The World Bank:

252.5 MW Cogealac wind farm, Romania. Implemented PDD
development, assistance with determination and UNFCCC registration (Jun 2009Jan 2011).
Irrigation water Management and Afforestation with Hazelnut Plantation inWestern Georgia. Implemented
PDD development, assistance with validation and project registration under theCarbonFix voluntary carbon standard (Oct 2009-Jan 2011).
Support in analysis of potential carbon finance for a large, 250 MWhydropower CDM project activity in Laos (2011)
Development of PDDs for eight CDM projects in China, including smallhydropower, wind and fossil fuel switch (2008).

Development of Kazakhstan’s low carbon development and adaptation planningfor water resource management and energy. Developed technical report onclimate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation opportunities, as well as
contributed to the Country Environment and Climate Change Road Map (2011).
Report on “Green Economy, Rural Development, and UNFCCC Opportunities” atechnical contribution to FAO’s efforts under UNCSD Rio+20 (2011)
Implementation of “Technical Feasibility Study for Biomass Supply and Demandin Georgia” for GEF application (2011).
Development and implementation of the Agro-Zone Simulator Project, focusing
on agriculture and irrigation water management issues for Latin America (2011).
SOLAW Technical Report “Land and Water Use Options for Climate Change
Adaptation and Mitigation in Agriculture,” a technical contribution to the 2011
FAO “State of Land and Water.” (2010)
Support towards development of a web-based demo platform to investigate
impact and adaptation options for world agricultural systems, with a focus on
Latin America (2009-2010).
Support towards development of “Climate Change Implementation Plan forCentral and West Asia”. The Plan identified investment opportunities andchallenges for low-carbon development paths and policies, focusing on water on
power issues (2008-2009).
Elaborated technical background papers for the “High-Level World FoodConference”, focusing on climate change, rural development and food security inthe context of climate change (2008).
Analysis of carbon market potential for agriculture and forestry activities for ruraldevelopment (2008).
Report on adaptation and mitigation activities in agriculture and forestry,including synergies for adaptation and mitigation for new carbon funds (2008).

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OTHER PAST ACTIVITIES
1998-2003
2000-01
1995-98

1995
1994
1991-19931992
1990-1992
1989-1990

Staff Writer, Harvard University Quarterly Review on Global Change
Project Leader, US National Assessment Crop Modeling Team, Washington DC, USA.
Coordinator, Organization of Small Island States, Italian Government contribution.
Director, Biosphere 2, Agriculture and Water Program, Oracle, USA
Lecturer “Ecosystem and Water Processes, and Climate Change.” Columbia University
Crop Modeling Scientist, FACE, wheat and water relations. Maricopa, USA
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, NASA-Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA
Graduate Research Assistant, NASA-Closed Environmental Life Support Systems
Staff Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund
Architecture Intern, Energy Efficiency, Croxton's Collaboratives, New York USA.
Graduate Research Assistant, New York University, USA
Research Fellow, Italian National Research Council, Italy

PUBLIC SERVICE
PresentFounding Member, Food Climate Partnership, Columbia University SIPA
Member, Bureau of UN Committee of Experts on Environmental Economic Accounting
Member, UN Committee of Experts on Environment Statistics
Member, UNECE Steering Committee on Climate Change Statistics
IPCC Author, 2022 WG III Report
IPCC Lead Author, 2019 SRLCC
IPCC Lead Author, 2019 IPCC Revised 2006 Guidelines
UNFCCC, Expert Reviewer for NC, BUR submissions
UNFCCC, CDM Registration and Issuance Team and JI Accreditation Panel Member
UNFCCC, CDM Methodology and Afforestation/Reforestation Expert
Editorial Board Member, Climate Policy
Peer Reviewer for International Journals, including: Science, Nature, Global Ch.
Biol., Clim. Ch., Agr. For. Meteorol., Eur. J. Agr.
Member, Interdepartmental Working Group on Climate Change, FAO
Member, Interdepartmental Working Group on Statistics, FAO

2011-2014

Lead Author, IPCC AR5, WGIII AFOLU Ch. 11
Lead Author, IPCC, Supplementary 2006 Guidelines for AFOLU
Lead Author, IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, WG II Ch. 5.
Lead Author, IPCC Technical Paper on Water and Climate Change
Lead Author, US National Assessment

2003-2008
1999-2001LANGUAGES
Italian (Mother tongue)
English (Fluent)
Spanish (Working Knowledge)
Slovak and Hungarian (Beginner)

PUBLICATIONSPEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONSOver 150 publications, 35,000 citations, H-Index 60.
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