As the Director-General of the Department for Sustainable Development, Environmental Damage, European Union and International Affairs, he leads international affairs in the Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea and the greening of EU Structural Funds. He has been a representative of Italy in many international fora, particularly at the EU, UNECE, UN-CSD, UN Environment, and the OECD. He was the head delegate of the EU and Italian negotiation teams at the climate COP 20 in Lima in 2014 and was the head of the Italian delegation to the three previous COPs, including COP 21 in Paris 2015 and COP 22 in Marrakech 2016. He was also in charge of the organization of the G7 Environment 2017, under the Italian Presidency; the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the preparation of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development as well as the national dialogue on sustainable finance with the UN Environment.