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Dr. Beatriz Garcia

Dr. Beatriz Garcia

Dr. Beatriz Garcia

Sustainability Officer and Associate Professor, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi 

PhD Credentials

PhD in International Law

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Dr. Beatriz Garcia is the Sustainability Officer and an Associate Professor at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi. She holds a Law degree from the University of Brasília (Brazil) and a Ph.D. in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva (Switzerland).

Her research focuses on international environmental law, with a particular interest in climate change, forest governance, and biodiversity. She has published in leading peer-reviewed journals including Oxford Journal of Environmental Law, Ecosystem Services, and the Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law. She has also contributed chapters to volumes published by Cambridge and Oxford University Press and is the author of The Amazon from an International Law Perspective (Cambridge University Press).

Before entering academia, Dr. Garcia worked in the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva, where she managed climate and biotrade projects. She also served as Project Manager at Forests Alive Carbon & Climate Solutions, a Sydney-based company specializing in forest carbon initiatives.

Dr. Garcia has provided consultancy services to several organizations, including the Climate and Land Use Alliance, German Technical Cooperation (GIZ), Earth Council Geneva, British Petroleum, and various United Nations agencies such as UNCTAD, UNDP, UNEP, and UNESCO.

Panelist, COP-29 Key Takeaways, Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, February 2025.


Panelist, Panel: Addressing Ocean pressures: Tackling plastic and pollution in all forms MENA Oceans, Highlighting Regional Perspectives and Achievements in the Lead up to the UN Ocean Conference 2025, Dubai, 10 June 2024.


Speaker, Renewables Talk for IRENA Permanent Representatives and sixth edition of the Women in Diplomacy, Abu Dhabi, 12 June 2024 


Discussant, Workshop on Climate Change Litigation in Brazil (online), 12 April 2024.


Guest Speaker, COP-28 Key Takeaways, Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, January 2024.

Guest Speaker, Climate Law: Challenges and Achievements, A Research Workshop on the Climate Crisis & the Law, New York University Abu Dhabi, 5 December 2023.


Trainer, Meeting on Climate and REDD+ Mechanism for Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon, 24- 27 January 2023, Manaus (Brazil). 


Trainer, Workshop on Climate Change, Forests and Carbon Financing for Forest People, 10-11 January 2023, Brasilia (Brazil). 


Guest Speaker, COP-27 Key Takeaways, Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, December 2022. 


Carbon Projects in Indigenous Territories, Protected Forest Association, Kabu Institute and Raoni Institute, funded by International Conservation Fund of Canada, Brasilia, 12-16 December 2022. 


Trainer, Safeguards and REDD+ in the Ethnic region of Altamira, Para’ organized by the Network of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil and the Indigenous Peoples Federation of Para, held in Altamira, Para (Brazilian Amazon), from 19-19 October 2022. 


Trainer, ‘REDD+ in the Context of Indigenous Territories’, organized by the Protected Forest Association, held in Brasilia (Brazil), from 3-5 August 2022. 


Guest Speaker, Firechat COP-26 Unmasked, Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, November 2021. 

17th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, Kuala Lumpur, August 2019. 


Tropical Primary Forests and Climate Change Research Project, Annual Symposium, Woods Hole Research Centre, Falmouth, USA, March 2019. 


Tropical Primary Forests and Climate Change Research Project, Annual Symposium, Springbrook, Australia, March 2018 


15th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, Philippines, August 2017. 


17th Conference of the Parties of the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Durban, South Africa, November-December 2011.

Environmental and climate change law, forest conservation and carbon markets, Indigenous people's rights, and decarbonization in hard-to-abate sectors such as shipping.

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