Ruth has more than 25 years of professional experience in the field of environmental, climate and chemicals policy and programme development and management. She has held multiple management positions at UNEP, including Chief of the Mitigation Branch, a.i., where she led teams in the areas of energy efficiency, cooling, buildings, cities, climate finance, technology, methane reduction, food waste, transparency, NDCs, and vertical funds. She has also served as manager of the GEF and GCF mitigation portfolios, as Industry and Economy Division programme coordinator, Safer Production Initiative lead, etc.
Prior to UNEP, she worked for the Environmental Agency of the State of Sao Paulo (CETESB), Brazil, on industrial accident policy development and implementation.
She is a Chemical Engineer by training with a post-graduate degree on pollution prevention from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
