Eduardo Ferreira

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ABOUT EDUARDO FERREIRA

Eduardo Cid Ferreira is a senior executive with 18+ years at the intersection of climate finance, sustainable investment, and carbon markets. He is currently a consultant to the World Bank Group, supporting climate-finance operations and lending—advising on program design, pipeline development, Article 6 readiness, and blended-finance structures that mobilize public and private capital. Eduardo also serves as Senior Advisor to the IETA Brazil Initiative; IETA (International Emissions Trading Association) is the global business association for market-based climate solutions, advancing high-integrity rules, transparency, and private-sector investment. In parallel, he leads Azero.Earth, a consultancy that advises governments, companies, and investors on jurisdictional REDD+ design and nesting, Article 6 strategy and transactions (ITMOs), MRV and registry architecture, credit origination and due diligence, and go-to-market for high-integrity carbon assets.Previously, Eduardo was Managing Director for Latin America at Climate Impact Partners (2022–2023), where he established the firm’s regional presence and originated nature-based and other climate investments across Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Paraguay.From 2010 to 2022 at the World Bank Group (Washington, DC), he coordinated climate finance in South Asia (exceeding targets by 37%); co-created the Climate Warehouse (a blockchain-enabled meta-registry); helped design instruments such as carbon-linked bonds and the Pilot Auction Facility; co-led the Joint MDB Report on Climate Finance that anchored corporate climate targets; and collaborated with the World Bank Treasury on green bonds and innovative climate-linked financing.Earlier roles include C-Quest Capital (clean cooking and biomass programs across Africa) and J.P. Morgan in Singapore (environmental markets and renewables; part of the EcoSecurities acquisition team). Eduardo has served on boards and technical committees, including the Climate Action Data Trust. He holds an MSc from the University of Oxford, in the UK. He speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish, with working knowledge of French.