Guido Corno

About Guido Corno

Globally competent, methodical, and performance-driven professional, offering extensive experience in climate change, program management, as well as climate and environment research and development. Armed with proven capabilities in creating and implementing strategic initiatives to drive organizational growth. Effective at managing various projects and activities; conducting studies on climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as environmental baseline studies; and overseeing integrated ecosystem and rapid environmental assessments. Highly capable of identifying and resolving complex socio-economic-environmental issues. Experience in over 60 countries supporting climate change programs and negotiations during the last decade to implement the Paris Climate Agreement and G20 meetings. Leading research in designing and implementing adaptation policies to tackle ocean acidification, deoxygenation and deep-sea conservation.

Experience

1. Senior Coordinator

   Blue Nature Alliance

   Oct 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Coordinate the Alliance team and implementing partners to provide expertise and strategic guidance for the declaration of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).• Identify opportunities to support new or expanded MPAs in metropolitan and overseas French waters.• Coordinate political commitments and pathways in establishing new or expanding LSMPAs, network of MPAs, or transboundary protected areas with neighboring countries in French waters.• Provide scientific and management backstopping to the potential sites identified for new MPAs or conserved areas.• Secure endorsement from relevant stakeholders for the Blue Nature Alliance engagement framework for the selected opportunities. • Support the exploration of potential Debt-swap and Debt-forgiveness as a tool to catalyze MPAs establishment. • Collaborate with dedicated MPAs sessions for the 2025 UN Ocean Conference (UNOC#3)

Education

• University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

  Bachelor’s Degree, Marine and Freshwater Biology

  1997 — 2000

• Oregon State University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Climate Change, Natural Resource Management, Biological Oceanography

  2002 — 2006

• University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

  Master’s Degree, Biological Oceanography

  2000 — 2002

Skills

• Oceanography
• Capacity Building
• Sustainable Development
• International Development
• International Relations
• Climate Change
• Research
• Policy Analysis
• Climate Change and Security