Dr. Barbara Buchner is Global Managing Director of Climate Policy Initiative. Named among the 20 most influential women in climate change, she advises leaders on climate, renewable energy, and sustainable land use investments worldwide. She leads CPI’s Global Landscape of Climate Finance, the authoritative benchmark for climate finance tracking, and directs the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, which develops instruments that overcome financing barriers in emerging markets. Lab instruments have mobilized over USD 4 billion for sustainable development. Barbara also founded and directs the San Giorgio Group, convening climate finance leaders to accelerate low-emission, sustainable economic transitions.