Benjamin Singer

Benjamin Singer serves as a Senior Forest and Land Use Specialist with the Green Climate Fund. He supports the design of transformational projects and programmes on forests, land use and ecosystems. Prior to this, Mr Singer worked as a forest financing expert at the United Nations Forum on Forests where he supported countries in mobilizing financing for sustainable forest management. When the pandemic broke out, he joined the UN Secretary-General’s Office to support the UN’s COVID-19 response on financing for development. Mr Singer holds a PhD in tropical forest policies, a master’s degree in nature conservation and a bachelor’s degree in anthropology.