Profiles
Beau Damen
Natural Resources Officer – Climate Change and Bioenergy, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Beau is the Natural Resource Officer – Climate Change and Bioenergy – for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Over the past 15 years, Beau has worked as a natural resource management specialist focused on promoting equitable, climate-resilient, and low emissions development.
Beau leads FAO’s regional programs on climate transparency in the AFOLU sectors, climate-smart and resilient agriculture, and inclusive and sustainable rice landscapes. Beau is also leading FAO’s regional initiatives to scale-up climate finance investments in the agriculture and land-use sectors in support of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Beau has experience delivering regional and national policy and field-level technical assistance programs on climate change adaptation and mitigation and renewable energy development in over 25 countries in South, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and Southern Africa.
Previously, Beau has worked as a senior policy analyst for the Australian Government’s Department of Resources and Energy in Canberra, Australia, and as a Senior Climate Change Specialist for the International Centre for Environmental Management in Hanoi, Vietnam.