Philipp LaHaela-Walter

Freiburg

Philipp joined ICLEI in late 2019 and is leading its Biodiversity and Nature-based Solutions Team. In this role, he oversees the Team’s current involvement in over 15 projects and initiatives on topics ranging from ecosystem restoration, green and blue infrastructure, nature-positive economy, environmental quality, health to advocacy for biodiversity & NbS on the European and global level. Philipp is part of the EU’s Expert Group on the Nature Restoration Regulation. Prior to joining ICLEI, Philipp worked with the Hawai‘i State Department of Land and Natural Resources where he led the Department’s initiatives in nature-based climate solutions and payments for ecosystem services and represented the Department in the US Climate Alliance as well as in the inter-agency Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force.