Kilaparti Ramakrishna (Rama) is the Head of Strategic Planning at GCF.  He previously served as the head of the UNESCAP ENEA Office, covering six member States of ESCAP- China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea and Russian Federation, and two Associate members – Hong Kong and Macao. In this capacity, he also provided secretariat services to the North-East Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC). He was a lead author of the fifth assessment (and many before it) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In addition, Dr. Ramakrishna taught at a number of law schools including at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard Law School, Boston University and Boston College Law Schools, Brandeis and Yale Universities. He is an elected life member of the US Council on Foreign Affairs.  He holds B.Sc and B.L degrees in sciences and law, masters and PhD degrees in international law.