Roberta Boscolo
Climate & Energy Leader
Climate and Energy Lead at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), where she heads the Climate and Energy Unit and served as Chief of the WMO New York Liaison Office. With over 25 years of experience, she manages a multi-million-dollar portfolio of adaptation and mitigation projects developing climate services for the Water-Energy-Food nexus in Africa, South America, the Pacific and South East Asia, with funding from the European Commission, the Adaptation Fund and national development agencies.
A physicist and physical oceanographer by training, Roberta draws on her expertise in climate science and policy to strengthen the capacity of countries to address climate change and advance the sustainable development agenda, in alignment with the global landmark agreements. She leads WMO’s Climate and Energy programme, developing weather, water and climate services for energy resilience, efficiency and renewable energy. She builds transformative initiatives at the interface between climate science and socio-economic sectors, particularly energy, through strategic partnerships with international energy organizations, the public and private sectors, academia, civil society and the media. She has also led and authored several WMO reports on climate risk, the energy transition and policy action.
Roberta is a member of the Expert Advisory Panel of the Earthshot Prize, a member of the Advisory Board of the World Energy and Meteorology Council, and Vice-Chair of the UNECE Group of Experts on Renewable Energy, and she served as a Grand Jury Member of the Big Syn International Film Festival (2024). She has been recognized as a Top 10 Sustainability Influencer, one of the Global 50 Women in Sustainability (2023), a LinkedIn Top Voice since 2022, and a 2025 nominee for the LUCE Awards for Legacy Women.