Ana Cristina Barros is a senior advisor for sustainable infrastructure at the Climate Policy Initiative. She has a 30-year career in the socio-environmental field, working in public and private policies for the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, climate change, production and sustainable development. She has worked in national and international civil society organizations (OSC), was the national secretary for Biodiversity and Forests, at the Ministry of the Environment (MMA), and has served in advisory bodies to the Boards of Directors of multinationals such as Vale SA and JBS SA.