Ben Cohen

Senior Manager, Forest Investor Club
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Ben is a Senior Manager leading WBCSD’s Secretariat role for the Forest Investor Club, an initiative launched by the U.S. State Department at COP26 that brings together leading investors to scale and de-risk the deployment of capital into forests and nature by facilitating new partnerships, knowledge sharing, and addressing barriers to investment. With over 13 years of experience in environmental finance, nature-based solutions, and sustainable development, his prior work experience includes forest carbon tech company Pachama and impact investment firm Quantified Ventures. Ben is based in New York and holds an MBA and Master of Environmental Management from Yale University, and a BA in Biology from Williams College.

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