Charles

Karangwa

Charles Karangwa is a Regional Lead for Forests, Landscapes and Livelihoods Programme for Africa at The International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN and serve as Country Director for Rwanda Office since 2016.  Charles have led IUCN Work on land restoration in Africa as part of the Bonn Challenge and AFR100, he engaged both Governments and Non States actors to bring Africa’s commitments to land restoration up to speed since 2016. Charles recently joined the COP26 High Level Champion team as the lead for land restoration in Africa and works to engage private sector and other Non-State Actors for an ambitious climate action to Race to Zero and Race to Resilience by 2050

 With more than 18 years of Experience in interface between sustainable development, conservation and sustainable finance in Africa and South East Asia, Charles focused his work on Climate Change, sustainable agriculture, forest landscape restoration and sustainable finance. Prior to Joining IUCN, He worked for UNHCR, Oxfam, Care International and Wildlife Conservation Society.

Charles holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from African Leadership University School of Business (ALUSB) with focus on conservation finance, a MSc. in Poverty Reduction, Policy and Practice with a Focus on Environmental Policies from University of London (SOAS), a Bachelor of Development Studies with focus on rural economics. He is a passionate Conservation Finance Leader, Strategist and Public speaker.