Exclusive interview with the Chief of UNCTAD, Chantal Line Carpentier Ideagen Global Podcast

Dr. Chantal Line Carpentier currently serves as Chief of the United Nations Conference

on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) New York office of the Secretary-General. Prior

to 2014, she was actively involved in the successful negotiations of the Sustainable

Development Goals for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

(DESA). During her tenure with DESA, she served as the Major Groups coordinator to

enhance non-state actors engagement with the United Nations. She facilitated the

participation of more than 10,000 non-state actors -a record- in the United Nations

Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable development and was also the DESA focal point for

sustainable consumption and production, food security and sustainable agriculture.

Prior to joining the United Nations, she served as Head of the Trade and Environment

Program of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Commission for

Environmental Cooperation (2000-2007), as policy analyst for the Wallace Institute for

Alternative Agriculture (1998-2000) and as post doc for the International Food Policy

Research Institute (IFPRI) in the Brazilian Amazon (1996-1998).

Dr. Carpentier has consulted to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),

the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCDE)

and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

She was chosen for the Ideagen 2016 100 Individuals and Organization empowering

women and girl, is a 2006 Yale World Fellow and a United Nations Environment

Programme (UNEP) Who’s Who’s of Women and the Environment. She has co-authored

a book on Ethical Investing (2008) and regularly publishes journal, articles, book

chapters and Secretary-General reports on the intricate relationships between sustainable

development policies, trade, equality and agriculture.