Sékou Touré (born July 11, 1957, in

Duékoué Duékoué () is a city in western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Duékoué Department. It is also the seat of Guémon Region in Montagnes District Montagnes District ( , "Mountains") is one of fourteen administrative d ...

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

) is the director of the Compliance Review and

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Unit (CRMU) of the

African Development Bank The African Development Bank Group (AfDB, also known as BAD in French) is a multilateral development finance institution, headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast since September 2014. The AfDB is a financial provider to African governments and ...

(AFDB) and former

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Commissioner of the

Global Environment Facility The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral environmental fund that provides grants and blended finance for projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, persistent organic pollutants (P ...

(GEF).

Early life and family

Touré was born on July 11, 1957, in

, a town in the western region. His parents were

Malinké The Mandinka or Malinke are a West African ethnic group primarily found in southern Mali, The Gambia, southern Senegal and eastern Guinea. Numbering about 11 million, they are the largest subgroup of the Mandé peoples and one of the largest eth ...

from

Odienné Odienné () is a town in the northwestern part of Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both Denguélé District and Kabadougou Region. It is also a commune and the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Odienné Department. The town of Odienné was founde ...

, in the

Denguélé District Denguélé District (, ) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the northwest corner of the country. The capital of the district is Odienné. Creation Denguélé District was created in a 2011 admin ...

, which lies in the northern part of

. Sékou Touré is married and has 2 children.

Education

* 1989 -

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Civil & Environmental Engineering,

University of New Hampshire The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire, United States. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant coll ...

* 1985 -

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Civil & Environmental Engineering,

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati, informally Cincy) is a public university, public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1819 and had an enrollment of over 53,000 students in 2024, making it the ...

* 1982 -

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Civil Engineering, "École Nationale Supérieure des Traveaux Publics- ENSTP, Côte d’Ivoire

Career

* February 2001 to September 2007 - Director of the Regional Office for Africa, United Nations Environmental Programme (

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* March 2000 to January 2001 - Special adviser to the

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Côte d’Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest city and ...

* February 2000 to March 2000 - Special Adviser to the Minister of State for Development Planning and Coordination of the Government of Côte d’Ivoire * January 1996 to December 1999 -

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(High Commissioner for Hydraulics) of Côte d’Ivoire. * Additionally, Sékou Touré has taught in the

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and Côte d’Ivoire

Tenure at GEF

In September 2007, Sékou Touré joined the Global Environment Facility (GEF), as the

Commissioner. In his role, Dr. Touré provides advice and intellectual

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on the resolution of conflicts and disputes among countries and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) agencies or its secretariat. Dr. Touré received recognition for his contribution to the work of the

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(IPCC) (

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received by

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and Former US Vice President Al Gore Jr. in December 2007).5 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): The Regional Impact on Climate Change. Annex H: Authors, Contributors, and Expert Reviewers of the Regional Impacts Special Report, 2007 Sékou Touré was one of the lead

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on the IPCC Special Report on the Regional Impacts of

Climate Change Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in ...

and Assessment on vulnerability (He is the co-author of chapter 2: Africa). He also collaborated with IPCC to develop methodologies to estimate

greenhouse gas emissions Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities intensify the greenhouse effect. This contributes to climate change. Carbon dioxide (), from burning fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, oil, and natural gas, is the main cause of climate chan ...

. His contribution to the work of IPCC date back to when he was a professor in Ivory Coast.

Awards and honours

* Research and Teaching Assistantship, University of

New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

* Summer Graduate Teaching Assistantship * Central University Research Fund * Fund for Dissertation Research,

Sigma Xi Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society () is an international non-profit honor society for scientists and engineers. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University by a faculty member and graduate students in 1886 and is one of the oldest ...

* Fellowship, African American Institute,

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* "Prix de la Recherche", Côte d’Ivoire * "Chevalier de l'ordre du Mérite Agricole", Côte d’Ivoire * "Diplôme d'Honneur, Fédération Nationale des Mouvements de Jeunesse Communale",

References

External links

Sékou Touré tribute to Monique Barbut, the GEF CEO and Chairperson

Guatemalan Delegates meet with Sékou Touré

* ttp://www.thegef.org/gef/UNFCCC_COP17 Sékou Touré UNFCC COP14 –Durban, South Africa, 2011
Review of the Structure - Performance and Operating Rules and Procedures of the IRM - EO
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