LL.B. (Porto Alegre, Brazil), M.A. (Madrid), LL.M. (EUI), Ph.D. (EUI), legal specialist, FAO.

Dr Fabiano de Andrade-Correa is a lawyer and legal specialist in sustainable development law and policy, with experience across the public, private and international sectors.

Dr Fabiano works as an international legal consultant since 2012, providing technical assistance for the implementation of international agreements and the promotion of the rule of law and enabling environments at the national level. He has contributed to projects in several countries (in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia) and with different international organizations (including FAO, IDLO, the World Bank, ClientEarth, and UN Environment), with a particular focus in the areas of climate change, biodiversity, environmental law and policy, land, human rights, trade and responsible investments.

Dr Fabiano obtained his PhD in Law at the European University Institute (EUI, Florence, Italy) from 2009 to 2013, where his thesis focused on the implementation of sustainable development in regional trade agreements. He also holds an LLM (EUI/2008), a Masters in Diplomacy and International Relations (Diplomatic School of Madrid / Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain/2007;) and an LL.B (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil/2005).

In addition to his main professional activities, Fabiano engages in different pro-bono initiatives:

• He collaborates as Head of Legal Research with the Blockchain and Climate Institute (BCI), an innovative think tank focused on the promotion of emerging technologies to enhance climate action and sustainability;
• He is a member of the IUCN’s World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), serving as coordinator of a working group focused on legal and policy options to achieve “net-zero” GHG emissions in the “AFOLU” sector;
• He is a member of the ILA (alternate representative of Brazil in the Committee on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources), having actively contributed to the development of the newly adopted 2020 “ILA Guidelines on the Role of International Law in Sustainable Natural Resources for Development”;
• He volunteers with Legal Response International (LRI) to provide ad-hoc assistance to developing country representatives in the context of climate negotiations and related domestic issues;
• He is also a member and coordinator of a working group on agriculture with LACLIMA (an active network of climate lawyers in Brazil).

Fabiano is a lecturer, teaching regularly at the LUISS University (Rome, Italy)’s Masters in Food Law, as well as a guest lecturer at other universities. A national of Brazil, he is a qualified lawyer (Brazilian Bar Association), with previous experience in corporate law practice.