Topic: Yvo de Boer

Yvo de Boer (born June 12, 1954) was the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 4 September 2006 to 1 July 2010. He had been appointed by then Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 10 August 2006.

De Boer announced on February 18, 2010 that he would resign from the position effective July 1, 2010 to join accountancy firm KPMG. Prior to joining the UNFCCC, he was Director for International Affairs of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment of the Netherlands. He was in charge of international policy, both in the context of the European Union, as well as involving broader international cooperation.

De Boer also served as Deputy Director-General for Environmental Protection in the same Ministry, as Head of the Climate Change Department and has worked in the fields of housing and public information. He focused mainly on the climate change negotiations both before and after the signing of the Kyoto Protocol. De Boer has also worked for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) earlier in his career.