MARYKE VAN STADEN

Director of ICLEI’s carbonn Climate Center, ICLEI World Secretariat, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

Biography

Maryke oversees ICLEI’s global strategy and implementation on local climate action (resilience, adaptation, mitigation), the sustainable energy transition, access to finance, and research and innovation. Part of this includes agile and effective governance, science-informed decision-making, multilevel governance and multilevel action (whole of government), engaging with whole-of society, also monitoring and report on progress and impact – to collectively step up in ensuring a more sustainable and resilient world, with climate neutrality as goal.

She works with multi-disciplinary teams across 27 ICLEI offices, serving ICLEI’s global network of 2,500+ local and regional governments in 125 countries. An international political scientist by training, Maryke’s career spans 30+ years in the areas of energy & climate policy and security, having worked for national government, the private sector and NGOs. She has two degrees from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, where she studied political science and international politics.