Björn Dransfeld is an expert on United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate policy with a focus on mitigation and finance, and with more than fifteen years of experience in development cooperation. For over a decade he has been leading consultancy projects for donors and international organizations in the area of climate policy and finance, and is supporting stakeholders in developing countries in understanding and accessing international climate finance instruments. As advisor, he reflects insights on various climate finance related aspects such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the UNFCCC negotiations on finance to political decision makers and country focal points. As technical expert, he puts his knowledge to work by developing concept notes and funding proposals for inter alia the GCF or the Global Environment Facility (GEF). As researcher, he is assessing local investment conditions and barriers, the global climate finance architecture as well as latest developments of multilateral climate policy, such as the state of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) implementation in various countries. He regularly publishes on the state and needs of climate finance in the global south in articles, policy briefs and reports. Björn believes that knowledge transfer is key for a global green revolution, and thus is eagerly contributing to an international dialogue on climate policy and finance. To foster stakeholder engagement, he frequently serves as trainer and speaker on climate finance in trainings and workshops in developing countries, as well as in virtual classrooms and webinars. Since 2017, Björn is supporting RENAC with their GEFS trainings. From 2007 to 2014, Björn worked for the Perspectives GmbH, a climate policy think-tank in Hamburg, Germany, with a focus on climate policy and carbon pricing. Hereby, he gained special expertise on economic instruments under the UNFCCC regime and dealt with enhancing co-benefits of Post-2020 mitigation instruments. In 2006, Björn worked for Suzlon Energy, an Indian CDM project developer in Delhi / India.  Björn is board member of the NGO ClimateNet e.V., is heading its UNFCCC delegation and enjoys organising its workshops at UNFCCC meetings.