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Apr 24, 1971 Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga District, Portugal 53 years old
Portuguese politician, born 1971
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About Jorge Moreira Da Silva
- Jorge Manuel Lopes Moreira da Silva, GOIH (born 24 April 1971 in Vila Nova de Famalicão) is a Portuguese politician and an international expert on climate change, carbon finance, energy and environmental policy.
- He is a Member of the Portuguese Parliament.
- He was the Minister of Environment, Territorial Planning and Energy from 2013 to 2015 in the government led by Pedro Passos Coelho. As Minister on Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy he was responsible for energy, water, waste, spatial planning and housing sector structural reforms in Portugal.
- Under his leadership Portugal adopted a comprehensive Green Taxation Reform and the Portuguese Green Growth Commitment.Jorge Moreira da Silva was, from 2009 to 2012, Senior Environmental Finance Advisor and Program Manager for Climate Change Innovative Finance at the Bureau for Policy Development at UNDP – United Nations Development Programme.
- At UNDP, Jorge has worked on the post-2012 climate change negotiations, on the establishment of innovative financing strategies on climate change and energy, and on the development of climate change market-based mechanisms. Mr.
- Moreira da Silva has been a Visiting Professor and invited speaker on development, climate change, energy, environment and carbon markets at several Portuguese and international universities and institutions.
- He is Member of the European Commission High-Level Group on Research, Innovation, and Science Policy (RISE) and was also a member of the advisory committee of CIRCLE (Climate Impact Research Coordination for a Larger Europe). He has served as: Senior Advisor to the President of the Portuguese Republic, Consultant to the President of the European Commission, Consultant to the European Investment Bank, EIB, Member (elected) of the Portuguese Parliament, Secretary of State on Environment and Spatial Planning at the Portuguese Government, Secretary of State on Science and Higher Education at the Portuguese Government, Member (elected) of the European Parliament, and Vice-President of GLOBE-Europe.He is a member of the Social Democratic Party.
- In April 2010, Jorge Moreira da Silva was elected Vice-President of the national board of the Social Democratic Party and since 2012 he is the First Vice-President and Standing Coordinator of the Social Democratic Party, chaired by Pedro Passos Coelho.
- From 1995 to 1998 he was the leader of Juventude Social Democrata, the youth organization of the party. He is also the Founder and Chairman of the Lisbon-based think-tank Platform for a Sustainable Growth.
