Gaetano graduated in Political Sciences in Italy and specialized in International Relations. He has a strong and diverse experience of political and inter-organizational affairs, inter-governmental processes, leadership and management, and partnerships, especially in the field of sustainable development. After three years in the private sector, in 1988 he joined the UN Development Programme in Uganda and has since covered UN assignments of increasing responsibility in several African and European countries and in the United States.
Gaetano has moved across 9 duty stations, worked for 4 different UN agencies and has been hosted at the World Bank and the World Meteorological Organization. He was Deputy Secretary of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change during the process leading to the approval of the Fifth Assessment Report. Since June 2014, Gaetano has served as the Coordinator of the United Nations Mediterranean Action Plan-Barcelona Convention Secretariat, based in Athens, Greece.
