Pedro Coss Sanz

Pedro Coss Sanz is a Dominican climate change specialist and the NDC Partnership In-Country Facilitator embedded within the National Council for Climate Change and Carbon Market. Pedro has extensive experience in climate policy, adaptation, capacity building and international climate negotiations. His work focuses on advancing inclusive, people‑centered and rights‑based climate action, with particular emphasis on gender equality, youth inclusion, Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) and climate transparency frameworks. He has supported key national climate processes in the Dominican Republic, including the formulation and delivery of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). At the international level, Pedro has served as a negotiator for the Dominican Republic under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Pedro holds a BSc in Ecology and Environmental Management from Santo Domingo, awarded under the Brugal Scholarship. He also participated in the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program as an exchange student in Environmental Sciences at Saint Mary’s University, Canada, and holds a dual Master’s degree in Environmental Agrobiology from the University of the Basque Country and the Public University of Navarre, Spain.

This position is supported by UK CE Fund.