Jason Spensley manages the Green Climate Fund’s Project Preparation Facility and Adaptation Planning support programme. Mr. Spensley has extensive experience in the field of climate change solutions and financing for development. Before joining GCF, he served as Climate Technology Manager with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Climate Technology Centre and Network. Previously, he led design and implementation of UN Environment’s portfolio of climate change projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. He has also managed initiatives of the Convention on Biological Diversity to facilitate investment and innovation for ecosystem-based solutions to the climate crisis. Prior to joining the United Nations, Mr. Spensley worked in private organisations on land management and institutional development. Mr. Spensley currently lives in South Korea, is a national of Canada, has lived and worked over 15 years in Latin America, and is married with three children.