Jorge Moreira da Silva
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Jorge Moreira da Silva GOIH |
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| Minister of Environment, Territorial Planning and Energy | |
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In office 24 July 2013 – 26 November 2015 |
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| President | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Preceded by | Assunção Cristas (as Minister of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Territorial Planning) |
| Succeeded by | João Pedro Matos Fernandes as Minister of the Environment |
| President of the Social Democratic Youth | |
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In office December 1995 – September 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Duarte |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jorge Manuel Lopes Moreira da Silva 24 April 1971 Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Alma mater |
University of Porto University of Navarra |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession |
Engineer Consultant |
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).
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