Ms. Teixeira previously held the position of the Deputy Minister of the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment (2008-2010). Prior to that, she was the Task Leader of the Clean-up Program of the Guanabara Bay of Rio de Janeiro State Secretary for the Environment (2006-2008). Since 1984, she had also held various positions at the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, including Chief of Staff, Undersecretary for the Environment and Environmental Analyst. Since 2017, Ms. Teixeira has been the Executive Director of New Tracks Environment and Development Consultancy, Senior Fellow for Land Use and Climate Change of Brazilian Center for International Relations – CEBRI, and Co-Chair of UN Environment International Resource Panel. Ms. Teixeira has international expertise as the Head of the Brazilian Delegation on negotiations of the Paris Agreement of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Member of the High Level Panel on Global Sustainability of UN Secretary-General, Member of the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda of UN Secretary-General, Key leader of Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Head of the Brazilian Delegation on negotiations of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Head of the Brazilian Delegation on negotiations of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and of BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China). Ms. Teixeira has a Ph. D. and M.Sc. in Energy Planning, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She was awarded Champions of the Earth for Policy Leadership by the United Nations Environment Programme (2013).