Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, has many years of experience in international cooperation and climate and environmental policy, with a career dedicated to sustainability and conservation.
From 2021-2025, Jochen Flasbarth was State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Prior to that, he was State Secretary at the Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety for eight years and President of the Federal Environment Agency for four years.
Jochen Flasbarth is a member of the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Germany (Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V.) and was President of NABU e.V. from 1992 to 2003. From 2022 to 2025, he was Governor of the International Fund for Agriculture and Development (IFAD). He holds a degree in economics from the Universities of Münster and Bonn.