Assunção Cristas
VdA
Portugal
A key contact on sustainable development, climate risk, and energy transition mandates, Assunção Cristas co-heads the environment and climate change practice and heads the ESG platform at VdA.
Cristas advised AFMVM, the Cape Verde securities market supervisory authority, on the development of a sustainable taxonomy to help underpin climate, environmental, and social development investments in Cape Verde.
Cristas is a key thought leader in the ocean health space, coordinating the master’s degree in ocean governance at the Nova School of Law and directing its Nova Ocean research centre. Cristas is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s expert network on ocean sustainability.