Shunta Yamaguchi

Shunta Yamaguchi is a Policy Analyst of the Environment and Economy Integration division of the OECD Environment Directorate. He joined the OECD in 2014 and works on trade and environment issues since 2016. He has also worked on resource productivity and waste management projects at the Environment Directorate as well as environmental accounts at the National Accounts Division (Statistics Directorate). Prior to his current assignment, he worked with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on energy and environmental projects across Asia, Middle-East and Africa. More specifically, during his 5-year work experience with JICA, he was responsible for policy analysis and project design on international harmonisation of energy efficiency labelling and testing standards, and to promote mutual recognition agreements for laboratory testing in compliance with the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO-TBT) agreement. Shunta holds a MSc in Development Economics from the University of Bradford and a BSc in Physics from the Tokyo University of Science.