Marcelo Medeiros
Marcelo Pereira Lopes de Medeiros is co-founder and chairperson of re.green, a company committed to restoring one million hectares of tropical forest. The initiative promotes biodiversity and carbon capture, using scalable, research-driven methods to generate significant environmental and social benefits.
Marcelo brings extensive finance and entrepreneurship experience. He founded an industrial company before transitioning to banking in Brazil where he spent most of his executive career. Marcelo was one of the founders of Banco Capitaltec and later became a partner at Banco Garantia, one of Brazil’s largest investment banks. In 2003, he formed Lanx Capital, an investment firm that has both invested in and led diverse transactions ranging from large private equity deals to technology startups.
At Harvard, Marcelo will design and lead a workshop that convenes scientists, policymakers, and business leaders to tackle the thorny question of how to measure, value, and scale carbon-dioxide removal. By linking discussions to COP30 decision-makers and supplying real-world data from re.green, he will ensure the workshop generates actionable recommendations and stronger cross-sector networks for climate-mitigation action.
The Salata Institute
The Salata Institute supports interdisciplinary research that leads to real-world action, including high-risk/high-reward projects by researchers already working in the climate area and new endeavors that make it easier for Harvard scholars, who have not worked on climate problems, to do so. Faculty interested in the Climate Research Clusters program should note an upcoming deadline for concepts on April 1, 2024.