Carlos Bravo Villa

Ocean Policy Expert

Carlos Bravo Villa is a freelance consultant with almost thirty years of experience in planning and development of environmental strategies, strategic communication of campaigns and political advocacy. He holds a Master Degree in Biology, major in Zoology, at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. He has carried out various research projects on mustelid ecology both on own initiative and through collaboration with the Spanish Society for the Conservation and Study of Mammals (SECEM). Carlos Bravo Villa worked at Greenpeace Spain from 1991 to 2012 where he reached the position of Coordinator of the Energy and Climate Change section. In 2013 he founded the environmental consultancy group Salvia – Energy, Law and Environment, focused on a socio-environmental dialogue approach. Since then he has been developing work for different entities like WWF Spain, WWF Greece, Greenpeace Spain, The Greens/European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament, Fundación Renovables, Alianza Mar Blava, European Climate Foundation, among others. Firmly convinced that marine conservation is essential to effectively tackle the climate emergency, most of Carlos Bravo Villas’ efforts in the last decade have been devoted to increasing the protection of the Mediterranean Sea, putting an end to the threat to both economy and environment by hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation activities, and moving towards a more sustainable energy system. Carlos Bravo Villas supports OceanCare’ work since 2020 on promoting measures and legislative changes for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea in relation to underwater noise pollution reduction and the avoidance of the risks arising from the activities performed by the oil and gas industry and shipping.