Maria Gabrielle is a Climate Finance Analyst at CPI/PUC-Rio, specializing in research on capital flows for climate-related activities and public policies.  

She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and a master’s degree in environmental sciences from the State University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT). Her master’s research focused on the Hospitalization Costs in the Brazilian SUS Due to Air Pollution from Biomass Burning and Wildfires in the Legal Amazon and Northern Cerrado Regions. 

Prior to joining CPI/PUC-Rio, she worked as a consultant at ERM NINT, advising Brazilian and international financial institutions. She began her career in environmental economics in 2017 at the Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development Group (GEMA), co-authoring publications on the ecological ICMS and its impact on Brazilian municipalities. Additionally, she has worked on consultancy projects in the infrastructure sector, focused on the economic-financial feasibility of contracts, macroeconomic analyses, and evaluations of public-private partnerships (PPPs).