Mr. Yvo de Boer has announced that he will resign his position as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as of 1 July 2010.

Mr. de Boer will be joining the consultancy group KPMG as Global Adviser on Climate and Sustainability, as well as working with a number of universities.

"Working with my colleagues at the UNFCCC Secretariat in support of the climate change negotiations has been a tremendous experience., said Mr. de Boer who has led the organisation since September 2006. .

"It was a difficult decision to make, but I believe the time is ripe for me to take on a new challenge, working on climate and sustainability with the private sector and academia,. he explained.

"I have always maintained that while governments provide the necessary policy framework, the real solutions must come from business,. said Yvo de Boer. .Copenhagen did not provide us with a clear agreement in legal terms, but the political commitment and sense of direction toward a low-emissions world are overwhelming. This calls for new partnerships with the business sector and I now have the chance to help make this happen", he added.

Mr. de Boer will remain in his current position until 1st July and help negotiations move forward ahead of the Climate Change Conference in Mexico in November this year.