André Aranha Corrêa do Lago has a degree in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and joined the Brazilian foreign service in 1982. As a career diplomat, he has held functions in different areas at headquarters, in Brasília: international organizations, trade promotion, protocol and energy. As adviser at the Office of the President, between 1991 and 1992, he worked in the organization of the Earth Summit (Rio-92). Abroad, he has been posted to the Brazilian Embassies in Madrid, in Prague, in Washington, in Buenos Aires and to the Brazilian Mission to the EU in Brussels.
Corrêa do Lago has been working with the sustainable development agenda since 2001. He was the director of the Energy Department (2008-2011) and of the Environment Department (2011-2013) at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was Brazil´s chief negotiator for climate change and for the Rio+20 Conference. He was the Brazilian ambassador to Japan (2013-2018) and to India (2018-2023). Since March 2023, he is the Vice-Minister for Climate, Energy and Environment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Corrêa do Lago is the author of several books and articles on sustainable development and climate change, as well as on architecture. He is married and has four children.