Noel James Mdoe

Noel James Mdoe is a Tanzanian environmental, natural resources, and climate lawyer, and an ESG specialist at Leyrand, with over seven years of cumulative legal experience spanning national, regional, and international contexts. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania.

Noel has undertaken advanced professional training in climate law and governance, sustainable finance for climate and energy, project management, and climate leadership. His work focuses on environmental governance, climate policy, carbon market regulation, and ESG compliance, with particular expertise in Article 6 mechanisms under the Paris Agreement, environmental and social safeguards, land and resource rights, and benefit-sharing frameworks.

He has conducted extensive research on carbon markets and has worked closely with governments, civil society organizations, project developers, investors, and international partners on carbon project design, permitting, MRV systems, and the application of high-integrity standards. Professionally, Noel has held advisory and enforcement-related roles with the European Network of Prosecutors for the Environment and Tanzania's National Environment Management Council. He has also supported major infrastructure and energy projects, including the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, where he contributed to environmental compliance, stakeholder engagement, and the implementation of social and environmental safeguards.