Meet the team

Jessica Troni is Senior Programme Officer responsible for the UN Environment-Global Environment Facility Climate Change Adaptation portfolio.

Alex is a programme management officer with the Climate Change Adaptation Unit based at the Nature for Climate Branch in the UNEP’s Ecosystem Division in Nairobi.

Atifa has over 7 years of experience working on climate change adaptation and environmental issues.

Anna Kontorov has over 15 years of experience working on climate change adaptation, ecosystems and biodiversity issues.

She started her career at the Finnish Ministry of the Environment, focusing on European Union and international biodiversity policy processes, joining UNEP’s Climate Change Adaptation Unit at the end of 2007.

Currently based in Bangkok managing projects in the Asia Pacific region, Moon Shrestha has been working as task manager for GEF and GCF projects with UNEP for over five years. During this period, she has been involved in developing and managing various GEF/GCF projects mainly related with ecosystem-based adaptation.

As a programme management officer with UNEP Climate Change Adaptation Unit, Eva supports countries’ efforts to adapt to climate change impacts through planning and implementing ecosystem-based approaches.

Marcus Nield is an endlessly enthusiastic communication specialist for UNEP's Climate Change Mitigation Unit and the Global Adaptation Network (GAN).