Zinta Zommers

Zinta Zommers 

Zinta Zommers (Latvian) is Vice-Chair of IPCC Working Group II and Climate Science and Practice Lead at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Her work focuses on climate risk management, adaptation and responses to climate related losses and damages.

She has held positions within the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Team, UNEP, FAO and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. She holds a DPhil in Zoology and an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Oxford. Her research and policy work has focused on areas such as environmental change, conservation, health, early warning and anticipatory action systems. 

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