I am passionate to pursue a fair and sustainable global development with a focus on natural resources management, climate change, community forestry and rural development.

Sill during my studies, I evaluated the effectiveness of a renewable energy policy to mitigate climate impacts for a cantonal administration and then followed my interests into the international environment and climate arena.

In Malaysia and India I investigated how participation and gender sensible approaches can foster a sustainable natural resource management and co-authored several scientific publications on the subject.

I closely worked with public and private stakeholders to pilot innovative actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through climate smart agriculture and agroforestry systems in Indonesia. A key success was the development of payment for environmental services scheme to conserve and improve watershed services.

More recently, I managed and advised international development cooperation projects in the fields of natural resource management and climate change adaptation and mitigation. In addition to international experiences, I had the opportunity to fine-tune my programming and project management skills, including financial and budget management, and coordinated projects in complex political environments and with high level partners and donors.

With an interdisciplinary M.Sc. in Environmental Governance I have an excellent academic background in international climate change and environmental policy.