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Anaa Hassan

Researcher (climate finance), IIED's Climate Change research group

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Telephone: +44 (0)20 3463 7399
Languages: English, Dhivehi (native)

Anaa is experienced in climate change adaptation, mitigation, finance, policy and sustainable development. Her experiences include government roles in climate finance, policy, adaptation and mitigation, project management, collaborations with international development partners and active engagements with the UN climate change processes. 

She consults on climate and sustainable development projects with expertise in designing and delivering research, particularly in the context of adaptation and resilience building, with an emphasis on Small Island Developing States.

Expertise

Climate change adaptation; climate finance; climate policy and governance; UNFCCC processes; locally led adaptation and resilience.

Before IIED

  • Teaching assistant/tutor at the University of Melbourne and the University of Manchester (2022-23)
  • Assistant director, climate change department, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Maldives (2019-22)
  • Research assistant, visualising and representing environmental change in island communities, project funded by a DFID-ESRI grant (2021-22)
  • Mitigation technical coordinator, Maldives Third National Communication to the UNFCCC, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Maldives (2020-22)
  • MRV and finance coordinator, Maldives First Biennial Update Report to the UNFCCC, Ministry of Environment, Maldives (2017-19)

Education 

  • PhD, University of Melbourne, School of Geography, earth and atmospheric sciences and University of Manchester, Global Development Institute, School of Environment, education and development (dual award) (2024)
  • MA, environment, development and policy, University of Sussex (2017)
  • Bsc, environment and sustainability, University of Keele (2016) 

Current work

Locally led adaptation to climate change; adaptation finance in Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries; researching the resilience of islander food systems with a focus on case studies of the Maldives (PhD).   

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