
Adaptation's turning point: can we set global targets in time for COP28?
Insight, 20 September 2023
Lina supports the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), focusing on:
Lina’s work combines diplomacy and technical advocacy to push for ambitious and equitable climate action.
Climate diplomacy; climate adaptation; UN climate negotiations; policy research; media and communications.
Before joining IIED, Lina supported the Sudanese delegation at COP, providing technical advice on climate finance negotiations. She led capacity-building programmes for journalists at climate tracker, consulted on climate adaptation projects in Sudan with Landell Mills under the EU Global Climate Change Alliance project, and researched media freedom policies at City, University of London.
Education
Providing technical support for the development of Global Goal on Adaptation indicators; building the capacity of emerging LDC negotiators to strengthen their role in climate negotiations; advising on the establishment of the LDC secretariat; decoding UNFCCC outcomes for effective national level policy implementation.