Brianna Craft

Researcher, Climate Change

Full biography

Expertise

International climate change negotiations; technology transfer and climate change; climate diplomacy

Before IIED

Education:

MA in Environmental Studies, Brown University, USA (2013); BA in Architectural Studies, minors in Environmental Studies and Urban Planning, University of Washington, USA (2010)

Current work

Supporting the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group in the UNFCCC negotiations; conducting research to support the European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) workshops programme; supporting LDC special climate envoys to engage in climate diplomacy

Brianna Craft's projects

Negotiators, including representatives of the Least Developed Countries, at the UNFCCC conference centre in Bonn in January 2014 (Photo: IIED)

Helping poorest nations engage in climate diplomacy

Project, Nov 2014

Participants of the 2014 ecbi pre-COP training workshop for LDC negotiators, Lima

Workshops that build climate negotiators' capacity: European Capacity Building Initiative training and support programme

Project, Dec 2012

Recent publications

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Least Developed Countries' experiences with the UNFCCC technology mechanism

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Increasing the influence of LDC climate diplomacy; Developing a theory of change

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Measuring effective and adequate adaptation

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Engaging effectively in climate diplomacy: policy pointers from Bhutan

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Ethiopia’s effective climate diplomacy: lessons for other nations

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A study of LDC capacity at the UNFCCC

Brianna Craft's blog posts

Hordes of journalists gather at a packed press conference to listen to the High Ambition Coalition in Paris in 2015

Climate diplomacy in the age of Trump: updating our theory of change

Blog, Apr 2018

Stella Gama of Malawi at a desk speaks into a microphone as she briefs the Technology Executive Committee

Supporting Least Developed Countries on climate technology transfer

Blog, Apr 2018

Approximately 80 heads of state and government attended the UN climate change conference in Marrakech in November 2016 (Photo: UNclimatechange, Creative Commons via Flickr)

How can the poorest increase the influence of their climate diplomacy?

Blog, Jan 2017

The Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the UN, Kunzang Choden Namgyel, signs the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (Photo: Amanda Voisard, UN Photo)

Lessons in climate diplomacy from Ethiopia and Bhutan

Blog, Oct 2016

US President Barack Obama during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 2014. Bilateral meetings are a key part of climate diplomacy (Photo: US Embassy, The Hague, Creative Commmons, via Flickr)

Climate diplomacy: a beginner's guide

Blog, Oct 2015

Gambia has appointed Pa Ousman Jarju as Special Climate Envoy. His appointment shows Gambia's commitment to effective climate diplomacy (Photo: Global Environment Facility)

Engaging in climate diplomacy – policy pointers from an LDC

Blog, Aug 2014

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