Nora Nisi

Coordinator, Climate Change

Full biography

Expertise

Project management, monitoring, and development in the environmental sector.

Before IIED

Nora worked for en.v—an organisation dedicated to fostering social development and civic engagement in the Middle East – as a research coordinator supporting the programme team by providing context analysis and background research.

Before that, she worked for conservation NGOs in Kuwait and Indonesia (K’S PATH and R.O.L.E Foundation respectively) supporting in operations, fundraising and external communications.

Education

MSc in ecological economics, University of Edinburgh
BSc from University of Toronto. Double major in peace conflict and justice studies and environmental studies. Minor in forest conservation science

Current work

Working as part of the Climate Change research group’s climate governance and finance team to deliver project management and undertake research.

Focuses on projects related to climate governance and resilience such as 'Tackling loss and damage in vulnerable countries: improving evidence and co-generating pathways to impact', the Adaptation Research Alliance, and the Least Developed Countries Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR).

Latest publications

Climate Change Loss and Damage: 4th Deliberative Dialogue Report

Climate Change Loss and Damage: 3rd Deliberative Dialogue Report

Climate change loss and damage: 2nd deliberative dialogue report

Climate change loss and damage: 1st deliberative dialogue report

Follow the money: tracking Least Developed Countries’ adaptation finance to the local level

Nora Nisi's blog posts

Two men bend down with their hands on a small tree.

Only a fraction of international climate adaptation finance for least developed countries found to also support nature

Blog, Mar 2022

Women and three donkeys walk in a desert

LIFE-AR: inspiring change within IIED

Blog, Apr 2021