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Karen Wong

Senior researcher, Climate Change

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Partnerships, capacity building and collaborative mechanisms; knowledge management; planning, monitoring and evaluation; environmental justice; integration of environmental considerations into metrics of poverty, human well-being and social justice; and gender and social resilience.

Before IIED
  • PhD Researcher at the University of Cambridge Conservation Initiative (UCCRI), University of Cambridge (2015-19)
  • International consultant, Joint Environment Unit (JEU) of the UN Environment and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 2014 and 2017.
  • International consultant, Tarahumara Foundation (NGO working in collaborative initiatives with indigenous communities of the Sierra Tarahumara, México) (2015)
  • International consultant, Pacífico (Environmental Funds Platform of the Tropical Eastern Central Pacific, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia and Panamá) (2014)
  • Program manager, Knowledge Management and Mexico Mosaics Initiative, The Nature Conservancy, Mexico and North Central America (2012-13)
  • Partnerships and capacity building specialist, The Nature Conservancy, Mexico and North Central America (2005 – 2012)
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Email: 
Karen.Wong@iied.org
Twitter: @karenjwong
Languages: English, Spanish (native)
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