Chiara has 20 years’ experience working in the non-profit, academic and private sector on climate resilience and anticipatory action, food security, locally led sustainable natural resource management and biodiversity conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe. She holds a Ph.D. in Climate Change from the UCL (London) investigating climate change impacts on food security in Southern Africa, and an MSc in International Rural Development. She currently holds the position of Climate, Environment and Resilience Advisor at Plan International UK, working on promoting AA across the organisation and in coordination with colleagues and external organisations in developing an innovative Protection, Gender and Inclusion in AA toolkit. Chiara is also currently a member of the Start Ready Governance Committee.