Who We Are

Expert Research Associate

Greta Dekker

Greta Dekker is a researcher at UNU-EHS, where she works in the VARMAP division. She is particularly interested in conceptual risk modelling and the development of climate adaptation pathways, with a strong focus on engaging the private sector in building resilience to extreme weather events. Her research examines climate risk perception among different actor groups, the role of public-private partnerships in advancing nature-based solutions, and the co-creation of transdisciplinary adaptation strategies that align business interests with sustainability goals.

Expert Director of UNU-INRA

Dr. Fatima Denton

Dr. Fatima Denton is the Director (D2) of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA).

Expert Associate Academic Officer

Dr. Maria Bernadet Karina Dewi

Dr. Dewi is interested in enhancing the early warning systems through an integration of vulnerability and exposure components in multiple sectors, and in optimizing impact-based early warning in reducing disaster losses. Dr. Dewi is currently working on a project in co-developing an actionable impact-based early-warning systems in the IGAD region.

Expert Associate Research Professor, Atmospheric Sciences and Climatology

Dr. Amin Dezfuli

Dr. Amin Dezfuli is an atmospheric scientist investigating the physical mechanisms behind regional weather and climate extremes—and how these events impact people and ecosystems.

Expert Assistant Professor

Dr. Stephan Dietrich

Stephan Dietrich is an assistant professor at UNU-MERIT.

Staff Educational Programme Associate

Dinara Dikhanbayeva

Dinara Dikhanbayeva is an Educational Programme Associate at UNU-FLORES.

Staff Head of ICT

Yared Dina

Expert Research Fellow, Environment-Conflict Nexus

Dr. Pinar Dinc

Dr. Pınar Dinç is a political scientist specializing in environmental peace and conflict studies, with a particular focus on the interplay between political power, climate and environmental change, ecological degradation, authoritarianism, resistance, and migration.

Expert Research Consultant

Charmaine Distor

Charmaine Distor is a Research Consultant at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) since 2024. Prior to this, she was a Junior Research Assistant from August 2022 to September 2024.

Expert Researcher Policy Making

Dr. Daniel Domínguez Gómez