Dr Linda Anne Stevenson is Head of Knowledge Management and Scientific Affairs and Deputy Head of Development and Institutional Affairs at the APN Secretariat. With over 18 years of experience in APN, she manages over sixty national and regional projects annually across a broad range of disciplines and works closely with researchers and decision-makers in Asia and the Pacific. She has significant experience in scientific capacity building that includes developing capacity of early-career researchers; plans dialogues that cross the science-policy interface; and engages with international organisations including UNFCCC via SBSTA and the Nairobi Work Programme (NWP), IPCC and IPBES. Most recently she headed an activity that culminated in the publication of a Special Issue in Elsevier Environmental Research in 2020 of 14 APN projects. She has over eight years of lecturing experience in Japanese universities on “Global Environmental Systems” and holds a doctorate degree in Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, UK.
Recent work
Challenges and opportunities for promoting locally led adaptation: Cross learning from Nepal, Fiji, Vietnam
APN attends the UNFCCC 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27)
International Writeshop on Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Loss and Damage (L&D)
Special issue on linking climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and loss & damage: Report on contributor’s workshop
APN highlights recent activities and projects at IPBES 9
APN at the Fourteenth Meeting of the Research Dialogue, SBSTA56
APN at UNFCCC COP26: Development and utilization of information platforms towards climate-resilient societies in the Asia-Pacific region
Assessing contribution to the Sendai Framework: Case study of climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction projects across sectors in Asia-Pacific (2015-2020)
