Ms Naomi Young is a Programme Officer at the APN Secretariat, having joined in August 2022. Currently, she is supporting the management of APN projects in the Scientific Capacity Development Programme (CAPaBLE), the co-coordination of APN’s engagements with early career professionals (APN Proposal Development Training Workshops and Early Career Professionals Network), and the management and monitoring of the knowledge, publications, and outreach materials generated from the APN activities.
Previously, Naomi was a programme support consultant for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) based in Geneva, Switzerland. She holds a postgraduate master’s degree from Imperial College London and an undergraduate degree from the University of Durham.
Recent work
Engaging the next generation of global change professionals: Capacity development seminars at the 2024 RIHN TERRA School for the APN Call for Proposals and APN-ECAP engagement opportunities
Convening the first APN Pacific Proposal Development Training Workshop: Engaging early career professionals in regional research priorities and collaborative proposal writing skills in Suva, Fji
Happening now: APN commences the first Pacific Proposal Development Training Workshop in Suva, Fiji
APN attends the Experts Dialogue on Mountains and Climate Change and the 16th Meeting of the Research Dialogue at the UNFCCC SBSTA60 Conference in Bonn, Germany
APN participates in the Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative (LAKI) Phase II 2nd Technical Expert Meeting for the Hindu Kush Himalaya region
Building global change capacities across the Mekong: APN Call for Proposals outreach seminar for the SEI Sustainable Mekong Research Network in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Unveiling new horizons with APN’s virtual seminars on research funding opportunities
Driving early career professional capacity and opportunities in global change: APN Call for Proposals outreach and capacity building seminar for the Transdisciplinarity for Early Career Researchers in Asia (TERRA) School
