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Lisa Emelia Svensson

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Lisa Emelia Svensson
NationalitySwedish
EducationUniversity of Gothenburg
OccupationAmbassador
EmployerUnited Nations

Lisa Emelia Svensson is a Swedish diplomat. Between 2016 and 2019, she was head of the oceans branch at the UN Environment Programme. She was previously her country's ambassador for Ocean.

Life

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Svensson and her four siblings were brought up in a rural environment that was focused more on the sea than on their home in Bohuslän.[1] Bohuslän lies the most western part of Sweden, bordering Norway.

Svensson has a doctorate in business administration[2] and political economy.[3] In 2002, she joined Sweden's diplomatic service, working in America and Belgium. She was previously a diplomat-in-residence with a focus on climate change while at Johns Hopkins University.[4] In 2008, she published Combating Climate Change: A Transatlantic Approach to Common Solutions. The book described the state of progress informed by a 2007 conference "California-European Dialogue on Climate Change."[5]

She led the European communities negotiations regarding sustainable development aspects of agreements with ASEAN, MERCOSUR and China.[6]

She was the Ambassador for Corporate Social Responsibility in her country's Ministry for Foreign Affairs.[2] Later she was Sweden's Ambassador for the Ocean being responsible for government advice on international ocean related issues.[4]

Svensson was the head of the oceans branch at UN Environment Programme from 2016 to 2019. She was based in Nairobi in Kenya.

References

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  1. ^ "Meet Lisa Emilia Svensson, the United Nations Global Director for Oceans". Investingothenburg. 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  2. ^ a b "Biography - Lisa Emelia Svensson". www.esbri.se. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  3. ^ "Dr Lisa Emelia Svensson". naturalcapitalforum.com. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  4. ^ a b "Lisa Emelia Svensson GGSD 2017 Forum" (PDF). oecd. 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  5. ^ Svensson, Lisa (2008). Combating Climate Change: A Transatlantic Approach to Common Solutions. Center for Transatlantic Relations, The Johns Hopkins University. ISBN 978-0-9801871-1-3.
  6. ^ "Nobel Week Dialogue". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
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