Azin Zarei, United Nations University

Azin Zarei is a Senior Research Assistant at the United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES). She is currently involved in the Sustainability Nexus Analytics, Informatics, and Data (AID) Programme, which aims to identify and promote information, data, computational techniques, and analytical tools facilitating the global sustainable management of water, soil, waste, energy, and geo resources. The program involves an international network of scientists and professionals working at the intersection of science, policy, and society to facilitate regional and global collaborative efforts to address planetary crises and achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Dr. Azin Zarei holds a Ph.D. focused on improving existing methods for climate vulnerability and risk assessment in grassland/forest areas. She has previously worked in a similar field as a researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany, and UNESCO-IHP, France.

Positionality statement

As a researcher, Dr. Zarei provides insights into the challenges of combating climate change at different levels: individual, regional, and global.