Carol Chouchani Cherfane directs the Arab Centre for Climate Change Policies and leads the Climate Change and Natural Resource Sustainability Cluster at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut. Her work supports inter-governmental and regional cooperation on water, energy and land resources under a changing climate.  Prior to joining the UN, she worked at the World Bank and Harvard University on environmental policymaking in the Mediterranean. Her 25 years of experience in natural resource management are complemented by degrees in development economics and international environmental policy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.