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        Nella Canales

        Research Fellow

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      Nella is a Research Fellow in SEI’s Equitable Resource Rights and Governance team in SEI Headquarters (Sweden). Nella has been working with climate change issues since 2004 and have been a researcher since 2012. Currently, her research is focused on natural resources governance and equity, including in climate adaptation processes.

      Nella has carried out research in diverse socio-political contexts in different countries in Latin America and East Africa. She had held research positions with SEI Latin America (Colombia), where she established and led the Bioeconomy research line; and the Overseas Development Institute (United Kingdom), where her research focused on the governance of climate finance for adaptation.

      Nella’s research is also influenced by her previous experience as a development practitioner on climate change issues in Peru, where she worked on climate change adaptation with CARE International, and the clean development mechanism with the National Environmental Fund (FONAM). During this time, she also advocated for the rights of the most vulnerable as part of the Adaptation Technical Committee of the National Commission on Climate Change.

      Nella currently leads research and collaborations with various academic partners within Sweden and in other countries. Within SEI, she currently leads the strategic investment of the Team, exploring the impacts of green transitions on indigenous populations’ access to natural resources. Nella is also involved in research on risk ownership for transboundary climate risk with the TransAdapt project, funded by Noradapt, to analyze how risk in one country can impact another one even if they are geographically far away. In the project Partnership for Anthropocene Solutions, funded by Formas, Nella is researching how multistakeholder groups in Sweden define climate responsibility and how do they identify solutions to comply with such definition.

      Nella has also been a member of the Technical Team of the Climate Finance Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GFLAC) since 2014, contributing to climate adaptation finance discussions.

      Nella holds an MSc in Climate and Development from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the University of Sussex, and a BSc in Economics from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.

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      Publications by Nella Canales

      • The values of wildlife revisited
      • Multilateral adaptation finance for systemic resilience: addressing transboundary climate risk
      • A comparative analysis of bioeconomy visions and pathways based on stakeholder dialogues in Colombia, Rwanda, Sweden, and Thailand
      • Effectiveness of climate change adaptation interventions in sub-Saharan Africa and the impact of funding modalities: a mixed methods systematic review protocol
      • Bioeconomía subnacional: Visiones y hoja de ruta en el Valle del Cauca, Colombia
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      Perspectives by Nella Canales

      • Los valores de la fauna silvestre: perspectivas económicas y subjetivas para una valoración integral
      • Five considerations for a just transition for Indigenous communities and ethnic minorities
      • Cinco consideraciones para una transición justa para las comunidades indígenas y las minorías étnicas
      • The private sector, agriculture and climate change: connecting the dots
      • Conectando el sector privado, la agricultura y el cambio climático
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      Featured stories with Nella Canales

      • How finance works towards - or against - sustainable development
      • Analysis shows how climate finance to Pacific Islands varies across countries

      Projects and tools with Nella Canales

      • Contribuyendo a una gestión sostenible de la vida silvestre en Guyana
      • Contributing to a sustainable wildlife management in Guyana
      • NDC Explorer
      • SEI Initiative on Governing Bioeconomy Pathways
      • Understanding effects of finance for climate change adaptation
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