Pauline Aldunce
Paulina Aldunce was the host of the 2021 Transformations Conference. Paulina is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources at the University of Chile.
Her research interests are Disaster Risk Management and Adaptation to Climate Change. Paulina has been involved as principal investigator and co-investigator in several research projects funded by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research and the US National Science Foundation. Her work has been published in scientific journals focused on Climate Change and Development, Natural Hazards, and Disaster Prevention and Management.
Highlights of her work include:
Lead author of the IPCC Special Report on “Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation”
Review Editor of IPCC WGII Fifth Report and The Summary Report for Policy Makers
Part of the Expert Committee in charge of elaborating Chilean National Action Plan on Climate Change
Distinction as the Best Professor of Renewable Natural Resources Engineer degree 2004
Responsible for building an international database of Climate Change Adaptation Policies and Strategies for the Government of Chile
