Elin Anhari

Forest Policy and Partnerships Consultant | United Nations

Rome, Latium, Italy

About

Consultant in the Forestry Division at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, focusing on global processes, policy, sustainable forest management and biodiversity. My background includes rainforest fieldwork in Costa Rica, and previous roles as a Norwegian delegate to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and advisor at the Environment Agency under the Norwegian government. Master’s degree in Political Science, with a thesis on REDD+ and Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative.

Experience

  • FAO (2 yrs 3 mos)
    • Forest Policy and Partnerships Consultant
      Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

      Focusing on global processes, partnerships, policy, sustainable forest management and biodiversity. In the UN FAO Governing Bodies and Global Processes team of the Forestry Division at the headquarters. Supporting the Collaborative Partnership on Forests(CPF), FAO’s presence at the United Nations Forum on Forests(UNFF), the FAO Committee on Forestry(COFO) and the World Forest Week(WFW).

    • Forestry Consultant
      Oct 2024 - Apr 2026 · 1 yr 7 mos

      FAO Governing Bodies and Global Processes team of the Forestry Division (NFO) at the headquarters in Rome. Supporting the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, FAO’s presence at the United Nations Forum on Forests, the FAO Committee on Forestry and the World Forest Week.

    • Forest Policy Intern
      Apr 2024 - Sep 2024 · 6 mos

      FAO Governing Bodies and Global Processes team of the Forestry Division (NFO) at the headquarters in Rome. The team provides the secretariat for the FAO Committee on Forestry, and the North American Forest Commission, services the other five Regional Forestry Commissions and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, and provides inputs to regional and global forest-related policy processes. Supported the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), FAO’s presence at the UNFF19, 27th Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO 27) and the 9th World Forest Week (WFW 2024).

  • Adopt Rainforest at Adopt Rainforest
    Jan 2024 - Mar 2024 · 3 mos

    In the rainforest of Costa Rica together with a Dutch research group. Working with various research projects in the areas of climate change, sustainable development, biological diversity, forest protection and indigenous peoples.

  • Norwegian Enviroment Agency (Oslo, Norway)
    • Norwegian Enviroment Agency - Advisor
      May 2023 - Jan 2024 · 9 mos

      Working with climate adaptation and local climate measures in the Climate Department. Assists in the administrative work of the grant scheme "Klimasats".

    • Advisor
      Aug 2021 - May 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Delegate in the Norwegian delegation to The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Section for Climate knowledge, under the Climate Department. Advisor in the IPCC-team at the Norwegian Environment Agency, where we work with Norway's participation in The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and matters related to the climate reports.

    • Summer Intern
      Jun 2021 - Aug 2021 · 3 mos

      Section for Climate knowledge in the Climate Department. Preparatory work related to IPCCs first part of the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis.

  • Norwegian delegate at IPCC
    Jun 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Member of the Norwegian delegation to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), contributing to Working Groups I–III.

  • NTNU IT Orakel Support Services (Trondheim, Norway)
    • Employee representative
      Jan 2019 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Employee representative - Link between the leader and the employees - Assist the members in the workplace - Host staff meetings - Have a duty of confidentiality and right to information - Part of the employment committee, and ensure that everyone is treated equally

    • Technical Support
      Sep 2018 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      Part-time job alongside my studies. Assisted other students and visitors with general IT support and answered questions related to student life. Assistance with attendance at counters, by telephone and through e-mail/case management system.