Sara Venturini is the Climate Coordinator at the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat.

 

She promotes access and the use of Earth observations to support climate action by UN member countries. 

 

She has 13 years' professional experience collaborating with UN agencies and advising governments and organisations on developing climate change adaptation policies, accessing climate finance, and participating in multilateral negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 

 

As a climate change advisor, she has worked with countries in the Middle East, the Caribbean and Indian Ocean, the Western Balkans, Central Asia, and Europe. 

She holds a PhD in Climate Change Science and Management from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy.