France
I am a dedicated communications professional with ten years of experience in developing communications strategies and producing content to drive change on the world's most pressing issues, with a focus on environmental protection and climate change.
EDITORIAL CONTENT
The UNDP Sustainable Energy Hub website is UNDP's first dedicated, global website showcasing the organization's portfolio of projects to help countries increase their energy access rates and achieve a just energy transition. I produced the website entirely, including by writing the content of all pages.
Op-ed by UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner. Objective of the piece: UNDP thought leadership and advocacy to accelerate action for a just energy transition and universal energy access. Target audience: governments and policymakers; financial institutions; private sector leaders. My role: I pitched and drafted the piece.
Joint op-ed by United Nations leaders, including UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner. Objective: UNDP thought leadership and advocacy for universal clean energy access. Target audience: governments and policy-makers; financial institutions; businesses; energy, development, and climate professionals. My role: I pitched and drafted the piece.
Objective of the piece: breaking down a complex climate finance topic and positioning UNDP as a leader in this area. Target Audience: Policy makers; Business leaders; General public. My role: I pitched this idea and drafted and edited the piece jointly with the blog's author, Alexandra Soezer, Global Carbon Technical Advisor, UNDP.
This piece was published during COP26 as part of UNDP's flagship campaign Don't Choose Extinction. Objective of the piece: Raising awareness of the critical importance of fossil fuel subsidy reform for both climate and development goals, and positioning UNDP as a key actor in this area. Target Audience: Policy makers; Development practitioners; General public. My role: I pitched this idea and drafted and edited the piece jointly with the blog's author, Pradeep Kurukulasiriya, Director and...
Objective of the piece: announce a new major partnership between UNDP and Switzerland on a technical climate issue. Target Audience: Specialised development and climate media. My role: I drafted this piece.
Explainer story to frame the big topics that will shape the 2023 sustainable energy agenda. I developed the idea and wrote this story.
Published during the 2022 Clean Cooking Forum, this explainer piece aims to raise the profile of a key, but little-talked-about, development issue: access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking. I pitched and wrote this story.
Objectives of the piece: Celebrate International Women's Day and position UNDP as a key actor for gender equality by raising awareness of the interlinkages between clean energy access and gender equality, and showcasing four success stories from our portfolio of projects. Target audience: general public and international donors. My role: I suggested, drafted and produced this piece.
Objective of the piece: This piece was written as part of a fundraising campaign to insulate powerlines in biodiversity-rich areas of Myanmar, where endangered species, such as gibbons, are left exposed to electrocution due to the use of uninsulated powerlines.
VIDEOS
Objective of the piece: Explaining and raising awareness of UNDP's work on carbon finance, particularly on Art.6 of the Paris Agreement. Target audience: Policymakers; Business leaders; General public. My role: I developed the idea, wrote the script, and edited the video. I also produced a square version for UNDP's social media channels.
Explainer video on fossil fuel subsidies, part of UNDP's Don't Choose Extinction campaign (https://dontchooseextinction.com/en/). I developed the idea, wrote the script, and edited the video. Objective of the piece: Explaining and raising awareness of the topic of fossil fuel subsidy reform. Target audience: General public. Produced a square version for UNDP's social media channels.
Published during the 2022 Clean Cooking Forum, this explainer video aims to raise the profile of a key, but little-talked-about, development issue: access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking. Objective of the piece: Published during the 2022 Clean Cooking Forum, this explainer video aims to raise the profile of a key, but little-talked-about, development issue: access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking. Target audience: Policymakers; Development practitioners; General...
Objective of the piece: Showcasing the impact of UNDP's solar power projects in Mexico. Target audience: Donors; Developing country governments and policy-makers. I liaised with the local crew in Mexico to overview the production of this video.
Video produced to showcase key sustainable transport solutions, and position UNDP as a key actor in this space. I developed the idea, wrote the script, and edited the video. I also produced a square version for UNDP's social media channels. Target audience: General public; Energy, Climate, and Development professional; Donors.
Video produced for WWF-Myanmar to raise awareness of unsafe powerlines threatening endangered gibbons in Myanmar. I commissioned the video, developed the idea with the animation studio Lung Production and overviewed the project until completion. Target audience: General public (national with Myanmar version); Donors and WWF network (global)
Video produced for WWF-Myanmar to showcase environmental activities done in schools for Earth Hour 2019 in Yangon, Myanmar. I developed the idea, sourced & briefed the crew, acted as assistant director on site as well as lead interviewer, and edited the video. Target audience: Donors and partners, including WWF network. Footage was re-used in WWF global Earth Hour videos.
Video produced for WWF-Myanmar to highlight the strategic approach and successes of the 'Voices for Wildlife' campaign against illegal wildlife trade in Myanmar. I commissioned the video from a motion graphics editor, wrote the script and overviewed production until completion of the project. Target audience: Donors and partners, including WWF network
Video produced for WWF-Myanmar social media and website to raise the profile of rangers in Myanmar and celebrate their work on World Ranger Day 2018. I developed the idea based on existing footage and edited the video. Target audience: National general public (Myanmar version); Donors and partners, including WWF network
Video produced for the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), a non-profit that helps countries to better manage their natural resources. I was commissioned to edit a campaign video to highlight the environmental and social impact of jade mining in Myanmar. The Burmese version of the video, published on Facebook, has over 200K views and was shared by Myanmar media online. Target audience: Myanmar government officials; General public
Video produced for the UK anti far-right radicalisation campaign 'Open Your Eyes to Hate'. As Assistant Producer, I found the interviewee (Ivan Humble, a former member of the UK far-right group the English Defence League), prepared the interview with him and was his main point of contact throughout the production of the video. The video garnered over 5 million views across Facebook and Youtube. Target audience: members of the public at risk of far-right radicalisation
30-minute documentary on illegal cocoa farming in Ivory Coast's protected forests, produced as part of a video series for UN-Environment to highlight the link between deforestation and climate change. I led the research in terms of stories and contributors in five African countries (Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Tanzania, Ethiopia and the DRC), planned shoots with local fixers, helped write scripts, translated and fact-checked the final videos. Target audience: UN donors and partners
PUBLICATIONS & BROCHURES (Print, online)
I produced this online brochure as a quick, compelling overview of UNDP's Sustainable Energy Hub - a new initiative launched by UNDP in 2021. Target audience: Partners and donors.
One of three policy papers that formed the "policy backbone" of UNDP's Don't Choose Extinction campaign calling to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. I proofread, edited, and overviewed the production of the policy papers. In addition, I produced collateral materials to complement the papers, including social media videos and one-page summaries for media, available to download at this link.
I produced this brochure to support outreach to prospective partners and applicants in the context of a call for proposals by the Climate Investment Platform, of which UNDP is a lead partner.