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Environmental Conscience of the World - Ep77: Inger Andersen
Environmental Conscience of the World - Ep77: Inger Andersen
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52 minutes
Released:
Feb 23, 2022
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Inger Andersen is Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme.From 2015 until 2019, Inger was the Director-General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Before that she worked at the World Bank for 15 years in roles such as Vice President of the Middle East and North Africa; Vice President for Sustainable Development and Head of the CGIAR Fund Council. Prior to joining the World Bank, Inger worked at the UN, focusing mostly on drought and desertification issues. Her career began in Sudan, where she worked as an English teacher and moved to development sector in 1985 to work at the Sudan Aid. Inger holds a BA from the London Metropolitan University North and a MA in Development Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Released:
Feb 23, 2022
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