Expertise: Biodiversity / Nature Conservation, Climate Change

Dr. Balgis Osman Elasha is a Senior Researcher at the Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources in Sudan and a lead author of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Dr. Balgis Osman Elasha holds a PhD in Forestry Science, Masters in Environmental Science and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) with honors in Forestry and Agricultural Science. She has more than 17 years’ experience on different climate change issues with a special focus on vulnerability and adaptation assessment related to African countries and the Middle East. Balgis Dr. Osman Elasha is a past winner of the UNEP Champions of the Earth Award for outstanding environmentalists and a member of the IPCC Lead Authors-Nobel Peace Prize winners in 2007.

Drivers of Greenhouse Gas emissions in Africa: Focus on agriculture, forestry and other land use

https://blogs.afdb.org/climate-change-africa/drivers-greenhouse-gas-emissions-africa-focus-agriculture-forestry-and-other

Women…In The Shadow of Climate Change

https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/womenin-shadow-climate-change

NDCs to Foster Water-Energy-Food and Environmental Security through Transboundary Cooperation in the Nile Basin

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350604609_NDCs_to_Foster_Water-Energy-Food_and_Environmental_Security_through_Transboundary_Cooperation_in_the_Nile_Basin

Biodiversity and ecosystem services on the African continent – What is changing, and what are our options?

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343980035_Biodiversity_and_ecosystem_services_on_the_African_continent_-_What_is_changing_and_what_are_our_options