
Jana Siebeneck
Climate and Disaster Risk & Gender
Disaster Risk | Climate Policy | Gender | Finance | | Climate Policy Advisor with experience in vulnerability research and disaster risk finance and management. Passionate about the interlinkages between disaster risk, power structures, gender and financial inclusion to develop strategies that address the most vulnerable to climate risks. Let's connect to explore opportunities for collaboration, speaking engagements at event, or cross-overs of your work with the work of the Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions or the Global Shield against Climate Risks.
Advisor to the Global Shield against Climate Risks , Global Shield Secretariat
Berlin, Germany
ContactAreas of expertise
Available for
Collaboration and exchangeSpeaking rolesCDRFI Expertise
Financial InclusionHumanitarian AssistanceMultilateral Climate Financing MechanismsNational and sub-national CRI SchemesNational and Sub-national DRM StrategiesNational and sub-national DRRGender
Access to FinanceDifferential VulnerabilityFeminist Foreign PolicyGender Dimensions of Climate Risk and DisastersGender MainstreamingStructural BarriersLanguages
EnglishGermanMethods & Skills
Academic WritingAnalytical interviewsClimate Risk AssessmentEvent/Webinar OrganisationExpert interviewsGender performance DataGender-responsive Needs AssessmentsGender-responsive Risk AssessmentQualitative Vulnerability AssessmentRegional Expertise
AsiaEuropeGlobalSub-Saharan AfricaProfessional experience
Advisor to the Global Shield against Climate Risks
- Coordinating the implementation of pre-arranged disaster risk finance strategies in Global Shield countries (e.g. as Focal Point to Ghana and further countries)
Junior Advisor for Gender-responsive Approaches in Climate & Disaster Risk Finance
- Management of activities of the Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions on integrating Gender into Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance - Communications Lead - Ministerial advisory
Intern in the Global Programme on Risk Assessment and Management for Adaptation to Climate Change (Loss & Damage)
- Designing Climate Risk Management (CRM) trainings - Supporting studies on CRM in fragile states, linkages between SDGs and CRM, and Climate Risk Assessment methods
Research Assistant for Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Management & Adaptive Planning (VARMAP)
- Project management and coordination between UNU and India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Netherlands, Nepal, and Canada - Co-authoring two publicatitions - tutorial teaching on Climate & Disaster Risks
Research Assistant for the Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI)
- Advising on agricultural innovations in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria - Writing policy briefs for the cooperation with BMZ & GIZ - Development of a media outreach & communication strategy
Publications
Advancing climate resilient development pathways since the IPCC’s fifth assessment report
Werners, Saskia E.; Other authors: Sparks, Edward; Totin, Edmond ; Bhadwal, Suruchi; Butler, James R.A.; Siebeneck, Jana; , [...]; Stringer, Lindsay; Vincent, Katherine ; Wise, Russel M.; Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 126, ; 2021
Empirical trends of regional land-cover change in Marrakech-Safi, Morocco from 2000 to 2020
Harb, Mostapha ; Other authors: Hadri, Abdessamad ; Siebeneck, Jana; Cotti, Davide ; Kraetzschmar, Elke; Benhsinat, Mohamed ; Fila, Konstanze; Chaham, Khalid Rkha ; Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI-2021), Sousse, Tunisia. ; 2021
Carbon Colonialism: A postcolonial assessment of carbon offsetting
Siebeneck, Jana; Other authors: Münstermann, Nadja; Eberle, Caitlyn; Open Access Researchgate; 2019