Beria Leimona is Landscape Alliance’s Theme Leader for Climate Change, Energy and Low-Carbon Development. A senior scientist in climate change policy and innovative finance, she holds a PhD in Environmental System Analysis from Wageningen University & Research and an MSc in Landscape Architecture and Planning from IPB University.
Her work focuses on climate change mitigation and adaptation, sustainability standards and certification, smallholder financing, ecosystem services and carbon markets. She leads global research-for-development initiatives in these areas, working closely with governments, the private sector and NGOs, and actively leads resource mobilisation efforts with international donors.
She has served as lead author for two reports of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), contributing to global assessments on biodiversity and the valuation of nature.
