Internship at the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command: Strengthening Security and Resilience in the Indo-Pacific

This summer, I was fortunate to serve as an intern for the Department of Defense (DoD) at the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), the oldest and largest of the unified combatant commands. Interning at INDOPACOM was thus pivotal in exposing me to the US role in current Indo-Pacific affairs, as well as helping me gain a working understanding of how my two fields of study – international environmental policy and international security – play into current US priorities in the region.

Climate Policy LabSeptember 29, 2025Summer Internship, 2025

From the Ground, Up: Climate Finance for Cities with Carbon Disclosure Project

This summer, my role as Sustainable Infrastructure Fellow for the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) imparted three related lessons. First, climate change is already a salient and urgent reality at the local level around the world. Second, viable technology exists to prevent the most severe dangers of climate change, but financial innovation is required to scale these existing opportunities. Third, data is 21st century currency.

Climate Policy LabSeptember 25, 2025Summer Internship, Student Internships

Monitoring Nature from Behind the Desk: Reflections from a Summer Internship at the Secretariat for Convention on Biological Diversity

Biodiversity provides many ecosystem services which are often taken for granted from cultural services such as beauty and tourism, to regulating services such as raw materials and food, even including habitat services such as carbon sequestration and the prevention of erosion. Since its establishment in 1992, the Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity has worked to conserve global biodiversity, ensure its sustainable use, and share in its benefits, including the transfer of relevant technologies.

This summer, I had the opportunity to further this mission as a Program Support Intern to the Planning, Monitoring, Reporting, and Review (PMRR) Unit of the Secretariat.

Climate Policy LabSeptember 6, 2025Summer Internship, Biodiversity

Subsidies, Summits, and the Soil Beneath: A Summer Shaping Agricultural Incentives with The Nature Conservancy

This summer, I joined The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) Global Agriculture and Food Systems Policy team during a critical window for shaping how public and private finance supports land use, food systems, and biodiversity goals.

Climate Policy LabAugust 28, 2025Student Internships, food systems, agriculture

Ocean momentum and resilience in 2025: Reflections on the 3rd UN Ocean Conference and the road ahead

UNOC3, co-hosted by France and Costa Rica, was the largest UN event ever focused on the ocean. It brought together 175 UN Member States, 64 Heads of State and Government, 28 Heads of UN, intergovernmental and international organizations, 115 ministers, 12,000 delegates, and more than 130,000 visitors. Over 1,000 parallel events unfolded across venues from the Blue Zone to the Whale, ranging from high-level dialogues and negotiations to booths and exhibitions featuring NGOs, private sector actors, Indigenous leaders, artists, and scientists.

Climate Policy LabAugust 21, 2025UNOC, Community Voices

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