Nicole de Paula

Dr. Nicole de Paula is the Senior SDGs Expert at the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, leading the work on Thought Leadership and science-policy interface. She was the inaugural Klaus Töpfer Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies for Sustainability in Potsdam, Germany, and founder of the social enterprise Women Leaders for Planetary Health (WLPH).

In 2021, she published the book “Breaking the Silos for Planetary Health: A Roadmap for a Resilient Post-Pandemic World”. In 2019, she has co-founded the first Planetary Health Research Group at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and was also one of the Scientific Commissioners of The Lancet Pathfinder Commission on Decabornization. Since 2022, she has been an advisor to the World Health Organization- South-East Asia Regional Expert Group on Environment Determinants of Health and Climate Change.