Naima Lipka

Naima is a member of the working group "Adaptation in Agricultural Systems", where she works as a Scientist and Project Coordinator. Operating at the science-policy interface, she supports various research projects, with a focus on coordinating the project “Scaling agroforestry for holistic climate resilience-building in rural Tanzania” (SCARF). Her research interests lie in evidence-based policy-making with a focus on marginalized groups, intersectionality and feminism as well as permaculture.

With a background in social sciences and global environmental governance, she has previously worked in diverse research projects on climate change adaptation and pastoralism, livelihood approaches and participatory governance. Before joining PIK, Naima was employed at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), where she advised the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) on climate change adaptation, with a focus on nature-based solutions and gender/feminist development policy. In her role she further coordinated the project “Climate risk analyses for adaptation planning in sub-Saharan Africa” (AGRICA).