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Adalene Minelli
Senior Fellow
Adalene is a Senior Fellow at the Guarini Center. She received her dual BA in Environmental Studies and Political Science from Stony Brook University, her JD from Cardozo School of Law, and her LLM in Environmental and Energy Law from New York University School of Law. Prior to joining the Guarini Center, Adalene worked as a consultant to UNEP’s Division of Environmental Law and Conventions, where she led research on the interplay between various multilateral environmental conventions and the Sustainable Development Goals. Her research includes matters pertaining to local environmental law and land use policy, environmental markets, and international environmental law. Since 2021, Adalene has also managed the Center’s work in providing capacity building services to the Alliance of Small Island States on matters of international environmental law, including marine plastic pollution.
Recent Publications
Global Sustainable Cities: City Governments and Our Environmental Future
Over half of the world’s population now lives in cities, and this share is expected to increase in the coming...
Read MorePlastic Production in SIDS: Case Studies of Five Small Island Developing States
Recognizing the need to address the growing global plastics crisis, the international community has begun the process of developing an...
Read MorePlastic Production in SIDS: Preliminary Data on the Role of Small Island Developing States in Global Plastic Production
Recognizing the need to address the growing global plastics crisis, the international community has begun the process of developing an...
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