Interview with Dr Najma Mohamed of the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Dr Najma Mohamed is Head of Nature-Based Solutions at the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) at the University of Cambridge.

Dr Mohamed delivered a keynote at this year’s ACCESS Annual Assembly 2025 on ‘Putting People at the Heart of Place-Sensitive Just Transitions‘. We interviewed her afterwards, asking about her academic journey, her work at UNEP-WCMC, and the role that the social sciences play in advancing UNEP-WCMC’s Nature and People Strategy.

Najma talked about the importance of interdisciplinary research and networks for finding and implementing just environmental solutions, and she described her impressions of the ACCESS Network and events like the ACCESS Assembly.

This film was made by Hannah Earl.