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What brought you to a career in technology at the United Nations?

To contribute to the absolute reduction in GHG emissions by leading the co-creation of climate system-penetrating solutions (i.e. linking behaviour change solutions of citizens to technology solutions of businesses, and policy solutions of developing countries' policymakers).

What has been your favorite technology project or initiative at the United Nations and why? What was your contribution?

1. CTCN's Technical Assistance (TA) projects have supported 110 countries to date. For example, CTCN's TA project for Zambia developed a national system of innovation for digitalisation from 2023 to 2024.
2. CTCN's Global thematic capacity building (CB) programmes. I have developed and implemented the CB programmes every year since 2022. For example, we delivered two —to three-day in-person CB programs on digitalisation in agriculture, green hydrogen, water innovation technologies, and AI for 164 parties' climate technology focal points of the UNFCCC. These programs bring technology experts and policymakers together to discuss impactful TA project development to benefit developing countries and help them achieve their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

What advice would you give women interested in pursuing a field in technology?

Don't let the fear of looking dumb stop you from asking questions. It is only the failures that make us (as a human being) grow.