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Join the new PAJE Consulting Notices list for periodic curated global environmental policy updates and opportunities to engage, to learn about PAJE projects and initiatives and to receive notices about virtual workshops and dialogues led by PAJE. Fill in this form to be added to the list. Interested in working with Rosalind Helfand? Reach out […]
IPBES Transformative Change, Nexus and Business Biodiversity Assessments
In February 2026, Rosalind attended the 12th Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), where a new global Business and Biodiversity Assessment was negotiated by about 150 members states of the platform. Participating with the University of Cambridge Conservation Leadership Alumni Network (a network of hundreds of conservation and policy […]
Advancing Gender-responsive Synergies Across the Rio Conventions
In 2024 and 2025, Rosalind Helfand was honored to co-lead on UN-Women’s publications and dialogues, including with the three Rio Convention Secretariats, looking at how to advance gender-responsive synergies across the UN CBD, UNFCCC and UNCCD Rio Conventions. Part of this work is captured in the gender mainstreaming section of the Rio Convention Secretariats’ new […]
Moving on from UN-Women after Nearly Four Years of Leading Global Partnerships & Action
It’s been an incredible honor over nearly four years (concluding January 2026) for Rosalind Helfand to serve with UN-Women. Rosalind served first as Thematic Lead of the Feminist Action for Climate Justice (FACJ) Action Coalition — a global multistakeholder partnership of over 150 organizations and governments — and then as Advisor on the Rio Conventions […]
Subnational Leadership at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
The IUCN World Conservation Congress, held in October 2025, made incredible progress made in agreements for human rights and the future of life on our planet in areas like subnational and municipal government leadership and strategy, gender equality, human rights-based approaches, agreeing to acknowledge and act on the negative impacts of AI development on the […]