Annalisa’s work focuses on issues ranging from climate diplomacy to climate risk, the geopolitics of decarbonization, the implications of climate change for national and international security, and how to foster a clean and resilient development in the wider Mediterranean and in Africa. Before joining ECCO, she worked as a researcher for the Middle East and North Africa Centre at the Italian think tank ISPI, working on Middle Eastern politics, Europe-MENA relations, conflict analysis and prevention, as well as the role of foresight and evaluation in European foreign policy. Annalisa holds a PhD in Politics and Institutions from the Catholic University of Milan.