Anju Sharma is the Global Lead on Locally Led Adaptation at the Global Center on Adaptation. She has previously worked for Oxford Climate Policy as Deputy Director; and for European Capacity Building Initiative; UN Environment Programme; Oxfam GB; and the Centre for Science and Environment as Associate Director. She has also worked as a consultant for several international organisations, including the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Development Program, and International Institute for Sustainable Development. Anju is an Associate with the Stockholm Environment Institute and has been a Visiting Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development, and on the Board of Trustees of Keystone Foundation.