Karen is an Environment Officer under the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department of the Asian Development Bank. Her current role supports the Regional Flyway Initiative, a large-scale transboundary program that seeks to mobilize investments to protect, restore, and sustainably manage a comprehensive network of threatened wetlands along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway of migratory waterbirds. Karen has combined work experience in environmental sustainability and safeguards, water resources, clean energy and climate finance sectors.