Anna McGinn
NSF Graduate Research Fellow - University of Maine
Climate Change - Sustainability - Environmental Policy
Research
Climate change adaptation in Nicaragua and Samoa
My research uses interviews and site observations to explore how the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCCC) Adaptation Fund project in Nicaragua aligns or diverges with the grassroots adaptation efforts in the country to assess the extent to which these international efforts contribute to effective adaptation on the ground. Read on...
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change annual Conference of the Parties
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conferences of the Parties (COPs) have been of significant interest to me since I first attended COP17 in Durban, South Africa in 2011 as a part of the Dickinson College delegation. Read on...
Interactions of international ocean and climate governance
As a part of my research portfolio, I work with fellow graduate students and advisor Dr. Aaron Strong in the University of Maine School of Marine Science to study institutional interactions between international ocean and climate governance. Read on...