WHO WE ARE
Climate chaos is too big for any one group to handle. Only by collaborating and working together do we have any good chance of success. Likewise, each achievement is the fruit of a collective effort.
OUR TEAM
We bring global expertise to leverage change in collaboration with our partners worldwide.
Julia Tomazi
Program Officer Communications & Partnerships
Matthew McKinnon
Executive Director
Pierre Conille
Chief Digital Advisor
OUR BOARD
Our Board governs the organization, providing oversight to all our work and guiding its strategic development.
Albon Ishoda
Chair of Aroha
Former Ambassador of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the Fiji and to the Republic of Korea and Marshall Islands Special Presidential Envoy for Maritime Decarbonisation.
Khadeeja (Hajja) Naseem
Former State Minister of Environment of the Republic of the Maldives
Dina Ionesco
Senior Expert at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Former Head of Migration, Environment and Climate Change at the International Organization for Migration (IOM), former Co-director of the Master of Arts program on Migration, Climate Change and Environment
Anoop Poonia
Former President of the Indian Youth Climate Network
OUR ASSOCIATES
Coming soon…
Financing & Implementation
Aroha is currently incubating the Financial Futures Center, a center which will provide know-how on financial climate risks and support informed decision-making in developing countries.
Communications & Partnerships
We managed the establishment of the MSC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the global shipping group MSC, and support its Ocean and community protection work as lead advisor.
Policy Shift
Aroha works in strategic partnership with the Global Center on Adaptation in support of climate vulnerable countries and communities.
Policy Shift
Aroha hosts the Office of the Advisor and Representative of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, the foremost intergovernmental cooperation body for nations highly vulnerable to climate threats.
