Dr. Mariya Aleksandrova
Department
Environmental Governance
Function
Project Lead & Senior Researcher
Specialization
Climate risk governance
Work areas
- Adaptation and Loss and Damage governance and finance
- Climate funds
- Social protection and just transitions for resilience to climate change
Vita
| since 2/2019 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Senior Researcher, Klimalog Project, Research Department "Environmental Governance" |
| 11/2014-1/2019 | Freelance Consultant, Climate and Disaster Resilience Specialist |
| 9/2011-01/2015 | Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy Ph.D. in Science and Management of Climate Change Dissertation title: “Water scarcity under climate change: impacts, vulnerability and risk reduction in the agricultural regions of Central Asia” |
| 11/2013-12/2014 | Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (CMCC), Venice, Italy Research affiliate |
| 9/2012-12/2013 | Centre for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn, Germany Visiting Ph.D Researcher |
| 7/2008-9/2008 | United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Fukuoka, Japan Internship |
| 9/2007-6/2009 | International University of Japan Master of Arts in International Developmentw |
| 9/2001-9/2006 | University of Economics Varna, Bulgaria Bachelor’s in Construction Economy Specialization: Regional planning |
Member of
- Technical Expert Group on Slow Onset Events established under the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- Working Group on Social Protection and Climate Change (sub-group on climate finance), established under the Global Partnership for Universal Social Protection to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (USP2030)
Refereed Publications
- Aleksandrova, Mariya / Laura Kuhl / Daniele Malerba (2024)
Unlocking climate finance for social protection: an analysis of the Green Climate Fund
in: Climate Policy 24 (7), 878-893 - Lu, Yu / Lu Yu / Wen-Jun Li / Maria Aleksandrova (2022)
Impacts and synergies of weather index insurance and microcredit in rural areas: a systematic review
in: Environmental Research Letters 17 (10), article 103002 - Alkesandrova, Mariya / Daniele Malerba / Christoph Strupat (2021)
“Building Back Better” through social protection
in: Bündnis Entwicklung hilft, Bochum: Ruhr University Bochum – Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, 33-37 - Serraglio, Diogo Andreola / Mariya Aleksandrova / Benjamin Schraven (2021)
Human mobility in the context of LFDD in Latin America and the Caribbean: a review of national climate and desertification policies
in: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (50), 197-207 - Aleksandrova, Mariya / Cecilia Costella (2021)
Reaching the poorest and most vulnerable: addressing loss and damage through social protection
in: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (50), 121-128 - Aleksandrova, Mariya (2019)
Principles and considerations for mainstreaming climate change risk into national social protection frameworks in developing countries
in: Climate and Development Vol. 12(6), 511-520 - Aleksandrova, Mariya / Animesh K. Gain / Carlo Giupponi (2016)
Assessing agricultural systems vulnerability to climate change to inform adaptation planning: an application in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
in: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 21 (8), 1263–1287 - Aleksandrova, Mariya / John P.A. Lamers / Christopher Martius / Bernhard Tischbein (2014)
Rural vulnerability to environmental change in the irrigated lowlands of Central Asia and options for policy-makers: a review
in: Environmental Science & Policy 41 (August), 77-88
Non-refereed Publications
- Aleksandrova, Mariya / Washington Onyango Kanyangi / Assouhan Jonas Atchadé / Joanes Atela / Charles Tonui (2025)
Allocating international loss and damage finance through national climate funds: prospects for African LDCs
(Policy Brief 6/2025) - Aleksandrova, Mariya / Svea Koch (2025)
How does the new collective quantified goal on climate finance reshape the climate–development finance nexus?
in: Stephan Klingebiel / Jorge A. Pérez-Pineda / Kathrin Berensmann, Financing for development: From Monterrey to Seville, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 33-36 - Interview with Mariya Aleksandrova (2024)
Climate conferences and no end in sight: are the targets still achievable?
in: Diplomatisches Magazin 09-10/24, 8-11 - Interview mit Dr. Mariya Aleksandrova (2024)
Klimakonferenzen und kein Ende: sind die Ziele noch erreichbar
in: Diplomatisches Magazin 09-10/24, 8-11 - Aleksandrova, Mariya / Aparajita Banerjee / Marcelo Inacio da Cunha / Jean Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco / Michael Brüntrup / Daniele Malerba (2024)
Fostering justice across the Rio Conventions: emerging levers for cooperation and coordination
(Policy Brief 31/2024) - Koch, Svea / Mariya Aleksandrova (2024)
The new UN climate finance goal: will the EU deliver what’s needed for a fair, ambitious and balanced new collective quantified goal?
in: Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (eds.), The European Union’s global role in a changing world: challenges and opportunities for the new leadership, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 49-51 - Koch, Svea / Mariya Aleksandrova (2023)
The future of climate and development finance: balancing separate accounting with integrated policy responses
(Policy Brief 19/2023) - Aleksandrova, Mariya / Urwah Khan / Archimedes Muzenda / Steffen Bauer / Rishikesh Ram Bhandary (2023)
The role of the G7 in strengthening the global landscape of climate finance for adaptation and loss and damage
in: T7 Task Force Wellbeing, Environmental Sustainability, and Just Transition Policy Brief (April 2023) - Bauer, Steffen / Mariya Aleksandrova (2023)
Loss and Damage: ein Wendepunkt multilateraler Klimapolitik
in: Jahresbericht 2021-2022 - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 24-28 - Bauer, Steffen / Mariya Aleksandrova (2023)
Loss and Damage: a game changer for multilateral climate governance
in: Annual Report 2021-2022 - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 24-28 - Anisimov, Ariadna / Mariya Aleksandrova / Steffen Bauer / Lola Vallejo (2022)
The EU and the Glasgow Dialogue: advancing a balanced approach to loss and damage
IDDRI Policy Brief 5/22 - Aleksandrova, Mariya (2021)
Das Potenzial globaler Klimafonds für Investitionen in soziale Sicherung
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 9/2021) - Lu Yu / Mariya Aleksandrova (2021)
Wetterindexversicherungen als Instrument der Förderung sozial-ökologischer Resilienz gegenüber dem Klimawandel
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 8/2021) - Aleksandrova, Mariya / Sayanti Sengupta / Teresa Anderson / Cecilia Costella / Harjeet Singh / Harpreet Paul (2021)
Social protection for climate-induced loss and damage: priority areas for increasing capacity and investment in developing countries
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC) - Yu, Lu / Mariya Aleksandrova (2021)
Weather index insurance: promises and challenges of promoting social and ecological resilience to climate change
(Briefing Paper 14/2021) - Aleksandrova, Mariya (2021)
The untapped potential of global climate funds for investing in social protection
(Briefing Paper 7/2021) - Leininger, Julia / Christoph Strupat / Yonas Adeto / Abebe Shimeles / Wilson Wasike (2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic and structural transformation in Africa: evidence for action
(Discussion Paper 11/2021) - Stange, Gunnar / Harald Sterly / Patrick Sakdapolrak / Marion Borderon / Benjamin Schraven / Diogo Andreola Serraglio / Mariya Aleksandrova (2020)
Impeded migration as adaptation: COVID-19 and its implications for translocal strategies of environmental risk management
published on Environmental Migration Portal, 22.10.2020 - Aleksandrova, Mariya (2019)
Social protection as a tool to address slow onset climate events: emerging issues for research and policy
(Discussion Paper 16/2019) - Aleksandrova, Mariya (2013)
Climate change and hazards in Central Asia: risk patterns in Khorezm region of Uzbekistan and implications for disaster risk reduction in rural areas
Conference proceedings abstracts of the IGU 2013 Regional Conference, Hazard and Risk Session, August 4-9 2013, Kyoto, Japan
Opinion Pieces
- Wagner, Niklas / Mariya Aleksandrova (2025)
EU Credibility Demands Bold Climate and Finance Commitments
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 14 July 2025 - Koch, Svea / Mariya Aleksandrova (2025)
Towards a stronger shared climate and development finance agenda: what role for the FfD4?
published on blogs.idos-research.de, 08.05.2025 - Brandi, Clara / Steffen Bauer / Mariya Aleksandrova (2025)
The heat is on: climate policy must not simmer on the back burner
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 19 February 2025 - Aleksandrova, Mariya / Steffen Bauer / Svea Koch (2024)
Wilder Westen bei der Klimafinanzierung wird noch wilder
published on klimareporter.de, 17.12.2024 - Koch, Svea / Mariya Aleksandrova / Steffen Bauer (2024)
It ain’t over till it’s over: COP29’s decision on the new climate finance goal – the fine line between compromise and compromising
published on blogs.idos-research.de, 29.11.2024 - Koch Svea / Mariya Aleksandrova (2024)
Das Vertrauen des globalen Südens in die EU steht auf dem Spiel
published on klimareporter.de, 19.11.2024 - Koch, Svea / Mariya Aleksandrova (2024)
Why it's Europe’s chance to rebuild trust with the Global South
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 13 November 2024 - Aleksandrova, Mariya / Svea Koch (2024)
Why a new quantum must go hand in hand with higher quality
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 27 May 2024 - Aleksandrova, Mariya / Benjamin Schraven / Diogo Serraglio (2020)
The implications of the UN’s ruling on 'climate refugees'
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 24 February 2020 - Aleksandrova, Mariya/ Idil Boran (2019)
Slow onset climate risks require a strong governance mechanism
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 14 October 2019) - Bauer, Steffen / Mariya Aleksandrova (2019)
Global commission calls for urgent action on climate adaptation
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 11 September 2019)
Projects
- Klimalog: Climate-resilient and nature-compatible sustainable development through socially just transformation (Klimalog III)
- Klimalog: Research and dialogue for a just and SDG-compatible implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement ("Klimalog II")
- Sustaining and Strengthening City Climate Action in the COVID-19 crisis for a green and climate-resilient recovery (ClimateCitiesRecovery)