Martina Angela Caretta is a geographer who studies water usage and management, including its human and social impacts. Her research has an extra focus on how changes to environmental conditions and water policy disproportionately impact women. She is the Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report chapter on water.
Martina Angela Caretta | |
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| Awards | American Association of Geographers' 2020 Glenda Laws Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geography |
| Institutions | Lund University, West Virginia University |
Early life
editCaretta grew up in a rural part of northeast Italy, often spending time on her grandparents' sorghum farm.[1]
Academic work and research
editCaretta holds a PhD in Human Geography from Stockholm University.[1] She became a Senior Lecturer at Lund University in 2021, after previously being an Assistant Professor at West Virginia University from 2016 to 2020.[2]
Honors and awards
editShe received the American Association of Geographers' 2020 Glenda Laws Award.[3]
Selected publications
edit- Coordinating Lead Author of the chapter on water in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
- Author of the 2017 report for the UNESCO World Water Assessment Program
References
edit- ^ a b "Tackling the Climate Crisis with Feminist Geography". Lady Science. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ "Martina Angela Caretta". The Conversation. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ "Glenda Laws Award | AAG". www.aag.org. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
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