Musonda Mumba is Secretary General of the Convention on Wetlands, the world’s first Multilateral Environmental Agreement (MEA), based in Switzerland. She holds a PhD in wetland ecology from University College London (UCL). She is a wetland hydrologist and ecologist with 25 years of experience in environmental work across technical, scientific and diplomatic spheres. Part of her career was spent as a UN diplomat at UNEP and UNDP, working on environmental and development issues connected to planetary health. She describes herself as a stubborn optimist, committed to keeping the Earth a liveable planet for the generations that follow.
