Pia Treichel

Dr Pia Treichel is a Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies and the RMIT Pacific Initiative. Pia is a practitioner-turned-researcher, whose research builds off her experiences working on climate change with international organisations including ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, the International Institute for Environment and Development, Oxfam in the Pacific, Save the Children, Plan International, and the United Nations Development Programme. 

Pia's research focuses on flows of international funding for adaptation action in climate vulnerable countries and communities, and the associated implications for climate justice. She aims to generate evidence on mechanisms - particularly finance - to support climate vulnerable countries and communities, and the circumstances under which they are effective in building resilience. Pia's work also explores the nature of local level adaptation and resilience, as well as on the links between climate and nature focused action, both at the local level and in terms of the international systems and processes (and finance) designed to support such action.