Verania has worked for UNDP for more than a decade, developing strong expertise in gender, climate, and environment issues. As her work has focused on the integration of gender equality and women's empowerment into national planning and capacity-building processes, she is currently spearheading the work on gender-responsive NDC revision and implementation as part of the Climate Strategies and Policy team at UNDP HQ. Previously, she oversaw the environment, energy and climate change portfolio in UNDP’s country office in Mexico, where she worked with national and subnational governments, civil society organizations and at the community level. Verania holds an MSc in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science.