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Revision as of 20:26, 30 March 2021
Elaine Baker is a UNESCO Chair in Marine Science at the University of Sydney and is the Director of the University of Sydney Marine Studies Institute.[1] Her position is supported by GRID-Arendal, a centre collaborating with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Early life and education
Baker was interested in geology in her childhood and she had a rock collection and managed to turn that interest in the natural world into a career.[2] Baker holds a BSc (Hons) from La Trobe University[3] and a PhD from the University of Sydney,[4] where she has been employed for more than 30 years.[2]
Career and impact
Baker has been working during the last 10 years with GRID-Arendal on a wide variety of projects such as the UNEP Shelf Programme that has supported more than 60 developing states in delineating their outer continental shelf. The project has had a significative impact on the map of the world.[5] Thanks to that position Baker has travelled and worked extensively in South East Asia and the Pacific Islands and developed a large network of academic, government and institutional partners.[6] The region has some of the most densely populated and vulnerable communities on the planet. We are working with these communities to address problems caused by climate change and dwindling natural resources.
Baker is currently working on a number of projects related to waste including a review of marine litter in the UN Environment’s GEO6 report and also the Basel Convention Household Waste Guidance, which addresses household waste as a source of marine litter.
She has spoken out in relation to the need to create an independent international body to supervise the construction of dams in mines. An independent body should monitor the benchmark, rather than the industry, as "there has been a history of catastrophic dam failures in countries where mine governance is quite good, including Australia".[7]
Selected works
- Mangalagiu, D., Baker, E., Fidelman, P., Gonçalves, L. R., Harris, P., Hollway, J., ... & Rice, J. (2019). Oceans and Coastal Policy-Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 14. Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6[8]): Healthy Planet, Healthy People.
- Global Linkages - A graphic look at the changing Arctic
- Crump, J., Jacob, K., King, P., Mangalagiu, D., Abiodun, B. J., Armiento, G., ... & Wright, C. Y. (2019). Systemic Policy Approaches for Cross-cutting Issues.
- Gupta, J., Hurley, F., Grobicki, A., Keating, T., Stoett, P., Baker, E., ... & Ekins, P. (2019). Communicating the health of the planet and its links to human health. The Lancet Planetary Health, 3(5), e204-e206.
- Johansen, K. S., Alfthan, B., Baker, E., Hesping, M., Schoolmeester, T., & Verbist, K. (2019). El Atlas de Glaciares y Aguas Andinos: el impacto del retroceso de los glaciares sobre los recursos hídricos. UNESCO Publishing.
References
- ^ "Marine Studies Institute". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ a b "Elaine Baker | GRID-Arendal". www.grida.no. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ Baker, Elaine E. (1984), The geology of part of the tertiary sequence of the Port Campbell embayment, Otway Basin, Victoria, retrieved 31 March 2021
- ^ Baker, Elaine K. (1999), Sedimentology and the impact of mining in a tidally dominated delta : Fly River, Papua New Guinea, University of Sydney, retrieved 31 March 2021
- ^ GRID-Arendal (2014-04-28), GRID-Arendal - A Centre Collaborating with UN Environment, retrieved 2021-03-29
- ^ "The Shelf Programme: A Decade of Successfully Helping to Secure the Maritime Rights of Developing Coastal States | GRID-Arendal". www.grida.no. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ "Experts call for independent body to oversee new standard to prevent dam collapses at mines". the Guardian. 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ Programme, United Nations Environment (2019). "Oceans and Coastal Policy - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 14".
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