Climate Change Adaptation Program Manager
Pia Treichel is the Program Manager Climate Change Adaptation at Plan International Australia. In 2013, after almost 5 years working for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on international climate change policy in both Bangkok and New York, Pia returned to Australia to begin working for Plan, where her work focuses mainly on the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to her work with UNDP, Pia was based in Melbourne with ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, on the Cities for Climate Protection Program. Pia has a Master of Environment degree from Melbourne University. Her current area of focus is on child-centred climate change adaptation, and Pia has experience in designing, implementing, and monitoring and evaluating climate change projects; climate change policy at both the international level and national level – particularly in developing countries; and knowledge management, communication and training on climate change.