Lisa Emelia Svensson is a Swedish diplomat and with over 25 years of international experience in diplomacy, expert in environmental and digital policies, particularly in ocean governance and sustainability.
She has been posted in New York, Washington D.C., Brussels, Nairobi and Genève. She worked for the European Commission, United Nations and the Swedish Ministry for the Environment. She has a PhD in Political Economy, focusing on government strategies for economic growth. She been a Diplomat-in-Residence at Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), where she conducted research on climate and environmental policy. She served as Sweden’s Ambassador for Corporate Social Responsibility and Ambassador for Ocean, Seas, and Freshwater.
She headed the Marine Branch at the UN Environment Programme, and tackled issues like marine pollution, coral reef protection, and the sustainable blue economy. She led negotiations on sustainable development chapters behalf of the European Commission in EU free trade agreements with ASEAN, MERCOSUR, and ACP regions. Authored Combating Climate Change: A Transatlantic Approach to Common Solutions (2008), and the Handbook on the Economics and Management of Sustainable Oceans, published by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (2017).