Vera Künzel

Vera Künzel works on the impacts of climate change, with a particular focus on the consequences for vulnerable people and communities. Her work centers around strengthening climate resilience through effective climate risk management, including approaches to loss and damage and climate change adaptation.
Another key area of her expertise is the climate–security nexus, with a particular emphasis on human security.

For many years, she has followed the international UN climate negotiations. She is a Co-Author of the Climate Risk Index (CRI), that analyzes the impacts of weather-related extreme events such as storms, floods, and heatwaves on countries worldwide and aims to contextualize climate policy debates through the analysis of disaster loss data.