Jessica Arriens

Communications Associate, Global Commission on Adaptation

Bio

Jessica Arriens is the Communications Associate for the Global Commission on Adaptation. She supports the Commission’s communications strategy, outreach and messaging, and works with WRI’s Climate Program to expand its visibility and impact.

Prior to joining WRI, Jessica worked as a media officer for the U.S. National Science Foundation, where she coordinated and executed dynamic communications to highlight agency-funded research. She previously worked as a reporter covering international trade in Washington DC, and local news in southwestern New Hampshire. Jessica also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Sierra Leone, where she taught science and math to secondary school students.

Jessica holds a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University and a M.S. in Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles. At UCLA, she researched patterns of genetic and epigenetic variation between natural and human-altered habitats in a tropical bird species, and developed a case study in science-to-policy translation.

Blogs

Uganda’s Coffee Farmers Show There’s No One-Size-Fits-All Solution for Climate Change Adaptation
by Jessica Arriens - November 07, 2019
Rainy season arrives at the same time in the lowlands of central Uganda and the country’s eastern highlands. Both regions grow coffee. Yet the climate risks Uganda's coffee farmers face vary considerably depending on where they're located.
Local Communities Aren’t Just Climate Victims. They’re Climate Adaptation Leaders
by Jessica Arriens - June 18, 2019
Disenfranchised communities feel the effects of climate change first and hardest. They're also oftentimes the most innovative in adapting to these impacts.

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