Isatou Gaye is Chief of the Subregional Initiatives Section of the ECA Subregional Office for Southern Africa. Her areas of expertise include sustainable development, development planning, environment, natural resources management, green economy and climate change. Recent work and publications address topics such as interlinkages among development, peace & security, human rights and humanitarian pillars; inclusive green economy, development planning, trade & environment, sustainable development goals, institutions, policies and strategies, environment, natural resource management and climate change. Ms. Gaye holds a Masters degree equivalent in environmental science and technology, specializing in environmental resource management and impact assessment from the International Institute for Infrastructural Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE), Delft, the Netherlands , and a Masters degree in environmental microbiology from the University of Benin, Nigeria.