Annie Cung has been working for the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity since 2006. Her work, under the programme of work on biodiversity and climate change, focuses on providing scientific and policy support on issues related to the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services, as well as the role of conservation and restoration in climate change adaptation and mitigation. More recently, her areas of focus include ecosystem-based approaches for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.