Cecilia Vaverka holds a Master in Political Science and International Relations from Uppsala University, Sweden. Professionally, her work has primarily focused on UN-related policy formulation and advocacy, as well as multilateral negotiations, during her tenure at, among others, the Swedish Mission to the UN and the UN Secretariat. Having exchanged skyscrapers for pyramids, Cecilia currently lives in Cairo, where she works as an environmental consultant and has the benefit of gaining practical experience of development cooperation in various environmental fields at country-level.