Elaine K. Baker

Elaine Baker holds the UNESCO Chair in Marine Science at the University of Sydney. She was the director of the University of Sydney Marine Studies Institute from 2015 to 2020. Her position is supported by GRID-Arendal, a centre collaborating with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Early life and education Elaine Baker was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and attended MLC Hawthorn and Clyde Woodend.

She holds a BSc (Hons) ] and a PhD from the University of Sydney, where she has been employed for more than 30 years. Her work is widely recognised in Australasia and the Pacific Islands.

She has developed research related to waste including a review of marine litter in the UN Global Environment's GEO6 report and contributed to the Overall Guidance Document on the Environmentally Sound Management of Household Waste. Baker has spoken out in relation to the need to create an independent international body to supervise the construction of dams in mines. She supports an independent body to monitor the benchmark, rather than the industry, as "there has been a history of catastrophic dam failures in countries where mine governance is quite good, including Australia".

Selected works Mangalagiu, D., Baker, E., Fidelman, P., Gonçalves, L. R., Harris, P., Hollway, J.... & Rice, J. (2019). Oceans and Coastal Policy-Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 14. Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6 ): Healthy Planet, Healthy People. Global Linkages - A graphic look at the changing Arctic Crump, J., Jacob, K., King, P., Mangalagiu, D., Abiodun, B. J., Armiento, G.... & Wright, C. Y. (2019). Systemic Policy Approaches for Cross-cutting Issues. Gupta, J., Hurley, F., Grobicki, A., Keating, T., Stoett, P., Baker, E.... & Ekins, P. (2019). Communicating the health of the planet and its links to human health. The Lancet Planetary Health, 3(5), e204-e206. Johansen, K. S., Alfthan, B., Baker, E., Hesping, M., Schoolmeester, T., & Verbist, K. (2019). El Atlas de Glaciares y Aguas Andinos: el impacto del retroceso de los glaciares sobre los recursos hídricos. UNESCO Publishing.