Isabel Hagbrink

Communications Lead, Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)

Isabel Hagbrink has worked with climate finance communications for over two decades. Previous to her current role at UN CTCN, she was Director of Communications at South Pole after more than a decade of championing climate finance at the World Bank in Washington D.C. and, before that, as Vice President of voluntary markets at the carbon project developer MGM International.

Articles by Isabel Hagbrink

1. Why climate technology is a women’s and girls’ issue

   Molly Sharone, Isabel Hagbrink

   Gender — Global, Sub-Saharan Africa

   When climate solutions fit local realities, they can restore ecosystems, strengthen food security, reduce vulnerability for women and expand their economic agency

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   19 February 2026

   SDGs: 2 3 5 7 8 10 13 15 16 17

   

2. Bridging the divide: using technology and AI to close the development gap

   Ariesta Ningrum, Isabel Hagbrink

   Data and monitoring — Global

   Digital innovation can drive progress toward the SDGs – yet the countries that stand to gain the most often face the highest barriers to adoption. We need a more inclusive model of technology transfer to close, not widen, the global development gap

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   Article

   25 June 2025

   SDGs: 4 7 9 13 14 15 17