In her role as Project Specialist, Paula Moehlenkamp is working across the Pacific RISA and Local2030 Island Network teams to use the Aloha+ Dashboard – Hawaiʻi's local framework to achieve the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) –as a model to determine locally and culturally appropriate climate metrics for a similar framework in one or more of the Freely Associated States (FAS) in Micronesia. The project builds regional capacity in the ability to track biophysical and social indicators of climate change impacts, management responses and adaptation goals.

Paula received her Bachelor in Environmental Sciences (2015) from Jacobs University Bremen in Germany and her Master in Oceanography (2018) from the University of Hawaiʻi. Her research interests include the exploration of anthropogenic impact on coastal ecosystems, conservation biology and climate change adaptation in the Pacific Region. Paula is dedicated to translating science into actionable knowledge for a variety of stakeholders in conservation and resource management as well as to integrating traditional knowledge systems and Western science to fuel sustainable solutions for the benefit of nature and people.