Sanna is a Senior Client Manager in the Science team at Carbon Direct, responsible for working with clients to deliver best-in-class science-based carbon management outcomes. She has professional experience in environmental engineering and strategic advisory with expertise in climate earth systems, land use change and climate adaptation. As Carbon Dioxide Removal Lead for the Energy Transitions Commission, Sanna led the 2022 publication of Mind the Gap: How Carbon Dioxide Removals Must Complement Deep Decarbonisation to Keep 1.5°C Alive, which outlined the essential role of Carbon Dioxide Removals in meeting global climate objectives. While at SYSTEMIQ, a sustainability-focused systems change company, Sanna was research manager for the Food and Land Use Coalition during the publication of Growing Better: 10 Critical Transitions to Transform Food and Land Use (a landmark publication laying out one of the first roadmaps for the global food systems transition). She also provided strategic advisory services to the UNEP International Resource Panel. Sanna is based in London and holds a Masters in Environmental Management from the Yale School of Environment, which she attended as a Fulbright Scholar.
