Kakuko Nagatani-Yoshida

Ms. Kakuko Yoshida is Global Coordinator of Chemicals and Pollution Action Subprogramme of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Until 31^st October 2021, she was the Chief Technical Advisor to the project CounterMEASURE II for Plastic Free Rivers in Asia and the Pacific. With experience over 25 years, Kakuko has led programmes and projects on environmental assessment, air pollution, chemicals and waste management, conservation education, and environment and health, in Africa, Asia Pacific, and Latin America and Caribbean. Kakuko has designed and facilitated over 150 multi-stakeholder consultations, planning exercises, and trainings over 40 countries and has co-authored and edited multiple publications. Prior to the UN, Kakuko worked for World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) UK and Wildlife Club of Kenya. She holds BSc in Zoology/ Wildlife Conservation from Fort Valley State College in Georgia, USA, and MSc in Environmental Management from University of Stirling in Scotland, UK.