Emma Torres is Vice-President for the Americas and Head of the New York office of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) led by Professor Jeffrey Sachs. SDSN is a global network of more than 1,700 universities and knowledge institutions committed to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other agreements such as the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. An economist by training, she also serves as Strategic Coordinator of the Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA), composed of more than 250 Scientists, which issued its report on the State of the Amazon at COP 26 in November 2021.
