Elisa Morgera (born 4 March 1977) is an Italian professor, working in Scotland (in 2023), who became the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights and climate change in 2024.
She was unsure of her future career until she discovered environmental law while studying in Belgium as part of her first degree.
She decided to move to environmental law[1] and she obtained her master's degree in that subject at University College London before working for the United Nations.
[3] From 2013 to 2016, she led an £800K research programme (BENELEX) to see how international law could be used to ensure that the benefits of moving to a green economy could be shared fairly.
In March 2024 she was chosen from 50 applicants[5] to succeed Ian Fry as the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change.