Dr. Justine Ngoma

Dr. Justine is a Zambian Environmental Scientist with 20+ years of experience in climate change, forestry, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable natural resource management. Her research and consultancy focus on climate adaptation, forest carbon dynamics, ecosystem resilience, and evidence-based environmental management — including notable work on the climate vulnerability of Zambezi teak forests and urban forest carbon sequestration in Zambia. She has led multidisciplinary research projects, supervised postgraduate research, and founded the African Dendrochronological Fieldschool, training over 80 researchers across 19 African countries. She contributes to national and regional climate initiatives through the UNDP Participatory Environmental Monitoring programme and chairs the Zambia Climate Change Research Network, which anchors Zambia’s Article 6 community of practice