MARTA ELLENA is a researcher in the climate change field, focused on adaptation, risk assessment and social inequalities in the context of urban health. She got a PhD at Ca’ Foscari University in Climate Change Sciences and Management (June 2022), with a Master of Research (MRes) in Impact and Management of Climate Change in June 2018. From January 2019 she is working as research fellow for the Regional Models and geo-Hydrological Impacts (REMHI) Division within the Euro-Mediterranean Center of Climate Change Foundation (CMCC). In addition, from November 2019 she is a negotiator consultant for the Italian Minister of the Ecological Transition (MiTE) for the climate negotiations, with a specific focus on adaptation. Due to research activities, from July 2019 she collaborates with the SCaDU Servizio Sovrazonale di Epidemiologia (SEPI), with the aim to analyse the impact of extreme temperatures on human health within the urban context by looking at social inequalities and built environment charachteristics.