M.A. (Cantab); Lic. spéc. dr. eur. (ULB), MSc Soils and Sustainability (Edin) 

Adv. Robb edited the International Environmental Law Reports (Cambridge University Press), including volumes on early decisions, trade and environment, human rights and environment and international environmental law in national courts, while she was a Research Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge. Following this, she was seconded from the University of Cambridge to the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in London, where she spent two years working as a Policy Advisor in DEFRA’s Sustainable Development Unit. There she worked principally on national implementation of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, and participated in the activities of the UNECE Task Force on Access to Justice in Environmental Matters.

Cairo previously completed a stage at the International Affairs Unit of DG Environment of the European Commission; worked in a pro bono capacity as a caseworker for the UK Environmental Law Foundation; and spent three years assisting a specialist environmental and public law firm in Cambridge, England with their caseload.

Her current research interests include international and national law, policy and practice relating to sustainable soil management; the soil science-policy interface; greening the economy; and education, awareness-raising and engagement regarding the importance of the role of soils and soil biodiversity for the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in a local and global context.