As a Louis B. Sohn fellow in Human Rights and Environment, Mrs. Parente worked with the Human Rights and Environment Program and conducted research in the impacts of climate change on the full enjoyment of human rights, and the linkages between the right to development and the Clean Development Mechanism. She also helped to draft the Year-in-Review 2009 on Human Rights and the Environment for the Yearbook of International Environmental Law and the Compendium on Human Rights and the Environment to be published by UNEP.