Morgera was born in Trieste and she graduated from her
local university in law. She was unsure of her future career until she discovered environmental law while studying in Belgium as part of her first degree. This was a revelation as she thought she had chosen to ignore the environment to study law. She decided to move to environmental law and she again worked for the UN. In 2015 she joined the
University of Eastern Finland as an
adjunct Professor of International and European Environmental Law. Morgera has used a
Transformative research model at the One Ocean Hub which was one of twelve research units funded by
UK Research and Innovation. She led this group from 2019 and it involved about 100 researchers in different countries. It initially had a ten-year model from its creation in c.2018 but it was drawn to a close after its first five years. to succeed Ian Fry as the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change. She was chosen on the same day as several other rapporteurs including
Astrid Puentes Riaño who looks at human rights and the environment and the Colombian
Gina Romero who is an expert on the human rights of free association. Morgera became a fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2023. In June 2025,
The Guardian covered a report by Morgera in her role as UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change. Her report is to be considered by the UN Human Rights Council during 16June11July 2025. The Guardian wrote: ==Publications include==