Decarbonisation & Mitigation

Africa, Middle East, Asia & Europe

Project Portfolio

  • Chief Technical Advisor for the UNDP Policy Reform and Market Transformation project in Iran, UNDP. The Global Environment
    Fund and UNDP collaborated with the Government of Iran to develop the Policy Reform and Market Transformation of the Energy Efficient Buildings Sector Project. This project involved delivery of a citywide energy efficiency programme of building retrofit, white certificates and market mechanisms.
  • Technical Advisor on the Climate Promise Initiative, Iraq, UNDP. This involved identifying mitigation action for the Government of Iraq in terms of raising its ambition for taction within its updated NDC. Matt was Lead Consultant on this project.
  • Lead consultant on the Climate Resilience, Technology Needs Assessments portfolio of projects for UNEP and UNIDO. This portfolio of climate resilient project involved collaboration with LDCs in Africa and Asia in conducting individual technology needs assessments and the development of sectoral action plans in terms of adaptation
    and mitigation action on behalf of UNIDO and UNEP for the Governments of Botswana, Georgia, Ghana, Iraq, Nigeria and Zimbabwe, in preparation for the Green Climate Fund readiness support programme. Actions also included stakeholder engagement in country on behalf of the respective government. 
  • Lead consultant on Climate Resilience, Electro-mobility and Market Readiness Framework for UNEP and UNIDO. This electro-mobility project involved the development of a national market readiness
    framework on behalf of UNEP for the Government of Pakistan and Government of Nigeria, aiding them both to individually prepare electro-mobility initiatives for the Green Climate Fund readiness
    support. 
  • Director for Carbon Inventories for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (including Sustainability Implementation Plan), Galway City Council (including Energy Masterplan) and Limerick City Council.
  • Director for Allied Irish Bank's (AIB) net zero strategy methodology and approach.

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