Resilience & Adaptation

Africa, Middle East, Asia & Europe

Project Portfolio

  • Climate Science Specialist for the UNDP project 'Advancing Albania's Planning for adaptation through the development of a national adaptation project' aimed at strengthening capacities to better inform decision-making on climate risks and catalyse and direct climate investments. This involved the development of 8 local adaptation plans (LAPs) that contribute to delivery of Albania's NAP.
  • Project Director for Resilient Cities Network initiatives, supporting the delivery of the Urban Power Program, an initiative to identify, design and accelerate energy solutions which address energy poverty, prioritise sustainability and promote a just energy transitionfor Cape Town, Lagos and Rio.
  • Project lead on Climate Resilience, Technology Needs Assessments 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.
  • Project Director of a Resilient Cities Network (R-Cities) project amed at developing an energy and resilience framework for 4 cities in Africa and Latin America.
  • Technical Advisor for Government of Iraq on its  UNDP Institutional Strengthening and Country Programmming project supported by the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
  • Project Director for the EBRD supported Green City Action Plans for 2 cities in Semey and Oskemen in Kazakhstan.
  • Lead consultant Climate Promise Initiative, Iraq, UNDP (2019-2020) This involved identifying mitigation action for the Government of Iraq in terms of raising its ambition for action within its updated NDC. 
  • Lead consultant Climate Resilience, Electro-mobility and Market Readiness Framework, UNEP and UNIDO (2019-2020) 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

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