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Environment, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Resilience, and Vulnerability

ID: 727987 United Kingdom

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Expert gained a BSc and a PhD, in 1975 and 1978 respectively, from the University of London. At around the time of finalising his PhD he took a three-month course in coral reef ecology at the Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory in Jamaica which began his long association with the Caribbean. It was here that he first noticed coral bleaching whilst diving which, although was not attributed to global warming at the time, was thought to be linked in some way to elevated water temperatures. With an emerging interest in climate change, in 1990, he published his first book “The Undersea World” in which he calculated the number of “environmental” refugees in Bangladesh likely to be affected by sea level rise.
He has worked in more than 175 countries on many environmental issues in coastal zone management, air and water quality, waste management, power, transportation, health, education, agriculture, fisheries and forests, natural resources and biodiversity, rural and urban development, industry, tourism, and governance.
Since 2003, climate change has been increasingly prevalent in his assignments and for the last 15 years or so, most assignments have had a climate change dimension, and more recently a gender emphasis too. Over time, and with so many countries studied regarding climate change issues, he has accumulated a, possibly unique, knowledge of how climate change impacts people, sectors and countries, resulting in his most recent publication Building Global Resilience (Springer, London, 267pp).
He has had the benefit of working from the Himalayas to the deepest parts of the ocean and across South America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Central, SE and South Asia and the across the Pacific Ocean. Working within governments, and talking to thousands of stakeholders.
He regularly works across a security nexus of water, energy, food, and land within a context of governance, work, health and education. He has begun to embrace robotics and machine learning (artificial intelligence) since future climate change adaptation requires not only working across disciplinary boundaries, but also working vertically.
He was appointed as Full Professor in October 2018 by the UN University for Peace.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1978 Degree: PhD Subject: Environmental Sciences Institution: University of London
Year: 1975 Degree: BSc Subject: Environmental Sciences Institution: University of London

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1994 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Senior Expert Department:
Responsibilities:
International assignments (more than 175 countries) in EIA, SEA, auditing, sustainable development, resilience and climate change
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1992 to 1994 Employer: Title: Director Department:
Responsibilities:
Establishing environmental business
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1990 to 1992 Employer: Title: Project Manager Department:
Responsibilities:
Managing environmental assignments
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1984 to 1990 Employer: Title: Project Manager Department:
Responsibilities:
Managing environmental assignments
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1979 to 1984 Employer: Title: Research Fellow Department:
Responsibilities:
Postdoctoral geochemical research

Government Experience

Years Agency Role Description
Years: 1994 to Present Agency: Dozens around the world Role: Technical Advisor Description: He has provided technical advice to dozens of different government agencies throughout the world on environmental, sustainable development and climate change issues

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 1979 to Present Country / Region: Worldwide Summary: He has worked in more than 175 countries providing advice, on matters related to environment, sustainable development and climate change, to government agencies. He has worked with most of the major lending agencies including: African Dev. Bank, Asian Dev. Bank, Caribbean Dev. Bank, Department for International Development (UK), EBRD, EU/EC, Inter-American Dev. Bank, International Finance Corporation, Japan International Co-operation Agency, Millennium Challenge Corporation, UNDP, USAID and World Bank

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment: Registered Assessor;
Environmental Auditors Registration Association: Registered Environmental Auditor;
Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management: Chartered Scientist;
Energy Institute: Member;
Institute of Biology: Chartered Biologist (CBiol);
Society for the Environment: Approved Auditor;
Science Council: Approved Auditor
Professional Appointments
Technical Advisor, Environmental Law Foundation (UK);
Board Member, Eco Consultants (Kuwait);
Special Advisor, Ministries of Energy and Environment (Nicaragua);
Special Advisor, Asia-Europe Environmental Technology Centre, Bangkok (Thailand);
Principal Advisor, European Centre for Peace and Development, Belgrade, (Serbia);

Visiting Lecturer, University of Newcastle, MSc Natural Resources Management
Tutor, Oceanography and Marine Science, Open University, UK
Publications and Patents Summary
He has written dozens of peer-reviewed, commercial-in-confidence, reports arising from his international assignments

Additional Experience

Training / Seminars
Development and successful delivery of dozens of training/facilitation events (range of public & private sector and NGO activities) on environmental advocacy, policy and practice, EIA, SEA, risk assessment, climate change, resilience and vulnerability, sustainable development, health and safety, due diligence, audit, EMS, ISO 14001, 18000, 28000, cleaner production, coastal zone management, PCM

Locations: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, China, Cyprus, Cyprus (TR), Czech Rep, Egypt, FYR Macedonia, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, UK, US, Yemen. Specific training tasks have included: analysis of training needs [including formal gap analysis], determining specific learning outcomes, understanding attitudes, measuring training outcomes, with a particular emphasis on developing self-assessment by participants, fostering independence and confidence through focus groups, and high level engagement and facilitation. Approved trainer on ISO 14001 and on due diligence [IEMA].
Vendor Selection
Experience in: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, China, Cook Islands, Cuba, Cyprus, Cyprus (TR), Czech Rep., Denmark, Dominica, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Vincent & Grenadines, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen
Marketing Experience
Industrial Experience – large multinational and SME with assignments in Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Egypt, Finland, FYR Macedonia, France, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia Singapore, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uruguay and Uzbekistan. Experience in: oil and gas, transportation, water resources, waste, nuclear, fossil-fuel & CHP plants, chemical, manufacturing, light engineering, construction, quarrying & land reclamation, and urban re-generation. Studies have included: energy efficiency, cleaner production, urban waste minimisation, geochemical studies for deep sea disposal of radioactive waste; studies (including legislative provision) for the disposal of industrial waste from coastal settlements; development of waste management strategies for oily wastes and cyanide wastes in the aluminium industry; waste management reviews for the offshore oil and gas industry; waste oil recovery and treatment for the world’s largest onshore oil spill (in Arctic Russia); and landfill and other waste management issues in the UK, environmental & social issues with LNG, household chemicals manufacturing and mining (iron ore, bauxite). Facility experience includes: refineries, smelters, paint works, fossil fuel power stations, LNG plant, tanker loading facility, oil export terminal, offshore producing facilities, booster stations, pipelines, ports and harbours, rail infrastructure, logging and timber, heavy and light manufacturing and engineering facilities, and chemical manufacture & distribution.

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
English Mother tongue
French Good conversational French, with very good reading ability and moderate writing ability
Russian Modest conversational Russian with some ability to read and write
Arabic Modest conversational Arabic with some ability to read and write

Fields of Expertise

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