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Supporting FAO's Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment with the development of guidance materials for the private sector engagement elements of the Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture (SCALA) programme. SCALA supports twelve countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to build adaptive capacity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to meet targets set out in their National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and nationally determined contributions (NDCs), as well as contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One of the core objectives of SCALA is to catalyse the private sector in delivering climate solutions aligned with NDCs and NAPs across the agriculture and land use sectors in each of the 12 countries.

Earth Matters Consulting works with governments, businesses and non-profit organisations to solve challenges related to sustainability and climate change. The team has particular expertise in the Middle East and North Africa region and Gulf Cooperation Council countries.Recent projects include supporting the COP28 Presidency with:a) Assessing impact of climate change and loss & damage on regional GDPb) Analysis of the state of progress on SDG targets across several regions.

The Climate Finance Pathfinder (CFP) is designed to assist low and lower middle-income countries to develop strategies for accessing finance for projects related to their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement and other low-carbon and development policies. The Pathfinder process involves a detailed country-level mapping, including of climate finance priorities and sources, institutional arrangements, and project case studies, leading to recommendations on what steps the country might take to attract increased climate finance flows, especially of private and blended finance. The CFP also aims to identify initial potential project pipelines in key sectors identified within the country’s NDC. The Climate Finance Pathfinder has been developed by and is implemented by a team of international climate finance experts, in alliance with local partners. Initial pilot assessments are being undertaken in Ethiopia and Uganda (both 2020), through funding from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF).

E Co. is an international climate finance and development consultancy. As a Consultant I supported clients with the design of low-carbon, climate-resilient projects and programmes, the development of market studies and climate investment plans, and the provision of technical assistance. Notable assignments include:• Advising SAIL Ventures, the fund manager of the &Green Fund – a blended finance investment fund that deploys capital in agricultural commodity value chains linked to tropical forest loss – with their applications to the Green Climate Fund and Central African Forest Initiative.• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) – on the preparation of a study to understand the supply and demand of funding for climate change adaptation in the agricultural sectors of nine countries in East and Southern Africa. This study provided the baseline context which was used in IFAD’s application to the Green Climate Fund for investment in their Africa Rural Climate Adaptation Finance Mechanism (ARCAFIM) programme.• The Government of Egypt and the Green Climate Fund with the development of Egypt’s Climate Investment Plan. Volume 1 of the Climate Investment Plan was launched at COP27 in Sharm el Sheik.• Providing readiness support – on behalf of the Green Climate Fund – to the governments of Malaysia and Saint Lucia on the development of their GCF Country Programmes. For both countries, this included the identification of priority projects - to be included in the Country Programme - that aligned with the national climate and sustainable development agenda, and the GCF’s investment criteria.• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with applications to the Green Climate Fund for climate- smart agriculture projects in Tanzania and Uganda.• Providing initial review of project concept notes and funding proposals on behalf of the board of the Adaptation Fund.

Contributed to the development of the Green Investment Plan for Cumbria – a publication which presented opportunities help accelerate the transition to net-zero in Cumbria (a region in north of England). The Investment Plan presented opportunities and potential funding mechanisms in four critical areas: Renewable Energy; Living and Natural Resources; Domestic Energy Efficiency and Retrofit; and Low-carbon Transport.

Advising Mobile Power – an energy access start-up operating a smart-battery rental business in Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia – with their ongoing commercial development, expansion of operations in Sierra Leone and prospective expansion in The Gambia.- Visited/ lived in several communities in Sierra Leone where Mobile Power operated. I analysed the performance of the current rental system and implemented changes to improve operating efficiency.- Conducted interviews with customers and community leaders and drafted a report which highlighted Mobile Power's impact in the country and future potential, in light of the recent trends and policy developments in Sierra Leone's energy market.- Developed and presented a business plan and financial model plan to a prospective investor, with a view to expanding Mobile Power's business in The Gambia.

Travers Smith is a corporate law firm based in London. It advises national and multinational companies in the UK and internationally across the full range of corporate and commercial matters.

Work experience at an international law firm in London. Freshfields is a member of the Magic Circle of leading law firms in Britain.During my placement I sat with a senior associate in Dispute Resolution and assisted her with research relating to a number number of prospective clients in different markets and sectors.