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Climate change policy

Climate change and cities

Non-resident affiliate, working on integrated assessment modeling of climate and energy policies

Various projects related to climate and energy policy modeling, including Network for Greening the Financial System, State of Global Coal 2023, Global All-In project on a 1.5C-aligned pathway.

Climate and energy policy; integrated assessment modeling; net-zero emissions analysis across many countries. http://www.globalchange.umd.edu. PNNL is a US Department of Energy National Laboratory.

The National Climate Assessment is the preeminent climate change publication of the US Government. It is a Congressionally mandated climate change synthesis report led by the U.S. Global Change Research Program. This is an unpaid position.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Sixth Assessment Report (6AR), Working Group III (mitigation), Chapter 8: Urban Systems and other settlements

Climate change policy analysis at the Congressional Research Service, the thinktank for the US Congress.

Variety of projects on climate change mitigation, adaptation, economics, and finance; and sustainable cities:Co-author of America's Pledge report, "Accelerating America’s Pledge"- Co-author of the Global Commission on Adaptation report, "Adapt Now: A Global Call for Leadership on Climate Resilience"- Co-author of the New Climate Economy report, "Unlocking the Inclusive Growth Story of the 21st Century"- Co-author of the World Resources Report, "Towards a More Equal… Show more Variety of projects on climate change mitigation, adaptation, economics, and finance; and sustainable cities:Co-author of America's Pledge report, "Accelerating America’s Pledge"- Co-author of the Global Commission on Adaptation report, "Adapt Now: A Global Call for Leadership on Climate Resilience"- Co-author of the New Climate Economy report, "Unlocking the Inclusive Growth Story of the 21st Century"- Co-author of the World Resources Report, "Towards a More Equal City"- Senior Adviser to the New Climate Economy's special initiative, Coalition for Urban Transitions.- Numerous climate finance projects on MDBs and Paris Alignment, transformational climate finance for clean energy, climate finance tracking, finance and the UNFCCC negotiations. Show less

Climate change and international development:* Technical Director of the USAID project, Analysis and Investment for Low-Emission Growth (AILEG), a global $6.7 million program to support Low Emissions Development Strategies by providing assistance related to economic and financial analyses and data collection and management. Responsible for overall technical quality and cross-cutting thematic products in the six AILEG countries: Colombia, Mexico, Vietnam, Philippines, Jamaica… Show more Climate change and international development:* Technical Director of the USAID project, Analysis and Investment for Low-Emission Growth (AILEG), a global $6.7 million program to support Low Emissions Development Strategies by providing assistance related to economic and financial analyses and data collection and management. Responsible for overall technical quality and cross-cutting thematic products in the six AILEG countries: Colombia, Mexico, Vietnam, Philippines, Jamaica and Kazakhstan. The work spanned disciplines: rice cultivation and climate change mitigation analysis, training in energy models, renewable energy finance, capacity building for emissions trading schemes, training courses on the economics of climate change.* Project Director for an Asian Development Bank Pilot Program for Climate Resilience project in Tajikistan, Building Capacity for Climate Resilience. Show less

Climate change economics:*Led a major ADB study, “The Economics of Climate Change in East Asia”, which includes both an analysis of energy/mitigation and adaptation in the coastal, infrastructure and agriculture sectors. Responsible for: crafting the scope of work, contracting and working with international academics on new analyses, project management and lead authorship on the final report.

Development of climate change adaptation guidance notes for water utilties as part of the EPA's Climate Ready Water Utilities Program.

Core member of Climate Change Team (Environment Department) and support to Development Economics and various regions—Middle East and North Africa, (sub-Saharan) Africa, Europe and Central Asia, South Asia.*Co-author of the World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change. (Chapter 3. A Balancing Act: How to manage land and water to feed nine billion people and protect natural systems) (World Bank 2010)* Contributing author to the edited book, Adapting to Climate… Show more Core member of Climate Change Team (Environment Department) and support to Development Economics and various regions—Middle East and North Africa, (sub-Saharan) Africa, Europe and Central Asia, South Asia.*Co-author of the World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change. (Chapter 3. A Balancing Act: How to manage land and water to feed nine billion people and protect natural systems) (World Bank 2010)* Contributing author to the edited book, Adapting to Climate Change in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (World Bank 2009) * One of the intellectual architects of the World Bank Climate Change Data Portal (http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/)* Co-developer of a screening tool (ADAPT) for climate risk sensitivities of development projects* Conducted various quantitative, spatial climate change analyses involving historical and global climate model data* Served as a liaison between the climate science and development communities Show less

Lead author of a study on climate change impacts and adaptation in the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia).

EPA project manager for the US State Department’s Bio-chem Redirect Program, an initiative to engage former biological and chemical weapons scientists in the former Soviet Union in environmental research. Supported by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Quantitative modeling and marine protected areas

Use of decision-theory computational techniques for optimal mowing of butterfly meadows for endangered species.