Summary
Director at Earthwise Consulting Limited, Hastings New Zealand
Senior Research Fellow at International Global Change Institute, University of Waikato, Hamilton New Zealand
Knowledge Management Specialist
Proposal/Report Writing
Community Trainer Specialist
Capacity building specialist
Research Scientist at Environmental Change Unit, Oxford University, Atmospheric Impacts Research Group University of Birmingham, UK
Climate Resilience expert with 23 years experience with climate change impacts, vulnerability, adaptation and resilience
Countries of Work Experience: Bangladesh, Egypt, Fiji, Italy, Kiribati, Mauritius, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tuvalu, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
Qualifications and credentials
PhD, Agricultural Meteorology, Graduated 1991, Completed, Lincoln University
MHortSc (Hons), Horticultural Science and Entomology, Graduated 1986, Completed, Lincoln College of the University of CanterburY
BHortSc, Horticultural Science (final year papers in Natural Resource Economics, Soil and Water Management, Ecology and Environmental Agricultural Sci, Graduated 1982, Completed, Massey University
English, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
Work experience
Knowledge management specialist
Community development specialist
Proposal writing/Report writing
Capacity building specialist
Earthwise Consulting Limited, Director, Hastings, New Zealand, New Zealand, Subcontractor to Landcare Research, Identification and Evaluation of Resilience Indicators for Dairy Farmers in New Zealand, Identification and evaluation of resilience indicators for dairy farming in
New Zealand. My principal role was to organise and play a lead role in
far, Pacific Island Countries, Team Member, PACC Evaluation Project, Mid-term evaluation of the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC)
project. I had responsibility for evaluating progress of PACC in Fiji, Papua
Ne, Samoa, Team Leader/Consultant, Development of Draft National Strategy for a Climate Resilient Samoa, Development of Draft National Strategy for a Climate Resilient Samoa, as a
contribution to Phase 1 of the Pilot Programme on Climate Resilience. I
was, Samoa, Consultant, Capacity Assessment and Enhancement Consultancy, Capacity Assessment and Enhancement consultancy as a contribution to
Phase 1 of the Pilot Programme on Climate Resilience. The assignment
involved int, New Zealand, Consultant, Demonstration of Climate Change Issues to growers in New Zealand, Demonstration of climate change issues to kiwifruit growers in New
Zealand. This work involved organisation and facilitation of a series of
participat, Mauritius, Consultant, Capacity Building for Development and Review of Climate Resilient Policies in Mauritius, Developed and delivered three and four day participatory
workshops on climate resilience over two three-week periods. Produced a
final report and deli, New Zealand, Consultant, Document on Climate Change for Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Development of a briefing document on climate change for Bay of Plenty
Regional Council for discussion with senior managers. This document was
aimed a, Thailand, Viet Nam, Nepal, Egypt, Project Manager, Film Project Perspectives on Climate Change, Grassroots perspectives on climate change. A self funded film project,
focused on interviews with local people in Viet Nam, Thailand, Nepal,
Egypt, It, New Zealand, Consultant, Climate Change for Hastings District Council, Background paper on climate change for Hastings District Council, New Zealand, Project Manager, Climate Change Project in Hill Country Hawkes Bay, Adapting to climate change in hill country Hawke’s Bay. A two year
project, funded by the MAF Sustainable Farming Fund and Hawke’s Bay
Regional Counci, New Zealand, Project Manager, Climate Change Fact Sheet for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in partnership with NIWA, Generic material for land managers showing what climate change is.
Developed a series of climate change fact sheets for the Ministry of
Agriculture an, New Zealand, Consultant, Adaptation to Climate Change Fact Sheet, Compiling land manager learning packages on adaptation to changing
climate. Developed a fact sheet on adaptation for distribution within the
kiwifruit, New Zealand, Sub-Contract/Consultant, Farmer Case Studies, Compiling land manager learning packages on adaptation to changing
climate. Developed three farmer case studies., New Zealand, Project Manager, Plan of Action Research Programme 2007/08, Adaptation – Developing Case Studies in the Kiwifruit Industry, MAF
Climate Change – ‘Plan of Action’ Research Programme 2007/08.
Facilitated particip, New Zealand, Contributing Author, Third Assessment Report of the IPCC, Contributor to the Australia/NZ chapter of the Third Assessment Report of
the IPCC., New Zealand, Author, Paper on Adaptation to Climate Change, Adapting to climate change: A view from the ground. Background paper on
adaptation prepared for the Parliamentary Commissioner for the
Environment., New Zealand, Team Member, Climate Change Resilience Context Project for Landcare Trust, Changing attitudes and practice for farming dry land in Marlborough.
Provided the climate change resilience context for this project managed by
the La, New Zealand, Consultant, Biotic effects of climate change in Bay of Plenty, Biotic effects of climate change in Bay of Plenty. A report prepared for
Environment Bay of Plenty on potential effects of climate change on
biosecuri, New Zealand, Project Manager, Adapting to Climate Change in Eastern New Zealand, Adapting to climate change in eastern New Zealand. The first project of its
kind in a developed country context focused on farmer interviews and
parti