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Joshua Pangelinan

Climate Finance Specialist / Blue Economy Specialist

Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) / Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA)

Biennial Transparency Reports, Blue Economy, Climate Finance, National Communications, Nationally Determined Contributions, Project Management, Research and Data Analysis, Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, Waste Management, Knowledge management specialist, Capacity building specialist, Climate financing specialist, Proposal writing/Report writing, Wide experience in strategic planning and management of climate research, Policy, Environmental Management, Environment management, Energy policy, Programme Management, Sustainable livelihoods & resilience building, Situation Analysis, Resilience, Capacity Building & Training of Trainers, Policy Analysis, Climate Change Policy Specialist, Climate change mitigation and adaptation

Hailing from the Pacific Island of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, Joshua is a climate finance practitioner focused on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). He specializes broadly in climate finance transparency, sustainable finance taxonomies, and the blue economy, focusing on providing strategic policy and program implementation. In his previous work experiences, Joshua worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to develop regional country profiles of 6 Pacific Island nations and provide recommendations on blue economy sectors for the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent. In addition, he delivered a stock take report on climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, NDCs, and energy subsidies across the following countries of Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, FSM, Nauru, Palau, Tonga, and Tuvalu. He has also served as a climate negotiator for the FSM at COP28 and COP29 to cover topics on oceans and climate finance and is a UNFCCC Nominated Expert for Micronesia.

Joshua currently serves as the Oceania Regional Representative for the Sustainable Ocean Alliance working on implementing the Blue Prosperity Entrepreneurship Fellowship (BPEF) in FSM and Tonga and is supporting Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) in the region. Additionally, he works full-time as a Climate Finance Specialist for the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP), where he directly supported the development of the recently launched Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) Climate Finance Transparency Guide. Subsequently, Joshua has contributed extensively to the research and analysis of sustainable finance (green) taxonomies across 52+ jurisdictions, which has led to pr

His current affiliations include serving as an Expert Reviewer for the seventh edition of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) UN Environment Programme (UNEP), a researcher UNFCCC YOUNGO Finance & Markets Working Group on establishing Loss and Damage and the NCQG for SIDS, and a affiliate of the Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (ODI-RESI) on debt distress and access to climate finance, further demonstrating his rooted understanding of the Pacific.
Ben Sims

Consultant and researcher

Sims Climate Consulting

Climate Finance, Environment finance and economics, Knowledge management specialist, Capacity building specialist, Climate financing specialist, Proposal writing/Report writing, Wide experience in strategic planning and management of climate research, Policy, Project and Programme Design, Preparation, Implementation and Evaluation, Energy policy, Early Warning Systems, Water Sector Strategist, Vulnerability assessment and resilience-based management, Urban resilience, Risk Assessment, DRR, and Resiliency Planning, Resilience, RE, CC Mitigation and Low Carbon Development, Capacity Building & Training of Trainers, Adaptation planning, Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment, Policy Analysis, National Adaptation Planning, Climate Change Policy Specialist, Climate Risk Management

Ben Sims has 13 years of experience in more than ten countries across Asia and the Pacific. Ben is an expert in climate finance, public financial management, investment planning, climate risk assessments, adaptation planning (asset, community, sector and national levels), policy and institutional design and reforms, and the development of sectoral and national strategies and plans.

Ben has provided consultancy services for government agencies and international organisations, including SPREP, ADB, World Bank, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), UN Environment, UNDP, UNDRR, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and the Government of New Zealand. Recent consultancies are summarised in this profile - my full consultancy record is provided in my CV.

Ben’s recent work in the Pacific includes leading the development of the PNG National Climate Finance Strategy and PNG GCF Country Programme; completion of climate finance training for government agencies in Fiji, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands; design of the GCF no-objection procedure for RMI; and analysis on strengthening flood risk management institutions in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. He has also led an assessment on mainstreaming climate change into Cambodia’s PFM system and development of an investment plan to strengthen the country’s disaster risk management. Ben was previously a staff member at GGGI, where he worked on establishing the Institute’s country programs in Fiji, Kiribati, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.

He holds a Master of Environmental Management and Development and Master of Diplomacy from the Australian National University, a Bachelor of Science from the University of Auckland, and is a Certified Expert in Climate Adaptation Finance from the Frankfurt School. Ben is currently studying a Master of Public Health at the University of Auckland part time, where he is researching the impacts of flooding on population health.
Kirata Tekiera

Consultant

New Information (NEWi) Consultancy

Environmental and social safeguards specialist, Wide experience in strategic planning and management of climate research, Policy, Project and Programme Design, Preparation, Implementation and Evaluation, food security, water, energy, transport, agri, Environmental Impact Assessment, energy sector reslience to climate change, Energy policy, Project managment (planning, designing, implementation and monitoring), Vulnerability assessment and resilience-based management, Sustainable livelihoods & resilience building, Adaptation planning, Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment, CBA, EbA, Project Management, National Adaptation Planning, Community-Based Adaptation, Carbon management (sequestration/income ..., Climate change, Climate Change Policy Specialist, Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate change / adaptaion policy and strategy, Climate Risk Management

Safeguard Manager (Consultant) - South Tarawa Water Supply Project (GCF, ADB, WB)
National Climate Change Coordinator - Office of te Beretitenti/ President - Kiribati
Assistant Project Manager - Third National Communication (TNC)
Volunteer - Environment and Conservation Division