Dr. Omari has accumulated extensive international consultancy experience, collaborating with leading organizations such as SPREP, GIZ, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), UK PACT, and the European Union (EU), often through partnerships with Eden Environmental Consulting Ltd (UK).
Since May 2025, he has been working with SPREP and Eden Environmental Consulting Ltd to prepare a GCF Project Preparation Facility (PPF) proposal for 14 Pacific Island countries, addressing pollution, waste management, and regional coordination. Previously, he contributed to GIZ (Nov 2023–Feb 2024) in developing an NDC financing strategy and stakeholder engagement framework.
Between 2021 and 2022, Dr. Omari provided technical consultancy services across multiple countries:
Vietnam (ADB): Supported the development of a Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) value chain infrastructure project, including baseline studies and climate profiles.
Colombia (UK PACT): Designed financial de-risking instruments, agricultural insurance tools, and MRV systems for GHG emissions.
Solomon Islands (SPREP): Conducted gap and barrier analyses for scaling up green finance for CSA, developed a stakeholder mapping framework, and proposed water-efficient technologies.
Cambodia (ADB): Developed comprehensive training materials for the Climate Bonds Standard expansion and agri-food transition.
Afghanistan (EU/NEPA): Supported the creation of the Afghanistan Climate Fund Unit (ACFU), facilitated climate finance workshops, and helped establish a stakeholder engagement platform.
In addition, he has contributed to climate risk assessment, vulnerability mapping, and proposal development for GCF readiness and adaptation projects in Vietnam, Cambodia, Colombia, and the Solomon Islands.
Project Manager with more than 8 years of experience in the education sector as a secondary school teacher, more than 2 years of experience in the business development sector as a business manager in development banking and more than 10 years in the field of environment, climate change and disaster risks management and resilience building working with donors, development partners and stakeholders. I have over 10 years experience in project management working in 15 countries in the Pacific region. These experiences includes capacity building, business developments, disaster risk management/reduction and climate change adaptation, mitigation and finance, climate science information, biodiversity and land degradation.
I have represented Nauru, Fiji and SPREP at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) and familiar with the UNFCCC processes and procedures in coordination, monitoring and reporting to the UNFCCC secretariat. In addition, I was the development of the Third National Communication Coordinator for Fiji and experience with building capacity by mainstreaming multilateral environment agreement (UNFCCC, UNCBD and UNCCD) into inter-ministerial structures and mechanisms across Fiji Government and non-government organizations.
Dr George Carter is a Research Fellow at the Department of Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University (ANU). He is also the Director for the ANU Pacific Institute a large network hub of scholars in the university - connecting and promoting Pacific research, teaching and training at the university.
The broad focus of George’s research interest explores Pacific island peoples’ and states influence and agency in international and regional politics. His research interests explore international politics of (negotiations, security, gender, finance, justice, science and traditional knowledge) climate change, geopolitics and regionalism(s), as well as the foreign policy and diplomacies of small island states in the Pacific. Furthermore, he is interested in indigenous philosophy and non-western international relations that focus on the longstanding history, practices, protocols and principles of Pacific political communities, contributing to Oceanic Diplomacy.
He has undertaken research in multilateral forums including climate change, security, ocean, sustainable development negotiations, as well as in regional organisations and national governments across the Pacific. George teaches university and executive courses in international relations, diplomacy, security, environment and climate change, policy, cultural communication, and Pacific studies.
His research and teaching interests are informed by his education, work experience in the Pacific and upbringing through his proud Samoan Tuvaluan, i-Kiribati, Chinese, British ancestry. He serves his family and communities in Samoa, where he holds the matai/chiefly title of Salā.
