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Monifa Fiu

Consultant- Environment projects management and Climate Change adaptation planning

Tautei Enviro Consultant

Blue Economy, Nationally Determined Contributions, Project Management, Research and Data Analysis, M & E specialist, Knowledge management specialist, Capacity building specialist, Disaster Relief/Management specialist, Community trainer specialist, Community development specialist, Environmental and social safeguards specialist, Proposal writing/Report writing, Gender mainstreaming, Ocean Acidification, Livelihoods and resilience building., Environmental Management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environment management, Programme Management, Project managment (planning, designing, implementation and monitoring), Conservation - Biodiversity, Water Sector Strategist, Vulnerability assessment and resilience-based management, Sustainable livelihoods & resilience building, Community Consultation, Communications, Outreach, Partnerships, Capacity Building & Training of Trainers, Adaptation planning, vulnerability asses, Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment, CBA, EbA, Project Management, National Adaptation Planning, Ecology: Research: Research Management: , Community-Based Adaptation, Coastal Management, Climate change, climate science communication, Climate Change Policy Specialist, Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate change / adaptaion policy and strategy

A marine scientist by training with 20 years’ experience in projects-programme management in the fields of marine coastal habitat-species conservation and environment sustainability, not for profit fundraising targeting community resilience building initiatives and climate change adaptation-disaster risk reduction planning and practice. As a practitioner with multidisciplinary skillset and experiential knowledge deduced from a Pacific perspective through the provision of technical support and coordination; peer learning and capacity building; applied research in aspects of tropical island biodiversity and conservation, community-based fisheries, livelihoods and ecosystem-based management approaches; communications and knowledge management of project impact results; climate change advocacy, and policy advice. This brings with it an established Pacific network that furthered meaningful connections to other sector work in agriculture, community based inshore fisheries, coastal protection and water resources management. Experience working in culturally diverse settings at an international (WWF Pacific, National Geographic Pristine Seas), regional (SPREP, FAO), national (Rotary Pacific Water Foundation/ WWF) as well as with community-based organisation (LäjeRotuma Initiative) and engaging with other indigenous groups.
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.