Dr. Jason Hui Hong Yapp is an expert in climate finance, renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable development with over 25 years of experience in consultancy services for high-profile international organizations, including UN agencies (UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO, WFP), the Green Climate Fund, ADB, EU Commission, USAID, GIZ, GGGI, IUCN, IISD, and the Commonwealth Secretariat. His extensive expertise encompasses a broad spectrum of areas critical to addressing climate change and promoting sustainable development:
1. Climate Finance Leadership: Dr. Yapp excels in climate finance, demonstrated through his significant contributions to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) readiness projects, capacity building, and the development of funding proposals. His work includes supporting NDAs in Asia, developing GCF proposals for countries like Malaysia, and crafting country programs for nations across the globe.
2. Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Dr Yapp possesses deep technical knowledge in renewable energy and energy efficiency, contributing to the scaling up of renewable initiatives and improving energy sustainability in various sectors.
3. Sustainable Agriculture Expertise: With a Ph.D. in crop genetics and physiology, Dr. Yapp brings a unique perspective to sustainable agriculture and land-use practices, focusing on climate-smart solutions and conservation agriculture to enhance agricultural competitiveness and sustainability.
4. Carbon Pricing Project Development: As Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Business Development Expert, Dr Yapp had supported AES (US Utility Corp) to develop carbon offset projects to generate carbon credits in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam for sale at the Carbon Trading system. Dr Yapp is familiar with the Emission Trading System and the UNFCCC approved methodologies to calculate carbon credits based on the ex-ante (baseline) and ex-post GHG (project) emissions.
5. Project Management and Implementation: His role in managing and implementing multi-country climate-related projects showcases his adept project management skills, including leading international and national teams, and overseeing the execution of complex projects.
6. Policy and Strategy Development: Dr. Yapp has been instrumental in developing climate-related policies, strategies, and frameworks at national and regional levels, contributing to National Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and climate National Adaptation Plan. In Malaysia.
7. Capacity Building and Technical Training: His commitment to capacity building is evident in his role in conducting training workshops and capacity-building activities across various technical areas, thereby enhancing the skills of stakeholders in climate finance and sustainable practices.
8. International and Cross-cultural Experience: Dr. Yapp's work spans diverse geographic regions including Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific, and the Caribbean, highlighting his adaptability and ability to navigate diverse cultural and environmental contexts.
9. Engagement with Multiple Sectors: His expertise in fostering collaboration among public and private sectors, civil society organizations, and international financial institutions underscores his ability to build partnerships and engage a wide range of stakeholders in the climate finance domain.
10. Innovation in Climate Solutions: As the founder of Eden Environmental Consulting Ltd, Dr. Yapp continues to provide cutting-edge technical and financial consultancy, driving innovation in demand driven climate adaptation and mitigation solutions that are sustainable, scalable and replicable.
ECG is a boutique consultancy firm that is 100% Pacific owned and based in Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand. We specialise in strategy, evaluation and engagement work and have extensive experience in New Zealand and across the region.
We are a team of 7 qualified professionals who represent a cross-section of different industries including Law, Business, Economic Development, Media and Communications, Sports, Research and Evaluation.
ECG innovates practical, sustainabe and bespoke solutions for various clients using a multi- disciplinary model of critical assessment that is centered on an indigenous Pacific world view.
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.
Development professional with over sixteen years of experience living and working in the Pacific region, namely Samoa. A national-level consultant specializing in project management, rural livelihoods development, community outreach, policy and statistical analysis and digital innovation in various thematic areas related to international development such as agriculture, environment and industry. Over eight years managing public affairs, political, economic, and military portfolios for U.S. Embassy Apia. Experienced managing numerous grants, programs, media campaigns, development projects, budgets, volunteer placements, and humanitarian missions involving various federal agencies, host nation governments, and civil society organizations. Experienced office leader in a cross-cultural setting. Excellent at multi-tasking and delivering quality work in a timely manner.
My area of expertise is in the field of Civil and Environmental Engineering specializing in;
• water resources engineering and integrated management,
• civil and environmental engineering design of infrastructures,
• environmental risk assessment and minimization, climate change analysis,
• urban hydrology, water demand forecasting and allocation framework,
• hydrological, hydraulic and watershed modelling,
• system dynamic and model development.
Qualifications: Ph.D (Env Eng). University of Melbourne (UoM), Australia, ME. The University of Auckland, BE. Unitec Institute of Tech
Employment History:
HARC, Melbourne
Senior Water Resources Engineer – Candor3 Ltd, NZ, 2014 – Present.
Quest Lecturer – Unitec Institute of Technology, NZ, 2014 – Present.
Research Fellow: UoM, Australia, 2014.
Fellow/Lecturer: BYU, USA, 2012 – 2013.
Water Resources Engineer: Division of Water Resources, Utah, USA, 2013 – 2014.
Tutor: UoM, 2008 - 2010.
Env Engineer: Wood & Partners Consultants Ltd, 2007.
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Annabelle has sixteen years of public and private sector experience in environmental and resource economics and sustainable development. She applies her skills to policy formulation and project evaluation for structuring the management of natural resources such as coasts, seas, freshwater and air. She integrates resource economic techniques in appraisals of projects in the field of climate change, coastal resources management, waste, water quality, control of pest species, energy and aquaculture for projects in China, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific and Europe. She applies monetary evaluation techniques to assess environmental assets such as wetlands and rivers. She drafts in depth technical reports and makes presentations to the public, academia and consultancies. Clients include government departments, research institutes, regional councils, water authorities, the WB, the ADB and the EU. She is fluent in Luxembourgish, English, German, French and Italian.
Principal partner of auditing and accounting firm: Suá ma Pauga & Associates. Firm won the Gold Star Award on Quality Service. A Chartered Accountant for both New Zealand and Samoan Institute of Chartered Accountants. Working experience in finance, accounting and auditing, research, loan and credit facilities, financial specialist on educational system, climate change, budgeting, financial and business analysis, report writing and survey consultants - in Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand. Finance/Economics Consultant for ADB/Government of Samoa in Education Sector Project II. Lecturer in University on Government Accounting, Finance and Accountancy, and Head of Departments and providers of various workshops on finance, budgeting, and financial reporting.
Lisa is a manager within KPMG’s Climate Change and Sustainability practice. She as over fourteen years experience quantifying and developing solutions to mitigate the impacts from climate change and sustainability. As a civil engineer specialising in climate change and sustainability, Lisa has worked with asset owners to determine how they are best positioned to respond to the impacts of climate change. She has extensive experience interpreting climate models and has worked closely with CSIRO to run specific climate models for clients. She applies her knowledge to understand and consider the risks and uncertainty of climate change to guide and inform decision making for business and government. She has worked across the major infrastructure phases, design, construction and operation, and assets, from buildings, roads, mines, water, costal settlements, electricity to rail. She has practical design and construction experience, which she has applied to develop design solutions to mitigate the short and long term risks posed by climate change. Lisa knows how to evaluate the costs and benefits of adaptation to determine the most optimal adaptation solution (i.e. optimising investment decisions).
Key skills: providing strategic, targeted knowledge network, evaluation and technical services to international environmental and development programs and institutional capacities. Thematic interests and work experience: project design, implementation and results based monitoring: child rights, disability mainstreaming in UN funds and programs, inclusive education sector planning, biodiversity strategic planning, disaster risk reduction , climate change and resilience, natural resources and protected area management, ecosystem services and environmental science. Policy and bottleneck analysis and implementation problem resolution including work in environment sectors, poverty alleviation and education, improved service delivery and transparent government initiatives. Advocacy interests focusing on one UN programming, education for sustainable development, education systems and planning, climate change adaptation, emergencies, disaster risk reduction and resilience. Communication: training and education experience, including organizing and leading workshops. Research: data analysis, writing/editing materials for a wide variety of audiences and preparing content for websites.
Key Achievements:
- Principal author of the Review of the Regulatory Framework for the Port of Darwin – a requirement of the Competition and Infrastructure Reform Agreement (CIRA) under the National Reform Agenda (NRA)- All findings and recommendations of the Review of the Regulatory Framework for the Port of Darwin were approved by Cabinet and have since been implemented. - Successfully advocated to other members on the Northern Territory Climate Change Steering Committee that local-level policies included in the Northern Territory Climate Change Policy Framework should be 'complementary' to the proposed national emissions trading scheme or carbon tax
Knowledge and Management Specialist
Climate Financing Specialist
Disaster Relief/Management Specialist
Environmental and social safeguards specialist
Economist [Cost-Benefit Analysis of CC]
Director at the Solomon Islands Financial Intelligence Unit
Community Trainer Specialist
Capacity Building Specialist
Credit Control Supervisor at National Bank of Solomon Islands
Manager Finance at DIDAO Development, Solomon Islands
Countries of Work Experience: Solomon Islands
Expert at UNFCCC for Registration and Issuance
Expert for CDM Methodology Review
Member at Project Developer Forum
Expert at Partnership for Market Readiness; a World Bank Initiative for capacity building and piloting of new market based tools for GHG reduction
Countries of Work Experience: India, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Lao, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Nigeria
Project Head UNDP 2014; To develop a detailed financial resource assessment for implementing the recommendations and strategies outlined in the Madhya Pradesh (MP) State Action Plan (SAPCC:
- Estimate the finances (direct as well as indirect) that need to be invested for fully operationalizing the strategies proposed for identified sectors
- Classify the sectoral recommendation and identify the fund requirement in for each activity and the sources for them.
- Identification of financing options and gap-filling strategies by assessing current budgetary allocations/expenditure of the departments working on issues falling within these sectors, to explore funds that could be made available for implementation
- Development of plan of action along with details on the methodology proposed to be used for making the estimates of financial requirements.
Project Leader for Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation 2014, Main objective is to map the international sources of climate finance which India could potentially access and provide a comparative analysis with other peer developing countries to gauge India’s preparedness to access International Climate finance and provide recommendations for setting appropriate institutional structure for effective climate fiance
Project Leader for GIZ 2013; Preparation of Activity Data and Selection of
Emission Factors for these sectors in Mexico to generate the emission data base and Emission Inventory
Emission of F-gases and preparation of a ‘NAMA Project’ for F-gases in Mexico
Project Leader at National Environment Commission Government of Bhutan 2013; Performed a situational analysis formulating and implementing NAMAs in Housing; Transport & Waste management sectors and LEDS in Transport and Industrial sectors and the related MRV functions. Profiling of the baseline scenario in the relevant sectors including social, gender, poverty and environmental issues. Integrated gender issues/ recommendations from the gender rapid assessment. Preparation of capacity development work plan and timeline on capacity needs assessment implementation and delivery in technical, social and operational aspects. Identification of SMART (ie Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and time-specific) capacity development indicators that the NEC could use.
Project Coordinator for the Ministry of Urban Development 2013; To estimate the improvement in GHG emissions in each of the SUTP cities due to the implementation of the demonstration projects and related co-benefits (air, noise and safety). To build capacity in the SUTP project cities to carry out systemic energy assessments of urban transport systems as well as generate locally relevant information regarding environmentally soundness and sustainability
of the cities’ transportation interventions.
Project Leader for UNDP & State of Jharkhand; Identified the sectors that are likely to be impacted by the temperature and precipitation changes in the long run. Consultation and coordination with the climate advisory, coordination team for preparing the state action plan. Developed a road map for state to adapt climate change. Developed the SAPCC document.
Project Leader Technology needs Assessment for Bhutan 2011: Identification Prioritization and Action Plan preparation for GHG reduction. Technologies for country of Bhutan Under the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA), Project under UNFCCC for non Annex countries and consistent with Guidelines of UNEP Risoe Center
Project Leader Policy Study on bio fuel assessments and development plan for Lao PDR, Ministry of Energy and Mines 2013.
Project Leader, EVI National Solar Power Development Program. Leader of EVI Development of methodology AMS IIIAF “Shift from high carbon Intensive fuel mix ratio to low Carbon intensive fuel mix ratio
Project Leader, Registration of CDM projects with UNFCCC and othe GHG protocols 2005-2013.
