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Semi Qamese

Consultant and Researcher

Fiji

M & E specialist, Legal specialist (climate change/environmental law/MEAs), Capacity building specialist, Economist (cost-benefit analysis of CC), Disaster Relief/Management specialist, Community trainer specialist, Community development specialist, Climate financing specialist, Environmental and social safeguards specialist, Proposal writing/Report writing, Gender mainstreaming, Ntional Communications, Projects, M&E,, Wide experience in strategic planning and management of climate research, Human rights mainstreaming, Ocean Acidification, National Communications, Projects, M&E, Marine and Terrestrial Ecology, Livelihoods and resilience building., Freshwater and marine science, environmental monitoring, Project and Programme Design, Preparation, Implementation and Evaluation, Formal Education, food security, water, energy, transport, agri, Environmental Management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environment management, energy sector reslience to climate change, Early Warning Systems, Programme Management, Project managment (planning, designing, implementation and monitoring), Conservation - Biodiversity, Technical Expert providing Environmental/Engineering services to Pacific Islands Countries and Territories for management of coastal and uplands natural resources and built environments., Water sector: groundwater, water quality, supply and storage remote islands. Renewable energy: PV applications, Water Sector Strategist, Water quality testing specialist, Vulnerability assessment and resilience-based management, Urban resilience, Training and Facilitation, Sustainable livelihoods & resilience building, Social-ecological resilience, Situational and Capacity Analysis , Situation Analysis, Risk Assessment, DRR, and Resiliency Planning, RE, CC Mitigation and Low Carbon Development, Quantitative Risk Analysis and Cost-benefit-analysis of Adaptation Options, Development effectiveness, Community Consultation, Science Communication, Communications, Outreach, Partnerships, Capacity Building & Training of Trainers, Agro-forestry Development, Agricultural Research for Development including Participatory Research Methods and Approaches, Adaptation planning, vulnerability asses, Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment, Pure and applied climate research, CBA, EbA, Project Management, policy, private sector, Policy Analysis, National Adaptation Planning, Ecology: Research: Research Management: , Community-Based Adaptation, Carbon management (sequestration/income ..., CCA, DRR, Assessment of climate knowledge (IPCC), Communication - delivery and training, including technical and scientific writing, editing, and presentations., Coastal Oceanography, coastal inundation and erosion, Coastal Management, Coastal engineering, coastal processes, marine ecology, numerical modelling, Climate services development, Climate change, climate science communication, Climate Change Policy Specialist, Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate change / adaptaion policy and strategy, Climate Risk Management

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.
Alan Brent

Professor

Victoria University of Wellington

Capacity building specialist, Proposal writing/Report writing, energy sector reslience to climate change, Energy policy, Climate change mitigation and adaptation

Alan Brent is a Professor and the inaugural holder of the Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems in the Faculty of Engineering at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. He holds Bachelor degrees in Engineering (Chemical) and Philosophy (Sustainable Development); Master degrees in Science (Environmental Engineering), Engineering (Technology Management), and Philosophy (Sustainable Development); and a PhD in Engineering Management. He is a Fellow of Engineering New Zealand, a member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society, and an executive committee member of The Sustainability Society. More information on his research can be found on his ORCID profile (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-4512), and LinkedIn profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanbrent/).
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
Peter Johnston

environmemntal & enegy policy & planning

Environmental & Energy Consultants, Ltd (Fiji)

Civil engineering (hard and soft engineering solutions), M & E specialist, Proposal writing/Report writing, Other, M & E specialist, Civil engineering (hard and soft engineering solutions), Proposal writing/Report writing, Other, energy sector reslience to climate change

Over 30 years of experience (largely at Director, Team Leader, Lead Consultant or Chief Technical Adviser level) in the Pacific islands, the Mekong subregion of SE Asia and elswhere working in energy policy and planning (including renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy security) and broader environmental policy/planning. Clients have included the Asian Development Bank, Australian Aid, East-West Center, European Commission (EC), Climate Parliament, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Global Environment Facility, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Greenpeace Pacific, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN Oceania), River Commission (MRC), Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), New Zealand Aid, Pacific Power Association, Regional Community Forestry Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC, Bangkok), Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC and earlier SOPAC), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Swiss Agency For Development and Cooperation (SDC), various UN agencies (UNDP, UNFPA, UNIDO, UNOPS, UNESCAP), and the World Bank. Recent work related to climate resilience has been in the energy sector and includes the following:Pacific Small Islands States Scoping Study and Project formulation (senior consultant, Global Green Growth Institute, 2013-2014) Promoting Energy Efficiency in the Pacific, phase 2 (International energy efficiency expert), International Institute of Energy Conservation and Asian Development Bank; January 2012 - early 2015)o Evaluation of EU/SPC North Pacific Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Project (North REP; team leader, Cardno, 2012)o Report on Pacific Perspectives on the Challenges to Energy Security and the Sustainable Use of Energy (consultant, UN ESCAP, 2012)o Improving climate change resilience for energy sector investments (lead researcher for peer-reviewed report, ADB, 2011-2012)