Emily Massawa

* A Senior Advisor in climate change, adaptation, and resilience with over 20 years' experience across urban and rural Africa. * Extensive experience of supporting and training Kenyan national stakeholders in climate mainstreaming and planning * Team Leader and Senior management responsibilities for major African climate change programmes; ADAPT (Sudan) ,supporting UN humanitarian agencies, and PREPARED (East Africa), UN-IGAD Scan on collaboration on climate and security programmes in support of the Office of the Special Representative in Addis Ababa. * Thought leadership on mainstreaming climate change into education systems. * Director in SolarNET advocating ans supporting the provision of renewable energy in marginalised regions and schools in East Africa * Extensive working contact across Kenyan and African stakeholders including sharing best practice in climate programme delivery, data management and forming regional networks. * Extensive networks across the African context including regional networks, national entry points and international donors (USAID, DFID, WB), UN organisations, the African Development Bank,African Union and the academic and private sector Current Position Senior Climate Resilience Lead, Africa, Mott MacDonald Nationality Kenyan