Keith Forbes

Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience, Mitigation; REDD+; Monitoring and Evaluation; Global experience

Master's DegreeIndiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, SPEA

United States

Summary

I'm an internationally experienced professional, with extensive experience in climate change, international development, and sustainability strategy efforts in the U.S., Europe, and Africa. Here's a brief description of the contexts and places I've worked, and my areas of expertise. ■ Institutional Roles - thought leadership, project management, leading proposals, new business development, sustainability strategy, innovative problem solving. ■ Professional Contexts - private sector consulting (including Fortune 500), NGOs, not-for-profits, and academia. ■ Domain Areas - global climate change; climate change adaptation, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation; climate change policy; climate change and forests (LULUCF); sustainability strategy; environmental policy; policy analysis; international development; low emissions development strategies (LEDS); carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and inventories. ■ Cross-cultural Agility - Multilingual and multicultural, with an ability to communicate effectively across cultures, with extended time in Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Canada, the U.S., Zambia, and Portugal, and, for short-term professional assignments, in the Czech Republic, Poland, Brazil, Mozambique, Ghana, Nigeria, Colombia, Nepal, Bhutan, Mexico, and Malawi. ■ Research - Published on climate change impacts, electric vehicles (EV), climate change and land use, REDD+, biofuels, the Rio+10 process, and other topics. Experienced public speaker and facilitator in small workshop settings or presentations to large audiences. ■ Honors - UNFCCC expert roster (USA), expert reviewer for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

Experience

  • climate change
  • monitoring / evaluation
  • development
  • international development
  • usaid
  • ec
  • united states
  • mexico
  • malawi
  • brazil
  • colombia
  • Sectors
  • Funders
  • Countries

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