Sune Holt

Sune Holt, a biologist, geologist and physical geographer, has 30 years of professional international field experience in analyzing complex socio-environmental problems and assessing local needs in over 20 countries, leading to implementation of appropriate and sustainable solutions. He has a strong profile as Program/Project Coordinator or Project Manager on complex multidisciplinary projects developed from several long-term assignments each from 1-6 years of duration and holds a solid institutional development experience. He has excellent communication abilities at all levels powered by a sincere interest in listening and understanding what people have to say: the Arctic hunter, the poor tropical farmer, the industrial plant operator, the waste recyclers working and living at the dump-sites or landfills, the people living in poverty and risk from climate change processes. His professional career has been focused on sustainable environmental protection and assessment on individual, organizational and governmental levels, and where needed, developing appropriate mitigation including planning, design and implementation of management and capacity development schemes with stakeholder involvement. Technically he has worked on environmental assessment to the private industrial sector, hydrocarbon exploration in the Arctic, large infrastructure development projects, solid waste handling and treatment including development of waste-to-energy projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), hazardous waste, environmental risk assessment, natural resources management, habitat and wildlife management, biodiversity inventories, river basin and watershed management, environmental restoration works, waste water projects, environmental legislation, and compliance with environmental standards. He has knowledge of environmental policies of the major lending organizations including World Bank (WB), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and African Development Bank (AfDB).