University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad Certificate in Land / Geographic Information Systems

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1 # 3 Fairway Villas, Steeplechase Drive Dairy Meadws, St. James Barbads BB23001 Tel/fax: (246) Mbile: (246) clarkejudi@yah.cm Prfile Envirnmental management prfessinal with ten years f experience in climate change adaptatin (cmmunicatins and utreach, plicy develpment, risk management, envirnmental impact assessment) in the Caribbean. Backgrund als includes prject develpment and management, technical writing, strategic planning and cmmunity wrk experience, including resurce mbilsatin and facilitatin. Qualificatins University f the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbads Master f Science degree in Natural Resurce Management with specialisatin in Climate Change (Distinctin) University f the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad Certificate in Land / Gegraphic Infrmatin Systems University f Suthern Califrnia Graduate Certificate in Intrductin t Gegraphic Infrmatin Systems University f the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbads Bachelr f Science degree in Ecnmics and Management (Hns.) Prfessinal experience 07/2010 present Reginal Crdinatr, The CARIBSAVE Partnership, Reginal Headquarters, Barbads Cuntries: Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla, The Bahamas, Barbads, Belize, Dminica, The Dminican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tbag, Turks & Caics Is. Respnsibilities include: Prviding pragmatic assistance t the CARIBSAVE team f experts and stakehlders (gvernments and cmmunities) f the Caribbean turism and related sectrs in the assessment f climate change impacts and the develpment f adaptatin and mitigatin strategies. In cllabratin with the CARIBSAVE Team, crdinating, managing and facilitating the activities and utputs f all CARIBSAVE prjects in the Caribbean and thse activities specified in the CARIBSAVE Climate Change Risk Atlas (CCCRA). Wrking with ther researchers in the CARIBSAVE Team t assess vulnerabilities t climate change scenaris in a range f sectrs. 1

2 Pr-actively explring and pursuing fund-raising pprtunities, writing and preparing funding prpsals and surcing funds fr CARIBSAVE prjects. Prviding the CARIBSAVE Team with regular updates and prgress reprts. Prmting awareness f The CARIBSAVE Partnership by delivering presentatins at cnferences and thrugh the publicatin f press releases and ther marketing tls. Cllating data and cmmunicating this data in reprt frmat t senir CARIBSAVE Officers. Gaining recgnitin and supprt fr CARIBSAVE; develping and prmting CARIBSAVE s wrk. Attending cnferences and facilitate wrkshps and meetings when required. Managing the Reginal Head-Quarters f The CARIBSAVE Partnership, the Reginal Administratr and staff. Livelihds, Gender, Pverty and Develpment (LGPD) Sectr Leader Develping the methdlgy fr cnducting cmmunity vulnerability and adaptive capacity assessments Implementing the methdlgy in cmmunities in the Caribbean regin Analysing and reprting n research findings 09/ /2010 Crp Prductin and Farming Practice Analyses in De Heart f Barbads. Cnsultant t the Ministry f Envirnment, Water Resurces and Drainage, Barbads 02/ /2010 Senir Technical Officer and Manager f the Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reductin Prgramme at the Caribbean Natural Resurces Institute (CANARI) based in Trinidad Cuntries: Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbads, The British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dminica, The Dminican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mntserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tbag, Turks & Caics Islands Respnsibilities included: Prject and Prgramme Develpment and Management Identifying ptential areas fr prject and prgramme develpment cnsistent with the Institute s strategic plan and prgramme pririties Wrking in cperatin with ther members f staff and dnrs t develp effective prject prpsals Managing prjects effectively t ensure they achieve their purpse, gals and bjectives, remain within budget and are cmpleted n time Cnducting prject and prgramme mnitring and evaluatin 2

3 Preparing reprts fr dnrs n the prgress and utcme f prjects Prject Implementatin Prviding technical assistance and training Facilitating wrkshps and stakehlder cnsultatins Crdinating the wrk f cnsultants Drafting technical reprts and papers fr peer-reviewed jurnals Preparing and delivering technical presentatins fr wrkshps, seminars and cnferences Organisatinal Develpment Participating in develpment and implementatin f the Institute s strategic plan Wrking in cllabratin with ther members f staff n develpment and implementatin f wrk plans and the annual budget Prmting the Institute s visin, missin and values Cntributing t effective relatinships with dnrs, gvernmental and inter-gvernmental agencies, NGOS and CBOs in the regin and internatinally 12/ Public Educatin and Outreach Specialist. Cnsultant t the Enhancing Capacity fr Adaptatin t Climate Change in the Caribbean UK Overseas Territries (ECACC) Prject being implemented by the Caribbean Cmmunity Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) in Belize Cuntries: Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Mntserrat, Turks & Caics Islands 02/ / 2009 Enhancing Gender Visibility in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change in the Caribbean prject. Cnsultant t the United Natins Develpment Prgramme (UNDP), OECS and Barbads Cuntries: Belize, Dminica, Dminican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname Respnsibilities included: Editing and preparatin f research utputs (5 Cuntry Assessment Reprts; 3 Case Studies and; 1 Summary Dcument) fr publicatin 10/ /2009 Review f the Ecnmics f Climate Change (RECC) prject, Phase 1. Cnsultant t the United Natins Ecnmic Cmmissin fr Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC) Cuntries: Aruba, Barbads, Curaça, The Dminican Republic, Jamaica, Mntserrat, Saint Lucia, Guyana, Trinidad & Tbag Respnsibilities included: 3

4 C-facilitatin f natinal cnsultatins in 9 Caribbean cuntries t discuss the csts f climate change Creatin f a database f studies that have been undertaken n climate change in the Caribbean; and f the data and databases that are available t facilitate research and analysis n climate change in the Caribbean Cnducting a cmparative analysis f the current state f research n climate change in the Caribbean and a needs assessment fr future research 06/ /2008 Implementing Recmmendatins frm an Assessment f Lcal, Sustainable Cnsumptin and Prductin Pilt Prjects in Welchman Hall, Barbads. Cnsultant t the Ministry f Family, Yuth, Sprts and Envirnment, Barbads Wrked with the Welchman Hall cmmunity t develp a Farm and Fd Lvers Trail, a walking tur f farms and fd stps Cnducted a feasibility assessment f the cmmercialisatin f the tur 02/ /2008 Cnducted an Assessment f Lcal, Sustainable Cnsumptin and Prductin Pilt Prjects in Welchman Hall, Barbads. Cnsultant t the Ministry f Family, Yuth, Sprts and Envirnment, Barbads 10/ /2009 Prject crdinatin, fundraising and public utreach fr the Barbads Garrisn Histrical Cnsrtium Inc. 02/ /2007 Cmpletin f a Natinal Study n Mainstreaming Envirnment Issues int Natinal Planning Framewrks. Cnsultant t the United Natins Develpment Prgramme (UNDP) 10/ /2007 Develpment f a funding prpsal fr the Garrisn Histric Area (GHA) prject. Cnsultant t the Barbads Garrisn Histrical Cnsrtium Inc. 11/ /2007 Develpment f an Operatinal Plan Cnsultant t the Barbads Marine Trust 09/ /2007 Cnducted the Envirnmental and Scial Impact Assessment Cmpnent f the West Cast Beach and Reef Restratin Prject. Cnsultant t Castal 4

5 Engineering and Envirnmental Slutins (CEES) Inc. 12/ /2006 Natinal Prject Crdinatr fr the Sustainable Land Management Prject. Cnsultant t the Caribbean Envirnmental Health Institute (CEHI) in St. Lucia 01/ /2006 Develpment f Terms f Reference fr West Cast Beach and Reef Restratin Prject. Cnsultant t the West Cast Beach and Reef Restratin Prject Grup, Barbads. 09/ /2006 Reginal Cnsultatin and Outreach Crdinatr, Special Prgramme n Adaptatin t Climate Change in the Caribbean (SPACC) fr the Caribbean Cmmunity Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) in Belize Cuntries: Dminica, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines Respnsibilities included: Develping utreach and cnsultatin wrk-plans and materials fr participating cuntries Budget frmulatin Cntributin t prject develpment Reprting n activities Develpment f terms f reference fr cnsultants Preparatin f material fr COP 11 07/ /2005 Study n the develpment f Innvative Financial Mechanisms fr Envirnmental Activities in CARICOM Cuntries fr the Caribbean Cmmunity Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) in Belize Cuntries: Belize, Csta Rica, Jamaica, Peru, Trinidad & Tbag 1/ /2005 Website cntent management. Cnsultant t the Caribbean Cmmunity Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) in Belize 12/ /2005 Preparatin f a prpsal t the GEF s Small Grants Prgramme (managed by UNDP). Cnsultant t the Barbads Marine Trust 01/ /2004 Cmpnent Prject Manager (f 3 cmpnents) at the Reginal Prject Implementatin Unit fr the Adapting t Climate Change in the Caribbean (ACCC) Prject, Barbads 5

6 Prjects: Public Educatin and Outreach Integratin f A Risk Management Apprach int Physical Planning Integrating Climate Change Cnsideratins int Envirnmental Impact Assessment Cuntries: Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbads, Belize, Dminica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tbag Respnsibilities included: Crdinatin f prject cmpnent activities in 12 member cuntries Crdinatin f prject evaluatin thrugh infrmatin exchanges with 12 Natinal Fcal Pints Desk research n climate change issues Assisting 12 cuntry teams with the preparatin f their Natinal Climate Change Issues Paper. This dcument included: prjected climate change impacts n the cuntry, and specifically n key sci-ecnmic sectrs existing vulnerabilities f the cuntry and within sectrs the institutinal and legal framewrk within the cuntry t address climate change recmmendatins fr adaptatin fr vulnerable sectrs Develpment and disseminatin f infrmatin relevant t climate change issues t Natinal Fcal Pints and ther target grups Wrkshp and cnference crdinatin Writing technical papers, prject reprts and presentatins Writing articles fr lcal, reginal and internatinal publicatins Assisting in the design, develpment and peratin f the institutinal website Assisting in the design, develpment and implementatin f the Reginal Public Educatin and Outreach Strategy Develping terms f reference fr cnsultants 07/ /2001 Technical Supprt / Cmmunicatins Research Officer at the Reginal Prject Implementatin Unit fr Caribbean Planning fr Adaptatin t Climate Change (CPACC) Prject, Barbads Cuntries: Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbads, Belize, Dminica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tbag Respnsibilities included: Crdinatin f 10 reginal SIDSnet internet training wrkshps supprted by the United Natins Develpment Prgramme ver the perid 07/1999 t 11/99 6

7 Wrkshp and cnference crdinatin Desk research n climate change issues Crdinatin f public educatin and utreach activities in 12 member cuntries Develpment and disseminatin f infrmatin relevant t climate change issues t Natinal Fcal Pints and ther target grups Crdinatin f prject evaluatin thrugh infrmatin exchanges with 12 Natinal Fcal Pints Academic research 2004 Visiting Research Fellw at the Tyndall Centre fr Climate Change Research at the University f East Anglia, Nrwich, United Kingdm. Cnducted research n climate change impacts and adaptatin in the Caribbean. This invlved reviews f literature, much f which was develped by tw Caribbean reginal climate change prjects CPACC and ACCC. Further respnsibilities included the facilitatin f five ther research fellws frm the UK verseas territries f Cayman Islands, Mntserrat, Turks and Caics Islands, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands in cmpleting natinal studies n climate change impacts and pssible adaptatin ptins; writing a research paper fr publicatin; cntributing t a reginal manual fr climate change adaptatin which was published in 2005 and facilitating a wrking grup at a wrkshp in the Cayman Islands in June Selected research / Technical papers 2011 Synthesis Study Managing Water Resurces under a Changing Climate (Lead authr) 2004 Climate Change Impacts n the Caribbean Regin and Adaptatin Optins 2003 Methdlgies, Tls and Best Practices fr Managing Infrmatin fr Decisin-making n Sustainable Develpment in Caribbean SIDS - Disaster Management and Adaptatin t Climate Change Mdule 2001 Gender Analysis f the CPACC and ACCC Prjects 2001 Climate Change Adaptatin Plicy: The Caribbean Experience (Cntributing authr) 1997 Bibligraphy f Educatinal Material n Castal Resurces in the Caribbean Selected publicatins 1. Quantificatin and Magnitude f Lsses and Damages Resulting frm the Impacts f Climate Change: Mdelling the Transfrmatinal Impacts and Csts f Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean, 2010 (Cntributing authr). Published by United Natins Develpment Prgramme (UNDP), Barbads. 2. Cmmunicating Climate Change: A Tlbx fr Lcal Organisatins in the Caribbean, 2009 (Cntributing authr). Published by the Caribbean Natural Resurces Institute. 3. An Assessment f the Pssible Rle f the Clean Develpment Mechanism (CDM) in Meeting Grwing Energy Demands in Barbads, Published as a research paper at the University f the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. 7

8 4. Surviving Climate Change in Small Islands: A Guidebk, 2005 (Cntributing authr). Published by the Tyndall Centre fr Climate Research, United Kingdm. 5. Caribbean Risk Management Guidelines fr Climate Change Adaptatin Decisin Making, 2003 (Cntributing authr). Published by the Caribbean Cmmunity (CARICOM) ISBN (pbk). Other publicatins include articles n general envirnmental issues and climate change in natinal, reginal and internatinal jurnals and magazines. Membership 06/ 2010 t present Climate Change Specialist n the Reginal Advisry Cmmittee (RACC) fr the Critical Ecsystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) fr the Caribbean Islands Bidiversity Htspt Freign languages Basic cmpetencies in speaking and writing Spanish Referees Dr. Ulric O D Trtz Science Advisr Caribbean Cmmunity Climate Change Centre 2 nd Flr. Lawrence Nichlas Building Cay District Belmpan, Belize Tel: / utrtz@yah.cm Mr. Wilfred Abrahams Attrney-At-Law Aegis Chambers, Heritage huse Pinfld Street Bridgetwn Barbads Tel: / wabrahams@aegischambers.cm 8

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