 We are a multidisciplinary team with key strengths in climate change policy, tropical forest management, social and environmental science and environmental governance.
Research Fellow
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Neil Bird's current research focuses on environmental policy and the international funding mechanisms that are being put in place to address climate change in aid-receiving countries. This work complements earlier research on aid architecture, national budgetary processes and sector policy for environment and natural resources.
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Senior Research Associate
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David Brown specialises in work on tropical forest policy, particularly the institutional dimensions of community-based forest management and biodiversity conservation, and issues in environmental governance.
Climate Change Business Manager
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Rennie has over 10 years market, business and client development experience, including leading and enabling inter-disciplinary funding bids; international client and project management; and delivering business process improvements.
Research Officer
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Alice has a background in Development Economics and recently completed a Masters at LSE in Environment and Development. Her work at ODI within the CCEF team has mainly been focused on the Climate Funds Update website and issues related to climate finance. In addition to climate finance, Alice’s main research interests include the trade-offs between economic growth and environmental protection in developing countries and economic evaluation of environmental projects and policies.
CDKN Global Knowledge Management Coordinator
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Mairi manages the publications and knowledge-sharing programme of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and writes for CDKN's website www.cdkn.org. She aims to make information and analysis on climate compatible development more accessible to audiences in the global South. Mairi is an experienced writer and analyst on environmental governance, land use change and climate issues.
Research Fellow
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Natasha Grist specialises in climate change, adaptation and international development. She focusses on policy and planning processes related to integrating climate change and development, and has worked with UNDP, multilaterals and NGOs. Natasha is currently Head of Research for the Climate and Development Knowledge Network, and is managing a £12.5m budget over 5 years.
Research Officer
Merylyn Hedger
Research Associate
Ari Huhtala
CDKN: Director of Policy and Programmes
Research Officer
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Lindsey Jones is a Research Officer working jointly within ODI’s Water Policy Programme (WPP) and Climate Change, Environment and Forestry (CCEF) themes. His background lies in international development and global environmental governance, and is interested in the interrelated linkages between climate change, adaptation, and development.
Philip Lewis
Programme Officer
Programme Officer
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Emma is a Programme Officer for the Climate Change, Environment and Forests Programme, and is the contact point for the Adaptation and Resilience Team and the Energy Team. She has responsibility for project budgets, reporting, contracts and project oversight.
Programme Officer
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Will is the Programme Officer who works as a contact point for climate finance, REDD+ and forestry work in the climate change team. He has responsibility for project budgets, reporting, contracts and project oversighta and coordinates the REDDnet programme.
Head of Programme
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Tom Mitchell is ODI’s Head of Climate Change. A geographer by training, Tom carried out his doctoral fieldwork on disaster risk management in the Caribbean and has since worked extensively on issues related to the governance and poverty-dimensions of disaster risk and adaptation to climate change. Tom has served as a co-ordinating lead author of the IPCC and is currently a lead author on the IPCC 5th Assessment Report.
Research Fellow
Research Associate
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Leo has a background in climate change science and policy, and a longstanding interest in the implications of climate change on developing countries.
Research Fellow
Communications Manager - Digital and Events
Prachi Seth
Research Officer
Research Officer
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Charlene's experience spans academia, multilateral institutions and on-the-ground NGOs. Her experience centres around reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) which brings together a number of contemporary issues in conservation and development, as well as presenting interesting challenges for international climate change policy and finance. Charlene holds a BA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Environmental Economics and Politics from Imperial College London. She completed her PhD at the London School of Economics and Politics in the economics of community forest management through a case study in Ethiopia.
Research Fellow
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Shelagh Whitley's research is focussed on private sector climate finance. Prior to joining ODI she worked in the carbon markets, on clean energy finance, and leadership in climate mitigation within the public and private sectors.
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