Climate Expert
5 months ago
The position
**About the project**: The city of Mira-Bhayandar, identified as an AMRUT city by Govt. of India, is for developing GHG Emissions Inventory and comprehensive City Climate Action Plan to support Maharashtra’s ambitious goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050, in alignment with the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). To advance this undertaking the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat India has proposed a Urban Habitat Risk Resilience program. Our primary goal is to establish a comprehensive GHG emissions inventory, devise a city climate action plan, and implement pilot measures for climate adaptation under this program. The focus of this initiative is to implement environmentally sustainable solutions within the city, with particular emphasis on addressing challenges related to Urban Heat Island, flood mitigation, and air quality enhancement.
**Scope of work and deliverables**:
Review the GHG emission data for various emission sources (e.g. electricity, transportation fuels, etc.) from urban local bodies, government agencies, industry associations, and other authoritative sources.
Guide team in analysing emission factor data sets to identify the best available and most relevant factors for the Municipal Corporations (cities) for GHG inventory and reporting based on GHG accounting standards, methodologies, and best practices for emission factors for fuel, energy, transport, water and waste management.
Support in setting reduction targets for GHG emissions for cities based on Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions with M&E framework year-on
- year.
Support team in development of comprehensive City Climate Action Plans, outlining strategies and actions to reduce GHG emissions and enhance climate resilience.
Support analyses and assessments by providing detailed understanding, correlations and updated knowledge of the City level policies and their alignment with the national development and sustainable development goals.
Guide in creating climate-related policies and regulations at the local level, aligning them with national and international climate goals.
Support in creating training and capacity-building modules for municipal staff, community organizations, and other stakeholders to enhance their understanding of climate-related issues and solutions.
Identify and implement climate change best practice frameworks and trends (e.g., net zero, circular economy, environmental impact, etc.).
Provide advice on climate change issues; develop mitigation and adaptation strategies.
The requirements
**Qualification and Experience**:
PhD in Sustainability/Environmental Sciences/Climate Change or a related field.
Prior experience of working with municipal corporations (cities) or other government offices at local/state/national levels.
Excellent communication and documentation skills, relationship management, team-building and interpersonal skills; and an ability to work in inter-disciplinary, cross-sectoral teams.
Language skills - English and Hindi required. Marathi is preferred.
Coordination with relevant AKAH team members for effective implementation and delivery of work within agreed timelines and budgets.
Strong communication and Desire to work dedicatedly to achieve results.
**Technical Skills required**:
Experience in greenhouse gas assessments and life cycle approaches, knowledge of greenhouse gas accounting principles, methodologies, and protocols. Understanding of policy trends in emissions reporting and disclosure.
Experience of working in the sectors of transportation, water management, waste management and circular economy, environmental health and air quality management, urban planning, policy development, disaster management, biodiversity conservation, and climate finance.
Strong knowledge of climate solutions, sustainable building practices, nature-based solutions; including being up to date with key policies, schemes, programs and sectoral changes and challenges.
Knowledge and ideally experience of carbon and energy policies, strong research and analytical skills, and an innovative approach to solving complex problems.
Ability to collect information from disparate sources, coordinate, process, analyse and present insights through data visualization for effective and impactful communications.
Familiarity with local, state, and central climate action policies and regulations.
Experience in using modeling tools for predicting future climate scenarios and assessing the impact of interventions of climate actions.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to convey complex and innovative concepts to internal and external stakeholders on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and City Climate Action Plan (CAP).
Sector
Social Development
About the Agency
A new agency, the Aga Khan Agency for the Habitat (AKAH), works to ensure that people live in physical settings that are as safe as possible from the effects of natural disasters, that residents who do live in such hig
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