Richard Smithers
Director, Climate Adaptation & Resilience @Ricardo
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WORK HISTORY
Director, Climate Adaptation & Resilience @Ricardo
Leading on climate adaptation for Ricardo, regarding:• Adaptation planning (assessment of climate vulnerabilities, impacts, risks, & adaptation options; NAPs, sub-national, city, & sectoral adaptation plans; SDG-NAP linkage; transparency & reporting)• Adaptation-mitigation nexus (LTS; NDC-NAP linkage; NDC implementation plans; Net Zero; local authority climate emergency; TCFD; ESG; life-cycle analysis; AFOLU)• Environmental policy (horizontal/vertical mainstreaming; impact assessments; evaluations; M&E frameworks & indicators)• Ecosystem-based adaptation & nature-based solutions.Projects completed include:• Scottish National Adaptation Plan 20••••29 (SNAP3) outcome indicators (ClimateXChange)• COP26 Global Science Partnership for Resilient Net Zero (UK DESNZ)• Review of MS NECPs & Article 19 adaptation reports (DG CLIMA)• Mainstreaming climate adaptation into EU standards (DG CLIMA)• Climate risk assessment - Qatar Evidence for spatial climate risk assessment (UK Approach/template for MS Article 17 adaptation reporting on NECPs (EC DG CLIMA)• Adaptation elements of Uganda’s LTS (GIZ)• Palestine\'s gender-responsive NDC & policy implementation plans (agriculture, health, waste, transport, water) & updated NDC (IsDB, WB)• Jordan’s Long-Term Strategy Roadmap (WB)• Cost-benefits & finance of Jordan\'s NDC actions - agriculture, energy, health, transport, & water (NDC Partnership)• Costing Colombia\'s NDC adaptation actions (WB)• EU policy on forest products & deforestation (EC DG ENV)• EU LIFE Programme 20••••27 M&E framework (EC DG ENV)• Belgrade\'s SECAP (EBRD)• Adaptation elements of NDCs: Brunei (FCDO), Zimbabwe (WB), Namibia (GIZ)• Reports for EU Adaptation Strategy 20••••27 impact assessment on: policy triggers; climate impacts data for agriculture & forests; water safety; EU outermost regions (EC DG CLIMA)• Climate risks & adaptation options for Addis Ababa (C40 Cities)• Mitigation pathways for LULUCF (Sheffield CC).
EDUCATION
Yateley School
Biology, Chemistry, Physics
The University of Sheffield
BSc (Hons) Animal and Plant Biology, Zoology and Botany
SKILLS
ABOUT RICHARD SMITHERS
An international expert on climate adaptation and ecosystem-based issues, working in the environmental sector for 40+ years, I have wide-ranging experience of: • Evidence and policy development• Policy, programme and technical monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment• Systematic rapid evidence assessment• Natural resource management, and• Stakeholder and citizen engagement.Since 1998, many of my projects have related to (sub)national adaptation planning. For example, I led development of the State of Palestine’s NAP (among the first globally), directed evaluation of the EU Adaptation Strategy 2013-20, supported the impact assessment for the new Strategy 2021-27, and developed an adaptation toolkit targeting nature-based solutions for the World\'s largest public works programme (MGNREGS in India). I also co-authored the CDKN’s Quick Start Guide on Planning for NDC Implementation, led development of international guidance on NAP-NDC linkage for GIZ, and on NDC Investment Plans for the NDC Partnership, and input to the NDC 3.0 Navigator regarding the Global Goal on Adaptation for the NDC Partnership.Ongoing and recent projects:• EU Mission Implementation Platform for Adaptation to Climate Change (Director, 2023/5, €11m contract; 2026/8, €5m contract)(CINEA) • Research Director, Climate Services for a Net Zero resilient World (CS-N0W)(£5m contract); Principal Investigator for co-benefits and trade-offs of UK climate actions; Technical Adviser for Risks to energy assets from extreme heat, Assessment of heat vulnerability and adaptation of urban homes, and Mapping future climate-related hazards to buildings; Chair of COP27 event; IPCC AR6 (WGII and SPM) expert reviewer and contributor to scoping AR7 (UK DESNZ)• Project Director, Impact of Climate Change on Malta\'s economy (Malta Govt)• Project Director, Policy coherence analysis of Northern Ireland\'s Climate Action Plan and Environmental Improvement Plan (OEP)• Lead facilitator (climate change and biodiversity), Synergies between Horizon 2020 Green Deal Call projects (EC DG RTD)In-country work experience: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, EU Member States, The Gambia, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Senegal, State of Palestine and the UK, plus remotely for Australia, Bahrain, Bolivia, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Russia, Seychelles, South Africa, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine and Zimbabwe.Any opinions expressed on LinkedIn are my own and not those of my company.
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