Aminul Islam

M. AMINUL ISLAM, PhD Former Adjunct Professor of Environment Science & Geography and Director, Climate Change Research Program, Global Health & Climate Change Research Institute, North South University (NSU), Bangladesh; Adjunct Senior Research Fellow (Online), Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, Australia Former Senior Adviser, Sustainable Development, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bangladesh; Former International Technical Adviser for Disaster Risk Mitigation in Vietnam supported by the UNDP, Government of the Royal Netherlands and Luxembourg. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Ph.D. in Geography, Azerbaijan State University, Baku, former USSR, 1985. The title of the dissertation, “Socio- economic and Environmental Factors in Regional Development in Developing Countries: The Case of Bangladesh". M.Sc. in Environment & Geography (Climatology was one of the major courses), Master's Thesis on Agro-Climatology. Obtained First Class, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977. Intensive summer course on Sustainable Environment Management organized under Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program hosted by the University of California at Berkeley, July, 2001. Obtained intensive certificate course on `Environmental Site Assessment', offered by the United States Environmental Training Institute, Seattle and Washington DC, under the US-Asia Environmental Partnership Program, October 10 to 22, 1994. Summary of Qualification as per ToR Professional Services offered: Currently Senior Adviser of CNRS, Bangladesh for Climate Change Adaptation and Natural Resource Management since June 2016. Sustainable Development Adviser, Assistant Country Director, UNDP, Bangladesh, August 1996 till March 2016. -- Specific professional experience: 15 years in climate change related development work such as vulnerability assessment, natural resource management, community-based adaptation etc. - Leadership/management experience: 10 years of management/leadership experience as project team leader or manager in a company GENERAL PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE [2016-2021] Consultant as a Senior Adviser for Liaison & Coordination, UNDP, Bangladesh. Technical backstopping to Environment, Disaster and Climate Resilience Cluster. Providing quality advice for coordinated team effort with a roadmap to deliver target goal of the CXB District Development Plan. Sept 2019- Dec 2019 Consultant as a “Knowledge Management and Outreach Expert” of the World Bank supported project executed by the RAJUK and implemented by the International Code Council (ICC, USA) and Smart Development Engineers on Building Code Implementation and Enforcement under Urban Resilience Program November 2018- 2021 continuing UNDP Consultant as a Climate Change Adaptation & Monitoring & Evaluation Expert, one of the members of the mission for formulation and design of UNDP/ Global Environment Facility supported project on “Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Sustainable Development Pathway in Bangladesh” July – December 2018 Independent Consultant of the Action Aid Bangladesh for drafting the Road Map for Implementation Framework for Sustainable Consumption and Production aligned to SDG 12 with technical assistance from UNDP in Bangladesh for the Planning Commission and the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change. December 1997- June 2018 Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, taught Under Graduate Program on Environmental Science (ENV 107) Course two Sections in Spring Semester, 2017. Director, Climate Change Research Program of Global Health and Climate Change Research Institute, North South University. Since March 2016 - continuing Regional Land use Planner, IFFD Project, CARE International, July 1995 to July 1996