• 15 years experience in the field of climate change (research and consultancy)
• Freelance consultant since 2005, working with clients including UNDP, World Bank, DFID
• Experience in climate change science, climate change and international development, climate change risk assessment (regional, national, sub-national scales), adaptation (strategic guidance, projects, identification/prioritisation of countries for adaptation assistance)
• Wide experience of providing climate change training for development professionals
• Contributing author to IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.
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  SUMMARY OF CONSULTANCY ACTIVITIES

• Climate Change Risk Assessment & screening: Identification of climate change related risks and adaptation needs at strategic level  for UNDP's Thematic Areas on Adaptation; development of methodology and participation in country selection process for World Bank Pilot Programme on Climate Resilience); climate change screening of UN Country Programme for Cape Verde; risk assessment at project development stage for various UNDP-funded adaptation projects; climate change risk assessment for Red Sea - Dead Sea water conveyor feasibility study (Coyne & Bellier / Workd Bank).

• Strategic Guidance for Adaptation: Guidance on integration of climate change and adaptation into development activities (e.g. UNDP Quality Standards for Adaptation), adaptation project development (UNDP Adaptation Policy Frameworks).

• Adaptation Project Development: Regional level (coastal adaptation in West Africa - UNDP) & national level (adaptation of coastal zone in Mauritius - UNDP).

• Provision of Training: Organisation of three climate change training courses for DFID, covering climate science, impacts, adaptation, mitigation, economics; major role in provision of training for UEA School of Development Studies & Overseas Development Group's 2-week Climate Change and Development courses, held in September 2008 and September 2009; provision of numerous seminars to UNDP staff on various aspects of climate change. 

• Monitoring & Evaluation: Development M&E frameworks (e.g. UNDP's M&E Framework for Adaptation), and indicators of (e.g of vulnerability & adaptive capacity at national level for Tyndall Centre research project, adaptation project outcome indicators for UNDP).

• Reviews and Discussion Papers: Including papers on sea-level rise for German Advisory Council on Global Change, rainfall variability in the Sahel for ESRC, state-of-the-art of climate change science for Tyndall Centre, climate "stabilisation" and "dangerous" climate change for DEFRA, climate change and pastoralism for IUCN

• Brooks, N., Nicholls R. and Hall, J. 2006. Sea Level Rise: Coastal Impacts and Responses. Commissioned Expert's Study for German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU): Schubert, R., Schellnhuber, H-J., Buchmann, N., Epiney, A., Grießhammer, R., Kulessa, M., Messner, D., Rahmstorf, S. and Schmid, J. The Future Oceans - Warming Up, Rising High, Turning Sour. WBGU, Berlin, 2006, 110 pages (download expert study; download full report).
• Brooks, N. 2006. Climate Change, Drought and Pastoralism in the Sahel, Discussion Note for World Initiative on Sustainable Pastoralism, WISP/IUCN (download).
• Brooks, N. and Adger, W. N. 2005. Assessing and enhancing adaptive capacity. In B. Lim and E. Spanger-Siegfried (Eds.) Adaptation Policy Frameworks for Climate Change: Developing Strategies, Policies and Measures, pp 165-181. UNDP-GEF. Cambridge University Press (link).
• Brooks, N. 2004. Drought in the African Sahel: long-term perspectives and future prospects. Tyndall Centre Working Paper No. 61. Prepared as consultancy for ESRC project on  "Indigenous Peoples, Environmental Change and Tourism in Extreme Environments" (download).