Senior Advisor – Urban Heat

Organization

UNEP

Department

Not Specified

Organization URL

Job Location Type

TELECOMMUTE

Job Location

Remote

Applicant Location Requirements

Global    

Application Deadline

February 15, 2026

A consultant is needed to perform tasks of a technical and analytical nature as part of the Cities Unit of the Mitigation Branch, Climate Division, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Specifically, a consultant is needed to support UNEP in the implementation of country projects on sustainable urban cooling and extreme heat adaptation under the framework of the Cool Coalition. The Consultant will be under the Mitigation Branch of UNEP with significant liaison with UNEP Asia-Pacific Office and UNEP India Office and will be remote-based in India. The consultant will support UNEP by providing technical inputs, training and support to policy dialogues on sustainable cooling and extreme heat in cities. This will include supporting national ministries to design and deliver support programs to cities on extreme heat, developing and delivering training programs on extreme heat and its health impacts, supporting the integration of heat adaptation through sustainable cooling including nature based solutions into subnational climate and urban plans and supporting funding proposals on extreme heat and sustainable cooling.

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