Emmanuel Osuteye

Biography

Emmanuel is an urbanisation and sustainable development expert, specialising in the governance, policy and institutional aspects of disaster risk and risk management, climate change adaptation and resilience, and community-led development in low-income urban centres, particularly in Africa. He has significant in-country research and advisory experience in a number of African countries including Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, Sierra Leone and The Gambia working closely with community groups, research institutions, and various levels of policy-makers. Emmanuel regularly provides technical inputs to sustainable development policy formulation & implementation processes and has worked with the AUDA-NEPAD, UNDP, UNEP and UN-Habitat. He is a contributing author to the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report on Climate Change (Working Group 2 – on impact, adaptation and vulnerability) and since Jan 2021 served as a Technical Advisor on Urban Resilience to the African Union (Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment).