Urban PLanner, Climate Change Specialist

Contact

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www.linkedin.com/in/sherwyng

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Top Skills

Team Leadership

Management

Team Building

Languages

Chinese (Professional Working)

Estonian (Elementary)

Korean (Elementary)

French (Elementary)

Spanish (Elementary)

Englsih (Native or Bilingual)

Certifications

Strategic Planning and Urban Design

Foundations

Smart Cities: Solving Urban

Problems Using Technology

Certificate of Proficiency

Nature-based Solutions for Disaster

and Climate Resilience

Launching (and Relaunching) Your

Planning Career

Honors-Awards

Best Condiment & Sauce

Honor Roll Award 6 semesters

Outstanding International Student

Class of 2020

Sherwyn Greenidge

Advocate for Sustainable Urban Planning & Climate Resilience in Small Island States Rotaractor Rotarian

St. John's, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda

Summary

Experience in developing Local Area Plans and Local Area Adaptation Plans

Experience

Antigua & Barbuda Department of Environment

4 years 6 months

Project Technical Officer

September 2023 - Present (1 year 3 months)

St. John's, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda

• Assist with the preparation of maps to illustrate land-use policy, facilitate land-use analyses, and for inclusion in plans, using GIS technology.

• Support the Department of Environment's National Adaptation Plan team to implement

activities related to adaptation planning and contribute to the preparation of the final National

Adaptation Plan.

• Support the Adaptation Fund Project Team to fulfil project activities relating to planning.

• Support the process of closing out the Sustainable Pathways – Protected Areas and Renewable

Energy project and liaise directly with relevant national stakeholders and the UNEP Programme

Manager

• Assist in the preparation of work programmes for the Monitoring, Evaluation and Data

Management Unit.

• Support the Biennial Transparency Report Project Coordinator to organize meetings/trainings,

coordinate the collection of data, prepare necessary project reports and supervise

consultants.

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• Lead the preparation of the national Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory through:

- identifying and contracting national sector experts;

- supervising and evaluating the outputs prepared by the national sector experts;

- coordinating the collection of data;

- supporting the GHG Team Leader in updating the National Inventory Management System

- supporting the GHG Team Leader in preparing the final national GHG Inventory report;

- leading the review and validation of the final national GHG Inventory report.

• Support the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency - ICAT Project Phase 2 Project Lead

in implementing project activities and closing out of the project.

- Interim Project Coordinator of the GEF- Path to 2020 project which aims to actualize the protection and sustainable use of biodiversity and protected areas, under the umbrella of the newly passed Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) of 2015

Planning Consultant

September 2021 - Present (3 years 3 months)

Antigua and Barbuda

Project Lead in managing and assisting consultants in developing Local Area Adaptation Plans under the National Adaptation Plan Project. Assist the Department of Environment's Adaptation Fund Project Team to fulfil project activities relating to land use planning and land management policies. Assisting in the supervision of the consultants developing the Antigua & Barbuda National Stormwater Drainage Code and support its development. Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Member

June 2020 - Present (4 years 6 months)

Antigua and Barbuda

Apprentice (Local Area Plan)

September 2020 - January 2022 (1 year 5 months)

Assisting on the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) project, which aims to build climate resilience through innovative financing mechanisms for climate change adaptation in Antigua and Barbuda.

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Output - Revised policies and plans – particularly local area development plans

– that promote and facilitate medium- and long-term adaptation to climate change including and guiding the use of innovative financing mechanisms. Activity - Develop local area development plan for key watersheds that will include climate-resilient development options.

Geographic Information System Intern

June 2020 - August 2020 (3 months)

Antigua and Barbuda

• Collection of adaptation data for the National Adaption Plan (NAP) project.

• Contributed to the digitization of NAP adaptation data.

• Participated in GIS training activities.

• Contributed to the development of the EIMAS database. Rotaract Club of Antigua

President

July 2023 - June 2024 (1 year)

Development Control Authority Antigua & Barbuda

Graduate Student Intern

July 2019 - September 2019 (3 months)

Antigua and Barbuda

Urban Planning

Antigua and Barbuda Festivals Commission

Volunteer Assistant

June 2017 - August 2019 (2 years 3 months)

Antigua and Barbuda

Worked on the judge's subcommittee and assisted in various tasks that included; statistician, Timekeeping.

Education

Beijing Jiaotong University

Master of Engineering - MEng, Urban and Rural Planning · (2018 - 2020) Google Career

Foundations of Project Management Certificate, Project Management · (June 2022 - December 2022)

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Tallinna Tehnikaülikool

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), International Business Administration (Specializing in Finance and Accounting) · (2015 - 2018) Nanjing Normal University

Chinese Level 4 Exam Certificate, Chinese Language and Literature · (2012 - 2013)

Antigua & Barbuda Hospitality Training Institute

Associates Degree in Applied Science, Major: Culinary Arts Minor: Hospitality Management · (2009 - 2011)

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