Doug Ramsay

Area of expertise: Economist (cost-benefit analysis of CC) Experience: 120

Area of expertise: Civil engineering (hard and soft engineering solutions) Experience: 240

Area of expertise: Capacity building specialist Experience: 200

Area of expertise: Meteorologist Experience: 120

Area of expertise: GIS specialist Experience: 120

Area of expertise: Disaster Relief/Management specialist Experience: 240

Area of expertise: Environmental and social safeguards specialist Experience: 250

Employment date: Sat, 01/03/2003 - 12:00 Current: No Company: National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA) Position: Manager, Pacific Rim Location: New Zealand Projects: Project date: Mon, 01/07/2013 - 12:00 - Thu, 01/01/2015 - 12:00 Location: Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, PNG Position: Team Leader & Risk specialist Title: Strengthening disaster & climate resilience in urban development in the Pacific Description: This ADB funded project aims to promote the use of available data, tools and information, including data developed under the Pacific Catastrophic Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI), to effectively address natural disaster and climate change risks in urban planning and development in Pacific DMCs. The project covers six Pacific countries (Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu). The project aims to: 1) Develop pragmatic but technically robust risk-based methodologies to support and inform urban planning and development that can be replicated in other Pacific Islands that recognises the typical types of information available and capacities within Pacific Island countries; 2) Demonstrate, through building in-country capacity in relevant government departments in two pilot countries, how existing available information datasets can be brought together to underpin and support risk-based land use and development planning; 3) Develop a training manual to enable the methodologies developed for integrating disaster and climate risk in to land use and urban planning, and infrastructure and development investment to be incorporated in to the current Disaster Risk Management regional training programme coordinated by SPC-SOPAC; and 4) Raise awareness of the need for effective risk-based planning decision-making within Pacific policymakers, NGO’s and development partners active in the Pacific region. Nadi in Fiji and Apia in Samoa have been selected as case studies (Pilot Testing Phase) to develop and demonstrate approaches to usuitable urban development planning approaches. Project date: Sat, 01/06/2013 - 12:00 - Sun, 01/06/2014 - 12:00 Location: FSM Position: Coastal management expert Title: Kosrae shoreline management plan development Description: Community consultation, assessment of shoreline change and coastal inundation risk, development of strategic adaptation and risk mitigation options and development of island wide adaptation plan. Project date: Wed, 01/01/2014 - 12:00 - Mon, 01/09/2014 - 12:00 Location: Palau, FSM Position: Coastal hazard expert Title: Coastal Change in the Pacific Islands toolkit Description: Adviser for the development of a community toolkit being developed by Micronesia Conservation Trust / The Nature Conservancy and application of the toolkit in demonstration sites in Palau and FSM. Project date: Sat, 01/02/2014 - 12:00 - Tue, 01/07/2014 - 12:00 Location: Tokelau Position: Coastal adviser Title: Tokelau Ship to Shore Project Description: Coastal process and environmental impact adviser of option assessment and outline design of improved ship to shore passenger and cargo infrastructure in the three Tokelau atolls. Project date: Sat, 01/06/2013 - 12:00 - Wed, 01/01/2014 - 12:00 Location: Tokelau Position: Project Director Title: Tokelau tsunami modelling assessment Description: Overall responsibility for a tsunami inundation hazard assessment for the three atolls of Tokelau to assist the development of emergency management procedures. Project date: Fri, 01/07/2011 - 12:00 - Sun, 01/12/2013 - 12:00 Location: Fiji Position: Project Leader Title: Assessment of climate change impacts on the drainage infrastructure of Fiji. Description: Strategic assessment of the effects of climate change on agricultural drainage in Fiji and development of adaptation options and tools to support the Land & Water Resource Management Division, Fiji Department of Agriculture Project date: Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:00 - Sun, 01/01/2012 - 12:00 Location: Mangaia, Cook Islands Position: Coastal engineer Title: Geospatial framework for climate change adaptation in the coastal zone on Mangaia, Cook Islands Description: Assessment of cyclone and swell wave climate and extreme levels, and effect of climate change on these parameters for all the Cook Islands and development of a pragmatic tool to enable robust probabilistic coastal engineering design conditions to be developed for any ocean location in the Cook Islands. Work with the Oneroa community on Mangaia to assess impact of climate change and sea-level rise on cyclone-related inundation, assessment of village assets at risk, and prioritisation of village mitigation activities. Project date: Fri, 01/04/2011 - 12:00 - Wed, 01/06/2011 - 12:00 Location: Tokelau Position: Climate change adviser Title: Tokelau Climate Change Strategy Description: Drafted the Tokelau climate change strategy for the Ongoing Government of Tokelau Project date: Thu, 01/01/2015 - 12:00 Location: Vanuatu Position: Coastal hazard expert Title: Risk Mapping and planning for urban preparedness Description: Assessment of coastal hazards for urban planning application in Port Vila, Luganville, and surrounding peri-urban areas. Project date: Tue, 01/03/2011 - 12:00 - Fri, 01/07/2011 - 12:00 Location: Pacific Regional Position: coastal expert Title: Coastal Erosion and inundation due to climate change in the Pacific and Timor Leste. Description: Report Author of an assessment of the current state of knowledge of coastal erosion and inundation due to climate change in the Pacific and East Timor as part of the Australian Government's Pacific Adaptation Strategy Assistance Program (PASAP) Project date: Tue, 01/03/2011 - 12:00 - Fri, 01/07/2011 - 12:00 Location: Pacific Regional Position: Coastal expert Title: Anticipated climate change impact on the coastal protection role provided by coastal ecosystems in t Description: Report Author of an assessment of the current state of knowledge of coastal erosion and inundation due to climate change in the Pacific and East Timor as part of the Australian Government's Pacific Adaptation Strategy Assistance Program (PASAP) Project date: Tue, 01/03/2011 - 12:00 - Sun, 01/05/2011 - 12:00 Location: Kiribati Position: Coastal process expert Title: Increased flushing of Tarawa Lagoon, Kiribati. The potential for improving public and lagoon ecosyst Description: Assessment of the potential to improve flushing of Tarawa lagoon to improve Water-bourne related health outcomes in South Tarawa. Project date: Thu, 01/01/2015 - 12:00 Location: Pacific regional Position: Team leader Title: Informing climate risk management in the Pacific region. Scoping assessment Description: Assessment of the potential for improving climate risk management in the Pacific region to inform development spending by NZ Ministry for Foreign affairs. Project date: Tue, 01/04/2008 - 12:00 - Thu, 01/04/2010 - 12:00 Location: Kiribati Position: Team leader Title: Kiribati Adaptation Project Phase II. Climate information for risk management. Description: Assessment of climate and coastal risk information to support risk based adaptation planning and development of tools to enable Kiribati Government to conduct own climate/coastal risk assessments. Project date: Sat, 01/01/2005 - 12:00 - Sat, 01/07/2006 - 12:00 Location: Tokelau Position: Coastal hazard expert Title: Reducing the risks of cyclone storm surge on the atolls of Tokelau Description: Assessment of options to reduce cyclone-related inundation impacts on the three villages of Tokelau and development of village mitigation plan for each. Project date: Thu, 01/01/2004 - 12:00 - Thu, 01/07/2004 - 12:00 Location: Tonga Position: Coastal hazard expert Title: Identifying natural hazards and the risks they pose to Tonga Description: Assessment of inundation and erosion hazard impacts in Tonga as part of the World Bank funded Cyclone emergency recovery and management project. Component B2: Land Hazards and Information Management. Project date: Mon, 01/03/2004 - 12:00 - Thu, 01/07/2004 - 12:00 Location: American Samoa Position: Coastal hazard expert Title: Economic valuation of coral reefs and adjacent habitats in American Samoa Description: Assessment of the coastal protection function of the reef and associate coastal zone in American Samoa Project date: Sun, 01/06/2003 - 12:00 - Thu, 01/04/2004 - 12:00 Location: Tuvalu Position: Team leader & Coastal process expert Title: Tuvalu Reef Channels Review Description: Review and environmental impact assessment of the Tuvalu reef channels project around all 8 outer islands in Tuvalu, assessment of future ship to shore needs and prioritisation with each village. Project date: Tue, 01/01/2008 - 12:00 - Thu, 01/05/2008 - 12:00 Location: New Zealand Position: Team Leader Title: Coastal hazards and climate change. A guidance manual for local government in New Zealand Description: Lead author of NZ Ministry for Environment guidance manual on coastal hazards and climate change

Employment date: Sat, 01/07/2000 - 12:00 - Sat, 01/03/2003 - 12:00 Current: No Company: HR Wallingford Ltd Position: Senior Coastal Engineer Location: United Kingdom

Employment date: Sun, 01/11/1998 - 12:00 - Sat, 01/07/2000 - 12:00 Current: No Company: Development Review Commission / KIRMA Position: Coastal Management Adviser Location: Kosrae, FSM

Employment date: Tue, 01/09/1992 - 12:00 - Sun, 01/11/1998 - 12:00 Current: No Company: HR Wallingford Ltd Position: Coastal Engineer Location: United Kingdom