Policy Specialist-Transformational Adaptation at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Confidential • Kenya, Kenya • Posted June 26, 2026

About the Role

Job Description

The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the world’s environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the environment.


Policy Specialist-Transformational Adaptation

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Under the guidance of the Chief, Climate Change Adaptation Unit the consultant will perform the following tasks:

  • Developing analytical framework: Review UNFCCC Secretariat technical paper on transformational adaptation to develop a framework for the core elements defining transformation versus incremental adaptation, considering current and future levels of climate change, and develop an analytical framework to apply against the UNEP set of shortlisted projects for analysis. The analyti...