​​As an International Development Professional and Sustainability Expert, she has made notable contributions to projects of national, regional and international significance. She has worked on several research assignments commissioned by the Ministry of Environment & Natural Beautification, Blue and Green Economy (Government of Barbados), the University of the West Indies, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, the United Nations System, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank, the World Bank Group, DFID Caribbean and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

 

Research areas include the green economy, the blue economy, climate change, Small Island Developing States, Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, sustainability, climate finance, disaster risk reduction, disaster risk management, the bio-economy, trade, environmental protection, the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity, environmental goods and services, sustainable consumption/production, food/water/energy/citizen security, waste-water management, gender, youth, health, poverty reduction, urbanization, education, public and private sector development, social protection, labour markets and financial markets.

   

Whilst working with the Ministry of Environment & Natural Beautification, Blue and Green Economy (Government of Barbados), she prepared a Trade and Environment Report entitled, ‘An Information Paper on WTO Negotiations on Environmental Goods and Services and the Potential Impacts for Barbados’. Following this, she has worked for the University of the West Indies as a Research Assistant for the Barbados Green Economy Scoping Study; and prepared a Draft Gap Analysis of Barbados for The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme. She has also worked on the United Nations Environment Programme - Latin American and Caribbean Initiative for Sustainable Development: ILAC Indicators Project (Barbados); the Compete Caribbean Private Sector Development Strategies for the Eastern Caribbean States (RG-T1767); the Barbados National Report for the UNHABITAT III Project; the World Bank Group’s Strengthening Labour Market Monitoring and Performance in the Caribbean project (P144470); the DFID Caribbean’s Essential Data on the Development Status of the Caribbean project; the IDB’s Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Module for the Public Expenditure Review in Barbados; the 2019 edition of the Commonwealth Secretariat's Economic Development Report and rendering support to the implementation the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) in CDEMA Participating States via the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Flagship Initiative: The Comprehensive Disaster and Climate Risk Management (CRM) Programme while attached to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean (UNDRR ROAC). One of my most recent accolades involved a stellar national contribution to the UNDRR Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Barbados which was presented to the high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in May 2023.

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She has also volunteered her expertise in the following capacities:

• Chevening Team Leader: Caribbean SIDS - HMG Climate Change Hackathon at COP 26 Glasgow;

• Expert Reviewer for the following IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) outputs: 

  • The Second Order Draft contribution of Working Group III; 

  • The First Drafts of the Summary for Policymakers and the Technical Summary; and

  • The First Order Draft of the Synthesis Report.

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Areas of profound interest include:

• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

• The Green Climate Fund

• The United Nations Climate Change 

• The United Nations Development Programme - Climate Promise

• The United Nations Environment Programme - Blue Economy

• The United Nations Environment Programme - Green Economy

• The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

• The United Nations Sustainable Development Platform

• The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

• The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Study

• The Climate and Development Knowledge Network

• The Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub

• The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre

• The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

• The Caribbean Development Bank 

• The Inter-American Development Bank

• The Institute of Development Studies

• The Sussex Climate Change Network

• The World Bank Group