EMMANUEL KOFI ACKOM, PHD.
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Emmanuel is an interdisciplinary scholar by training. His areas of research and teaching intersect energy, environment, climate change and society. He has a special interest in marginalized societies. Being an engaged scholar, Emmanuel combines traditional academic scholarship with practitioner work. Coupled with his pedagogical skills he creates an exciting intellectual environment for the teaching and research training of his students to critically examine sustainability and climate change challenges to generate novel solutions. Emmanuel draw's inspiration from the words of one wise man, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (quote below).
As an academic, Emmanuel teaches in leading universities in North America, Europe and Africa. His sustainability practitioner work has taken him to several countries where he provides technical support for governments to meet requirements in their Paris Agreement (PA).
Emmanuel is currently an Adjunct Professor, Sustainable Energy & Climate Change at the University of British Columbia, Department of Forest Resources Management, Vancouver, Canada. He was an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Thompson Rivers University (TRU), Kamloops, Canada.
From year 2010 to 2021, Emmanuel was a Senior Researcher at the United Nations Environment Programme Copenhagen Climate Centre (then UNEP DTU). He managed UNEP's Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD), where he led several research projects in Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, India, China, Thailand, Brazil and Argentina. Emmanuel provides advisory support to countries. He also led the following country/regional level projects i.e.:
- Green Climate Fund Readiness (GCF Readiness);
- Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC);
- Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT);
- Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT);
- Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs);
- Technology Needs Assessment (TNA);
- Adaptation and Mitigation Readiness (ADMIRE);
The countries he supports include Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Botswana, eSwatini, Thailand, Philippines , Jordan and Azerbaijan.
He is an expert group member of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). Emmanuel is an external reviewer for energy proposals submitted to the governments of Sweden and The Netherlands for funding. He provides technical review to IEA, IRENA, World Bank's energy publications.
Emmanuel's work is published in high impact journals including Nature Energy, Energy Policy, Energy for Sustainable Development, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (among others). He is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management and an Editorial Board Member of Carbon Management Journal.
To find out more about his research, teaching and hobbies please peruse the rest of the pages on this website (also my LinkedIn).
Emmanuel is an interdisciplinary scholar by training. His areas of research and teaching intersect energy, environment, climate change and society. He has a special interest in marginalized societies. Being an engaged scholar, Emmanuel combines traditional academic scholarship with practitioner work. Coupled with his pedagogical skills he creates an exciting intellectual environment for the teaching and research training of his students to critically examine sustainability and climate change challenges to generate novel solutions. Emmanuel draw's inspiration from the words of one wise man, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (quote below).
As an academic, Emmanuel teaches in leading universities in North America, Europe and Africa. His sustainability practitioner work has taken him to several countries where he provides technical support for governments to meet requirements in their Paris Agreement (PA).
Emmanuel is currently an Adjunct Professor, Sustainable Energy & Climate Change at the University of British Columbia, Department of Forest Resources Management, Vancouver, Canada. He was an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Thompson Rivers University (TRU), Kamloops, Canada.
From year 2010 to 2021, Emmanuel was a Senior Researcher at the United Nations Environment Programme Copenhagen Climate Centre (then UNEP DTU). He managed UNEP's Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD), where he led several research projects in Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, India, China, Thailand, Brazil and Argentina. Emmanuel provides advisory support to countries. He also led the following country/regional level projects i.e.:
- Green Climate Fund Readiness (GCF Readiness);
- Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC);
- Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT);
- Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT);
- Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs);
- Technology Needs Assessment (TNA);
- Adaptation and Mitigation Readiness (ADMIRE);
The countries he supports include Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Botswana, eSwatini, Thailand, Philippines , Jordan and Azerbaijan.
He is an expert group member of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). Emmanuel is an external reviewer for energy proposals submitted to the governments of Sweden and The Netherlands for funding. He provides technical review to IEA, IRENA, World Bank's energy publications.
Emmanuel's work is published in high impact journals including Nature Energy, Energy Policy, Energy for Sustainable Development, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (among others). He is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management and an Editorial Board Member of Carbon Management Journal.
To find out more about his research, teaching and hobbies please peruse the rest of the pages on this website (also my LinkedIn).
'It always seems impossible until it is done'
— Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
— Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
