Obed Ogega

IIED engagement lead for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Obed is a climate scientist and programme management leader with a focus on catalysing the generation and use of evidence to inform policy and practice in contribution to a safer, more peaceful, just, equal, inclusive, sustainable and prosperous future.

Expertise

Programme management; research and innovation capacity strengthening; stakeholder engagement; donor relations; and monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

Before IIED

  • Programmes manager, African Academy of Sciences
  • Migration officer, Embassy of Sweden in Nairobi
  • Operations officer, VFS Global Kenya Ltd

Education

  • PhD, environmental studies (climate change and sustainability), Kenyatta University, Kenya
  • Masters, climate change adaptation, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Current work

As the engagement lead for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Obed supports IIED's efforts to connect effectively with key IPCC processes and actors, and contribute to influencing IPCC ways of working, key outputs and uptake by diverse actors.