Mr. David Smith
Coordinator of the Institute for Sustainable Development at the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the University Consortium for Small Island States (UCSIS), and the Caribbean Chair for the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Jamaica
Dr David C. Smith is the Coordinator of the Institute for Sustainable Development. He is also the Caribbean Coordinator for the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UNSDSN) and Coordinator of the University Consortium of Small Island States (UCSIS). He is a member of the Independent group of scientists who will prepare the UN Global Sustainable Development Report to be published in 2019.
Dr Smith has almost thirty years’ experience in academia, civil society, the private sector and the United Nations, focusing on Sustainable Development, Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change, and Disaster Risk Reduction. He initiated Jamaica's first debt for nature swap and played a key role in establishing the Jamaica National Parks Trust Fund and the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica. He was instrumental in the successful development of proposals for a number of UWI projects in sustainable development research, distance teaching, knowledge management, disaster risk management and hazard mapping. He is also one of the Principal Investigators for the Enhancing Knowledge and Application of Comprehensive Disaster Management (EKACDM) Initiative, a regional project.
Dr Smith worked at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Jamaica Country Office, from 2002 to 2008 with responsibility for Energy, the Environment, Climate Change and Disaster Management aspects of the programme. He also Co-Chaired the UN technical team on disasters in Jamaica.
Dr Smith has almost thirty years’ experience in academia, civil society, the private sector and the United Nations, focusing on Sustainable Development, Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change, and Disaster Risk Reduction. He initiated Jamaica's first debt for nature swap and played a key role in establishing the Jamaica National Parks Trust Fund and the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica. He was instrumental in the successful development of proposals for a number of UWI projects in sustainable development research, distance teaching, knowledge management, disaster risk management and hazard mapping. He is also one of the Principal Investigators for the Enhancing Knowledge and Application of Comprehensive Disaster Management (EKACDM) Initiative, a regional project.
Dr Smith worked at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Jamaica Country Office, from 2002 to 2008 with responsibility for Energy, the Environment, Climate Change and Disaster Management aspects of the programme. He also Co-Chaired the UN technical team on disasters in Jamaica.