OceanExpert ID : 40308
MSc. Isadora Timbó DE PAULA LOPES
Executive Director / Consultant
Environment and climate change
GITEC Brasil Consultoria Socioambiental
Av. Portugal 414 - Urca, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brasil
Rio de Janeiro-RJ
Brazil
Nationality
Brazil
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Telephone
+5521995235846
Master
Technical Advice & Consulting
Policy, Law, Economics, Management
General Skills and Competencies:
I am part of GITEC Brazil since 2015, working in all stages from the preparation of technical proposals to acting as technical and project manager of the World Bank, KfW, GIZ, and other multilateral cooperation agencies. My key areas of expertise are environmental and social impact assessment, disaster risk management and land use planning, climate change and adaptation, coastal and marine management.
Technical Skills and Competencies:
· Experience in environmental and social impact assessment and diagnoses: More than four years of experience in conducting impact assessments for Oil and Gas activities in offshore Brazilian basin; diagnoses and surveys of social and environmental data in various locations in Bahia (Porto Seguro coast to Salvador) and Maranhão; more recently has analyzed social and environmental compatibility concerning sustainability standards of KfW and World Bank ESF (Environmental and social framework) for a KfW study.
· Experience in disaster risk management: Two years of experience in the field of climate change prevention and adaptation in the adequacy of disaster risk management processes, being responsible for managing the technical cooperation project, for identifying and qualifying agency demands and articulating with other federal agencies, state and municipal actors, as well as civil society. The project “Updating Manuals for National Civil Protection and Defense” was established to reformulate and adapt the publications to the new guidelines of the National System of Civil Protection and Defense (SINPDEC).
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Caribbean Sea
South Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Training courses:
- "Economia do Mar e Governança do Oceano" offered by Escola de Guerra Naval (EGN, Brazil), 2024.
- "Planificación Espacial Marina y Costera / Planeamento do Espaço Marinho e Costeiro (PEMC)", OTGA, 2022.
- “Science Oceanics, Ocean Governance, and Geoethics” offered by the International Ocean Institute Training Center for Latin America and the Caribbean (120 hours in Spanish) in Valparaíso, Chile.
- “YCL (Youth Climate Leader) Brazil” – Leadership development for the 21dt century (50 hours) online in Rio de Janeiro and immersive in São Paulo – Brazil.
- “The Systems View of Life” taught by Fritjof Capra in Fall 2019.
- Climate Change: Blue Carbon and Adaptation based on Marine and Coastal Ecosystems", offered by OTGA (The Ocean Teacher Global Academy) and organized by UNESCO / IOC / IODE / European Union / MAPCO / Natura Foundation / INVEMAR in July 2020.
- "Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience", a course developed by experts from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and PEDRR with support from the European Union, in February 2021.
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