Low Carbon Development Initiative
We promote low-carbon development pathways to enable the Government of Indonesia to meet its emissions reduction targets through improved planning, policy, and financing.
Ed Humphrey
Ed Humphrey is a principal consultant and leads our Climate Change and Disaster Risk team. He is a highly experienced manager of large-scale government reform programmes, including the Low Carbon Support programme to the Ministry of Finance in Indonesia and the Climate Proofing Growth and Development (CPGD) programme to mainstream climate change resilience measures within policy-making across South Asia.
Ed’s expertise lies in the integration of climate change programmes into governments’ budgeting, planning and policy development processes. Prior to joining OPM he was long-term adviser to the Budget Office of the Ministry of Finance in Guyana.
Ed has an MSc in Economics from LSE and an MA in Economics and Management from Oxford University.
Projects involving Ed Humphrey
Building Resilience in Ethiopia
Between March 2019 and March 2024 we supported the Government of Ethiopia, through a Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) £26m technical assistance facility, in strengthening disaster risk management systems and building greater resilience to climate and humanitarian shocks.
Low carbon development in Indonesia
Establishing viable alternatives to carbon-intensive development in Indonesia
Action on Climate Today: climate-proofing growth and development in South Asia
This project is helping mainstream climate change resilience measures within budgetary planning and policymaking across South Asia.
Improving forest sector management in Indonesia
This three year management project of the Multi-Stakeholder Forestry Programme will help strengthen governance across Indonesia’s forestry sector.
Developing an integrated macroeconomic model for Uganda
This project is helping support high-impact, evidence-based policymaking in Uganda.
Maintains programme: Research supporting social services' adaptation to external shocks
This innovative FCDO-funded research programme in six countries explored how to improve the resilience of social services during and after external shocks
Climate proofing growth and development in Bangladesh
We worked across the policy cycle for integration of climate change related risks and opportunities into country-specific policies, budgets and investments.