Katherine Cooke

Katherine Cooke is a Principal Consultant in technical policy and sustainability, with over 17 years of experience. Her expertise includes: 

Specialisms 

• Climate finance. 
• Blue economy. 
• International climate change policy mitigation. 
• Monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL). 
• Small Island Developing States (SIDS). 

Experience 

• Leading MEL projects for governments, development funds, and the UN.
• Negotiating climate finance for Fiji at COPs 26-28, and the upcoming COP29.
• Launching the Ocean Based Actions in Country NDCs for Global Stocktake (GST) at COP28.
• Presenting at World Ocean Summit on MPA funding.
• Supporting climate finance access for SIDS and blue economy projects

Programme management 

• Designing and managing complex, multi-country adaptive programmes.
• Leading evaluations of large portfolio-wide adaptive programmes, including for FCDO.

Skills and certifications 

• Prince2 practitioner.
• Certified expert in renewable energy finance, energy systems, and mitigation.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Experienced in stakeholder engagement across various sectors.

 International experience 

Katherine has worked in the UK, India, Fiji, Bangladesh, Japan, Ethiopia, Zambia, South Africa, Sudan, Indonesia, Peru, Colombia, and Mexico.