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        Philip Osano

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      Philip Osano is the Centre Director of SEI Africa. His interest is in environmental policy, development and international affairs.

      He is an environmental policy expert with diverse research on biodiversity and ecosystem governance; land use change; pastoral and rangeland management; climate change adaptation; agricultural policy; water and land management; and integrated environmental planning.

      Philip has 15 years of experience in applied research, project coordination, policy analysis, and teaching and has worked in 12 countries in Africa and in Canada and the United States.  Prior to joining SEI, he was based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as part of a core team supporting the African Union Commission to prepare the 10-year Strategy & Roadmap for the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation to guide the implementation of the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme for the 2015-2025 decade.

      A Jean Sauvé Fellow in Public Leadership, Philip holds a PhD in Geography from McGill University, Canada, an MSc (Conservation Biology) from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and a BSc (Environmental Science) from Egerton University in Kenya.

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      Publications by Philip Osano

      • In-car particulate matter exposure across ten global cities
      • Manufacturing pollution in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: implications for the environment, health and future work
      • Advancing the 2030 Agenda in African cities through knowledge co-production: Urban experiments led by early-career African scientists
      • Increasing policy coherence between NDCs and SDGs: a national perspective
      • Improving the co-production of climate services for agriculture: a case study from Nigeria
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      Perspectives by Philip Osano

      • SEI works with Kenya’s government to tackle COVID-19

      Featured stories with Philip Osano

      • COVID-19
      • The Ocean and Biodiversity
      • Nationally determined contributions (NDCs)
      • Five concrete actions to safeguard biodiversity this World Environment Day
      • Collaboration to bridge the gap between climate science and adaptation policy
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      Projects and tools with Philip Osano

      • Sustainable manufacturing and environmental pollution programme
      • Africa integrated assessment on air pollution and climate change
      • Policy coherence between the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030
      • Disseminating sustainable consumption and production in Kenya
      • SEI Initiative on Governing Bioeconomy Pathways
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