Salmon Jacob

Regional Climate Change Adaptation Advisor, East Asia

Dr. Salmon Jacob is the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Advisor for World Vision East Asia. He has more than 22 years of experience working in the Environment and Climate Change sector.

He is currently responsible for providing strategic guidance and technical support towards strengthening WV East Asia’s climate actions in field offices across multiple countries in the region. He also plays a critical role in providing thought leadership, supporting the strategic positioning of the organization with key stakeholders in the region, resource development efforts and building organizational capacity.

Before joining the region, he headed the WV India CCA and DRR initiatives responsible for networking, fund raising and with developmental programmes on climate change mitigation/adaptation & resilience building in communities with a special focus on children.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Climate change mitigation & adaptation programmes
Disaster risk reduction & building resilient communities
Greenhouse gas accounting & reporting
Environmental awareness programmes
Environmental impact assessment studies & monitoring