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1 Name of Consultant: Belynda Petrie Profession: CEO OneWorld; Energy and climate change strategy advisor Date of Birth: 19 April 1965 Nationality: South African Membership in Professional Societies: South African Wind Energy Association; African Wind Energy Association; Sustainable Energy Society South Africa; International Solar Institute; The Forum for Sustainable Development; The World Business Council for Sustainable Development United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Registered Mediator on the Environmental Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Panel with the Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa. Key Qualifications: Programme design and strategic management Private Sector Risk Analyst Stakeholder engagement & public participation Socio-economics Analyst Energy Analysis Climate Change Strategy Capacity Building Feasibility studies Facilitator and Moderator Climate Finance advisor Key Experience Programme Director & Strategy of the Regional Climate Change Programme aimed at enabling transboundary adaptation to climate change, with equitable access to finance, in Africa, funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) over 5 years. Co-author of the COP 17 Legacy Women Adapting to Climate Change Publication on behalf of the South African Minister for International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Author for the Heinrich Boell Foundation-facilitated synthesis analysis of climate change and gender in Southern Africa

2 Project Director and strategic advisor to the CDKN-funded Zambezi Basin Risk and Vulnerability Mapping Project and stakeholder validation process Concept advisor on the Southern African Transboundary Water and Climate Change Assessment Strategy and Climate Advisor to the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and African Ministerial Council for Water (AMCOW) on the development of the Strategic Framework for the Water Security and Climate Resilient Development for Africa Programme Lead consultant for the South African and subsequent country synthesis report on Green Skills in Emerging Economies for the International Labour Organisation Project Director & Strategy developer of the Western Cape Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan Project commissioned by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Western Cape Government Project Director for the Development of a Climate Change Response Strategy for the Department for Water Resources, Uganda: Water and infrastructure Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability Impacts Assessment; development of a package of response and related policy options and institutional arrangements Lead consultant on the development of the Majeng Land Restitution Process Business Plan and Community Strengthening Programme in the Northern Cape, South Africa, for the Department of Land Affairs Project Director for George Mobility Strategy: analysis of the socio-economic impacts of a proposed improved public transport systems in George. Project Director and Lead consultant for the Forest Oil Natural Gas Development Project in southern Africa Market and feasibility analysis; Socio-economic analysis, Economic Development Plan, Facilitation of public private partnership with SA parastatal PetroSA ; market uptake analysis; strategic assessment of socio-economic impacts of developing a West coast- Southern Cape gas pipeline Consultant and Team Lead on the International Council for Mining and Metals (ICMM) and World Bank project Pioneering Sustainable Solutions for the Extractive Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa Project Manager on the INSABA (Integrated Southern Africa Business Advisory) Renewable Energy for Productive use in southern Africa an EU funded 3 year program through InWent, the capacity building institute of the German Development Corporation. Co-founder of CDM Africa and Climate Change Africa, 2003 Programme design for the AfriSolar Initiative as funded by the GTZ, Loccum Akademie and the EIB

3 Lead consultant on cogeneration and ethanol feasibility study as part of the Sugar Adaptation Strategy in Fiji and Kenya EU funded. South African Wind Energy Programme: UNDP (GEF funded) programme to assess barriers to establishing a wind energy industry in southern Africa and identifying institutional & policy framework to remove these Facilitator for the Department of Land Affairs, South Africa, bi-annual departmental strategy development planning processes Co Author on a solar by-law and RE policy for the City of Cape Town Co-founder of OneWorld Sustainable Investments in 2001 in response to a perceived market niche requirement for practicable solutions to the challenges of sustainable development: business strategy development; marketing; regular speaker at international events; business development; development practitioner, general and financial management; responsible for the growth of the business to date Education: (& Professional Qualifications) BA LLB, University of Cape Town (1986) Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Cape Town (1986) Clinical Psychology, University of South Africa (1992) Employment Record: 2001 Current CEO and co-founder, OneWorld Sustainable Investments Contract to SAA developing the African Tourism Internet based Business (Veer: a different way to very different places - now flysaa.com) Director Strategy & Human Resources: Datatec Ltd Director: Human Resources Reunert Engineering Ltd Malbak Motor Holdings, Human Resource Manager Syncronet the change Agents: Director and Consultant: change management Personnel Planning: Training & Development Consultant Languages: English, Afrikaans, French (fair, (written and reading good)) Conferences and Publications (selected) Transboundary river basin management can contribute significantly to peace and prosperity: Jordan, Indus, Zambezi, Nile and Limpopo River Basins, International Transboundary Water Governance Conference, South Africa, November 2012 Innovative approaches to CC adaptation: what to do - and what not: Maputo Climate Change Adaptation Meeting (MAM 2012)

4 Climate and Security: Local to Global: Exploring Strategy and Policy options for Nigeria in the Transboundary context: African Adaptation Programme (Federal Ministry of Environment), UNDP & Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution, Abuja, September 2012 Economics of Climate Change in the Water Sector, Southern Africa: Southern African Development Community (SADC) Multi-stakeholder Water Dialogue, Maun Botswana, October 2010 Climate Investment Opportunities in Southern Africa toward building climate resilience at a regional level: Development Bank of South Africa, COMESA, SADC and NEPAD meeting, August 2009 Climate Investment in the Water and related sectors in Africa: African Water Week, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 2010 Department of Environmental Affairs and SA Biodiversity Institute: Toward South Africa s Second National Communication Climate Change Conference, September 2009: Climate Change and South Africa s National Circumstances Southern Africa Multi-Stakeholder Water Dialogue, May 2009: Water and Climate Change in southern Africa: Key challenges and impacts for the region and implications for socio-economic development South Africa Climate Change Summit: March 2008: Socio-economics of Climate Change: Science or Development? Danish Water Forum Transboundary Water Cooperation Conference, Denmark December 2008: Towards a Regional Response to Climate Change: Transboundary aspects of Adaptation to climate change Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Drought Monitoring Centre. South African Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF) 28th August 2008: Toward a cohesive response to climate change FANRPAN (Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network) 24 June 2008: A DFID funded Regional Climate Change Programme for Southern Africa. SADC Multi Stakeholder Water Dialogue 14 May 2008: Toward a Regional Climate Change Response in the SADC Region ; Impacts of Hydrological Change in Hydropower in the SADC Region EU-Africa Business Summit: Hamburg April 2008, Investment Climate in Africa Today vs tomorrow: What are we going to agree to next? Lower Saxony / Eastern Cape Partnership opportunities Loccum March 2008 Poverty eradication, economic growth and energy

5 Climate Change Summit: South Africa, Western Cape: 8 June Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. Toward a Climate Change Response Strategy and Action Plan for the Western Cape HRH The Prince of Wales s Business and the Environment Programme: Feb (Developed by the University of Cambridge Programme for Industry): Energy development for a sustainable Future: Challenges for South Africa International Training & Development Conference: Oct 1997 Kuala Lumpur. The challenges of linking T&D initiatives to core business objectives in South Africa s socioeconomic climate

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