[UNICEF] Climate Adaptation Economics Consultant, Global Practice Climate & Environment, GPD, Bangkok, Thailand, Home-based with…
Ente: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Scadenza: 2026-09-11
Paese: INTL
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Climate Adaptation Economics Consultant, Global Practice Climate & Environment, GPD, Bangkok, Thailand, Home-based with no travel, 8 Months UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund Open positions at UNICEF Home-based ; Bangkok ( Thailand ) Consultant Teaching & Training Medical & Health Information Management Innovation Programme & Policy Monitoring & Evaluation Show advice for this position Application deadline in 11 days : Thursday 10 Sep 2026 at 16:55 UTC Open application form Contract This is a Consultancy contract. More about Consultancy contracts . Discover Your Dream Job Faster with UN Talent Pro UN Talent Pro Details Climate Adaptation Economics Consultant Home-based with no travel 8 months UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package. Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF. For every child, the right to resilience How can you make a difference? Purpose of Assignment Climate change is one of the greatest threats to child health and development in the 21st century. Even under full implementation of current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the world is on track for approximately 2.3–2.5°C by 2100 – well above the 1.5°C threshold. Children are disproportionately exposed to climate hazards and uniquely vulnerable to their impacts across health, nutrition, water, education, and protection systems. Historically, climate science, policy and finance have systematically omitted children. While growing policy recognition is encouraging, this has yet to translate into financing or implementation. These commitments remain largely uncosted, and without clear estimates of the investment required—and the returns these investments deliver—countries and climate finance institutions lack the tools needed to act. Between 2006–2023, only 2.4% of climate finance from major multilateral climate funds supported child-responsive programmes. At the same time, the global adaptation finance gap is estimated at $310- 365 billion annually, meaning current adaptation finance flows are approximately 12-14 times lower than developing countries’ estimated needs. However, the adaptation gap for social services that children depend on — health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene; education, child protection and social protection — is not even measured, let alone funded. This is not only a failure of child rights and equity; it is a failure of economic efficiency. Studies suggest that investing in the climate-resilience of essential services that children and their communities rely on is cost-effective over the long run, while delivering measurable improvements in outcomes for children. However, this research lacks a systematic approach to costing adaptation needs and assessing the economic and wider socio-economic returns of adaptation investments benefiting children. To address this critical gap, a consultant is required to support the development and application of a policy-relevant evidence base on the adaptation finance gap for children. In particular, the consultant will support research that quantifies the cost of adapting child-critical social services to climate change, and estimates the economic and socio-economic returns of these investments. The study may also consider relevant environmental or mitigation co-benefits, where these are material to the adaptation investment and can be assessed robustly. The analysis should, to the extent feasible, distinguish between the underlying costs of delivering or expanding social services and the incremental costs associated with making those services resilience to current and projected climate risks. The consultant will develop and apply a methodology capable of generating actionable estimates at country level and assess options for its wider application across countries and regions and, where methodologically feasible, for informing regional or global estimates. The precise geographic scope and level of aggregation will be determined during the inception phase, taking into account data availability and methodological robustness. The work will inform policy, planning and financing decisions – specifically, to support the costing and implementation of social sector commitments in NDCs 3.0 and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), as well as the development of investment cases, national
Settori: Teaching & Training, Medical & Health, Information Management, Innovation, Programme & Policy, Monitoring & Evaluation
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