Nick Brooks (Director)

Nick Brooks is Garama’s Director, and designs and delivers most of Garama’s training courses. Nick holds a PhD in climate science from the University of East Anglia, and  has worked as a consultant since 2005 focusing on climate change and development issues, with an emphasis on how to integrate adaptation into development practice. He also has a research interest in what we can learn from human adaptation to past episodes of rapid climate change, and continues to publish in this area. Nick has been a regular contributor the University of East Anglia’s Climate Change and Development course, and to training events run by other organisations including the United Nations Development Programme and the International Institute for Environment and Development. He has organised training events for DFID/FCDO, the African Development Bank, and a variety of clients in the private sector.