Data Analysis Consultant

Result of ServiceThe Consultant will have the following deliverables: Output A: 1) Facilitate the development of the Early Warning for All (EW4All) tool at the country level request for Armenia. 2) Develop a QGIS plug in for Impact Based Forecasting (IBF) for early warning refining the current IBF tool at the country level Output B: 1) Provide overall day-to-day assistance for content management and update of the RAPAP Platform including country profiles and related data/infographics, multilateral mechanisms’ and stakeholder profiles, resources, monitoring data and tools, and events and updates. 2) Undertake communication with partners and stakeholders for contribution of content and updates. 3) Identify effective approaches for ensuring ease of providing input to the platform to make sure that it is up-to-date. 4) Explore and support opportunities for enhancing the RAPAP Platform through new features or functionalities. 5) Provide other assistance for EDD projects on air pollution, as needed: a. Facilitate the preparations for stakeholder meetings on the RAPAP Platform. b. Data collection, literature review, research and analysis. c. Assist with review/ editing/ design of air pollution reports and publications. Additional Outputs Output C: 1) Download, process, and downscale IPCC CMIP6 heat-related variables to regional and national scales relevant for exposure and risk analytics. 2) Download AAL data from the Global Risk Information Platform (GIRI), process the datasets to align with RRP schema, and upload for public visualization. 3) Process and upload approximately 150 TB of climate and risk data to the ESCAP Risk and Resilience Portal, ensuring standardized metadata, file structure, and API compatibility. 4) Upload the downscaled heat variables to the RRP along with national exposure datasets (population, built environment, sectors), ensuring data harmonization and visualization readiness. Extension Output D: 1) Provide overall day-to-day support for content management and update of the RAPAP Platform, including country profiles and related data/infographics, multilateral mechanisms and stakeholder profiles, resources, monitoring data and tools, and events and updates. 2) Undertake communication with partners and stakeholders for contribution of content and updates. 3) Identify effective approaches for ensuring ease of providing input to the platform to make sure that it is up-to-date. 4) Explore and support opportunities for enhancing the RAPAP Platform through new features or functionalities. 5) Provide other support for EDD projects on air pollution, within the 1 day/week time, as needed such as: a. Support preparations for stakeholder meetings of the RAPAP Platform. b. Support data collection, literature review, research and analysis. c. Assist with review/ editing/ design of air pollution reports and publications. USD 1890 end of Feb, USD 2,520 End of March from M99-32BKT-11509-S1-32BKT-000385-SB-025266.02 (EDD’s Energy Foundation China project budget)[NP1.1] Output E 1) Update the Regional Multi-hazard coastal methodology with additional data on climate and socioeconomic variables, collect the necessary regional-level data, and complete the initial calculations for the tool to be developed under the Risk and Resilience Portal. Create the Maldives and Sri lanka Coastal Mult Hazard data, tool. Update the data available in the Maldives page of the Risk and Resilience Portal based on the latest developments and partner requests, such as automated downscaling through the backend. Present the ongoing project at a regional level for partners and stakeholders, and and provide capacity building and training at national level. 2) Finalize the data and estimations of Risk and Resilience portal regional, Maldives, and Sri Lanka pages based on the feedback received, analyze the data for Odisha, India, and develop a case study report based on INCOIS’s work and data in that state. Present the work in relevant conferences and platforms such as PTC, ocean-related events, and APFSD as necessary. Create and finalize the storyboard for the project, develop a short report on the work done in collaboration with partners, and support the preparation of the project’s final report. Work LocationRemotely Expected duration3+2 Months Duties and ResponsibilitiesBackground Disaster and climate resilience: The DA16 project “Building disaster and climate resilience to food and energy crisis in Asia and the Pacific)\" aims to address the compounding and cascading crises faced by the Asia Pacific region, particularly in food and energy sectors caused by disasters and climate change. ESCAP resolution 78/1 commits to strengthen the resilience of the region’s economies and societies against wide-ranging socioeconomic effects of pandemics, natural disasters, climate change and other shocks. The project seeks to build capacity of selected countries in the Asia-Pacific region to better manage the increasing and shifting variability of climate and disaster risks in food and energy systems to build long term resilience. This project aims to achieve this objective by developing an integrated climate risk assessment toolkit, linking hazard information under different climate projection scenarios with exposure information in food and energy sectors based on the latest climate models and other food and energy system assessment frameworks. This toolkit will help policymakers understand the complex nature of risks across their sectors and guide evidence-based policy actions. Separately, this project will also develop a climate adaptation toolkit that recommends suitable climate adaptation policies and solutions based on a large set of available data on climate adaptation best practices around the world. This tool utilizes machine learning to automatically recommend policies and solutions for countries taking into their country profiles and support policy makers. The project also includes national capacity building workshops to enhance institutional capacities of target countries to conduct risk assessments of food and energy systems as well as a regional workshop to disseminate the findings and discuss challenges at the regional level. As much as possible, the tools will explore innovation in AI to link hazard information under different climate projection scenarios with exposure information in food and energy sectors based on the latest climate models and other food and energy system assessment, which will be taken forward through various ESCAP Portals including the ESCAP Risk and Resilience Portal and the ESCAP Energy Portal. Air pollution: While the Asia-Pacific region has seen rapid economic growth in recent decades, it has been accompanied by a decline in air quality, resulting from rapid and unplanned urbanization, inefficient transport systems, unclean energy systems, ineffective industrial regulations, agricultural practices and many other factors. Much of the region’s air pollution is also transboundary, impacting populations far from its sources. In this context, ESCAP member States adopted the Regional Action Programme on Air Pollution (RAPAP) at the 7th Committee on Environment and Development in 2022 which was subsequently endorsed by the resolution (79/6) on the Implementation of the Ministerial Declaration at the 79th Commission Session in 2023. ESCAP’s project titled ‘Building a Partnership and Coordination Platform for the Regional Action Programme on Air Pollution (RAPAP)’ focuses on offering an online RAPAP Platform in order to provide a repository or ‘one-stop’ information resource for knowledge exchange and coordination on clean air in the region, and related information collection and development of knowledge/data/analytical products. Qualifications/special skillsAdvanced Degree in Computer Science, Software Development is required, and / or equivalent to computer technology is advantage. o Multiple years of experience in software development for institutions with international exposure. o Demonstrated technical expertise in programming, open-source software, and database management systems including, but not limited to Ruby, Python, SQL, Drupal, Solr, CKAN, Fenix, GIS and D3 LanguagesGood command over English for successful implementation of the work. Additional InformationNot available. No FeeTHE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.