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Cosmas Milton Obote Ochieng is Director of the Climate Change, Food Security and Natural Resources Division at UNECA. Previously, he was Global Director of the Center for Equitable Development at the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Director of the African Natural Resources Centre at the African Development Bank (AfDB).
A development and environment expert, Mr Ochieng has held academic and leadership positions at Boston University, Lancaster University and the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS). He has also worked with IUCN in Southern Africa and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Ethiopia.
His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including World Development, the Journal of International Economic Law, the Journal of Modern African Studies and Natural Resources Forum. He holds a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Oxford and a master’s degree in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge.
