Jouke Verstappen
YEP period 2022 - 2023, batch 27
Young Expert at Royal HaskoningDHV - VietnamYEP Role
As a Young Water Expert, I work on various climate resilience projects within the APAC region:
- Mekong River delta flood and inundation simulation system (Vietnam).
- Upscaling Private Sector Investment in Climate Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific
In addition, I work within our Research and Development climate data team. Within this team we generate high quality datasets that feeds our climate resilience software suite. I will also do business development for our climate risk software suite within the APAC region.
Skills
- Climate Risk Assessments
- Climate Adaptation
- Integrated Water Resource Management
- Data analysis and visualisation
- GIS, Geo-ICT
- Programming (Python, R)
Background
- Nationality: Dutch
- Education:
- MSc International Land & Water Management | Specialization Adaptive Water Management | Minor Hydrology
- BSc Earth & Economics | Minor Spatial Economics
Experience before YEP
- Climate risk expert & digital water | Royal HaskoningDHV
- Internship urban climate resilience | Arcadis Myanmar
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