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Henry David Venema
Director
Natural Resources Management
Dr. Henry David Venema leads the new and revitalized Sustainable Natural Resources Management program. Dr. Venema recently completed his PhD in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo where he has been both an NSERC 1967 Science and Engineering Scholar and IDRC Doctoral Research Scholar. He also holds a master's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Ottawa. He is a professional engineer with extensive experience in water resources, natural resources, and energy sector planning in North America, Africa, and Asia. Dr. Venema is a gold medalist in Physics and Civil Engineering from the Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba respectively.
Dr. Venema's research on systems approaches to climate change mitigation and adaptation has appeared in the Journal of Environmental Management and Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change and has been widely cited by the IPCC's Third Assessment Report on Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. His research has also appeared in the water resources, hydrology, and renewable energy literature.
His PhD research concerns landscape-based systems models for integrated rural development and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Dr. Venema's field experience includes lengthy assignments with Environnment et Development Action (ENDA) in Senegal, and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in India. He has also lived and worked in Sweden and Ethiopia on research and consulting assignments.
At IISD, Dr. Venema is both a technical and policy analyst in the areas of natural resources management, environmental economics, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Henry David Venema can be reached at jvenema@iisd.ca