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Dr. Cuthbert Idawo

GIS, Climate Adaptation & Environmental Safeguards Expert

GIS, Climate Adaptation & Environmental Safeguards Expert

Director at Regreen Eco-Solutions | Remote Sensing & Environmental Safeguards Lead

Regreen Eco-Solutions Director
PhD, Univ. of Rome
EIK Member
10 Country Work Experience

✦ Executive Biography

Dr. Cuthbert Idawo is an expert in GIS, Remote Sensing Applications, climate adaptation, and environmental safeguards. He currently serves as the Director of Regreen Eco-Solutions in Nairobi, a role he has held since 2011.

A Member of the Environment Institute of Kenya (EIK), Dr. Idawo brings extensive international field experience across 10 African nations, leading complex ESIAs, water strategy planning, and climate finance facility accreditation initiatives.

✦ Selected Key Projects

Zambian Ind. Comm. Bank (2023–Ongoing)

GCF Accreditation & Climate Finance Facility

Institutional readiness and climate finance facility design in Zambia.

Millennium Water Alliance (2022–2023)

Isiolo County Water Strategy

Strategic resource planning and water adaptation strategy.

Energy Dev. Corp., Rwanda (2022)

Environmental Compliance Assessment

Safeguards and environmental compliance overview.

BRD / AfDB SEFA (2021)

30 Mini-Grid Feasibility ESIAs

Feasibility & Environmental-Social Impact Assessments in Rwanda.

UN MINUSCA, CAR (2016)

Environmental Baseline Survey

Baseline environmental field assessment in Central African Republic.

ASCENT / GEF (2017)

GEF Solar-Hybridization Project

Solar power hybridization feasibility and safeguards in Togo.

πŸŽ“ Education

PhD in GIS & Remote Sensing

Univ. of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ (2006)

MSc in Geo-information Applications

ITC-Wageningen (1999)

🌍 Regional Footprint

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Somalia, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zambia

πŸ”¬ Core Expertise

GIS & Remote Sensing
Climate Adaptation
Environmental Safeguards
Energy ESIAs
GCF Finance
Water Strategy