Urban Planning Consultant – Sustainable Cooling

About the role

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is seeking a consultant to support the Mitigation Branch and UNEP India Office in implementing the India Cooling Programme. The role focuses on integrating urban heat resilience and sustainable cooling approaches into planning processes across Indian states and cities.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical and analytical support to national, state and city‑level governments for integrating heat‑resilience measures into master plans, local area plans and urban design.
• Facilitate coordination with technical partners, stakeholder engagement and capacity‑building activities.
• Develop practical recommendations on passive cooling, nature‑based solutions and sustainable cooling for urban development.
• Document and disseminate good practices and case studies to enable replication across Indian cities.

Required profile

• Post‑graduate qualification in sustainable urban planning, architecture, landscape planning, civil engineering, building science, environmental studies or equivalent.
• Minimum three years of relevant experience, preferably with a focus on urban heat mapping, GIS, passive cooling and green building solutions.

Required skills

• Urban heat mapping
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Passive cooling design