India Cooling Expert Consultant

About the role

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) seeks a specialist to support the Mitigation Branch and the UNEP India Office in advancing the Cool Coalition workstreams across India. The consultant will focus on sustainable urban cooling, providing technical assistance, research, and capacity‑building to promote passive and low‑energy cooling solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical hand‑holding to developers on passive and sustainable cooling delivery.
• Conduct research and contribute to knowledge products, tools, and guidelines for passive cooling.
• Develop and run building energy simulations to assess cooling performance.
• Design and deliver training modules and hands‑on support for stakeholders.
• Assist in preparing funding proposals related to urban cooling initiatives.

Required profile

• Experience in sustainable urban cooling or related climate‑adaptation projects.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into practical guidance for developers.
• Proven research and documentation skills.
• Experience delivering training or capacity‑building activities.
• Familiarity with funding proposal development.

Required skills

• Building energy simulation
• Passive cooling design

What we offer

• Opportunity to work on high‑impact climate solutions within a UN framework.
• Collaboration with international experts and Indian stakeholders.