Jacob Olonde

Jacob Olonde is an environmentalist, mentor, author and Founder/ CEO of the Environmental Capacity and Sustainability Institute based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has over 10 years of experience working and engaging in advisory, research, training and mentorship roles.

He is a member of the national expert team of negotiators under the AGN .

He currently supports the Office of the Special Climate Envoy in the Executive Office of the President of Kenya as Climate Advisor. He previously worked at the Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation, Council of Governors, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Ministry of Environment, Groots Kenya. He has advised and consulted for organizations and institutions in Kenya, across Africa, Asia and Europe.

He has a master’s degree in Environmental Law from the University of Nairobi and an undergraduate degree in Environmental Planning and Management from Kenyatta University. He is a fellow of the Danida Fellowship Center (DFC) and serves as the Secretary General of the DANIDA Alumni Network- Kenya.

Apart from leading ECAS and supporting the Executive Office of the President (Special Climate Envoys office), Jacob spends his time supporting and advising organizations and mentoring youths.
His greatest professional achievements include and are not limited to founding ECAS Institute, mentoring over 500 youths, contributing to the delivery of the African Leaders Nairobi Declaration on Climate Change and Call to Action and contributing to the Devolution Conference, African Positions during the AMCEN, Summit of the Future, United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COPs) among other regional and global processes.