SCHOOL: School of Mines and Mineral Sciences,

Department: Environmental Engineering Department

CURRENT POSITION:   SENIOR LECTURER

E-mail: Cuthbert.Makondo@cbu.ac.zm or SimplyCuthbert@live.co.uk

Mobile: +260 076 3 666 532

Physical Address: Jambo Drive, Kitwe

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

2015-2019        DPhil: Geography & Environment (Climate Science & Environmental Sustainability) – (University of Oxford – UK) https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/climate/

2008-2010        MSc: Environmental Technology (Engineering & Emerging Technologies) (University of Hull – UK): https://www.hull.ac.uk/faculties/departments/school-of-engineering

2006- 2007       Advanced Diploma in Business Communication (Business Training Limited, Manchester, United Kingdom)  https://www.businesstrainingcollege.com/

1997-2002        BSc – Physical Geography (Single Subject Major) University of Zambia – Zambia:

https://www.unza.zm/schools/natural-sciences/departments/geography

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
  1. Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) www.eiz.org.zm (Practitioner Licence No: 012049).
  2. Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) -United Kingdom www.iema.net  (Membership No: 0029213).
  3. Zambia Environmental Educators and Practitioners (ZANEEP)

Part of the Global Environmental Education Partnership) https://thegeep.org/resources/countries/zambia Zambia Association of Impact Assessment (ZAIA) https://www.iaaz.org/

COURSES TAUGHT

EN 641: Climate Change Mechanisms, Natural Hazards and Disaster Management (Postgrad)

EN 672: Project Management 1 & II (Postgrad)

EN 530: Environmental Management, Law & Policy (Undergrad)

EN 440: Air Pollution Monitoring, Control & Management (Undergrad)

EN 531: Climate Change: The Physical Science Basis (Undergrad)

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

22 November 2010 – current

RESEARCH INTERESTS
  1. Econometrics in Climate Change, Policy and Environmental Kuznets.
  2. Environmental & Social Governance (ESG.
  3. Mining, Energy & Environmental Management.
  4. Carbon Accounting & Net-Zero Strategies.
  5. Nature-based solution to climate mitigation and adaptation.
  6. Resilient infrastructure design (eco-engineering).
  7. Geo-engineering Earth’s climate system.
  8. Climate Change & Adaption Options, Vulnerability and Multidimensional Fragility.
PUBLICATIONS (last 10 years)
  • Makondo CC and Thomas DSG (2024). Multidimensional poverty and vulnerability assessment in the face of climate change adaptation in developing economies: focus on ecosystem-based livelihoods. Environment, Development, and Sustainability. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-024-05253-6
  • Makondo C.C, Banda F, Kaoma M., Lungu M., and Siame J (2024) The Earth’s Climate System and the Physical Science Basis of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), its Impacts on Zambia, and How Engineers Can Respond. Engineering Institution of Zambia Journal pp 1-10:  Part of ISBN: 978-9982-70-908-5
  • Banda F, Kaoma M., Makondo C.C., Lungu M and Siame J (2024) Enhancing crop resilience in Zambia in the face of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events uncertainty, and climate change: Exploring biochar applications and machine learning insights. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENGINEERING INSTITUTION OF ZAMBIA 2024 CONFERENCE pp. 238 – 250. Part of ISBN: 978-9982-70-908-5
  • Makondo CC and Thomas DSG (2019). Environmental change and migration as adaptation in rural economies: Evidence from Zambia’s rural-rural migration. Migration and Development-Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/21632324.2019.1646534