David is Associate Professor of Environmental Sustainability in the Department of Natural Resources Management at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi. He has a PhD and MSc in Environment and Development from the Universities of Leeds and East Anglia respectively. He also obtained a Diploma and BSc in Agriculture from the University of Malawi. In addition to lecturing, David is currently working as a Programmes Coordinator. He is involved in several development and research programmes working with both rural and urban communities, especially on climate change impacts and vulnerability among smallholder farmers, and on urban and rural poverty. He is among national experts responsible for policy guidance on climate change, environment and development issues. David has been contributing on environment and development issues to UNEP, UNFPA, COMESA, SADC, the African Union, the World Bank, FAO, African Development Bank, UNICEF, the Government of Malawi and several international and national Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). He is among IPCC experts on climate change, food and agriculture.