Martyn Forde

Martyn Forde is as energy and knowledge management consultant with over 10 years of experience working in energy and climate change in the Caribbean. Mr. Forde assists clients with project management and the development of energy leadership and capacity strengthening activities. He is the Community Leader of the CARILEC Renewable Energy Community (CAREC) at the Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC). CAREC is a utility-led CoP designed for the 1300+ members to share energy resilience, and disaster recovery best-practices for utilities in Caribbean jurisdictions. Learning activities and tools produced include webinars, virtual working groups, online forums, technical reports, a repository of procurement templates, technology workshops, and annual conferences.
Mr. Forde is also the host and organizer of the CAREC Resilient Power 2020 series launched in May. The series is aimed to demonstrate leadership of Caribbean utility professionals during covid19, disaster management and how jurisdictions are driving their transition to low carbon infrastructure.

He leads knowledge management and the design of Communities of Practice (CoP) for the Empowering Clean Economies program at the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). Forde holds a Master’s in Geography and Environmental studies from the University of Toronto, with a research focus on Climate Change, Carbon-Free Technology, Environmental Resource Management and Sustainable Tourism Planning. In particular, his research explored how to create renewable energy transitions for the hotel industry of Barbados and other island nations.