Himangana Gupta

Institution

United Nations University, Tokyo

Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability

5-chōme-53-70 Jingūmae, Shibuya City, Tokyo 150-0001

Research Interests

Climate Change, Biodiversity, Sustainable Development, Gender

Topics to speak on:

Climate-biodiversity nexus; women and climate change

Words of Wisdom

Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed

Biography

Dr. Himangana Gupta is Research Fellow and Academic Associate at United Nations University – Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS). Prior to this, she was Manager, Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration Program at World Resources Institute, India. From 2019-2021, she was a JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow at UNU-IAS and the University of Tokyo. She is an expert in climate change and biodiversity policy and has worked on climate adaptation, forestry, women and climate change, energy efficiency, and national GHG inventories. She was also a part of the National Communication Cell of the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change from 2016-2019, and contributed to India’s Second and Third Biennial Update Reports to the UNFCCC. She is a certified expert in climate adaptation finance. She has seven edited books to her credit and more than 30 research publications, including book chapters. Currently, she is also serving as Lead Author for the Nexus Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.