Himangana Gupta, United Nations University

Himangana Gupta is a Research Fellow and Academic Associate at the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), where she currently works on climate, biodiversity and sustainability. Previously, she played a pivotal role in shaping India’s Biennial Update Reports to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as Programme Officer at the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. She is also serving as a Lead Author with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Dr Gupta holds a PhD focused on climate and biodiversity policy. She has contributed to key Indian climate publications and published extensively on climate issues impacting rural livelihoods and marginalized groups.

Positionality statement

As an Indian climate researcher, Dr Gupta brings critical insights from the perspective of a country directly affected by sustainability issues. She strives for objectivity in her research and advocates for climate justice and solutions that address the needs of vulnerable communities.