Manjeet is Head of LDC Support Team at Climate Analytics (CA) and Director for Climate Analytics South Asia office. He provides technical inputs and analysis to the Chair and members of the LDC Group, and coordinates the support provided by Climate Analytics to the group. He also leads the CA team at the regional office in South Asia.

Manjeet also serves as an Advisor to the Chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group at the multilateral process of the UNFCCC. In this role, he has worked with Nepal, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Bhutan and currently Senegal, and played a key part of the LDC efforts that led to the Paris Agreement in 2015. He has provided high-level climate leadership support for the LDCs’ officials and ministers in climate change UN-related processes over many years and is responsible for institutional capacity on climate issues. He has been following and participating in the UNFCCC negotiations for more than a decade.

Manjeet was honored in 2009 as ‘International Climate Champion’ by the British Council. He is also associated with School of Environmental Science and Management, Pokhara University in Nepal as an Adjunct Faculty for climate change.

Before joining Climate Analytics, Manjeet was Program Director at Clean Energy Nepal (CEN) where he worked for about five years and also served as the functional head of the organisation from June 2011 to April 2013. He remains active on the Board of CEN. He holds a Masters degree in Environmental Management (MSc) from Pokhara University, Kathmandu. He regularly writes, teaches and presents on climate change related issues.

Opinion Editorials

Key priorities of Least Developed Countries in 2018, 12 March 2018 by Gebru Jember Endalew and Manjeet Dhakal
Chair of the LDC Group and chief advisor outline the priorities in 2018 and at COP24.

Did Marrakech climate talks deliver for world’s poorest? by Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu and Manjeet Dhakal, 5 December 2016, Climate Home
Lead envoy of Least Developed Countries bloc and chief advisor assess whether the COP22 talks last month offer hope dangerous warming will be stopped.

Flooding in Pakistan: where vulnerability meets climate change, devastation can follow

In the wake of the massive flooding in Pakistan, Fahad Saeed and Manjeet Dhakal explain how socioeconomic factors intersect with climate impacts in South Asia, compounding their effects on people and the environment. Based on the latest evidence from the IPCC, they break down what risks could emerge in the coming decades if warming is not limited to the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C threshold.

Nepal’s ambitious climate target has socio-economic prosperity at its heart

Last year, a number of low-income, climate vulnerable countries stepped up their Paris Agreement commitments, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). These nations recognise that leapfrogging to climate-friendly development models would not only help save the planet and reduce risks posed by global warming, but that it also presents unique opportunities for social and economic progress. However, unlocking the full mitigation potential of these ambitious developing countries hinges on wealthy nations delivering on their climate finance promises.

COVID-19 another shock for vulnerable countries facing multiple crises

The coronavirus pandemic adds yet another shock to the multiple challenges that more than a billion people living in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) already face in day-to-day life. It is much more than a health crisis. It has the potential to create devastating health, social, economic and environmental crises that will leave a deep, long-lasting mark. However, it is an opportunity to adopt and implement sustainable solutions during the recovery process, also for LDCs, without losing sight of the climate crisis.

Key LDC priorities in 2019

2019 is a critical year for carrying forward the momentum on climate action generated last year through COP24, the Talanoa Dialogue and the IPCC 1.5°C Special Report. The Paris Agreement rulebook is just one element for achieving the Agreement’s 1.5°C goal. Without urgent and more ambitious action, even robust rules will not get us anywhere.

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Flooding in Pakistan: where vulnerability meets climate change, devastation can follow

Nepal’s ambitious climate target has socio-economic prosperity at its heart

COVID-19 another shock for vulnerable countries facing multiple crises

Key LDC priorities in 2019

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