Sneha is a member of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Support Team at Climate Analytics based in Kathmandu, Nepal. She provides loss and damage-related technical advisory support to the LDC Group in the UNFCCC multilateral process, working closely with the LDC Chair, and the LDC Group’s loss and damage leads, on key issues such as the Loss and Damage Fund as well as the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage.

She also advises on regional projects in South Asia, including the development of Nepal’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), the country’s subsequent NDC Implementation Plan and the development of a government-endorsed mid-career short course for Tribhuvan University on the Enhanced Transparency Framework.

In 2020, she was based in the Ministry of Forests and Environment in Kathmandu to
support NDC-related work.

In the past, she has worked on various environment and sustainability-related projects in Nepal, USA and Rwanda.

She has a master’s degree in environmental management from Yale University in the USA, with a focus on climate change science and solutions. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology from Purbanchal University in Nepal.

Publications

Long term strategies: low carbon growth, resilience and prosperity for Least Developed Countries

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Safeguards and exit points for the World Bank as host of the Loss and Damage Fund

An agreement was reached to establish the World Bank as the interim host of the Loss and Damage Fund. Developing countries signed up to this on certain conditions. We unpack the safeguards put in place and look at the three points at which the Fund could exit the World Bank.

Drone’s view the day after a typhoon in Malapascua Island Philippines

Loss and damage: two options in play for fund’s makeup

There are currently two options on the table for the loss and damage fund’s structure – ‘programmatic’ and ‘responsive’. We reflect on the pros and cons of each.

Flooding during a heavy monsoon in the Philippines in July 2021

Second Glasgow Dialogue: lessons from latest Committee meeting on loss and damage finance

Key takeaways from the Transitional Committee’s second meeting on operationalising the new loss and damage fund and funding arrangements.

2023 will shape the Loss and Damage fund for years to come – have your say now

Final decisions on a new Loss and Damage fund to help vulnerable countries recover from climate impacts will be made at COP28 in December. Here’s what you need to know about how the fund will be designed over the coming year.

COP26. UNCCC 2021. Flickr/UNclimatechange

Facing the facts – the need for loss and damage finance can no longer be denied

This article takes stock of the Loss and Damage negotiations at COP26, concluding that the need for developed countries to provide Loss and Damage financial support can and will no longer be ignored.

Nepalese farmer with her solar irrigation pump. ©Photo credit: Nabin Baral / IWM (CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED)

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.

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Decarbonisation targets and 1.5℃ pathways

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Sneha Pandey

Publications

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Safeguards and exit points for the World Bank as host of the Loss and Damage Fund

Loss and damage: two options in play for fund’s makeup

Second Glasgow Dialogue: lessons from latest Committee meeting on loss and damage finance

2023 will shape the Loss and Damage fund for years to come – have your say now

Facing the facts – the need for loss and damage finance can no longer be denied

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